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Articles in PresS. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol (June 2, 2005). doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00157.2005

Final accepted version R-00157-2005.R1 1

American Journal of Physiology Integrative and Comparative Physiology 000:000-000 (2005)

Steady-state effects of temperature acclimation on the transcriptome of the rainbow trout heart by

Matti Vornanen1, Minna Hassinen1, Heikki Koskinen2 and Aleksei Krasnov2 1

University of Joensuu, Department of Biology, 80101 Joensuu Finland and 2University of Kuopio, Institute of Applied Biotechnology, 70211 Kuopio, Finland

Running title: Effects of temperature on the transcriptome of the trout heart

Address for correspondence: Matti Vornanen University of Joensuu Department of Biology, P.O. Box 111 80101 Joensuu, Finland phone: +358-13-2513562 fax: +358-13-2513590 email: [email protected]

Copyright © 2005 by the American Physiological Society.

Final accepted version R-00157-2005.R1 2 Abstract. Cold-acclimated (CA) phenotype of trout heart was induced by 4 weeks acclimation at 4°C and was characterized by 32.7% increase in relative heart mass and 49.8% increase in ventricular myocyte size in comparison to warm-acclimated (18°C) fish (p