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Lim M, Brown HM, Kind KL, Thompson JG, Dunning KR. Hemoglobin: potential roles in the oocyte and early embryo†. Biol Reprod 2020; 101:262-270. [PMID: 31058953 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioz078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Revised: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Hemoglobin (Hb) is commonly known for its capacity to bind and transport oxygen and carbon dioxide in erythroid cells. However, it plays additional roles in cellular function and health due to its capacity to bind other gases including nitric oxide. Further, Hb acts as a potent antioxidant, quenching reactive oxygen species. Despite its potential roles in cellular function, the preponderance of Hb research remains focused on its role in oxygen regulation. There is increasing evidence that Hb expression is more ubiquitous than previously thought, with Hb and its variants found in a myriad of cell types ranging from macrophages to spermatozoa. The majority of nonerythroid cell types that express Hb are situated within hypoxic environments, suggesting Hb may play a role in hypoxia-inducible factor-regulated gene expression by controlling the level of oxygen available or as an adaptation to low oxygen providing a mechanism to store oxygen. Oocyte maturation and preimplantation embryo development occur within the low oxygen environments of the antral follicle and oviduct/uterus, respectively. Interestingly, Hb was recently found in human cumulus and granulosa cells and murine cumulus-oocyte complexes and preimplantation embryos. Here, we consolidate and analyze the research generated todate on Hb expression in nonerythroid cells with a particular focus on reproductive cell types. We outline future directions of this research to elucidate the role of Hb during oocyte maturation and preimplantation embryo development and finally, we explore the potential clinical applications and benefits of Hb supplementation during the in vitro culture of gametes and embryos.
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- Megan Lim
- Robinson Research Institute, Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics.,Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Robinson Research Institute, Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics.,Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Robinson Research Institute, Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics.,Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Lessons from the post-genomic era: Globin diversity beyond oxygen binding and transport. Redox Biol 2020; 37:101687. [PMID: 32863222 PMCID: PMC7475203 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Vertebrate hemoglobin (Hb) and myoglobin (Mb) were among the first proteins whose structures and sequences were determined over 50 years ago. In the subsequent pregenomic period, numerous related proteins came to light in plants, invertebrates and bacteria, that shared the myoglobin fold, a signature sequence motif characteristic of a 3-on-3 α-helical sandwich. Concomitantly, eukaryote and bacterial globins with a truncated 2-on-2 α-helical fold were discovered. Genomic information over the last 20 years has dramatically expanded the list of known globins, demonstrating their existence in a limited number of archaeal genomes, a majority of bacterial genomes and an overwhelming majority of eukaryote genomes. In vertebrates, 6 additional globin types were identified, namely neuroglobin (Ngb), cytoglobin (Cygb), globin E (GbE), globin X (GbX), globin Y (GbY) and androglobin (Adgb). Furthermore, functions beyond the familiar oxygen transport and storage have been discovered within the vertebrate globin family, including NO metabolism, peroxidase activity, scavenging of free radicals, and signaling functions. The extension of the knowledge on globin functions suggests that the original roles of bacterial globins must have been enzymatic, involved in defense against NO toxicity, and perhaps also as sensors of O2, regulating taxis away or towards high O2 concentrations. In this review, we aimed to discuss the evolution and remarkable functional diversity of vertebrate globins with particular focus on the variety of non-canonical expression sites of mammalian globins and their according impressive variability of atypical functions.
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Eslami-Farsani R, Shareghi B, Farhadian S, Momeni L. Experimental and theoretical investigations on the interaction of glucose molecules with myoglobin in the aqueous solution using theoretical and experimental methods. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2020; 39:6384-6395. [PMID: 32772893 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1798283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Osmolytes are generally well-known for the stabilization of proteins. The stabilizing impact of glucose on the dynamics and structure of myoglobin was probed through molecular simulation' docking and spectroscopic procedures. Using thermal stability examinations, the thermodynamic folding properties, point of melting temp. (Tm), thermodynamic enthalpy change (ΔH°) and thermodynamic entropy change (ΔS°) were determined to find out the depiction of myoglobin folding. Glucose operated as an enhancer relative to myoglobin stabilization. The quenching static model was demonstrated by fluorescence spectroscopy. There was one binding site. According to the spectroscopy analysis, glucose was capable of protecting the native structural conformation of protein as well as preventing from protein unfolding. The fluorescence spectroscopy together with simulation through molecular docking method revealed that definitely hydrogen bonding plus van der Waals forces had major contributions to the stabilization of the myoglobin-glucose complex. Hence, the direct interactions contributed slightly to the stabilization impact whereas indirect interactions resulted from the hydration arise from a molecular mechanism primarily inducing the glucose stabilizing impacts. An elevation occurred in the Tm of the myoglobin-glucose complex because of the greater H-bond creation and limited surface hydrophobic activity. Our findings indicate that glucose was capable of protecting the native conformation of myoglobin, clearly describing that glucose stabilization is preferred to be omitted from myoglobin surface. This is because water is more inclined to provide desirable interacting with myoglobin functional groups as compared to glucose. Also, MD results confirmed that the structural changes of myoglobin is the effect of complex formation with glucose.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran.,Central Laboratory, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Payame Noor, Tehran, Iran
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Dawson NJ, Alza L, Nandal G, Scott GR, McCracken KG. Convergent changes in muscle metabolism depend on duration of high-altitude ancestry across Andean waterfowl. eLife 2020; 9:e56259. [PMID: 32729830 PMCID: PMC7494360 DOI: 10.7554/elife.56259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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High-altitude environments require that animals meet the metabolic O2 demands for locomotion and thermogenesis in O2-thin air, but the degree to which convergent metabolic changes have arisen across independent high-altitude lineages or the speed at which such changes arise is unclear. We examined seven high-altitude waterfowl that have inhabited the Andes (3812-4806 m elevation) over varying evolutionary time scales, to elucidate changes in biochemical pathways of energy metabolism in flight muscle relative to low-altitude sister taxa. Convergent changes across high-altitude taxa included increased hydroxyacyl-coA dehydrogenase and succinate dehydrogenase activities, decreased lactate dehydrogenase, pyruvate kinase, creatine kinase, and cytochrome c oxidase activities, and increased myoglobin content. ATP synthase activity increased in only the longest established high-altitude taxa, whereas hexokinase activity increased in only newly established taxa. Therefore, changes in pathways of lipid oxidation, glycolysis, and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation are common strategies to cope with high-altitude hypoxia, but some changes require longer evolutionary time to arise.
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- Neal J Dawson
- Department of Biology, McMaster UniversityHamiltonCanada
- Department of Biology University of MiamiCoral GablesUnited States
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- Department of Biology University of MiamiCoral GablesUnited States
- University of Alaska Museum and Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanksUnited States
- Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad - CORBIDILimaPeru
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- Department of Biology, McMaster UniversityHamiltonCanada
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- Department of Biology University of MiamiCoral GablesUnited States
- University of Alaska Museum and Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanksUnited States
- Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad - CORBIDILimaPeru
- Department of Marine Biology and Ecology, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of MiamiMiamiUnited States
- Human Genetics and Genomics, Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiUnited States
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Li X, Zhang D, Ijaz M, Tian G, Chen J, Du M. Colour characteristics of beef longissimus thoracis during early 72 h postmortem. Meat Sci 2020; 170:108245. [PMID: 32736288 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2020.108245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of beef meat colour during the initial 72 h postmortem to assess the possible effects of mitochondria on meat colour development. Bovine longissimus thoracis muscles (n = 5) were collected from one side of carcasses at 0.5, 4, 8, 12, 24, and 72 h postmortem and displayed in air for 6 days to measure colour and detect mitochondrial morphology and function. The results showed that beef had higher L⁎, a⁎, and b⁎ at 24 and 72 h postmortem and less colour change during 6 days of display in comparison with meat from 0.5, 4, and 8 h postmortem. Changes in mitochondrial morphology were observed at 24 and 72 h postmortem. Mitochondria presented a metabolic pattern early postmortem in that the MRA and NADH content did not change. Both the increase in beef colour stability and tissue oxygen consumption were observed within 72 h postmortem.
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- Xin Li
- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100193, PR China.
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100193, PR China
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Ceccanti M, Pozzilli V, Cambieri C, Libonati L, Onesti E, Frasca V, Fiorini I, Petrucci A, Garibaldi M, Palma E, Bendotti C, Fabbrizio P, Trolese MC, Nardo G, Inghilleri M. Creatine Kinase and Progression Rate in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Cells 2020; 9:cells9051174. [PMID: 32397320 PMCID: PMC7291088 DOI: 10.3390/cells9051174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease with no recognized clinical prognostic factor. Creatinine kinase (CK) increase in these patients is already described with conflicting results on prognosis and survival. In 126 ALS patients who were fast or slow disease progressors, CK levels were assayed for 16 months every 4 months in an observational case-control cohort study with prospective data collection conducted in Italy. CK was also measured at baseline in 88 CIDP patients with secondary axonal damage and in two mouse strains (129SvHSD and C57-BL) carrying the same SOD1G93A transgene expression but showing a fast (129Sv-SOD1G93A) and slow (C57-SOD1G93A) ALS progression rate. Higher CK was found in ALS slow progressors compared to fast progressors in T1, T2, T3, and T4, with a correlation with Revised Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale (ALSFRS-R) scores. Higher CK was found in spinal compared to bulbar-onset patients. Transgenic and non-transgenic C57BL mice showed higher CK levels compared to 129SvHSD strain. At baseline mean CK was higher in ALS compared to CIDP. CK can predict the disease progression, with slow progressors associated with higher levels and fast progressors to lower levels, in both ALS patients and mice. CK is higher in ALS patients compared to patients with CIDP with secondary axonal damage; the higher levels of CK in slow progressors patients, but also in C57BL transgenic and non-transgenic mice designs CK as a predisposing factor for disease rate progression.
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- Marco Ceccanti
- Rare Neuromuscular Diseases Centre, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; (M.C.); (V.P.); (C.C.); (L.L.); (E.O.); (V.F.); (I.F.)
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- Rare Neuromuscular Diseases Centre, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; (M.C.); (V.P.); (C.C.); (L.L.); (E.O.); (V.F.); (I.F.)
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- Rare Neuromuscular Diseases Centre, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; (M.C.); (V.P.); (C.C.); (L.L.); (E.O.); (V.F.); (I.F.)
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- Rare Neuromuscular Diseases Centre, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; (M.C.); (V.P.); (C.C.); (L.L.); (E.O.); (V.F.); (I.F.)
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- Rare Neuromuscular Diseases Centre, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; (M.C.); (V.P.); (C.C.); (L.L.); (E.O.); (V.F.); (I.F.)
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- Rare Neuromuscular Diseases Centre, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; (M.C.); (V.P.); (C.C.); (L.L.); (E.O.); (V.F.); (I.F.)
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- Rare Neuromuscular Diseases Centre, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; (M.C.); (V.P.); (C.C.); (L.L.); (E.O.); (V.F.); (I.F.)
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- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Rare Diseases, San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, 00152 Rome, Italy;
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- Neuromuscular Disease Centre, Department of Neurology, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Laboratory Affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy;
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- Laboratory Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Neuroscience, Istituto di Ricerche Famacologiche Mario Negri-IRCCS, 20156 Milan, Italy; (C.B.); (P.F.); (M.C.T.); (G.N.)
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- Laboratory Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Neuroscience, Istituto di Ricerche Famacologiche Mario Negri-IRCCS, 20156 Milan, Italy; (C.B.); (P.F.); (M.C.T.); (G.N.)
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- Laboratory Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Neuroscience, Istituto di Ricerche Famacologiche Mario Negri-IRCCS, 20156 Milan, Italy; (C.B.); (P.F.); (M.C.T.); (G.N.)
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- Laboratory Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Neuroscience, Istituto di Ricerche Famacologiche Mario Negri-IRCCS, 20156 Milan, Italy; (C.B.); (P.F.); (M.C.T.); (G.N.)
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- Rare Neuromuscular Diseases Centre, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; (M.C.); (V.P.); (C.C.); (L.L.); (E.O.); (V.F.); (I.F.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0-6499-14122
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Relationship between Color and Redox Potential (Eh) in Beef Meat Juice. Validation on Beef Meat. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/app10093164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In France, around 3.5 million cattle are slaughtered each year, which represents 1.3 million tons of beef carcasses. However, waste due essentially to organoleptic defects is estimated at 3.4% of the production or 45,000 tons of beef carcasses. Microbiological contamination and color are the two major causes of defect. In order to prevent color defect, a study was performed to develop a new method for measuring rapidly and instantly the redox potential as an indicator of color changes in carcasses without slowing down the slaughter line. This measurement would allow to classify them upstream according to their time of colors changes in order to sort them and to avoid food waste in the future. Meat juice has been shown to be a good mimetic medium for the study of color changes. The effect of different parameters was studied in order to fix experimental conditions. Color change is faster in the juice than in the meat and faster at 20 °C than at 4 °C. Redox potential allows following color changes and a symmetry has been highlighted between this thermodynamic measure and color changes.
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Moons J, Azambuja F, Mihailovic J, Kozma K, Smiljanic K, Amiri M, Cirkovic Velickovic T, Nyman M, Parac‐Vogt TN. Discrete Hf
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- Jens Moons
- Department of Chemistry KU Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200F 3001 Leuven Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry KU Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200F 3001 Leuven Belgium
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- Faculty of Chemistry University of Belgrade Studentski trg 16 11000 Belgrade Serbia
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- Department of Chemistry Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97331-4003 USA
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- Faculty of Chemistry University of Belgrade Studentski trg 16 11000 Belgrade Serbia
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- Department of Chemistry Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97331-4003 USA
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- Faculty of Chemistry University of Belgrade Studentski trg 16 11000 Belgrade Serbia
- Ghent University Global Campus Incheon South Korea
- Ghent University Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent Belgium
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Belgrade Serbia
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- Department of Chemistry Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97331-4003 USA
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Moons J, de Azambuja F, Mihailovic J, Kozma K, Smiljanic K, Amiri M, Cirkovic Velickovic T, Nyman M, Parac-Vogt TN. Discrete Hf 18 Metal-oxo Cluster as a Heterogeneous Nanozyme for Site-Specific Proteolysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:9094-9101. [PMID: 32154631 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202001036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The selective hydrolysis of proteins by non-enzymatic catalysis is difficult to achieve, yet it is crucial for applications in biotechnology and proteomics. Herein, we report that discrete hafnium metal-oxo cluster [Hf18 O10 (OH)26 (SO4 )13 ⋅(H2 O)33 ] (Hf18 ), which is centred by the same hexamer motif found in many MOFs, acts as a heterogeneous catalyst for the efficient hydrolysis of horse heart myoglobin (HHM) in low buffer concentrations. Among 154 amino acids present in the sequence of HHM, strictly selective cleavage at only 6 solvent accessible aspartate residues was observed. Mechanistic experiments suggest that the hydrolytic activity is likely derived from the actuation of HfIV Lewis acidic sites and the Brønsted acidic surface of Hf18 . X-ray scattering and ESI-MS revealed that Hf18 is completely insoluble in these conditions, confirming the HHM hydrolysis is caused by a heterogeneous reaction of the solid Hf18 cluster, and not from smaller, soluble Hf species that could leach into solution.
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- Jens Moons
- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331-4003, USA
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331-4003, USA
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia.,Ghent University Global Campus, Incheon, South Korea.,Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent, Belgium.,Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331-4003, USA
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Li X, Yan H, Zhang X, Huang J, Xiang ST, Yao Z, Zang P, Zhu D, Xiao Z, Lu X. Elevated serum myoglobin levels at hospital admission and the risk of early death among patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: evidence from 155 pediatric patients. Ann Hematol 2020; 99:963-971. [PMID: 32221652 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-020-03980-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) have high risk of early mortality. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the elevated level of serum myoglobin among patients with HLH is associated with disease severity and increased risk of mortality. We retrospectively investigated the serum myoglobin levels from 155 pediatric patients diagnosed with HLH in the Hunan Children's Hospital, China. The levels of myoglobin and creatine kinase at hospital admission among non-survivors and survivors were compared. The myoglobin level was dichotomized for the estimation of hazard ratio (HR) for mortality. Patients who died within 7 and 30 days of hospitalization had significantly higher myoglobin levels than did survivors (p < 0.05). The myoglobin level was negatively associated with the days of survival among non-survivors (Spearman correlation coefficient = - 0.29, p = 0.04). An elevated myoglobin level (> 90 ng/mL) was significantly associated with increased mortality (unadjusted HR = 2.66, 95%CI: 1.41, 5.00, p = 0.0024) and persisted after adjusting for age, Epstein-Barr virus infection, admission department, acute kidney injury, myocardial damage, and shock. In conclusion, an elevated serum myoglobin level was associated with increased risk of early death among pediatric patients with HLH, suggesting the potential of myoglobin to be used as a reference indicator for monitoring and managing of HLH.
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- Xun Li
- Pediatrics Research Institute of Hunan Province, Hunan Children's Hospital, University of South China, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hunan Children's Hospital, University of South China, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hunan Children's Hospital, University of South China, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hunan Children's Hospital, University of South China, Changsha, China
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- Pediatrics Research Institute of Hunan Province, Hunan Children's Hospital, University of South China, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hunan Children's Hospital, University of South China, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hunan Children's Hospital, University of South China, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hunan Children's Hospital, University of South China, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hunan Children's Hospital, University of South China, Changsha, China.
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hunan Children's Hospital, University of South China, Changsha, China.
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Carlsson MLR, Kanagarajan S, Bülow L, Zhu LH. Plant based production of myoglobin - a novel source of the muscle heme-protein. Sci Rep 2020; 10:920. [PMID: 31969582 PMCID: PMC6976567 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-57565-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Myoglobin is a heme-protein in the muscle of vertebrates with important functions in the oxygenation of tissues and as a regulator in nitric oxide signaling. Myoglobin from many species is also an important nutritional source of bioavailable iron. In this study, we have successfully produced human myoglobin in the leaves of Nicotiana benthamiana by transient expression using a viral vector delivered by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Analyses confirmed that heme was incorporated and the protein was functional, with observed properties consistent with those of native myoglobins. A relatively high degree of purity could be achieved with low cost methods. The results show the high potential of plants as a production platform for heme proteins, a group of proteins of interest for iron nutrition applications and possible future pharmaceutical development.
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- Magnus L R Carlsson
- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 101, 230 53, Alnarp, Sweden
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 101, 230 53, Alnarp, Sweden
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- Division of Pure and Applied Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, 221 00, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 101, 230 53, Alnarp, Sweden.
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Billhaq DH, Lee SH, Lee S. The potential function of endometrial-secreted factors for endometrium remodeling during the estrous cycle. Anim Sci J 2020; 91:e13333. [PMID: 31909524 DOI: 10.1111/asj.13333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2019] [Revised: 11/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Uterine has a pivotal role in implantation and conceptus development. To prepare a conducive uterine condition for possibly new gestation during the estrous cycle, uterine endometrium undergoes dramatic remodeling. In addition, angiogenesis is an indispensable biological process of endometrium remodeling. Furthermore, essential protein expressions related to important biological processes of endometrium remodeling, which are vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), myoglobin (MYG), collagen type IV (COL4), fucosyltransferase IV (FUT4), and cysteine-rich protein 2 (CRP2), were detected in the endometrial tissue reported in many previous studies and recently discovered in histotroph substrates during the estrous cycle. Those proteins, which are liable for provoking new vessel development, cell proliferation, cell adhesion, and cell migration, were expressed higher in the histotroph during the luteal phase than follicular phase. Histotroph proteins considerably contribute to endometrium remodeling during the estrous cycle. To that end, the following review will discuss and highlight the relevant information and evidence of the uterine fluid proteins as endometrial-secreted factors that adequately indicate the potential role of the uterine secretions to be involved in the endometrial remodeling process.
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- Dody Houston Billhaq
- College of Animal Life Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Animal Resources, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- College of Animal Life Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Nishi M, Hayata Y, Hoshino N, Hanasaki N, Akutagawa T, Matsuda M. Intermolecular interactions of tetrabenzoporphyrin- and phthalocyanine-based charge-transfer complexes. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:17723-17728. [PMID: 31660554 DOI: 10.1039/c9dt03653a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The effect of molecular modification on the intermolecular interactions in tetrabenzoporphyrin-based charge transfer complexes is reported. TPP[FeIII(tbp)Cl2]2, TPP[CoIII(tbp)Cl2]2 and TPP[CoIII(tbp)Br2]2 (TPP = tetraphenylphosphonium and tbp = tetrabenzoporphyrin) were synthesized and their crystal structures were compared to those of the reported TPP[MIII(tbp)(CN)2]2, TPP[FeIII(tbp)Br2]2 and TPP[MIII(Pc)L2]2 complexes (Pc = phthalocyanine; and L = CN, Cl or Br). The prepared CT complexes were isostructural to reported systems. However, their intermolecular interactions were found to depend on the combination of the macrocyclic (Mc) and axial ligands (L). In Pc-based systems, the overlap integral between HOMOs of Pc decreased with the increase in the size of the axial ligand, which indicated that the intermolecular interactions in Pc-based systems were dominated by repulsive interactions. On the other hand, in tbp-based systems, attractive and repulsive interactions competed with each other. Furthermore, charge transport properties were found to depend on the central metal ion as well as the combination of Mc and L, which suggested that minor molecular modifications to porphyrin complexes will cause drastic changes in both inter- and intramolecular interactions.
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- Miki Nishi
- Department of Chemistry, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan.
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan.
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Bicker A, Nauth T, Gerst D, Aboouf MA, Fandrey J, Kristiansen G, Gorr TA, Hankeln T. The role of myoglobin in epithelial cancers: Insights from transcriptomics. Int J Mol Med 2019; 45:385-400. [PMID: 31894249 PMCID: PMC6984796 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2019.4433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The muscle-associated respiratory protein myoglobin (MB) is expressed in multiple types of cancer, including breast and prostate tumors. In Kaplan-Meier analyses of the two tumor types, MB positivity is associated with favorable prognoses. Despite its well-characterized function in myocytes, the role of MB in cancer remains unclear. To study the impact of endogenous MB expression, small interfering RNA MB-knockdown cells were engineered using breast, prostate and colon cancer cell lines (MDA-MB468, LNCaP, DLD-1), and their transcriptomes were investigated using RNA-Seq at different oxygen levels. In MB-positive cells, increased expression of glycolytic genes was observed, which was possibly mediated by a higher activity of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α. In addition, the results of the gene set enrichment analysis suggested that MB contributed to fatty acid transport and turnover. MB-positive, wild-type-p53 LNCaP cells also exhibited increased expression of p53 target genes involved in cell cycle checkpoint control and prevention of cell migration. MB-positive cells expressing mutant p53 exhibited upregulation of genes associated with prolonged cancer cell viability and motility. Therefore, it was hypothesized that these transcriptomic differences may result from MB-mediated generation of nitric oxide or reactive oxygen species, thus employing established enzymatic activities of the globin. In summary, the transcriptome comparisons identified potential molecular functions of MB in carcinogenesis by highlighting the interaction of MB with key metabolic and regulatory processes.
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- Anne Bicker
- Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Molecular Genetics and Genome Analysis, Johannes Gutenberg University, D‑55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Molecular Genetics and Genome Analysis, Johannes Gutenberg University, D‑55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, CH‑8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, CH‑8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Duisburg‑Essen, D‑45147 Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Center for Integrated Oncology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, D‑53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, CH‑8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Molecular Genetics and Genome Analysis, Johannes Gutenberg University, D‑55099 Mainz, Germany
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Daane JM, Giordano D, Coppola D, di Prisco G, Detrich HW, Verde C. Adaptations to environmental change: Globin superfamily evolution in Antarctic fishes. Mar Genomics 2019; 49:100724. [PMID: 31735579 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2019.100724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2019] [Revised: 10/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The ancient origins and functional versatility of globins make them ideal subjects for studying physiological adaptation to environmental change. Our goals in this review are to describe the evolution of the vertebrate globin gene superfamily and to explore the structure/function relationships of hemoglobin, myoglobin, neuroglobin and cytoglobin in teleost fishes. We focus on the globins of Antarctic notothenioids, emphasizing their adaptive features as inferred from comparisons with human proteins. We dedicate this review to Guido di Prisco, our co-author, colleague, friend, and husband of C.V. Ever thoughtful, creative, and enthusiastic, Guido spearheaded study of the structure, function, and evolution of the hemoglobins of polar fishes - this review is testimony to his wide-ranging contributions. Throughout his career, Guido inspired younger scientists to embrace polar biological research, and he challenged researchers of all ages to explore evolutionary adaptation in the context of global climate change. Beyond his scientific contributions, we will miss his warmth, his culture, and his great intellect. Guido has left an outstanding legacy, one that will continue to inspire us and our research.
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- Jacob M Daane
- Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University Marine Science Center, Nahant, MA 01908, USA
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR), CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy; Department of Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR), CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy; Department of Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR), CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University Marine Science Center, Nahant, MA 01908, USA
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR), CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy; Department of Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy.
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Lüdemann J, Fago A, Falke S, Wisniewsky M, Schneider I, Fabrizius A, Burmester T. Genetic and functional diversity of the multiple lungfish myoglobins. FEBS J 2019; 287:1598-1611. [PMID: 31610084 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2018] [Revised: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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It is known that the West African lungfish (Protopterus annectens) harbours multiple myoglobin (Mb) genes that are differentially expressed in various tissues and that the Mbs differ in their abilities to confer tolerance towards hypoxia. Here, we show that other lungfish species (Protopterus dolloi, Protopterus aethiopicus and Lepidosiren paradoxa) display a similar diversity of Mb genes and have orthologous Mb genes. To investigate the functional diversification of these genes, we studied the structures, O2 binding properties and nitrite reductase enzymatic activities of recombinantly expressed P. annectens Mbs (PanMbs). CD spectroscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering revealed the typical globin-fold in all investigated recombinant Mbs, indicating a conserved structure. The highest O2 affinity was measured for PanMb2 (P50 = 0.88 Torr at 20 °C), which is mainly expressed in the brain, whereas the muscle-specific PanMb1 has the lowest O2 affinity (P50 = 3.78 Torr at 20 °C), suggesting that tissue-specific O2 requirements have resulted in the emergence of distinct Mb types. Two of the mainly neuronally expressed Mbs (PanMb3 and PanMb4b) have the highest nitrite reductase rates. These data show different O2 binding and enzymatic properties of lungfish Mbs, reflecting multiple subfunctionalisation and neofunctionalisation events that occurred early in the evolution of lungfish. Some Mbs may have also taken over the functions of neuroglobin and cytoglobin, which are widely expressed in vertebrates but appear to be missing in lungfish.
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- Julia Lüdemann
- Institute of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Denmark
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil
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- Institute of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Hamburg, Germany
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Simsa R, Yuen J, Stout A, Rubio N, Fogelstrand P, Kaplan DL. Extracellular Heme Proteins Influence Bovine Myosatellite Cell Proliferation and the Color of Cell-Based Meat. Foods 2019; 8:E521. [PMID: 31640291 PMCID: PMC6835221 DOI: 10.3390/foods8100521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Skeletal muscle-tissue engineering can be applied to produce cell-based meat for human consumption, but growth parameters need to be optimized for efficient production and similarity to traditional meat. The addition of heme proteins to plant-based meat alternatives was recently shown to increase meat-like flavor and natural color. To evaluate whether heme proteins also have a positive effect on cell-based meat production, bovine muscle satellite cells (BSCs) were grown in the presence of hemoglobin (Hb) or myoglobin (Mb) for up to nine days in a fibrin hydrogel along 3D-printed anchor-point constructs to generate bioartificial muscles (BAMs). The influence of heme proteins on cell proliferation, tissue development, and tissue color was analyzed. We found that the proliferation and metabolic activity of BSCs was significantly increased when Mb was added, while Hb had no, or a slightly negative, effect. Hb and, in particular, Mb application led to a very similar color of BAMs compared to cooked beef, which was not noticeable in groups without added heme proteins. Taken together, these results indicate a potential benefit of adding Mb to cell culture media for increased proliferation and adding Mb or Hb for the coloration of cell-based meat.
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- Robin Simsa
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
- VERIGRAFT AB, 41346 Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Wallenberg Laboratory, University of Gothenburg, 41345 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
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- Wallenberg Laboratory, University of Gothenburg, 41345 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
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Biswas B, Singh PC. Does Fungicide "Dodine" Unfold Protein like Kosmo-Chaotropic Agent? J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:8240-8246. [PMID: 31487177 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b08129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The nontargeted action of fungicides affects the structure of protein, which leads to several serious diseases such as nausea, cancer, fetus malformations, movement dysfunction, and behavioral changes in human and animals. Hence, understanding of the structural change in protein induced by fungicides is of utmost importance to decode its mode of nontargeted action. In this study, we have investigated the structural change of myoglobin by an important fungicide, namely, dodine (n-dodecylguanidinium acetate), as well as its analogues n-hexylguanidinium acetate (HGA) and guanidinium chloride (GdmCl) using spectroscopic and thermodynamic methods. The amount of dodine and HGA required for the unfolding of myoglobin is significantly less than GdmCl. GdmCl, dodine, and HGA unfold the myoglobin by decreasing the content of the helical and tertiary structures. However, the decrease in the content of tertiary structure is significantly higher than that of the secondary structure for dodine and HGA, in contrast to GdmCl, where the decrease in secondary and tertiary contents of protein is not biased. Thermodynamic and spectroscopic data depict that the unfolding of the dodine and HGA is driven by the hydrophobic interaction, whereas the hydrogen bonding of GdmCl with the amino acids of protein plays a key role in the unfolding. The long alkyl chain of dodine and HGA get accommodated at the surface of the helices of myoglobin, inducing strong hydrophobic interaction, which causes its unfolding. This study depicts that dodine unfolds protein by the chaotropic effect in which its hydrocarbon chain destabilizes the protein by the hydrophobic effect, unlike in an earlier study, where dodine was claimed to be a kosmo-chaotropic agent as its hydrocarbon group stabilizes the protein.
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- Biswajit Biswas
- School of Chemical Science , Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science , Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032 , India
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- School of Chemical Science , Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science , Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032 , India
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Catalase-Like Antioxidant Activity is Unaltered in Hypochlorous Acid Oxidized Horse Heart Myoglobin. Antioxidants (Basel) 2019; 8:antiox8090414. [PMID: 31540488 PMCID: PMC6770884 DOI: 10.3390/antiox8090414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Revised: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Activated neutrophils release myeloperoxidase that produces the potent oxidant hypochlorous acid (HOCl). Exposure of the oxygen transport protein horse heart myoglobin (hhMb) to HOCl inhibits Iron III (Fe(III))-heme reduction by cytochrome b5 to oxygen-binding Iron II (Fe(II))Mb. Pathological concentrations of HOCl yielded myoglobin oxidation products of increased electrophoretic mobility and markedly different UV/Vis absorbance. Mass analysis indicated HOCl caused successive mass increases of 16 a.m.u., consistent serial addition of molecular oxygen to the protein. By contrast, parallel analysis of protein chlorination by quantitative mass spectrometry revealed a comparatively minor increase in the 3-chlorotyrosine/tyrosine ratio. Pre-treatment of hhMb with HOCl affected the peroxidase reaction between the hemoprotein and H2O2 as judged by a HOCl dose-dependent decrease in spin-trapped tyrosyl radical detected by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and the rate constant of 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid (ABTS) oxidation. By contrast, Mb catalase-like antioxidant activity remained unchanged under the same conditions. Notably, HOCl-modification of Mb decreased the rate of ferric-to-ferrous Mb reduction by a cytochrome b5 reductase system. Taken together, these data indicate oxidizing HOCl promotes Mb oxidation but not chlorination and that oxidized Mb shows altered Mb peroxidase-like activity and diminished rates of one-electron reduction by cytochrome b5 reductase, possibly affecting oxygen storage and transport however, Mb-catalase-like antioxidant activity remains unchanged.
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de Souza JS, Laureano-Melo R, Herai RH, da Conceição RR, Oliveira KC, da Silva IDCG, Dias-da-Silva MR, Romano RM, Romano MA, Maciel RMDB, Chiamolera MI, Giannocco G. Maternal glyphosate-based herbicide exposure alters antioxidant-related genes in the brain and serum metabolites of male rat offspring. Neurotoxicology 2019; 74:121-131. [PMID: 31226268 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2019.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Revised: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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In response to the rapid development of genetically engineered glyphosate-tolerant crops, the use of glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs), in agriculture, has increased substantially. Currently, it is estimated that 747 million kg of GBHs are applied per year. Although several epidemiological studies have demonstrated that there are health risks associated with GBH exposure, the effects these chemicals have on the oxidative and inflammatory response in the brain are still unclear. In fact, alterations in these processes could contribute to the development of neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and autism spectrum disorders. The present study exposed pregnant rats to GBH and evaluated changes in the expression of genes related to oxidnte defense and inflammation response and monitored the serum metabolome in the adult male offspring. Pregnant Wistar rats were administered distilled water or Roundup®, at either 5 and 50 mg/kg/day, (p.o.) from gestational day (GD) 18 to postnatal day (PND) 5. There was a significant increase in the gene expression levels of Neuroglobin (Ngb - oxygen storage and tissue protection) (105%, p = 0.031), Glutathione Peroxidase 1 (Gpx1 - oxidative stress) (95%, p = 0.005), Prostaglandin-Endoperoxidase Synthase 1 (Ptgs1 - inflammation) (109%, p = 0.033) and Hypoxia inducible factor 1 subunit alpha (Hif1α - oxygen sensor) (73%, p = 0.017), in the cerebellum of PND90 rats perinatally exposed to 50 mg GBH/kg/day. Moreover, both GBH-exposed groups displayed a significant decrease in the expression of Catalase (Cat - oxidative stress) (49%, p = 0.003; and 31% p = 0.050, respectively) expression, in the cortex. Serum metabolites analyses, from the same animals of each group, demonstrated that there were significant changes in the concentrations of lysophosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylcholine, which have been associated with neurodegenerative diseases. The results of the present study suggest GBH exposure during pregnancy alters the expression of genes associated with oxidant defense, inflammation and lipid metabolism. It is plausible that maternal GBH exposure could have lasting neuronal effects on the offspring later in life.
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- Janaina Sena de Souza
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP/EPM, Departamento de Medicina, Disciplina de Endocrinologia Clínica, São Paulo, São Paulo, 04039-032, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP/EPM, Departamento de Medicina, Disciplina de Endocrinologia Clínica, São Paulo, São Paulo, 04039-032, Brazil
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- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, School of Medicine, Graduate Program in Health Sciences (PUCPR/PPGCS), Curitiba, Paraná, 80215-901, Brazil; Instituto Lico Kaesemodel (ILK), Curitiba, Paraná, 80240-000, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP/EPM, Departamento de Medicina, Disciplina de Endocrinologia Clínica, São Paulo, São Paulo, 04039-032, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP/EPM, Departamento de Medicina, Disciplina de Endocrinologia Clínica, São Paulo, São Paulo, 04039-032, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP/EPM, Departamento de Medicina, Disciplina de Endocrinologia Clínica, São Paulo, São Paulo, 04039-032, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste, Departamento de Farmácia, Guarapuava, Paraná, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste, Departamento de Farmácia, Guarapuava, Paraná, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP/EPM, Departamento de Medicina, Disciplina de Endocrinologia Clínica, São Paulo, São Paulo, 04039-032, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP/EPM, Departamento de Medicina, Disciplina de Endocrinologia Clínica, São Paulo, São Paulo, 04039-032, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP/EPM, Departamento de Medicina, Disciplina de Endocrinologia Clínica, São Paulo, São Paulo, 04039-032, Brazil; Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Diadema, São Paulo, 09972-270, Brazil.
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Ghosh A, Dai Y, Biswas P, Stuehr DJ. Myoglobin maturation is driven by the hsp90 chaperone machinery and by soluble guanylyl cyclase. FASEB J 2019; 33:9885-9896. [PMID: 31170354 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201802793rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Myoglobin (Mb) maturation involves heme incorporation as a final step. We investigated a role for heat shock protein (hsp) 90 in Mb maturation in C2C12 skeletal muscle myoblasts and cell lines. We found the following: 1) Hsp90 directly interacts preferentially with heme-free Mb both in purified form and in cells. 2) Hsp90 drives heme insertion into apoprotein-Mb in an ATP-dependent process. 3) During differentiation of C2C12 myoblasts into myotubes, the apo-Mb-hsp90 complex associates with 5 cell cochaperons, Hsp70, activator of hsp90 ATPase protein 1 (Aha1), alanyl-tRNA synthetase domain containing 1 (Aarsd1), cell division cycle 37 (Cdc37), and stress induced phosphoprotein 1 (STIP1) in a pattern that is consistent with their enabling Mb maturation. 4) Mb heme insertion was significantly increased in cells that had a functional soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC)-cGMP signaling pathway and was diminished upon small interfering RNA knockdown of sGCβ1 or upon overexpression of a phosphodiesterase to prevent cGMP buildup. Together, our findings suggest that hsp90 works in concert with cochaperons (Hsp70, Aha1, Aarsd1, STIP1, and Cdc37) and an active sGC-cGMP signaling pathway to promote heme insertion into immature apo-Mb, and thus generate functional Mb during muscle myotube formation. This fills gaps in our understanding and suggests new ways to potentially control these processes.-Ghosh, A., Dai, Y., Biswas, P., Stuehr, D. J. Myoglobin maturation is driven by the hsp90 chaperone machinery and by soluble guanylyl cyclase.
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- Arnab Ghosh
- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Chao Y, Xia M, Wu R, Chen Q, Zheng Z, Qi D. Molecular characterization and expression changes of cytoglobin genes in response to hypoxia in a Tibetan schizothoracine fish, Schizopygopsis pylzovi. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2019; 45:863-872. [PMID: 30406573 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-018-0582-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Schizopygopsis pylzovi, an endemic fish of the subfamily Schizothoracinae, is comparatively well adapted to dissolved oxygen fluctuations in the aqueous environments of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Here, we cloned the complete cDNA of cytoglobin 1 and 2 (Cygb1 and Cygb2) from S. pylzovi and then investigated transcriptional changes of both genes in the selected tissues in response to hypoxia. Both the two genes had the standard exon-intron structure of vertebrate Mb genes but lacked an exon at downstream of the H helix (HC11.2) as seen in mammals. We applied severe hypoxia (4 h at PO2 = 3.6% saturation) and moderate hypoxia (72 h at PO2 = 36.0% saturation) to adult S. pylzovi. Under severe hypoxia, the Cygb1 mRNA levels decreased significantly in the liver, kidney, and brain, but increased significantly in the heart, while the Cygb2 mRNA levels downregulated significantly in the muscle and liver. But, the transcriptional activity of Cygb1 in muscle and that of Cygb2 in the kidney, brain, and heart remained almost unchanged. Under moderate hypoxia, the transcriptional activities of both genes in muscle and brain were turned down quickly after onset hypoxia, while in the liver, kidney, and heart, the transcriptional activities of both genes showed a short-term upregulation in different time periods of hypoxia exposure. Our data suggest that both the Cygb1 and Cygb2 in S. pylzovi are hypoxia-induced genes, and the responses of the transcription regulation of Cygb1 and Cygb2 genes to hypoxia are tissue specific and also depend on the hypoxia regime, which are different from that of other fish species.
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- Yan Chao
- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, No. 251 Ningda Road, Xining, 810016, China
- Animal Science Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Qinghai University, No. 251 Ningda Road, Xining, 810016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, No. 251 Ningda Road, Xining, 810016, China
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- Animal Science Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Qinghai University, No. 251 Ningda Road, Xining, 810016, China
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- Animal Science Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Qinghai University, No. 251 Ningda Road, Xining, 810016, China
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- Animal Science Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Qinghai University, No. 251 Ningda Road, Xining, 810016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, No. 251 Ningda Road, Xining, 810016, China.
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Myoglobinopathy is an adult-onset autosomal dominant myopathy with characteristic sarcoplasmic inclusions. Nat Commun 2019; 10:1396. [PMID: 30918256 PMCID: PMC6437160 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09111-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Myoglobin, encoded by MB, is a small cytoplasmic globular hemoprotein highly expressed in cardiac myocytes and oxidative skeletal myofibers. Myoglobin binds O2, facilitates its intracellular transport and serves as a controller of nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species. Here, we identify a recurrent c.292C>T (p.His98Tyr) substitution in MB in fourteen members of six European families suffering from an autosomal dominant progressive myopathy with highly characteristic sarcoplasmic inclusions in skeletal and cardiac muscle. Myoglobinopathy manifests in adulthood with proximal and axial weakness that progresses to involve distal muscles and causes respiratory and cardiac failure. Biochemical characterization reveals that the mutant myoglobin has altered O2 binding, exhibits a faster heme dissociation rate and has a lower reduction potential compared to wild-type myoglobin. Preliminary studies show that mutant myoglobin may result in elevated superoxide levels at the cellular level. These data define a recognizable muscle disease associated with MB mutation. Myoglobin is a hemeprotein that reversibly binds oxygen and gives muscle its red color. Here, the authors report a genetic variant in the MB gene that associates with myoglobinopathy, an autosomal dominant progressive myopathy, and altered oxygen binding properties of the mutant protein.
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Lüdemann J, Verissimo KM, Dreger K, Fago A, Schneider I, Burmester T. Globin E is a myoglobin-related, respiratory protein highly expressed in lungfish oocytes. Sci Rep 2019; 9:280. [PMID: 30670817 PMCID: PMC6343008 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36592-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Globins are a classical model system for the studies of protein evolution and function. Recent studies have shown that – besides the well-known haemoglobin and myoglobin – additional globin-types occur in vertebrates that serve different functions. Globin E (GbE) was originally identified as an eye-specific protein of birds that is distantly related to myoglobin. GbE is also present in turtles and the coelacanth but appeared to have been lost in other vertebrates. Here, we show that GbE additionally occurs in lungfish, the closest living relatives of the tetrapods. Each lungfish species harbours multiple (≥5) GbE gene copies. Surprisingly, GbE is exclusively and highly expressed in oocytes, with mRNA levels that exceed that of myoglobin in the heart. Thus, GbE is the first known oocyte-specific globin in vertebrates. No GbE transcripts were found in the ovary or egg transcriptomes of other vertebrates, suggesting a lungfish-specific function. Spectroscopic analysis and kinetic studies of recombinant GbE1 of the South American lungfish Lepidosiren paradoxa revealed a typical pentacoordinate globin with myoglobin-like O2-binding kinetics, indicating similar functions. Our findings suggest that the multiple copies of GbE evolved to enhance O2-supply in the developing embryo of lungfish, analogous to the embryonic and fetal haemoglobins of other vertebrates. In evolution, GbE must have changed its expression site from oocytes to eyes, or vice versa.
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- Julia Lüdemann
- Institute of Zoology, University of Hamburg, D-20146, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Zoology, University of Hamburg, D-20146, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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Hirai DM, Colburn TD, Craig JC, Hotta K, Kano Y, Musch TI, Poole DC. Skeletal muscle interstitial O 2 pressures: bridging the gap between the capillary and myocyte. Microcirculation 2018; 26:e12497. [PMID: 30120845 DOI: 10.1111/micc.12497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Revised: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The oxygen transport pathway from air to mitochondria involves a series of transfer steps within closely integrated systems (pulmonary, cardiovascular, and tissue metabolic). Small and finite O2 stores in most mammalian species require exquisitely controlled changes in O2 flux rates to support elevated ATP turnover. This is especially true for the contracting skeletal muscle where O2 requirements may increase two orders of magnitude above rest. This brief review focuses on the mechanistic bases for increased microvascular blood-myocyte O2 flux (V̇O2 ) from rest to contractions. Fick's law dictates that V̇O2 elevations driven by muscle contractions are produced by commensurate changes in driving force (ie, O2 pressure gradients; ΔPO2 ) and/or effective diffusing capacity (DO2 ). While previous evidence indicates that increased DO2 helps modulate contracting muscle O2 flux, up until recently the role of the dynamic ΔPO2 across the capillary wall was unknown. Recent phosphorescence quenching investigations of both microvascular and novel interstitial PO2 kinetics in health have resolved an important step in the O2 cascade between the capillary and myocyte. Specifically, the significant transmural ΔPO2 at rest was sustained (but not increased) during submaximal contractions. This supports the contention that the blood-myocyte interface provides a substantial effective resistance to O2 diffusion and underscores that modulations in erythrocyte hemodynamics and distribution (DO2 ) are crucial to preserve the driving force for O2 flux across the capillary wall (ΔPO2 ) during contractions. Investigation of the O2 transport pathway close to muscle mitochondria is key to identifying disease mechanisms and develop therapeutic approaches to ameliorate dysfunction and exercise intolerance.
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- Daniel M Hirai
- Departments of Anatomy & Physiology, Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Departments of Anatomy & Physiology, Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Departments of Anatomy & Physiology, Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
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- Departments of Anatomy & Physiology, Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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- Departments of Anatomy & Physiology, Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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Chillemi G, Anselmi M, Sanna N, Padrin C, Balducci L, Cammarata M, Pace E, Chergui M, Benfatto M. Dynamic multiple-scattering treatment of X-ray absorption: Parameterization of a new molecular dynamics force field for myoglobin. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (MELVILLE, N.Y.) 2018; 5:054101. [PMID: 30246048 PMCID: PMC6135643 DOI: 10.1063/1.5031806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We present a detailed analysis of the X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) data on the Fe K-edge of CO Myoglobin based on a combined procedure of Molecular Dynamics (MD) calculations and MXAN (Minuit XANes) data analysis that we call D-MXAN. The ability of performing quantitative XANES data analysis allows us to refine classical force field MD parameters, thus obtaining a reliable tool for the atomic investigation of this important model system for biological macromolecules. The iterative procedure here applied corrects the greatest part of the structural discrepancy between classical MD sampling and experimental determinations. Our procedure, moreover, is able to discriminate between different heme conformational basins visited during the MD simulation, thus demonstrating the necessity of a sampling on the order of tens of nanoseconds, even for an application such X-ray absorption spectroscopy data analysis.
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- Giovanni Chillemi
- Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed: , Telephone: +39 06 44486 706 and , Telephone: +39–06-9403–2884
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- Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- CINECA, SuperComputing Applications and Innovation Department, Via dei Tizii 6, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Université de Rennes 1, CNRS, Univ. Bretagne Loire, Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR 6251, Rennes F-35042, France
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- Université de Rennes 1, CNRS, Univ. Bretagne Loire, Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR 6251, Rennes F-35042, France
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN- Via E. Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Lab. of Ultrafast Spectroscopy (LSU) and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ISIC, FSB, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN- Via E. Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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Kurokawa D, Gueriba JS, Diño WA. Spin-Dependent O 2 Binding to Hemoglobin. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:9241-9245. [PMID: 31459056 PMCID: PMC6645249 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b00879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We report results of our study on the mechanism of spin-dependent O2 binding to hemoglobin, which we represent as FePIm (Fe = iron, P = porphyrin, Im = imidazole). This involves the transition between two states, viz., the oxyhemoglobin state and the deoxyhemoglobin state. The deoxyhemoglobin state pertains to FePIm and a free O2 molecule, while the oxyhemoglobin state pertains to an O2 bound to FePIm. The deoxyhemoglobin and oxyhemoglobin systems have triplet and singlet total magnetizations, respectively. We found that a spin transition from triplet to quintet to singlet mediates the O2 binding process, and this accelerates the reaction. We also found that the position of the Fe atom out of the porphyrin plane is an important indicator of O2 affinity.
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- Daiichi Kurokawa
- Department
of Applied Physics and Center for Atomic and Molecular Technologies, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department
of Applied Physics and Center for Atomic and Molecular Technologies, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Department
of Physics, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, Manila 0922, Philippines
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- Department
of Applied Physics and Center for Atomic and Molecular Technologies, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Hasan MM, Ushio H, Ochiai Y. Expression levels of myoglobin in muscle and non-muscle tissues of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, a hypoxia intolerant species. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2018; 225:48-57. [PMID: 30026102 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2018.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Revised: 07/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Myoglobin (Mb) is one of the most intensively studied intracellular respiratory muscle proteins. Since the discovery of the fascinating fact that Mb is not confined only to oxidative muscle tissues but also is co-localized in different non-muscle tissues of cyprinids, hypoxia tolerant cyprinids have been established as the model teleost. Mb both at mRNA and protein levels have been reported in this study for the first time from a number of muscle and non-muscle tissues of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, a hypoxia intolerant species. Mb transcript levels were high in the heart and slow skeletal muscle, and were comparatively high in the gonad and gill among the non-muscle tissues. Western-blotting by using anti-rainbow trout Mb peptide rabbit antibody detected Mb protein in the muscles and several non-muscle tissues. By both RNA in situ hybridization and immunofluorescence, Mb was localized in the cardiomyocytes and oxidative muscle fibers. On the other hand, Mb both at mRNA and protein levels was restricted to the lamellar epithelial cells of the gill, epithelial layers of hepato-biliary duct, neurons and endothelial cells of brain, ooplasm of gonad, kidney tubules, endothelial cells, and epithelial layer of intestine. Neuroglobin isoform 1 and 2 mRNAs along with Mb mRNA were localized in the granular layer of cerebellum. Considering the previous data reported for cyprinids, the expression sites of Mb in the muscle and non-muscle tissues of teleost could be universal, where Mb concerted with the other globins might play meaningful physiological roles.
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- Muhammad Mehedi Hasan
- Laboratory of Marine Biochemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan; Department of Fisheries Technology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh.
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- Laboratory of Marine Biochemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Tohoku University, Aramaki, Aoba, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
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Postnikova GB, Shekhovtsova EA. Myoglobin: Oxygen Depot or Oxygen Transporter to Mitochondria? A Novel Mechanism of Myoglobin Deoxygenation in Cells (review). BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2018; 83:168-183. [PMID: 29618303 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297918020098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In this review, we shortly summarize the data of our studies (and also corresponding studies of other authors) on the new mechanism of myoglobin (Mb) deoxygenation in a cell, according to which Mb acts as an oxygen transporter, and its affinity for the ligand, like in other transporting proteins, is regulated by the interaction with the target, in our case, mitochondria (Mch). We firstly found that contrary to previously formulated and commonly accepted concepts, oxymyoglobin (MbO2) deoxygenation occurs only via interaction of the protein with respiring mitochondria (low pO2 values are necessary but not sufficient for this process to proceed). Detailed studies of the mechanism of Mb-Mch interaction by various physicochemical methods using natural and artificial bilayer phospholipid membranes showed that: (i) the rate of MbO2 deoxygenation in the presence of respiring Mch fully coincides with the rate of O2 uptake by mitochondria from a solution irrespectively of their state (native coupled, freshly frozen, or FCCP-uncoupled), i.e. it is determined by the respiratory activity of Mch; (ii) Mb nonspecifically binds to membrane phospholipids of the outer mitochondrial membrane, while any Mb-specific protein or phospholipid sites on it are lacking; (iii) oxygen uptake by Mch from a solution and the uptake of Mb-bound oxygen are two different processes, as their rates are differently affected by proteins (e.g. lysozyme) that compete with MbO2 for binding to the mitochondrial membrane; (iv) electrostatic forces significantly contribute to the Mb-membrane interactions; the dependence of these interactions on ionic strength is provided by the local electrostatic interactions between anionic groups of phospholipids (the heads) and invariant Lys and Arg residues near the Mb heme pocket; (v) interactions of Mb with phospholipid membranes promote conformational changes in the protein, primarily in its heme pocket, without significant alterations in the protein secondary and tertiary structures; and (vi) Mb-membrane interactions lead to decrease in the affinity of myoglobin for O2, which could be monitored by the increase in the MbO2 autooxidation rate under aerobic conditions and under anaerobic ones, by the shift in the MbO2/Mb(2) equilibrium towards the ligand-free protein. The decrease in the affinity of Mb for the ligand should facilitate O2 dissociation from MbO2 at physiological pO2 values in cells.
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- G B Postnikova
- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia.
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Reactions of ferric hemoglobin and myoglobin with hydrogen sulfide under physiological conditions. J Inorg Biochem 2018; 182:133-140. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2018.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Revised: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Zaretsky DV, Romanovsky AA, Zaretskaia MV, Molkov YI. Tissue oxidative metabolism can increase the difference between local temperature and arterial blood temperature by up to 1.3 oC: Implications for brain, brown adipose tissue, and muscle physiology. Temperature (Austin) 2018; 5:22-35. [PMID: 29687042 DOI: 10.1080/23328940.2018.1437311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Tissue temperature increases, when oxidative metabolism is boosted. The source of nutrients and oxygen for this metabolism is the blood. The blood also cools down the tissue, and this is the only cooling mechanism, when direct dissipation of heat from the tissue to the environment is insignificant, e.g., in the brain. While this concept is relatively simple, it has not been described quantitatively. The purpose of the present work was to answer two questions: 1) to what extent can oxidative metabolism make the organ tissue warmer than the body core, and, 2) how quickly are changes in the local metabolism reflected in the temperature of the tissue? Our theoretical analysis demonstrates that, at equilibrium, given that heat exchange with the organ is provided by the blood, the temperature difference between the organ tissue and the arterial blood is proportional to the arteriovenous difference in oxygen content, does not depend on the blood flow, and cannot exceed 1.3oC. Unlike the equilibrium temperature difference, the rate of change of the local temperature, with respect to time, does depend on the blood flow. In organs with high perfusion rates, such as the brain and muscles, temperature changes occur on a time scale of a few minutes. In organs with low perfusion rates, such changes may have characteristic time constants of tens or hundreds of minutes. Our analysis explains, why arterial blood temperature is the main determinant of the temperature of tissues with limited heat exchange, such as the brain.
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- Dmitry V Zaretsky
- Discovery and Translational Medicine Division, Intarcia Therapeutics, Research Triangle, NC 27709
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- Systemic Inflammation Laboratory (FeverLab), Trauma Research, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85013
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics and Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, GA 30303
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Qi D, Chao Y, Zhao Y, Xia M, Wu R. Molecular evolution of myoglobin in the Tibetan Plateau endemic schizothoracine fish (Cyprinidae, Teleostei) and tissue-specific expression changes under hypoxia. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2018; 44:557-571. [PMID: 29230594 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-017-0453-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Myoglobin (Mb) is an oxygen-binding hemoprotein that was once thought to be exclusively expressed in oxidative myocytes of skeletal and cardiac muscle where it serves in oxygen storage and facilitates intracellular oxygen diffusion. In this study, we cloned the coding sequence of the Mb gene from four species, representing three groups, of the schizothoracine fish endemic to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), then conducted molecular evolution analyses. We also investigated tissue expression patterns of Mb and the expression response to moderate and severe hypoxia at the mRNA and protein levels in a representative of the highly specialized schizothoracine fish species, Schizopygopsis pylzovi. Molecular evolution analyses showed that Mb from the highly specialized schizothoracine fish have undergone positive selection and one positively selected residue (81L) was identified, which is located in the F helix, close to or in contact with the heme. We present tentative evidence that the Mb duplication event occurred in the ancestor of the schizothoracine and Cyprininae fish (common carp and goldfish), and that the Mb2 paralog was subsequently lost in the schizothoracine fish. In S. pylzovi, Mb mRNA is expressed in various tissues with the exception of the intestine and gill, but all such tissues, including the liver, muscle, kidney, brain, eye, and skin, expressed very low levels of Mb mRNA (< 8.0%) relative to that of the heart. The trace levels of Mb expression in non-muscle tissues are perhaps the major reason why non-muscle Mb remained undiscovered for so long. The expression response of the Mb gene to hypoxia at the mRNA and protein levels was strikingly different in S. pylzovi compared to that found in the common carp, medaka, zebrafish, and goldfish, suggesting that the hypoxia response of Mb in fish may be species and tissue-specific. Notably, severe hypoxia induced significant expression of Mb at the mRNA and protein levels in the S. pylzovi heart, which suggests Mb has a major role in the supply of oxygen to the heart of Tibetan Plateau fish.
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- Delin Qi
- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, No. 251 Ningda Road, Xining, 810016, China.
- Animal Science Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Qinghai University, No. 251 Ningda Road, Xining, 810016, China.
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- Animal Science Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Qinghai University, No. 251 Ningda Road, Xining, 810016, China
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- Animal Science Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Qinghai University, No. 251 Ningda Road, Xining, 810016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, No. 251 Ningda Road, Xining, 810016, China
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- Animal Science Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Qinghai University, No. 251 Ningda Road, Xining, 810016, China
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Hirai DM, Craig JC, Colburn TD, Eshima H, Kano Y, Sexton WL, Musch TI, Poole DC. Skeletal muscle microvascular and interstitial PO2 from rest to contractions. J Physiol 2018; 596:869-883. [PMID: 29288568 DOI: 10.1113/jp275170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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KEY POINTS Oxygen pressure gradients across the microvascular walls are essential for oxygen diffusion from blood to tissue cells. At any given flux, the magnitude of these transmural gradients is proportional to the local resistance. The greatest resistance to oxygen transport into skeletal muscle is considered to reside in the short distance between red blood cells and myocytes. Although crucial to oxygen transport, little is known about transmural pressure gradients within skeletal muscle during contractions. We evaluated oxygen pressures within both the skeletal muscle microvascular and interstitial spaces to determine transmural gradients during the rest-contraction transient in anaesthetized rats. The significant transmural gradient observed at rest was sustained during submaximal muscle contractions. Our findings support that the blood-myocyte interface provides substantial resistance to oxygen diffusion at rest and during contractions and suggest that modulations in microvascular haemodynamics and red blood cell distribution constitute primary mechanisms driving increased transmural oxygen flux with contractions. ABSTRACT Oxygen pressure (PO2) gradients across the blood-myocyte interface are required for diffusive O2 transport, thereby supporting oxidative metabolism. The greatest resistance to O2 flux into skeletal muscle is considered to reside between the erythrocyte surface and adjacent sarcolemma, although this has not been measured during contractions. We tested the hypothesis that O2 gradients between skeletal muscle microvascular (PO2 mv ) and interstitial (PO2 is ) spaces would be present at rest and maintained or increased during contractions. PO2 mv and PO2 is were determined via phosphorescence quenching (Oxyphor probes G2 and G4, respectively) in the exposed rat spinotrapezius during the rest-contraction transient (1 Hz, 6 V; n = 8). PO2 mv was higher than PO2 is in all instances from rest (34.9 ± 6.0 versus 15.7 ± 6.4) to contractions (28.4 ± 5.3 versus 10.6 ± 5.2 mmHg, respectively) such that the mean PO2 gradient throughout the transient was 16.9 ± 6.6 mmHg (P < 0.05 for all). No differences in the amplitude of PO2 fall with contractions were observed between the microvasculature and interstitium (10.9 ± 2.3 versus 9.0 ± 3.5 mmHg, respectively; P > 0.05). However, the speed of the PO2 is fall during contractions was slower than that of PO2 mv (time constant: 12.8 ± 4.7 versus 9.0 ± 5.1 s, respectively; P < 0.05). Consistent with our hypothesis, a significant transmural gradient was sustained (but not increased) from rest to contractions. This supports that the blood-myocyte interface is the site of a substantial PO2 gradient driving O2 diffusion during metabolic transients. Based on Fick's law, elevated O2 flux with contractions must thus rely primarily on modulations in effective diffusing capacity (mainly erythrocyte haemodynamics and distribution) as the PO2 gradient is not increased.
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- Daniel M Hirai
- Departments of Anatomy & Physiology, Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Departments of Anatomy & Physiology, Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Departments of Anatomy & Physiology, Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, A.T. Still University of Health Sciences, Kirksville, MO, USA
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- Departments of Anatomy & Physiology, Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Departments of Anatomy & Physiology, Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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Dykes IM, van Bueren KL, Scambler PJ. HIC2 regulates isoform switching during maturation of the cardiovascular system. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2018; 114:29-37. [PMID: 29061339 PMCID: PMC5807030 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2017.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Revised: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Physiological changes during embryonic development are associated with changes in the isoform expression of both myocyte sarcomeric proteins and of erythrocyte haemoglobins. Cell type-specific isoform expression of these genes also occurs. Although these changes appear to be coordinated, it is unclear how changes in these disparate cell types may be linked. The transcription factor Hic2 is required for normal cardiac development and the mutant is embryonic lethal. Hic2 embryos exhibit precocious expression of the definitive-lineage haemoglobin Hbb-bt in circulating primitive erythrocytes and of foetal isoforms of cardiomyocyte genes (creatine kinase, Ckm, and eukaryotic elongation factor Eef1a2) as well as ectopic cardiac expression of fast-twitch skeletal muscle troponin isoforms. We propose that HIC2 regulates a switching event within both the contractile machinery of cardiomyocytes and the oxygen carrying systems during the developmental period where demands on cardiac loading change rapidly.
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- Iain M Dykes
- Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford St, London WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom; Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin St, Bristol BS2 8HW, United Kingdom.
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- Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford St, London WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford St, London WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom
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Nowotny M, Kiefer L, Andre D, Fabrizius A, Hankeln T, Reuss S. Hearing Without Neuroglobin. Neuroscience 2017; 366:138-148. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Revised: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Neethling NE, Suman SP, Sigge GO, Hoffman LC, Hunt MC. Exogenous and Endogenous Factors Influencing Color of Fresh Meat from Ungulates. MEAT AND MUSCLE BIOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.22175/mmb2017.06.0032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Biochemistry of post-mortem muscle tissue is complex, and several factors affect the fresh meat color and color stability, both of which influence consumer acceptance. Therefore, improving meat color and meat color stability is of significant value to the meat industry and consumers. While extensive literature is available on the color and color stability of domestic ungulates, literature on wild ungulates is notably lacking. With an increasing global demand for meats from wild ungulates, it is critical to identify the knowledge gaps regarding their color and color stability. The objective of this paper is to overview the exogenous and endogenous factors influencing the color and color stability of fresh meats from domestic and wild ungulates. The literature highlighted that the pre- and post-harvest factors influencing meat color and meat color stability are interrelated and not mutually exclusive. Current research indicates that the effects of several of these factors are specific to species, breed, and muscle source. Novel ways to manipulate these factors using a biosystems approach should be explored to improve color attributes of fresh ungulate meats.
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- Kansas State University Department of Animal Sciences and Industry
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Di Giuseppe AMA, Russo R, Ragucci S, Landi N, Rega C, Chambery A, Di Maro A. Myoglobin from common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus
L.): Purification and primary structure characterization. J Food Biochem 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/jfbc.12477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Antonella M. A. Di Giuseppe
- Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (DiSTABiF); University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’; Caserta Italy
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- Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (DiSTABiF); University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’; Caserta Italy
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- Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (DiSTABiF); University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’; Caserta Italy
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- Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (DiSTABiF); University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’; Caserta Italy
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- Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (DiSTABiF); University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’; Caserta Italy
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- Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (DiSTABiF); University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’; Caserta Italy
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- Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (DiSTABiF); University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’; Caserta Italy
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Zhang S, Li X, Jourd'heuil FL, Qu S, Devejian N, Bennett E, Jourd'heuil D, Cai C. Cytoglobin Promotes Cardiac Progenitor Cell Survival against Oxidative Stress via the Upregulation of the NFκB/iNOS Signal Pathway and Nitric Oxide Production. Sci Rep 2017; 7:10754. [PMID: 28883470 PMCID: PMC5589853 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11342-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Human cardiac stem/progenitor cells (hCPCs) may serve in regenerative medicine to repair the infarcted heart. However, this approach is severely limited by the poor survival of donor cells. Recent studies suggest that the mammalian globin cytoglobin (CYGB) regulates nitric oxide (NO) metabolism and cell death. In the present study, we found that CYGB is expressed in hCPCs. Through molecular approaches aimed at increasing or decreasing CYGB expression in hCPCs, we found that CYGB functions as a pro-survival factor in response to oxidative stress. This was associated with the upregulation of primary antioxidant systems such as peroxiredoxins-1, heme oxygenase-1, and anti-apoptotic factors, including BCL2, BCL-XL, and MCL1. Most significantly, we established that CYGB increased the expression of NFкB-dependent genes including iNOS, and that iNOS-dependent NO production was required for a feedforward loop that maintains CYGB expression. Our study delineates for the first time a role for a globin in regulating hCPC survival and establishes mechanistic insights in the function of CYGB. It provides a rationale for the exploration of the CYGB pathway as a molecular target that can be used to enhance the effectiveness of cardiac stem/progenitor cell therapy for ischemic heart disease.
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- Shuning Zhang
- Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, & Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, 12208, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, & Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, 12208, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, & Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, 12208, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, & Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, 12208, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, 12208, USA
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, 12208, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, & Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, 12208, USA.
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- Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, & Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, 12208, USA.
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Jue T, Shih L, Chung Y. Differential Interaction of Myoglobin with Select Fatty Acids of Carbon Chain Lengths C8 to C16. Lipids 2017. [PMID: 28639182 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-017-4272-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Previous studies have shown that palmitic acid (PAM) and oleic acid (OLE) can bind myoglobin (Mb). How fatty acids (FA) with different carbon chain lengths and sulfate substitution interact with Mb remains uncertain. Indeed, C8:0 and C10:0 fatty acids do not perturb the intensities of the 1H-NMR MbCN signal intensity at FA:Mb ratios below 2:1. Starting with C12:0, C12:0-C16:0, FA induce a noticeable spectral change. C12:0 and C14:0 FA affect both the 5- and 8-heme methyl signals, whereas the C16:0 FA perturbs only the 8-heme methyl signal. All C12:0-C16:0 saturated FA induce upfield shifts in the -CH2 peak of different FA in the presence of Mb. Increasing the apparent solubility with a sulfate group substitution enhances the FA interaction of lauric sulfate (LAU 1-SO4) but not palmitate sulfate acid (PAM 1-SO4). The detergent (DET) property of FA has no significant contribution. Common positive, neutral, and negative DET at DET:Mb ratio of 1:1 induce no perturbation of the MbCN spectra. The experiment observations establish a basis to investigate the molecular mechanism underlying the FA interaction with Mb.
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- Thomas Jue
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616-8635, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616-8635, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616-8635, USA
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Fago A. Functional roles of globin proteins in hypoxia-tolerant ectothermic vertebrates. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2017; 123:926-934. [PMID: 28428250 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00104.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Revised: 03/28/2017] [Accepted: 04/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Globins are heme-containing proteins ubiquitously expressed in vertebrates, where they serve a broad range of biological functions, directly or indirectly related to the tight control of oxygen levels and its toxic products in vivo. Perhaps the most investigated of all proteins, hemoglobin and myoglobin are primarily involved in oxygen transport and storage, but also in facilitating arterial vasodilation, suppressing mitochondrial respiration, and preventing tissue oxidative damage via accessory redox enzymatic activities during hypoxia. By contrast, the more recently discovered neuroglobin and cytoglobin do not seem to function as reversible oxygen carriers and are instead involved in redox activities, although their exact biological roles remain to be clarified. In this context, hypoxia-tolerant ectotherms, such as freshwater turtles and members of the carp family that survive winter in extreme hypoxia, have proven as excellent models to appreciate the diversity of biological functions of globin proteins. Unraveling physiological roles of globin proteins in these extreme animals will clarify an important part of the adaptive mechanisms for surviving extreme fluctuations of oxygen availability that are prohibitive to mammals.
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- Angela Fago
- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Transcriptome comparison reveals insights into muscle response to hypoxia in blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala). Gene 2017; 624:6-13. [PMID: 28431977 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Revised: 03/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The economic and biological significance of blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) makes this species important to explore the underlying molecular mechanism of hypoxia response. In the present study, we compared the transcriptional responses to serious hypoxia in skeletal muscle among hypoxia tolerant (MT), sensitive (MS) and control (without hypoxia treatment, MC) M. amblycephala obtained according to the time difference of losing balance after hypoxia treatment. A total of 88,200,889 clean reads were generated and assembled into 44,493 unigenes. Transcriptomic comparison revealed 463 genes differentially expressed among different groups. A similar hypoxia-induced transcription patterns suggested a common hypoxia response involved in cell cycle, p53 signaling pathway, apoptosis, heart contraction and blood circulation. Interesting, four genes, heat shock protein beta-8 (hspb8), cysteine/serine-rich nuclear protein 1 (csrnp1), salt-inducible kinase 1 (sik1), and visinin-like 1a (vsnl1a) were up-regulated in MT Vs MC but down-regulated in MS Vs MC. Additionally, FoxO signaling pathway was significantly enriched only in MT Vs MC. These results not only provided the first insights into the mechanism that muscle tissue coped with the hypoxia stress in cyprinid species, but offered a theory base for breeding of M. amblycephala with hypoxia-resistant traits.
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Tae B, Oliveira KC, Conceição RRD, Valenti VE, de Souza JS, Laureano-Melo R, Sato MA, Maciel RMDB, Giannocco G. Evaluation of globins expression in brain, heart, and lung in rats exposed to side stream cigarette smoke. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY 2017; 32:1252-1261. [PMID: 27441981 DOI: 10.1002/tox.22321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Revised: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The side stream cigarette smoke (SSCS) is a contributing factor in the pathogenesis of cigarette smoking-induced toxicity. Hemoglobin (Hb), myoglobin (Mb), neuroglobin (Ngb), and cytoglobin (Cygb) are globins with different distributions and functions in the tissues and have similar actions by providing O2 (oxygen) for respiratory chain, detoxification of ROS and nitric oxide (NO), and protect tissues against irreversible lesions. We aimed to investigate the effects of SSCS exposure on gene and protein expression of Ngb, Cygb, and Mb in different tissue. The Ngb and Cygb gene and protein expression in the cerebral cortex increased after 1 week of rat exposure to SSCS. In hippocampus, the Ngb gene and protein expression increased after 1 week or more of exposure and no change was observed in Cygb gene and protein expression. In myocardium, Mb and Cygb gene expression increased at 1 and 4 weeks of exposure, while protein expression of both increased at 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks. In lung, observed an increase in Cygb gene and protein expression after 2, 3, and 4 weeks of exposure. The findings suggest that SSCS modulates Ngb, Cygb, and Mb in central and peripheral tissue © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Environ Toxicol 32: 1252-1261, 2017.
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- Barbara Tae
- Departament of Morphology and Physiology, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
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- Departament of Morphology and Physiology, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
- Departament of Medicine, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departament of Morphology and Physiology, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
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- Departament of Morphology and Physiology, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
- Departament of Medicine, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Department of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, SP, Brazil
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Dibb R, Xie L, Wei H, Liu C. Magnetic susceptibility anisotropy outside the central nervous system. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2017; 30:10.1002/nbm.3544. [PMID: 27199082 PMCID: PMC5112155 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Revised: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Magnetic-susceptibility-based MRI has made important contributions to the characterization of tissue microstructure, chemical composition, and organ function. This has motivated a number of studies to explore the link between microstructure and susceptibility in organs and tissues throughout the body, including the kidney, heart, and connective tissue. These organs and tissues have anisotropic magnetic susceptibility properties and cellular organizations that are distinct from the lipid organization of myelin in the brain. For instance, anisotropy is traced to the epithelial lipid orientation in the kidney, the myofilament proteins in the heart, and the collagen fibrils in the knee cartilage. The magnetic susceptibility properties of these and other tissues are quantified using specific MRI tools: susceptibility tensor imaging (STI), quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM), and individual QSM measurements with respect to tubular and filament directions determined from diffusion tensor imaging. These techniques provide complementary and supplementary information to that produced by traditional MRI methods. In the kidney, STI can track tubules in all layers including the cortex, outer medulla, and inner medulla. In the heart, STI detected myofibers throughout the myocardium. QSM in the knee revealed three unique layers in articular cartilage by exploiting the anisotropic susceptibility features of collagen. While QSM and STI are promising tools to study tissue susceptibility, certain technical challenges must be overcome in order to realize routine clinical use. This paper reviews essential experimental findings of susceptibility anisotropy in the body, the underlying mechanisms, and the associated MRI methodologies. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Russell Dibb
- Center for In Vivo Microscopy, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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- Center for In Vivo Microscopy, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
- Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
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- Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 27710
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- Center for In Vivo Microscopy, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
- Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 27710
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Jue T, Simond G, Wright TJ, Shih L, Chung Y, Sriram R, Kreutzer U, Davis RW. Effect of fatty acid interaction on myoglobin oxygen affinity and triglyceride metabolism. J Physiol Biochem 2017; 73:359-370. [PMID: 28357578 DOI: 10.1007/s13105-017-0559-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Recent studies have suggested myoglobin (Mb) may have other cellular functions in addition to storing and transporting O2. Indeed, NMR experiments have shown that the saturated fatty acid (FA) palmitate (PA) can interact with myoglobin (Mb) in its ligated state (MbCO and MbCN) but does not interact with Mb in its deoxygenated state. The observation has led to the hypothesis that Mb can also serve as a fatty acid transporter. The present study further investigates fatty acid interaction with the physiological states of Mb using the more soluble but unsaturated fatty acid, oleic acid (OA). OA binds to MbCO but does not bind to deoxy Mb. OA binding to Mb, however, does not alter its O2 affinity. Without any Mb, muscle has a significantly lower level of triglyceride (TG). In Mb knock-out (MbKO) mice, both heart and skeletal muscles have lower level of TG relative to the control mice. Training further decreases the relative TG in the MbKO skeletal muscle. Nevertheless, the absence of Mb and lower TG level in muscle does not impair the MbKO mouse performance as evidenced by voluntary wheel running measurements. The results support the hypothesis of a complex physiological role for Mb, especially with respect to fatty acid metabolism.
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- Thomas Jue
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616-8635, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616-8635, USA
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616-8635, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616-8635, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616-8635, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616-8635, USA
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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Harter TS, Brauner CJ. The O 2 and CO 2 Transport System in Teleosts and the Specialized Mechanisms That Enhance Hb–O 2 Unloading to Tissues. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.fp.2017.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Mitochondrial Calcium Handling in Physiology and Disease. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 982:25-47. [PMID: 28551780 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-55330-6_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Calcium (Ca2+) accumulation inside mitochondria represents a pleiotropic signal controlling a wide range of cellular functions, including key metabolic pathways and life/death decisions. This phenomenon has been first described in the 1960s, but the identity of the molecules controlling this process remained a mystery until just few years ago, when both mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake and release systems were genetically dissected. This finally opened the possibility to develop genetic models to directly test the contribution of mitochondrial Ca2+ homeostasis to cellular functions. Here we summarize our current understanding of the molecular machinery that controls mitochondrial Ca2+ handling and critically evaluate the physiopathological role of mitochondrial Ca2+ signaling, based on recent evidences obtained through in vitro and in vivo models.
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Neutrophils recruited to the myocardium after acute experimental myocardial infarct generate hypochlorous acid that oxidizes cardiac myoglobin. Arch Biochem Biophys 2016; 612:103-114. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2016.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Revised: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Liu H, Zhang N, Cui M, Liu Z, Liu S. Mass spectrometry based strategy for studies of binding sites and structural changes of cisplatin binding to myoglobin. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2016; 30:2433-2441. [PMID: 27580490 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Revised: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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RATIONALE It is of great significance to investigate the interaction of the metallodrug cisplatin (cis-[PtCl2 (NH3 )2 ]) with myoglobin for understanding of the mechanism of action of cisplatin and the overexpression of myoglobin in tumor cells. METHODS The reactions of cisplatin and myoglobin were incubated under different conditions. A mass spectrometry (MS)-based strategy combining full proteolysis and limited proteolysis was developed for comprehensive studies of cisplatin-myoglobin interaction. RESULTS The binding sites of cisplatin on myoglobin were identified as Trp14, His64, His81, His113 and His116 using electrospray ionization multiple-stage tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MSn ) without liquid chromatography (LC) separation. The relative abundances of digested peptides from platinated myoglobin were obviously higher than those from native samples by limited proteolysis. CONCLUSIONS An alternative and simple approach was developed to successfully monitor conformational changes of myoglobin induced by cisplatin binding using an ESI-MS-based quantification method combined with limited proteolysis. Meanwhile, His64 was firstly found to coordinate to platinum, which was likely to affect hydrogen bonds with the oxygen in the heme group. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Huan Liu
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Rubber, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, 130022, China
- Changchun Center of Mass Spectrometry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, 130022, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Rubber, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, 130022, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Rubber, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, 130022, China.
- Changchun Center of Mass Spectrometry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, 130022, China.
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- Changchun Center of Mass Spectrometry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, 130022, China
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- Changchun Center of Mass Spectrometry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, 130022, China
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Critical re-evaluation of neuroglobin expression reveals conserved patterns among mammals. Neuroscience 2016; 337:339-354. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.07.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Revised: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Dawson NJ, Ivy CM, Alza L, Cheek R, York JM, Chua B, Milsom WK, McCracken KG, Scott GR. Mitochondrial physiology in the skeletal and cardiac muscles is altered in torrent ducks, Merganetta armata, from high altitudes in the Andes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 219:3719-3728. [PMID: 27618861 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.142711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Torrent ducks inhabit fast-flowing rivers in the Andes from sea level to altitudes up to 4500 m. We examined the mitochondrial physiology that facilitates performance over this altitudinal cline by comparing the respiratory capacities of permeabilized fibers, the activities of 16 key metabolic enzymes and the myoglobin content in muscles between high- and low-altitude populations of this species. Mitochondrial respiratory capacities (assessed using substrates of mitochondrial complexes I, II and/or IV) were higher in highland ducks in the gastrocnemius muscle - the primary muscle used to support swimming and diving - but were similar between populations in the pectoralis muscle and the left ventricle. The heightened respiratory capacity in the gastrocnemius of highland ducks was associated with elevated activities of cytochrome oxidase, phosphofructokinase, pyruvate kinase and malate dehydrogenase (MDH). Although respiratory capacities were similar between populations in the other muscles, highland ducks had elevated activities of ATP synthase, lactate dehydrogenase, MDH, hydroxyacyl CoA dehydrogenase and creatine kinase in the left ventricle, and elevated MDH activity and myoglobin content in the pectoralis. Thus, although there was a significant increase in the oxidative capacity of the gastrocnemius in highland ducks, which correlates with improved performance at high altitudes, the variation in metabolic enzyme activities in other muscles not correlated to respiratory capacity, such as the consistent upregulation of MDH activity, may serve other functions that contribute to success at high altitudes.
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- Neal J Dawson
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S4K1, Canada .,Department of Biology and Department of Marine Biology and Ecology, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S4K1, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Department of Marine Biology and Ecology, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA.,Institute of Arctic Biology and University of Alaska Museum, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA.,Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad - CORBIDI, Lima 33, Peru
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- Institute of Arctic Biology and University of Alaska Museum, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Department of Marine Biology and Ecology, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA.,Institute of Arctic Biology and University of Alaska Museum, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S4K1, Canada
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