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A Common Anaesthetic, MS-222, Alters Measurements Made Using High-Resolution Respirometry in the Three-Spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Barnes, Megan; Ebanks, Brad; MacColl, Andrew; Chakrabarti, Lisa

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Megan Barnes

Brad Ebanks

ANDREW MACCOLL ANDREW.MACCOLL@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Evolutionary Ecology

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LISA CHAKRABARTI LISA.CHAKRABARTI@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Mitochondrial Biology



Abstract

Submersion in the anaesthetic MS-222 is a well-established and effective method used during the euthanasia of fish, but the consequences of treatment with this anaesthetic for mitochondrial respiration are yet to be established. This is important to evaluate, as an increasing amount of research is conducting high-resolution respirometry to measure respiration across multiple species of fish, including looking at thermal sensitivity and mitochondrial responses to the warmer temperatures faced with climate change. Analysis often occurs after euthanasia with MS-222 without knowledge of how MS-222 itself affects any measured parameters of mitochondrial respiration, leaving potential for a misinterpretation of results. Here, high-resolution respirometry was conducted to explore how MS-222 affects oxidative phosphorylation in the brain and skeletal muscle of the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, which is a model species in evolutionary ecology. In the brain, differences in respiration were observed between three-spined sticklebacks euthanised with MS-222 and those where no anaesthetic was implemented. No differences between treatments were observed in the skeletal muscle, although variation between individuals was high and oxygen flux was lower than in the brain. Overall, this study highlights the need for a consistent method of euthanasia when conducting high-resolution respirometry in fish, as MS-222 may alter measures of oxidative phosphorylation.

Citation

Barnes, M., Ebanks, B., MacColl, A., & Chakrabarti, L. (2023). A Common Anaesthetic, MS-222, Alters Measurements Made Using High-Resolution Respirometry in the Three-Spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Fishes, 8(1), Article 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8010042

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 5, 2023
Online Publication Date Jan 7, 2023
Publication Date 2023-01
Deposit Date Jan 9, 2023
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Fishes
Electronic ISSN 2410-3888
Publisher MDPI AG
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 8
Issue 1
Article Number 42
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8010042
Keywords Ecology; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Mitochondria; High-resolution respirometry; Stickleback; Gasterosteus aculeatus; MS-222; Anaesthetic
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/15926891
Publisher URL https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/8/1/42
Additional Information Received: 13 December 2022 / Revised: 3 January 2023 / Accepted: 5 January 2023 / Published: 7 January 2023

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