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Liu J, Jin P, Li M, Yi X, Tian Y, Zhang Z, Liu J, Shi L. The energy metabolism of the freshwater leech Whitmania pigra in response to fasting. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2024; 274:110999. [PMID: 38852903 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2024.110999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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Non-blood-feeding leeches, Whitmania pigra, have evolved unique digestive structures and physiological mechanisms to cope with fasting. However, the metabolic changes and molecular mechanisms induced by fasting remain unclear. Therefore, this study recorded the weights of leeches during the fasting process. The weight changes were divided into two stages: a rapid decline period (1-9 weeks) and a fluctuating decline period (9-24 weeks). Leeches fasted for 4 (H4), 11 (H11), and 24 (H24) weeks were selected for transcriptome sequencing. Compared to the control group (H0), 436, 1157, and 337 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified, which were mainly related to glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, amino acid metabolism, and the lipid metabolism pathway. The 6-phosphofructokinase (Pfk), pyruvate kinase (PK), and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (Pck) transcription levels revealed glycolysis/gluconeogenesis activation during the early stage of fasting and peaked at 11 weeks. Decreased expression of the rate-limiting enzyme acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) in fatty acid synthesis during fasting may impede fatty acid synthesis. These results indicated that the nutrient storage and energy-supplying pathways in W. pigra were modified to improve fasting resistance. The findings of this study provided guidance for exploring the mechanism underlying fasting metabolism and laid a foundation for artificial breeding to improve the resistance of leeches.
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- Jiali Liu
- Key Lab of Chinese Medicine Resources Conservation, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China, Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Lab of Chinese Medicine Resources Conservation, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China, Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
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- Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Key Lab of Chinese Medicine Resources Conservation, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China, Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Study and Exploitation of Chinese Medicine, Chengde Medical University, Chengde, 067000, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Study and Exploitation of Chinese Medicine, Chengde Medical University, Chengde, 067000, China
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- Key Lab of Chinese Medicine Resources Conservation, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China, Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China.
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- Key Lab of Chinese Medicine Resources Conservation, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China, Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China.
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Bundgaard A, Borowiec BG, Lau GY. Are reactive oxygen species always bad? Lessons from hypoxic ectotherms. J Exp Biol 2024; 227:jeb246549. [PMID: 38533673 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.246549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Oxygen (O2) is required for aerobic energy metabolism but can produce reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are a wide variety of oxidant molecules with a range of biological functions from causing cell damage (oxidative distress) to cell signalling (oxidative eustress). The balance between the rate and amount of ROS generated and the capacity for scavenging systems to remove them is affected by several biological and environmental factors, including oxygen availability. Ectotherms, and in particular hypoxia-tolerant ectotherms, are hypothesized to avoid oxidative damage caused by hypoxia, although it is unclear whether this translates to an increase in ecological fitness. In this Review, we highlight the differences between oxidative distress and eustress, the current mechanistic understanding of the two and how they may affect ectothermic physiology. We discuss the evidence of occurrence of oxidative damage with hypoxia in ectotherms, and that ectotherms may avoid oxidative damage through (1) high levels of antioxidant and scavenging systems and/or (2) low(ering) levels of ROS generation. We argue that the disagreements in the literature as to how hypoxia affects antioxidant enzyme activity and the variable metabolism of ectotherms makes the latter strategy more amenable to ectotherm physiology. Finally, we argue that observed changes in ROS production and oxidative status with hypoxia may be a signalling mechanism and an adaptive strategy for ectotherms encountering hypoxia.
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- Amanda Bundgaard
- University of Cologne, CECAD, Joseph-Stelzmann-Straße 26, DE-50931 Köln, Germany
- Aarhus University, Department of Biology, CF Moellers Alle 3, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Wilfrid Laurier University, Department of Biology, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3C5
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- University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4
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Álvarez HA, Ruano F. Phenotypic plasticity of a winter-diapause mechanism copes with the effects of summer global warming in an ectothermic predator. Biol Lett 2024; 20:20230481. [PMID: 38229555 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2024] Open
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To adapt to changes in temperature, animals tend to invest more energy in thermal tolerance to enhance survival, which can have simultaneous costs on plastic traits. Would a decrease in genetic variability, due to global warming, affect the ability of populations with existing metabolic regulatory mechanisms to cope with extreme temperatures? To address this question, we conducted a series of experiments based on the A1B scenario of global warming, assessing within-population genetic variance in (a) morphological traits, (b) metabolic rate allometries, and (c) survival of a winter-diapausing predator ectotherm. Our study focused on the lacewing species Chrysoperla pallida, using both exogamic and endogamic artificial genetic lines. We discovered that both lines use their winter-diapausing phenotype to adapt to summer extreme temperatures caused by extreme heating conditions, but the exogamic line is prone to express phenotypic plasticity in metabolic scaling, with a trade-off between body size and mandible size, i.e. larger individuals tended to develop smaller mandibles to better survive. These findings highlight the significance of substantial phenotypic plasticity and pre-existing metabolic regulatory mechanisms in enabling ectotherms to cope with potential extreme heating occurring in global warming.
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- Hugo Alejandro Álvarez
- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, CSIC - National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
- Department of Zoology, University of Granada, Granada, Andalucía, Spain
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- Department of Zoology, University of Granada, Granada, Andalucía, Spain
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Zhang X, Men S, Jia L, Tang X, Storey KB, Niu Y, Chen Q. Comparative metabolomics analysis reveals high-altitude adaptations in a toad-headed viviparous lizard, Phrynocephalus vlangalii. Front Zool 2023; 20:35. [PMID: 37919723 PMCID: PMC10621141 DOI: 10.1186/s12983-023-00513-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023] Open
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Extreme environmental conditions at high altitude, such as hypobaric hypoxia, low temperature, and strong UV radiation, pose a great challenge to the survival of animals. Although the mechanisms of adaptation to high-altitude environments have attracted much attention for native plateau species, the underlying metabolic regulation remains unclear. Here, we used a multi-platform metabolomic analysis to compare metabolic profiles of liver between high- and low-altitude populations of toad-headed lizards, Phrynocephalus vlangalii, from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. A total of 191 differential metabolites were identified, consisting of 108 up-regulated and 83 down-regulated metabolites in high-altitude lizards as compared with values for low-altitude lizards. Pathway analysis revealed that the significantly different metabolites were associated with carbohydrate metabolism, amino acid metabolism, purine metabolism, and glycerolipid metabolism. Most intermediary metabolites of glycolysis and the tricarboxylic acid cycle were not significantly altered between the two altitudes, but most free fatty acids as well as β-hydroxybutyric acid were significantly lower in the high-altitude population. This may suggest that high-altitude lizards rely more on carbohydrates as their main energy fuel rather than lipids. Higher levels of phospholipids occurred in the liver of high-altitude populations, suggesting that membrane lipids may undergo adaptive remodeling in response to low-temperature stress at high altitude. In summary, this study demonstrates that metabolic profiles differ substantially between high- and low-altitude lizard populations, and that these differential metabolites and metabolic pathways can provide new insights to reveal mechanisms of adaptation to extreme environments at high altitude.
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- Xuejing Zhang
- School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China
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- Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Life Sciences, Dezhou University, Dezhou, 253023, Shandong, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China.
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Bundgaard A, Gruszczyk AV, Prag HA, Williams C, McIntyre A, Ruhr IM, James AM, Galli GLJ, Murphy MP, Fago A. Low production of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species after anoxia and reoxygenation in turtle hearts. J Exp Biol 2023; 226:jeb245516. [PMID: 37066839 PMCID: PMC10184768 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.245516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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Extremely anoxia-tolerant animals, such as freshwater turtles, survive anoxia and reoxygenation without sustaining tissue damage to their hearts. In contrast, for mammals, the ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury that leads to tissue damage during a heart attack is initiated by a burst of superoxide (O2·-) production from the mitochondrial respiratory chain upon reperfusion of ischemic tissue. Whether turtles avoid oxidative tissue damage because of an absence of mitochondrial superoxide production upon reoxygenation, or because the turtle heart is particularly protected against this damage, is unclear. Here, we investigated whether there was an increase in mitochondrial O2·- production upon the reoxygenation of anoxic red-eared slider turtle hearts in vivo and in vitro. This was done by measuring the production of H2O2, the dismutation product of O2·-, using the mitochondria-targeted mass-spectrometric probe in vivo MitoB, while in parallel assessing changes in the metabolites driving mitochondrial O2·- production, succinate, ATP and ADP levels during anoxia, and H2O2 consumption and production rates of isolated heart mitochondria. We found that there was no excess production of in vivo H2O2 during 1 h of reoxygenation in turtles after 3 h anoxia at room temperature, suggesting that turtle hearts most likely do not suffer oxidative injury after anoxia because their mitochondria produce no excess O2·- upon reoxygenation. Instead, our data support the conclusion that both the low levels of succinate accumulation and the maintenance of ADP levels in the anoxic turtle heart are key factors in preventing the surge of O2·- production upon reoxygenation.
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- Amanda Bundgaard
- CECAD, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
- Department of Biology, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- Department of Biology, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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Singh V. F 1F o adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase is a potential drug target in non-communicable diseases. Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:3849-3862. [PMID: 36715790 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08299-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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F1Fo adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase, also known as the complex V, is the central ATP-producing unit in the cells arranged in the mitochondrial and plasma membranes. F1Fo ATP synthase also regulates the central metabolic processes in the human body driven by proton motive force (Δp). Numerous studies have immensely contributed toward highlighting its regulation in improving energy homeostasis and maintaining mitochondrial integrity, which otherwise gets compromised in illnesses. Yet, its role in the implication of non-communicable diseases remains unknown. F1Fo ATP synthase dysregulation at gene level leads to reduced activity and delocalization in the cristae and plasma membranes, which is directly associated with non-communicable diseases: cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, neurodegenerative disorders, cancer, and renal diseases. Individual subunits of the F1Fo ATP synthase target ligand-based competitive or non-competitive inhibition. After performing a systematic literature review to understand its specific functions and its novel drug targets, the present article focuses on the central role of F1Fo ATP synthase in primary non-communicable diseases. Next, it discusses its involvement through various pathways and the effects of multiple inhibitors, activators, and modulators specific to non-communicable diseases with a futuristic outlook.
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- Varsha Singh
- Centre for Life Sciences, Chitkara School of Health Sciences, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab, 140401, India.
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Interactive effects of food deprivation state and hypoxia on the respiratory responses of postprandial rock crabs, Cancer irroratus. J Comp Physiol B 2023; 193:37-55. [PMID: 36166090 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-022-01462-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Under the background of climate change, increasing attention has focused on the effects of ocean deoxygenation on marine organisms. However, few studies address the effects of different food deprivation states on hypoxia tolerance. We therefore investigated the metabolic responses of the Atlantic rock crab, Cancer irroratus (starved 28-35 days, fasted 3-5 days and recently fed). Starved-crab exhibited the lowest critical oxygen saturation (Scrit), while fed-crab had the highest Scrit. The fed-crab maintained an elevated postprandial oxygen consumption (MO2) even below the Scrit of fasted-crab indicating reserved aerobic scopes for critical activities in severe hypoxia. Following feeding, hypoxia (50% and 20% oxygen saturation, SO2) retarded the specific dynamic action resulting in lower peak MO2 and longer duration. The starved-crab exhibited a lower peak MO2, prolonged duration and higher energy expenditure than fasted-crab after feeding. The decline in arterial PO2 was most pronounced below the Scrit for both fasted- and starved-crab. The higher hemocyanin concentration ([Hc]) of fasted-crab (than starved-crab) suggested they had improved oxygen transport capacity, but hypoxia did not increase [Hc] during the 72-h experiment. Following feeding, the fasted-crab significantly increased L-lactate concentration ([L-lactate]) in 20% SO2, which was not observed in starved-crab. These results suggest starvation may trigger a cross-tolerance to hypoxia. Because crabs can undergo long periods of food deprivation in their natural environment, future studies should consider how this may affect their ability to deal with environmental perturbations.
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Staples JF, Mathers KE, Duffy BM. Mitochondrial Metabolism in Hibernation: Regulation and Implications. Physiology (Bethesda) 2022; 37:0. [PMID: 35658625 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00006.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Hibernators rapidly and reversibly suppress mitochondrial respiration and whole animal metabolism. Posttranslational modifications likely regulate these mitochondrial changes, which may help conserve energy in winter. These modifications are affected by reactive oxygen species (ROS), so suppressing mitochondrial ROS production may also be important for hibernators, just as it is important for surviving ischemia-reperfusion injury.
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- James F Staples
- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Gerber L, MacSween CE, Staples JF, Gamperl AK. Cold-induced metabolic depression in cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus): A multifaceted cellular event. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0271086. [PMID: 35917356 PMCID: PMC9345476 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Metabolic depression and dormancy (i.e., stopping/greatly reducing activity and feeding) are strategies used by many animals to survive winter conditions characterized by food shortages and cold temperatures. However, controversy exists on whether the reduced metabolism of some fishes at cold temperatures is due to dormancy alone, or also involves active metabolic depression. Thus, we acclimated winter-dormant cunner [Tautogolabrus adspersus, a north temperate wrasse which in Newfoundland is at the northern limit of its distribution] and winter-active Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) to winter (0°C; 8h light: 16h dark) and summer (10°C; 16h light: 8 h dark) conditions, and measured the thermal sensitivity of ATP-producing and O2-consuming processes in isolated liver mitochondria and hepatocytes when exposed in vitro to temperatures from 20 to 0°C and 10 to 0°C, respectively. We found that: 1) liver mitochondrial State 3 respiration and hepatocyte O2 consumption in cunner were only ~ one-third and two-thirds of that measured in salmon, respectively, at all measurement temperatures; 2) cunner mitochondria also have proton conductance and leak respiration (State 4) values that are only approximately one-third of those in salmon; 3) the mitochondria of cunner show a dramatic reduction in respiratory control ratio (from ~ 8 to 3), and a much greater drop in State 3 respiration, between 10 and 5°C (Q10 values in 10- and 0°C-acclimated fish of 14.5 and 141.2, respectively), as compared with salmon (3.9 and 9.6, respectively); and 4) lowering temperature from 5 to 0°C resulted in ~ 40 and 30% reductions in hepatocyte O2 consumption due to non-mitochondrial respiration and Na+-K+-ATPase activity, respectively, in cunner, but not in salmon. Collectively, these results highlight the intrinsic capacity for metabolic depression in hepatocytes and mitochondria of cunner, and clearly suggest that several cellular processes play a role in the reduced metabolic rates exhibited by some fishes at cold temperatures.
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- Lucie Gerber
- Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, NL, Canada
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- Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, NL, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, NL, Canada
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Reversible mitophagy drives metabolic suppression in diapausing beetles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2201089119. [PMID: 35858446 PMCID: PMC9335217 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2201089119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Many insects enter a state of dormancy (diapause) during winter in which they lower their metabolism to save energy. Metabolic suppression is a hallmark of diapause, yet we know little about the mechanisms underpinning metabolic suppression in winter or how it is reversed in the spring. Here, we show that metabolic suppression in dormant Colorado potato beetles results from the breakdown of flight muscle mitochondria via mitophagy. Diapausing Colorado potato beetles suppress their metabolism by 90%, and this lowered metabolic rate coincides with a similar reduction in flight muscle mitochondrial function and density. During early diapause, beetles increase the expression of mitophagy-related transcripts (Parkin and ATG5) in their flight muscle coincident with an increase in mitophagy-related structures in the flight muscle. Knocking down Parkin expression with RNA interference in diapausing beetles prevented some mitochondrial breakdown and partially restored the whole animal metabolic rate, suggesting that metabolic suppression in diapausing beetles is driven by mitophagy. In other animals and in models of disease, such large-scale mitochondrial degradation is irreversible. However, we show that as diapause ends, beetles reverse mitophagy and increase the expression of PGC1α and NRF1 to replenish flight muscle mitochondrial pools. This mitochondrial biogenesis is activated in anticipation of diapause termination and in the absence of external stimuli. Our study provides a mechanistic link between mitochondrial degradation in insect tissues over the winter and whole-animal metabolic suppression.
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Hawrysh PJ, Myrka AM, Buck LT. Review: A history and perspective of mitochondria in the context of anoxia tolerance. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2022; 260:110733. [PMID: 35288242 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2022.110733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Symbiosis is found throughout nature, but perhaps nowhere is it more fundamental than mitochondria in all eukaryotes. Since mitochondria were discovered and mechanisms of oxygen reduction characterized, an understanding gradually emerged that these organelles were involved not just in the combustion of oxygen, but also in the sensing of oxygen. While multiple hypotheses exist to explain the mitochondrial involvement in oxygen sensing, key elements are developing that include potassium channels and reactive oxygen species. To understand how mitochondria contribute to oxygen sensing, it is informative to study a model system which is naturally adapted to survive extended periods without oxygen. Amongst air-breathing vertebrates, the most highly adapted are western painted turtles (Chrysemys picta bellii), which overwinter in ice-covered and anoxic water bodies. Through research of this animal, it was postulated that metabolic rate depression is key to anoxic survival and that mitochondrial regulation is a key aspect. When faced with anoxia, excitatory neurotransmitter receptors in turtle brain are inhibited through mitochondrial calcium release, termed "channel arrest". Simultaneously, inhibitory GABAergic signalling contributes to the "synaptic arrest" of excitatory action potential firing through a pathway dependent on mitochondrial depression of ROS generation. While many pathways are implicated in mitochondrial oxygen sensing in turtles, such as those of adenosine, ATP turnover, and gaseous transmitters, an apparent point of intersection is the mitochondria. In this review we will explore how an organelle that was critical for organismal complexity in an oxygenated world has also become a potentially important oxygen sensor.
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- Peter John Hawrysh
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G5, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G5, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G5, Canada; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G5, Canada.
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Lin J, Yang Q, Guo J, Li M, Hao Z, He J, Li J. Gut Microbiome Alterations and Hepatic Metabolic Flexibility in the Gansu Zokor, Eospalax cansus: Adaptation to Hypoxic Niches. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:814076. [PMID: 35402538 PMCID: PMC8984292 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.814076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The Gansu zokor (Eospalax cansus), a typical subterranean rodent endemic to the Chinese Loess Plateau, spends almost its whole life in its self-constructed underground burrows and has strong adaptability to ambient hypoxia. Energy adaptation is the key to supporting hypoxia tolerance, and recent studies have shown that the intestinal microbiota has an evident effect on energy metabolism. However, how the gut microbiome of Gansu zokor will change in response to hypoxia and the metabolic role played by the microbiome have not been reported. Thus, we exposed Gansu zokors to severe hypoxia of 6.5% of O2 (6 or 44 h) or moderate hypoxia of 10.5% of O2 (44 h or 4 weeks), and then analyzed 16S rRNA sequencing, metagenomic sequencing, metagenomic binning, liver carbohydrate metabolites, and the related molecular levels. Our results showed that the hypoxia altered the microbiota composition of Gansu zokor, and the relative contribution of Ileibacterium to carbohydrate metabolism became increased under hypoxia, such as glycolysis and fructose metabolism. Furthermore, Gansu zokor liver enhanced carbohydrate metabolism under the short-term (6 or 44 h) hypoxia but it was suppressed under the long-term (4 weeks) hypoxia. Interestingly, under all hypoxia conditions, Gansu zokor liver exhibited enhanced fructose-driven metabolism through increased expression of the GLUT5 fructose transporter, ketohexokinase (KHK), aldolase B (ALDOB), and aldolase C (ALDOC), as well as increased KHK enzymatic activity and fructose utilization. Overall, our results suggest that the altered gut microbiota mediates the carbohydrate metabolic pattern under hypoxia, possibly contributing to the hepatic metabolic flexibility in Gansu zokor, which leads to better adaptation to hypoxic environments.
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Metabolomic Analysis of Carbohydrate and Amino Acid Changes Induced by Hypoxia in Naked Mole-Rat Brain and Liver. Metabolites 2022; 12:metabo12010056. [PMID: 35050178 PMCID: PMC8779284 DOI: 10.3390/metabo12010056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Hypoxia poses a major physiological challenge for mammals and has significant impacts on cellular and systemic metabolism. As with many other small rodents, naked mole-rats (NMRs; Heterocephalus glaber), who are among the most hypoxia-tolerant mammals, respond to hypoxia by supressing energy demand (i.e., through a reduction in metabolic rate mediated by a variety of cell- and tissue-level strategies), and altering metabolic fuel use to rely primarily on carbohydrates. However, little is known regarding specific metabolite changes that underlie these responses. We hypothesized that NMR tissues utilize multiple strategies in responding to acute hypoxia, including the modulation of signalling pathways to reduce anabolism and reprogram carbohydrate metabolism. To address this question, we evaluated changes of 64 metabolites in NMR brain and liver following in vivo hypoxia exposure (7% O2, 4 h). We also examined changes in matched tissues from similarly treated hypoxia-intolerant mice. We report that, following exposure to in vivo hypoxia: (1) phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan anabolism are supressed both in NMR brain and liver; (2) carbohydrate metabolism is reprogramed in NMR brain and liver, but in a divergent manner; (3) redox state is significantly altered in NMR brain; and (4) the AMP/ATP ratio is elevated in liver. Overall, our results suggest that hypoxia induces significant metabolic remodelling in NMR brain and liver via alterations of multiple metabolic pathways.
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Wang Y, Zhang X. The critical roles of mitochondrial alternative chains in juvenile ark shells (Anadara broughtonii) exposed to acute hypoxia with or without sulfide. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2021; 241:105996. [PMID: 34688138 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2021.105996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2020] [Revised: 09/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Reduced oxygen levels and increased sulfide concentrations have become a concern for marine animals. This study examines respiratory and energetic adaption to acute (0-96 h) hypoxia (0.5 mg/L dissolved oxygen) with or without sulfide (0.2 mM, 1 mM, 3 mM) in the hypoxia-resistant and sulfide-tolerant ark shell, Anadara broughtonii. The different states of aerobic respiration, energy-balance, and activity of the mitochondrial sulfide oxidation chain (MSOC) under these conditions were evaluated. The results indicated that the anaerobic pathway was activated by hypoxia at 24 h without sulfide, but was activated in the presence of sulfide at only 2 h. Exposure to sulfide resulted in significant accumulation of ATP, probably due to the activated MSOC and lowered metabolism via suppression of Na+-K+ ATPase activity and protein synthesis. During hypoxia, both enzyme activity and mRNA levels of alternative oxidase (AOX) increased while the key enzymes in MSOC, sulfide: quinone oxidoreductase (SQR) and sulfur dioxygenase (SDO), were not altered. With additional sulfide, the enzyme activity and mRNA levels of AOX, SQR, SDO significantly increased. Classical aerobic respiration was significantly inhibited, and induction of alternative respiration was detected. The corresponding alternative electron transport chain (AETC) accepted the electrons originating from both the tricarboxylic acid cycle and MSOC during the challenge, indicating that the capacity of aerobic respiration and sulfide-oxidation under a reduction state might greatly depend on AETC. The synergistically induced alternative chains (AETC and MSOC) and anaerobic pathway suggested energy-balance between respiration and sulfide-oxidation, which might contribute to the endurance of ark shells to acute sulfide exposure.
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- Yihang Wang
- Fishery College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China
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- Fishery College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China.
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Li M, Pan D, Sun H, Zhang L, Cheng H, Shao T, Wang Z. The hypoxia adaptation of small mammals to plateau and underground burrow conditions. Animal Model Exp Med 2021; 4:319-328. [PMID: 34977483 PMCID: PMC8690988 DOI: 10.1002/ame2.12183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Oxygen is one of the important substances for the survival of most life systems on the earth, and plateau and underground burrow systems are two typical hypoxic environments. Small mammals living in hypoxic environments have evolved different adaptation strategies, which include increased oxygen delivery, metabolic regulation of physiological responses and other physiological responses that change tissue oxygen utilization. Multi-omics predictions have also shown that these animals have evolved different adaptations to extreme environments. In particular, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and erythropoietin (EPO), which have specific functions in the control of O2 delivery, have evolved adaptively in small mammals in hypoxic environments. Naked mole-rats and blind mole-rats are typical hypoxic model animals as they have some resistance to cancer. This review primarily summarizes the main living environment of hypoxia tolerant small mammals, as well as the changes of phenotype, physiochemical characteristics and gene expression mode of their long-term living in hypoxia environment.
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- Mengke Li
- School of Life SciencesZhengzhou UniversityZhengzhouP.R. China
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- School of Life SciencesZhengzhou UniversityZhengzhouP.R. China
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- School of Life SciencesZhengzhou UniversityZhengzhouP.R. China
- Centre for Nutritional EcologyZhengzhou UniversityZhengzhouP.R. China
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- School of Life SciencesZhengzhou UniversityZhengzhouP.R. China
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- School of Life SciencesZhengzhou UniversityZhengzhouP.R. China
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- School of Life SciencesZhengzhou UniversityZhengzhouP.R. China
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- School of Life SciencesZhengzhou UniversityZhengzhouP.R. China
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Popović ŽD, Maier V, Avramov M, Uzelac I, Gošić-Dondo S, Blagojević D, Koštál V. Acclimations to Cold and Warm Conditions Differently Affect the Energy Metabolism of Diapausing Larvae of the European Corn Borer Ostrinia nubilalis (Hbn.). Front Physiol 2021; 12:768593. [PMID: 34880780 PMCID: PMC8647814 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.768593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis is a pest species, whose fifth instar larvae gradually develop cold hardiness during diapause. The physiological changes underlying diapause progression and cold hardiness development are still insufficiently understood in insects. Here, we follow a complex of changes related to energy metabolism during cold acclimation (5°C) of diapausing larvae and compare this to warm-acclimated (22°C) and non-diapause controls. Capillary electrophoresis of nucleotides and coenzymes has shown that in gradually cold-acclimated groups concentrations of ATP/ADP and, consequently, energy charge slowly decrease during diapause, while the concentration of AMP increases, especially in the first months of diapause. Also, the activity of cytochrome c oxidase (COX), as well as the concentrations of NAD+ and GMP, decline in cold-acclimated groups, until the latter part of diapause, when they recover. Relative expression of NADH dehydrogenase (nd1), coenzyme Q-cytochrome c reductase (uqcr), COX, ATP synthase (atp), ADP/ATP translocase (ant), and prohibitin 2 (phb2) is supressed in cold-acclimated larvae during the first months of diapause and gradually increases toward the termination of diapause. Contrary to this, NADP+ and UMP levels significantly increased in the first few months of diapause, after gradual cold acclimation, which is in connection with the biosynthesis of cryoprotective molecules, as well as regeneration of small antioxidants. Our findings evidence the existence of a cold-induced energy-saving program that facilitates long-term maintenance of larval diapause, as well as gradual development of cold hardiness. In contrast, warm acclimation induced faster depletion of ATP, ADP, UMP, NAD+, and NADP+, as well as higher activity of COX and generally higher expression of all energy-related genes in comparison to cold-acclimated larvae. Moreover, such unusually high metabolic activity, driven by high temperatures, lead to premature mortality in the warm-acclimated group after 2 months of diapause. Thus, our findings strongly support the importance of low temperature exposure in early diapause for gradual cold hardiness acquisition, successful maintenance of the resting state and return to active development. Moreover, they demonstrate potentially adverse effects of global climate changes and subsequent increase in winter temperatures on cold-adapted terrestrial organisms in temperate and subpolar regions.
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- Željko D. Popović
- Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Biology Centre, Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice, Czechia
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Miskevich D, Chaban A, Dronina M, Abramovich I, Gottlieb E, Shams I. Comprehensive Analysis of 13C 6 Glucose Fate in the Hypoxia-Tolerant Blind Mole Rat Skin Fibroblasts. Metabolites 2021; 11:metabo11110734. [PMID: 34822392 PMCID: PMC8621580 DOI: 10.3390/metabo11110734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 10/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The bioenergetics of the vast majority of terrestrial mammals evolved to consuming glucose (Glc) for energy production under regular atmosphere (about 21% oxygen). However, some vertebrate species, such as aquatic turtles, seals, naked mole rat, and blind mole rat, Spalax, have adjusted their homeostasis to continuous function under severe hypoxic environment. The exploration of hypoxia-tolerant species metabolic strategies provides a better understanding of the adaptation to hypoxia. In this study, we compared Glc homeostasis in primary Spalax and rat skin cells under normoxic and hypoxic conditions. We used the targeted-metabolomics approach, utilizing liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry (LC-MS) to track the fate of heavy Glc carbons (13C6 Glc), as well as other methodologies to assist the interpretation of the metabolic landscape, such as bioenergetics profiling, Western blotting, and gene expression analysis. The metabolic profile was recorded under steady-state (after 24 h) of the experiment. Glc-originated carbons were unequally distributed between the cytosolic and mitochondrial domains in Spalax cells compared to the rat. The cytosolic domain is dominant apparently due to the hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) mastering, since its level is higher under normoxia and hypoxia in Spalax cells. Consumed Glc in Spalax cells is utilized for the pentose phosphate pathway maintaining the NADPH pool, and is finally harbored as glutathione (GSH) and UDP-GlcNAc. The cytosolic domain in Spalax cells works in the semi-uncoupled mode that limits the consumed Glc-derived carbons flux to the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and reduces pyruvate delivery; however, it maintains the NAD+ pool via lactate dehydrogenase upregulation. Both normoxic and hypoxic mitochondrial homeostasis of Glc-originated carbons in Spalax are characterized by their massive cataplerotic flux along with the axis αKG→Glu→Pro→hydroxyproline (HPro). The product of collagen degradation, HPro, as well as free Pro are apparently involved in the bioenergetics of Spalax under both normoxia and hypoxia. The upregulation of 2-hydroxyglutarate production detected in Spalax cells may be involved in modulating the levels of HIF-1α. Collectively, these data suggest that Spalax cells utilize similar metabolic frame for both normoxia and hypoxia, where glucose metabolism is switched from oxidative pathways (conversion of pyruvate to Acetyl-CoA and further TCA cycle processes) to (i) pentose phosphate pathway, (ii) lactate production, and (iii) cataplerotic pathways leading to hexosamine, GSH, and HPro production.
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- Dmitry Miskevich
- Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel;
- Correspondence: (D.M.); (I.S.)
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- Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel;
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- Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel;
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- Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa 3525433, Israel; (I.A.); (E.G.)
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- Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa 3525433, Israel; (I.A.); (E.G.)
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- Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel;
- Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel;
- Correspondence: (D.M.); (I.S.)
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Spindel NB, Lee LC, Okamoto DK. Metabolic depression in sea urchin barrens associated with food deprivation. Ecology 2021; 102:e03463. [PMID: 34236704 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2020] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Nathan B Spindel
- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306, USA
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- Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area Reserve, and Haida Heritage Site, 60 Second Beach Road, Skidegate, British Columbia, V0T 1S1, Canada
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306, USA
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Lin J, Fan L, Han Y, Guo J, Hao Z, Cao L, Kang J, Wang X, He J, Li J. The mTORC1/eIF4E/HIF-1α Pathway Mediates Glycolysis to Support Brain Hypoxia Resistance in the Gansu Zokor, Eospalax cansus. Front Physiol 2021; 12:626240. [PMID: 33708138 PMCID: PMC7940537 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.626240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The Gansu zokor (Eospalax cansus) is a subterranean rodent species that is unique to China. These creatures inhabit underground burrows with a hypoxia environment. Metabolic energy patterns in subterranean rodents have become a recent focus of research; however, little is known about brain energy metabolism under conditions of hypoxia in this species. The mammalian (mechanistic) target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) coordinates eukaryotic cell growth and metabolism, and its downstream targets regulate hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) under conditions of hypoxia to induce glycolysis. In this study, we compared the metabolic characteristics of hypoxia-tolerant subterranean Gansu zokors under hypoxic conditions with those of hypoxia-intolerant Sprague-Dawley rats with a similar-sized surface area. We exposed Gansu zokors and rats to hypoxia I (44 h at 10.5% O2) or hypoxia II (6 h at 6.5% O2) and then measured the transcriptional levels of mTORC1 downstream targets, the transcriptional and translational levels of glycolysis-related genes, glucose and fructose levels in plasma and brain, and the activity of key glycolysis-associated enzymes. Under hypoxia, we found that hif-1α transcription was upregulated via the mTORC1/eIF4E pathway to drive glycolysis. Furthermore, Gansu zokor brain exhibited enhanced fructose-driven glycolysis under hypoxia through increased expression of the GLUT5 fructose transporter and ketohexokinase (KHK), in addition to increased KHK enzymatic activity, and utilization of fructose; these changes did not occur in rat. However, glucose-driven glycolysis was enhanced in both Gansu zokor and rat under hypoxia II of 6.5% O2 for 6 h. Overall, our results indicate that on the basis of glucose as the main metabolic substrate, fructose is used to accelerate the supply of energy in Gansu zokor, which mirrors the metabolic responses to hypoxia in this species.
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- Jinyan Lin
- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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Sokolova I. Bioenergetics in environmental adaptation and stress tolerance of aquatic ectotherms: linking physiology and ecology in a multi-stressor landscape. J Exp Biol 2021; 224:224/Suppl_1/jeb236802. [PMID: 33627464 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.236802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Energy metabolism (encompassing energy assimilation, conversion and utilization) plays a central role in all life processes and serves as a link between the organismal physiology, behavior and ecology. Metabolic rates define the physiological and life-history performance of an organism, have direct implications for Darwinian fitness, and affect ecologically relevant traits such as the trophic relationships, productivity and ecosystem engineering functions. Natural environmental variability and anthropogenic changes expose aquatic ectotherms to multiple stressors that can strongly affect their energy metabolism and thereby modify the energy fluxes within an organism and in the ecosystem. This Review focuses on the role of bioenergetic disturbances and metabolic adjustments in responses to multiple stressors (especially the general cellular stress response), provides examples of the effects of multiple stressors on energy intake, assimilation, conversion and expenditure, and discusses the conceptual and quantitative approaches to identify and mechanistically explain the energy trade-offs in multiple stressor scenarios, and link the cellular and organismal bioenergetics with fitness, productivity and/or ecological functions of aquatic ectotherms.
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- Inna Sokolova
- Marine Biology Department, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany .,Department of Maritime Systems, Interdisciplinary Faculty, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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Pan FTC, Applebaum SL, Manahan DT. Differing thermal sensitivities of physiological processes alter ATP allocation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 224:jeb.233379. [PMID: 33328288 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.233379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Changes in environmental temperature affect rate processes at all levels of biological organization. Yet the thermal sensitivity of specific physiological processes that affect allocation of the ATP pool within a species is less well understood. In this study of developmental stages of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, thermal sensitivities were measured for growth, survivorship, protein synthesis, respiration and transport of amino acids and ions. At warmer temperatures, larvae grew faster but suffered increased mortality. An analysis of temperature sensitivity (Q 10 values) revealed that protein synthesis, the major ATP-consuming process in larvae of C. gigas, is more sensitive to temperature change (Q 10 value of 2.9±0.18) than metabolic rate (Q 10 of 2.0±0.15). Ion transport by Na+/K+-ATPase measured in vivo has a Q 10 value of 2.1±0.09. The corresponding value for glycine transport is 2.4±0.23. Differing thermal responses for protein synthesis and respiration result in a disproportional increase in the allocation of available ATP to protein synthesis with rising temperature. A bioenergetic model is presented illustrating how changes in growth and temperature affect allocation of the ATP pool. Over an environmentally relevant temperature range for this species, the proportion of the ATP pool allocated to protein synthesis increases from 35 to 65%. The greater energy demand to support protein synthesis with increasing temperature will compromise energy availability to support other essential physiological processes. Defining the trade-offs of ATP demand will provide insights into understanding the adaptive capacity of organisms to respond to various scenarios of environmental change.
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- Francis T C Pan
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0371, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0371, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0371, USA
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Bastian TW, Rao R, Tran PV, Georgieff MK. The Effects of Early-Life Iron Deficiency on Brain Energy Metabolism. Neurosci Insights 2020; 15:2633105520935104. [PMID: 32637938 PMCID: PMC7324901 DOI: 10.1177/2633105520935104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Iron deficiency (ID) is one of the most prevalent nutritional deficiencies in the world. Iron deficiency in the late fetal and newborn period causes abnormal cognitive performance and emotional regulation, which can persist into adulthood despite iron repletion. Potential mechanisms contributing to these impairments include deficits in brain energy metabolism, neurotransmission, and myelination. Here, we comprehensively review the existing data that demonstrate diminished brain energetic capacity as a mechanistic driver of impaired neurobehavioral development due to early-life (fetal-neonatal) ID. We further discuss a novel hypothesis that permanent metabolic reprogramming, which occurs during the period of ID, leads to chronically impaired neuronal energetics and mitochondrial capacity in adulthood, thus limiting adult neuroplasticity and neurobehavioral function. We conclude that early-life ID impairs energy metabolism in a brain region- and age-dependent manner, with particularly strong evidence for hippocampal neurons. Additional studies, focusing on other brain regions and cell types, are needed.
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- Thomas W Bastian
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Niu Y, Cao W, Storey KB, He J, Wang J, Zhang T, Tang X, Chen Q. Metabolic characteristics of overwintering by the high-altitude dwelling Xizang plateau frog, Nanorana parkeri. J Comp Physiol B 2020; 190:433-444. [PMID: 32274534 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-020-01275-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2019] [Revised: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The Xizang plateau frog, Nanorana parkeri, has the highest altitudinal distribution of all frogs in the world and survives the cold of winter without feeding by entering into a hibernating state. However, little attention has been paid to its physiological and biochemical characteristics that support overwintering underwater in small ponds. Here, we measured metabolic rate and heart rate, and collected liver and muscle samples from N. parkeri in summer and winter for analysis of mitochondrial respiration rate, and activities and relative mRNA transcript expression of metabolic enzymes. Compared with summer-collected frogs, both resting metabolic rate and heart rate were significantly reduced in winter-collected frogs. Both state 3 and state 4 respiration of liver mitochondria were also significantly reduced in winter but muscle mitochondria showed a decline only in state 3 respiration in winter. The activities and corresponding mRNA expression of cytochrome c oxidase showed a marked decline in winter, whereas the activities and corresponding mRNA expression of lactate dehydrogenase increased in winter-collected frogs, compared to summer. The thermal sensitivity (Q10 values) for state 3 respiration rate by liver mitochondria, and activities of lactate dehydrogenase, and cytochrome c oxidase all increased in winter-collected frogs, compared with summer frogs, suggesting that overwintering frogs were more sensitive to changes in external temperature. Enzyme changes mainly result from lower overall quantities of these enzymes as well as post-translational modifications. We conclude that overwintering N. parkeri exhibit a seasonal, temperature-independent suppression of metabolism that is mediated at multiple levels: physiological, mitochondrial, gene expression and enzyme activity levels.
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- Yonggang Niu
- School of Life Sciences, Dezhou University, Dezhou, China.,Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China.,State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China
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- Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China. .,State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining, China.
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Kawarasaki Y, Welle AM, Elnitsky MA. Is rapid cold-hardening an aerobic process? Characterization of changes in metabolic activity during its induction and effects of anoxia in flesh fly. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 120:103996. [PMID: 31837292 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2019.103996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2019] [Revised: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Rapid cold-hardening (RCH) is a type of phenotypic plasticity that promotes a swift improvement of cold tolerance in insects. A brief exposure to mild cold dramatically increases insect survival to a subsequent cold exposure that would be lethal otherwise. In adult male flesh fly, Sarcophaga bullata, as little as 15 min at 5 °C significantly improved organismal survival at -7°C from 0 to 66.7 ± 11.1%. In this study, we investigated whether this RCH response is an aerobic process in S. bullata by characterizing changes in metabolic activity during its induction. At the level of whole organism, CO2 production continued at a level above our detection limit, and a relatively greater rate was observed during the early phase before it stabilized after ~1 h of the RCH induction. Similarly, in isolated flight muscle tissues, those maintained at 5 °C for 10 min exhibited significantly greater rates of oxygen consumption, compared to those maintained at 5 °C for 1 h (2.82 ± 0.29 vs. 1.36 ± 0.22 μl O2 mg-1 DM h-1). When these tissues were exposed to LaCl3, a treatment that should inhibit RCH ex vivo, oxygen consumption rates of the muscles were reduced significantly to a level similar to those that had been maintained at 5 °C for 1 h. Interestingly, however, the RCH response was still evident among individuals exposed to chilling under anoxia. Compared to those exposed to anoxia for 30 min only at 25 °C, flies exposed to 5 °C for 2 h under anoxia following the initial exposure exhibited a significantly greater level of cold tolerance at -7.5 °C (41.7 ± 7.1 vs. 91.8 ± 3.9%). Our results suggest that while relatively greater rates of metabolic activity are associated with the early phase of the RCH induction, it can proceed under the anoxic condition, thereby suggesting its independence to aerobic respiration.
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- Yuta Kawarasaki
- Department of Biology, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN 56082, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN 56082, USA
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Grauso M, Lan A, Andriamihaja M, Bouillaud F, Blachier F. Hyperosmolar environment and intestinal epithelial cells: impact on mitochondrial oxygen consumption, proliferation, and barrier function in vitro. Sci Rep 2019; 9:11360. [PMID: 31388052 PMCID: PMC6684637 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47851-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The aim of the present study was to elucidate the in vitro short-term (2-h) and longer-term (24-h) effects of hyperosmolar media (500 and 680 mOsm/L) on intestinal epithelial cells using the human colonocyte Caco-2 cell line model. We found that a hyperosmolar environment slowed down cell proliferation compared to normal osmolarity (336 mOsm/L) without inducing cell detachment or necrosis. This was associated with a transient reduction of cell mitochondrial oxygen consumption, increase in proton leak, and decrease in intracellular ATP content. The barrier function of Caco-2 monolayers was also transiently affected since increased paracellular apical-to-basal permeability and modified electrolyte permeability were measured, allowing partial equilibration of the trans-epithelial osmotic difference. In addition, hyperosmotic stress induced secretion of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-8. By measuring expression of genes involved in energy metabolism, tight junction forming, electrolyte permeability and intracellular signaling, different response patterns to hyperosmotic stress occurred depending on its intensity and duration. These data highlight the potential impact of increased luminal osmolarity on the intestinal epithelium renewal and barrier function and point out some cellular adaptive capacities towards luminal hyperosmolar environment.
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- Marta Grauso
- UMR PNCA, AgroParisTech, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, 75005, Paris, France.
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- UMR PNCA, AgroParisTech, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, 75005, Paris, France
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- Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR8104, Université Paris Descartes, 75014, Paris, France
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- UMR PNCA, AgroParisTech, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, 75005, Paris, France
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Miles AR, Hawrysh PJ, Hossein-Javaheri N, Buck LT. Taurine activates glycine and GABA A receptor currents in anoxia-tolerant painted turtle pyramidal neurons. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 221:jeb.181529. [PMID: 30237241 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.181529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Unlike anoxia-intolerant mammals, painted turtles can survive extended periods without oxygen. This is partly accomplished by an anoxia-mediated increase in gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) release, which activates GABA receptors and mediates spike arrest in turtle neurons via shunting inhibition. Extracellular taurine levels also increase during anoxia; why this occurs is unknown but it is speculated that glycine and/or GABAA/B receptors are involved. Given the general importance of inhibitory neurotransmission in the anoxia-tolerant painted turtle brain, we investigated the function of taurine as an inhibitory neuromodulator in turtle pyramidal neurons. Using whole-cell patch-clamp electrophysiological methods to record from neurons within a cortical brain sheet, we found that taurine depolarized membrane potential by ∼8 mV, increased whole-cell conductance ∼2-fold, and induced an inward current that possessed characteristics similar to GABA- and glycine-evoked currents. These effects were mitigated following glycine receptor antagonism with strychnine and GABAA receptor antagonism with gabazine, bicuculine or picrotoxin, but were unchanged following GABAB or glutamatergic receptor inhibition. These data indicate that a high concentration of taurine in vitro mediates its effects through both glycine and GABAA receptors, and suggests that taurine, in addition to GABA, inhibits neuronal activity during anoxia in the turtle cortex.
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- Ashley R Miles
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3G5
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3G5
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3G5 .,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 3G5
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The hypoxia-tolerant vertebrate brain: Arresting synaptic activity. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2018; 224:61-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2017.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Revised: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Moreira DC, Oliveira MF, Liz-Guimarães L, Diniz-Rojas N, Campos ÉG, Hermes-Lima M. Corrigendum: Current Trends and Research Challenges Regarding "Preparation for Oxidative Stress". Front Physiol 2018; 9:950. [PMID: 30042698 PMCID: PMC6053941 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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- Daniel C Moreira
- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil.,Área de Morfologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Morfologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil
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Campbell JB, Andersen MK, Overgaard J, Harrison JF. Paralytic hypo-energetic state facilitates anoxia tolerance despite ionic imbalance in adult Drosophila melanogaster. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 221:jeb.177147. [PMID: 29615525 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.177147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Oxygen limitation plays a key role in many pathologies; yet, we still lack a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms responsible for variation in anoxia tolerance. Most vertebrate studies suggest that anoxia tolerance involves the ability to maintain cellular ATP despite the loss of aerobic metabolism. However, insects such as adult Drosophila melanogaster are able to survive long periods of anoxia (LT50: ∼8 h) in a hypo-energetic state characterized by low [ATP]. In this study, we tested for possible mechanisms that allow D. melanogaster adults to survive long periods of anoxia. Adults are paralyzed within 30 s, and after 2 h of anoxia, ATP was 3% of normal, extracellular potassium concentration ([K+]o) increased threefold, pH dropped 1 unit, yet survival was 100%. With 0.5-6 h of anoxia, adults maintained low but constant ATP levels while [K+]o and pHo continued to change. When returned to normoxia, adults restored [K+]o and activity. With longer durations of anoxia, ATP levels decreased and [K+]o rose further, and both correlated tightly with decreased survival. This response contrasts with the anoxia-sensitive larval stage (LT50: ∼1 h). During anoxia, larvae attempted escape for up to 30 min and after 2 h of anoxia, ATP was <1% of resting, [K+]o increased by 50%, hemolymph pH fell by 1 unit, and survival was zero. The superior anoxia tolerance of adult D. melanogaster appears to be due to the capacity to maintain a paralytic hypometabolic state with low but non-zero ATP levels, and to be able to tolerate extreme extracellular ionic variability.
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- Jacob B Campbell
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA 85287
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- Zoophysiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA 85287
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AMP-activated protein kinase protects against anoxia in Drosophila melanogaster. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2017; 214:30-39. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Revised: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Moreira DC, Oliveira MF, Liz-Guimarães L, Diniz-Rojas N, Campos ÉG, Hermes-Lima M. Current Trends and Research Challenges Regarding "Preparation for Oxidative Stress". Front Physiol 2017; 8:702. [PMID: 28993737 PMCID: PMC5622305 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Survival under stress, such as exposure to hypoxia, anoxia, freezing, dehydration, air exposure of water breathing organisms, and estivation, is commonly associated to enhanced endogenous antioxidants, a phenomenon coined "preparation for oxidative stress" (POS). The regulation of free radical metabolism seems to be crucial under these selective pressures, since this response is widespread among animals. A hypothesis of how POS works at the molecular level was recently proposed and relies on two main processes: increased reactive species production under hypoxia, and activation of redox-sensitive transcription factors and signaling pathways, increasing the expression of antioxidants. The present paper brings together the current knowledge on POS and considers its future directions. Data indicate the presence of POS in 83 animal species (71.6% among investigated species), distributed in eight animal phyla. Three main research challenges on POS are presented: (i) to identify the molecular mechanism(s) that mediate/induce POS, (ii) to identify the evolutionary origins of POS in animals, and (iii) to determine the presence of POS in natural environments. We firstly discuss the need of evidence for increased RS production in hypoxic conditions that underlie the POS response. Secondly, we discuss the phylogenetic origins of POS back 700 million years, by identifying POS-positive responses in cnidarians. Finally, we present the first reports of the POS adaptation strategy in the wild. The investigation of these research trends and challenges may prove useful to understand the evolution of animal redox adaptations and how they adapt to increasing stressful environments on Earth.
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- Daniel C. Moreira
- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de BrasíliaBrasilia, Brazil
- Área de Morfologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de BrasíliaBrasilia, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de BrasíliaBrasilia, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Morfologia, Universidade de BrasíliaBrasilia, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de BrasíliaBrasilia, Brazil
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Ivanina AV, Nesmelova I, Leamy L, Sokolov EP, Sokolova IM. Intermittent hypoxia leads to functional reorganization of mitochondria and affects cellular bioenergetics in marine molluscs. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 219:1659-74. [PMID: 27252455 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.134700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2015] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Fluctuations in oxygen (O2) concentrations represent a major challenge to aerobic organisms and can be extremely damaging to their mitochondria. Marine intertidal molluscs are well-adapted to frequent O2 fluctuations, yet it remains unknown how their mitochondrial functions are regulated to sustain energy metabolism and prevent cellular damage during hypoxia and reoxygenation (H/R). We used metabolic control analysis to investigate the mechanisms of mitochondrial responses to H/R stress (18 h at <0.1% O2 followed by 1 h of reoxygenation) using hypoxia-tolerant intertidal clams Mercenaria mercenaria and hypoxia-sensitive subtidal scallops Argopecten irradians as models. We also assessed H/R-induced changes in cellular energy balance, oxidative damage and unfolded protein response to determine the potential links between mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular injury. Mitochondrial responses to H/R in scallops strongly resembled those in other hypoxia-sensitive organisms. Exposure to hypoxia followed by reoxygenation led to a strong decrease in the substrate oxidation (SOX) and phosphorylation (PHOS) capacities as well as partial depolarization of mitochondria of scallops. Elevated mRNA expression of a reactive oxygen species-sensitive enzyme aconitase and Lon protease (responsible for degradation of oxidized mitochondrial proteins) during H/R stress was consistent with elevated levels of oxidative stress in mitochondria of scallops. In hypoxia-tolerant clams, mitochondrial SOX capacity was enhanced during hypoxia and continued rising during the first hour of reoxygenation. In both species, the mitochondrial PHOS capacity was suppressed during hypoxia, likely to prevent ATP wastage by the reverse action of FO,F1-ATPase. The PHOS capacity recovered after 1 h of reoxygenation in clams but not in scallops. Compared with scallops, clams showed a greater suppression of energy-consuming processes (such as protein turnover and ion transport) during hypoxia, indicated by inactivation of the translation initiation factor EIF-2α, suppression of 26S proteasome activity and a dramatic decrease in the activity of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase. The steady-state levels of adenylates were preserved during H/R exposure and AMP-dependent protein kinase was not activated in either species, indicating that the H/R exposure did not lead to severe energy deficiency. Taken together, our findings suggest that mitochondrial reorganizations sustaining high oxidative phosphorylation flux during recovery, combined with the ability to suppress ATP-demanding cellular functions during hypoxia, may contribute to high resilience of clams to H/R stress and help maintain energy homeostasis during frequent H/R cycles in the intertidal zone.
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- Anna V Ivanina
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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- Department of General Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC 28232, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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Human iPSC-Derived Neural Progenitors Are an Effective Drug Discovery Model for Neurological mtDNA Disorders. Cell Stem Cell 2017; 20:659-674.e9. [PMID: 28132834 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2016.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Revised: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations frequently cause neurological diseases. Modeling of these defects has been difficult because of the challenges associated with engineering mtDNA. We show here that neural progenitor cells (NPCs) derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) retain the parental mtDNA profile and exhibit a metabolic switch toward oxidative phosphorylation. NPCs derived in this way from patients carrying a deleterious homoplasmic mutation in the mitochondrial gene MT-ATP6 (m.9185T>C) showed defective ATP production and abnormally high mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), plus altered calcium homeostasis, which represents a potential cause of neural impairment. High-content screening of FDA-approved drugs using the MMP phenotype highlighted avanafil, which we found was able to partially rescue the calcium defect in patient NPCs and differentiated neurons. Overall, our results show that iPSC-derived NPCs provide an effective model for drug screening to target mtDNA disorders that affect the nervous system.
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Many environmental conditions can constrain the ability of animals to obtain sufficient food energy, or transform that food energy into useful chemical forms. To survive extended periods under such conditions animals must suppress metabolic rate to conserve energy, water, or oxygen. Amongst small endotherms, this metabolic suppression is accompanied by and, in some cases, facilitated by a decrease in core body temperature-hibernation or daily torpor-though significant metabolic suppression can be achieved even with only modest cooling. Within some ectotherms, winter metabolic suppression exceeds the passive effects of cooling. During dry seasons, estivating ectotherms can reduce metabolism without changes in body temperature, conserving energy reserves, and reducing gas exchange and its inevitable loss of water vapor. This overview explores the similarities and differences of metabolic suppression among these states within adult animals (excluding developmental diapause), and integrates levels of organization from the whole animal to the genome, where possible. Several similarities among these states are highlighted, including patterns and regulation of metabolic balance, fuel use, and mitochondrial metabolism. Differences among models are also apparent, particularly in whether the metabolic suppression is intrinsic to the tissue or depends on the whole-animal response. While in these hypometabolic states, tissues from many animals are tolerant of hypoxia/anoxia, ischemia/reperfusion, and disuse. These natural models may, therefore, serve as valuable and instructive models for biomedical research.
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- James F Staples
- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Jacobson LM, Edmunds PJ, Muller EB, Nisbet RM. The implications of reduced metabolic rate in a resource-limited coral. J Exp Biol 2016; 219:870-7. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.136044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Many organisms exhibit depressed metabolism when resources are limited, a change that makes it possible to balance an energy budget. For symbiotic reef corals, daily cycles of light and periods of intense cloud cover can be chronic causes of food limitation through reduced photosynthesis. Furthermore, coral bleaching is common in present day reefs, creating a context in which metabolic depression could have beneficial value to corals. In the present study, corals (massive Porites) were exposed to an extreme case of resource limitation by starving them of food and light for 20 d. When resources were limited, the corals depressed area-normalized respiration to 37% of initial rates, coral biomass declined to 64% of initial amounts, yet the corals continued to produce skeletal mass. However, the declines in biomass cannot account for the declines in area-normalized respiration, as mass-specific respiration declined to 30% of initial rates. Thus, these corals appear to be capable of metabolic depression. It is possible that some coral species are better able to depress metabolic rates, such variation could explain differential survival during conditions that limit resources (e.g., shading). Furthermore, we found that maintenance of existing biomass, in part, supports the production of skeletal mass. This association could be explained if maintenance supplies needed energy (e.g., ATP) or inorganic carbon (i.e., CO2) that otherwise limits the production of skeletal mass. Finally, the observed metabolic depression can be explained as change in pool sizes, and does not require a change in metabolic rules.
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- Lianne M. Jacobson
- Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USA
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- Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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Hermes-Lima M, Moreira DC, Rivera-Ingraham GA, Giraud-Billoud M, Genaro-Mattos TC, Campos ÉG. Preparation for oxidative stress under hypoxia and metabolic depression: Revisiting the proposal two decades later. Free Radic Biol Med 2015; 89:1122-43. [PMID: 26408245 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2015.07.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Revised: 07/11/2015] [Accepted: 07/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Organisms that tolerate wide variations in oxygen availability, especially to hypoxia, usually face harsh environmental conditions during their lives. Such conditions include, for example, lack of food and/or water, low or high temperatures, and reduced oxygen availability. In contrast to an expected strong suppression of protein synthesis, a great number of these animals present increased levels of antioxidant defenses during oxygen deprivation. These observations have puzzled researchers for more than 20 years. Initially, two predominant ideas seemed to be irreconcilable: on one hand, hypoxia would decrease reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, while on the other the induction of antioxidant enzymes would require the overproduction of ROS. This induction of antioxidant enzymes during hypoxia was viewed as a way to prepare animals for oxidative damage that may happen ultimately during reoxygenation. The term "preparation for oxidative stress" (POS) was coined in 1998 based on such premise. However, there are many cases of increased oxidative damage in several hypoxia-tolerant organisms under hypoxia. In addition, over the years, the idea of an assured decrease in ROS formation under hypoxia was challenged. Instead, several findings indicate that the production of ROS actually increases in response to hypoxia. Recently, it became possible to provide a comprehensive explanation for the induction of antioxidant enzymes under hypoxia. The supporting evidence and the limitations of the POS idea are extensively explored in this review as we discuss results from research on estivation and situations of low oxygen stress, such as hypoxia, freezing exposure, severe dehydration, and air exposure of water-breathing animals. We propose that, under some level of oxygen deprivation, ROS are overproduced and induce changes leading to hypoxic biochemical responses. These responses would occur mainly through the activation of specific transcription factors (FoxO, Nrf2, HIF-1, NF-κB, and p53) and post translational mechanisms, both mechanisms leading to enhanced antioxidant defenses. Moreover, reactive nitrogen species are candidate modulators of ROS generation in this scenario. We conclude by drawing out the future perspectives in this field of research, and how advances in the knowledge of the mechanisms involved in the POS strategy will offer new and innovative study scenarios of biological and physiological cellular responses to environmental stress.
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- Marcelo Hermes-Lima
- Laboratório de Radicais Livres, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasí;lia, DF, 70910-900, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Radicais Livres, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasí;lia, DF, 70910-900, Brazil
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- Groupe Fonctionnel AEO (Adaptation Ecophysiologique et Ontogenèse), UMR 9190 MARBEC, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología (IHEM-CONICET), and Instituto de Fisiología (Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo), Casilla de Correo 33, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina
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- Laboratório de Radicais Livres, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasí;lia, DF, 70910-900, Brazil; Laboratório de Espectrometria de Massa, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasí;lia, DF, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Radicais Livres, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasí;lia, DF, 70910-900, Brazil
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Jeffries KM, Brander SM, Britton MT, Fangue NA, Connon RE. Chronic exposures to low and high concentrations of ibuprofen elicit different gene response patterns in a euryhaline fish. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 22:17397-413. [PMID: 25731088 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4227-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2014] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Ibuprofen is one of the most commonly detected pharmaceuticals in wastewater effluent; however, the effects of ibuprofen on aquatic organisms are poorly understood. This study presents the transcriptome-wide response of the inland silverside, Menidia beryllina, to chronic exposure to ibuprofen. At the lowest exposure concentration (0.0115 mg/L), we detected a downregulation of many genes involved in skeletal development, aerobic respiration, and immune function. At the highest exposure concentration (1.15 mg/L), we detected increased expression of regulatory genes in the arachidonic acid metabolism pathway and several immune genes involved in an inflammatory response. Additionally, there was differential expression of genes involved in oxidative stress responses and a downregulation of genes involved in osmoregulation. This study provides useful information for monitoring the effects of this common wastewater effluent contaminant in the environment and for the generation of biomarkers of exposure to ibuprofen that may be transferable to other fish species.
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- Ken M Jeffries
- Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
- Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
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- Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC, 28403, USA
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- Bioinformatics Core Facility, Genome Center, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Expression of stress-related genes in diapause of European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis Hbn.). Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2015; 186:1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2015.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2014] [Revised: 03/25/2015] [Accepted: 04/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Rider MH. Role of AMP-activated protein kinase in metabolic depression in animals. J Comp Physiol B 2015; 186:1-16. [PMID: 26174210 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-015-0920-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Revised: 06/23/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a highly conserved eukaryotic protein serine/threonine kinase that controls cellular and whole body energy homoeostasis. AMPK is activated during energy stress by a rise in AMP:ATP ratio and maintains energy balance by phosphorylating targets to switch on catabolic ATP-generating pathways, while at the same time switching off anabolic ATP-consuming processes. Metabolic depression is a strategy used by many animals to survive environmental stress and has been extensively studied across phylogeny by comparative biochemists and physiologists, but the role of AMPK has only recently been addressed. This review first deals with the evolution of AMPK in eukaryotes (excluding plants and fungi) and its regulation. Changes in adenine nucleotides and AMPK activation are described in animals during environmental energy stress, before considering the involvement of AMPK in controlling β-oxidation, fatty acid synthesis, triacylglycerol mobilization and protein synthesis. Lastly, strategies are presented to validate the role of AMPK in mediating metabolic depression by phosphorylating downstream targets.
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- Mark H Rider
- de Duve Institute and Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 75, 1200, Brussels, Belgium.
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Schwarze K, Singh A, Burmester T. The Full Globin Repertoire of Turtles Provides Insights into Vertebrate Globin Evolution and Functions. Genome Biol Evol 2015; 7:1896-913. [PMID: 26078264 PMCID: PMC4524481 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Globins are small heme proteins that play an important role in oxygen supply, but may also have other functions. Globins offer a unique opportunity to study the functional evolution of genes and proteins. We have characterized the globin repertoire of two different turtle species: the Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) and the western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii). In the genomes of both species, we have identified eight distinct globin types: hemoglobin (Hb), myoglobin, neuroglobin, cytoglobin, globin E, globin X, globin Y, and androglobin. Therefore, along with the coelacanth, turtles are so far the only known vertebrates with a full globin repertoire. This fact allows for the first time a comparative analysis of the expression of all eight globins in a single species. Phylogenetic analysis showed an early divergence of neuroglobin and globin X before the radiation of vertebrates. Among the other globins, cytoglobin diverged first, and there is a close relationship between myoglobin and globin E; the position of globin Y is not resolved. The globin E gene was selectively lost in the green anole, and the genes coding for globin X and globin Y were deleted in chicken. Quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction experiments revealed that myoglobin, neuroglobin, and globin E are highly expressed with tissue-specific patterns, which are in line with their roles in the oxidative metabolism of the striated muscles, the brain, and the retina, respectively. Histochemical analyses showed high levels of globin E in the pigment epithelium of the eye. Globin E probably has a myoglobin-like role in transporting O2 across the pigment epithelium to supply in the metabolically highly active retina.
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- Kim Schwarze
- 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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- Institute of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Hamburg, Germany
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Barbi de Moura M, Uppala R, Zhang Y, Van Houten B, Goetzman ES. Overexpression of mitochondrial sirtuins alters glycolysis and mitochondrial function in HEK293 cells. PLoS One 2014; 9:e106028. [PMID: 25165814 PMCID: PMC4148395 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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SIRT3, SIRT4, and SIRT5 are mitochondrial deacylases that impact multiple facets of energy metabolism and mitochondrial function. SIRT3 activates several mitochondrial enzymes, SIRT4 represses its targets, and SIRT5 has been shown to both activate and repress mitochondrial enzymes. To gain insight into the relative effects of the mitochondrial sirtuins in governing mitochondrial energy metabolism, SIRT3, SIRT4, and SIRT5 overexpressing HEK293 cells were directly compared. When grown under standard cell culture conditions (25 mM glucose) all three sirtuins induced increases in mitochondrial respiration, glycolysis, and glucose oxidation, but with no change in growth rate or in steady-state ATP concentration. Increased proton leak, as evidenced by oxygen consumption in the presence of oligomycin, appeared to explain much of the increase in basal oxygen utilization. Growth in 5 mM glucose normalized the elevations in basal oxygen consumption, proton leak, and glycolysis in all sirtuin over-expressing cells. While the above effects were common to all three mitochondrial sirtuins, some differences between the SIRT3, SIRT4, and SIRT5 expressing cells were noted. Only SIRT3 overexpression affected fatty acid metabolism, and only SIRT4 overexpression altered superoxide levels and mitochondrial membrane potential. We conclude that all three mitochondrial sirtuins can promote increased mitochondrial respiration and cellular metabolism. SIRT3, SIRT4, and SIRT5 appear to respond to excess glucose by inducing a coordinated increase of glycolysis and respiration, with the excess energy dissipated via proton leak.
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- Michelle Barbi de Moura
- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Quinones QJ, Ma Q, Zhang Z, Barnes BM, Podgoreanu MV. Organ protective mechanisms common to extremes of physiology: a window through hibernation biology. Integr Comp Biol 2014; 54:497-515. [PMID: 24848803 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icu047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Supply and demand relationships govern survival of animals in the wild and are also key determinants of clinical outcomes in critically ill patients. Most animals' survival strategies focus on the supply side of the equation by pursuing territory and resources, but hibernators are able to anticipate declining availability of nutrients by reducing their energetic needs through the seasonal use of torpor, a reversible state of suppressed metabolic demand and decreased body temperature. Similarly, in clinical medicine the majority of therapeutic interventions to care for critically ill or trauma patients remain focused on elevating physiologic supply above critical thresholds by increasing the main determinants of delivery of oxygen to the tissues (cardiac output, perfusion pressure, hemoglobin concentrations, and oxygen saturation), as well as increasing nutritional support, maintaining euthermia, and other general supportive measures. Techniques, such as induced hypothermia and preconditioning, aimed at diminishing a patient's physiologic requirements as a short-term strategy to match reduced supply and to stabilize their condition, are few and underutilized in clinical settings. Consequently, comparative approaches to understand the mechanistic adaptations that suppress metabolic demand and alter metabolic use of fuel as well as the application of concepts gleaned from studies of hibernation, to the care of critically ill and injured patients could create novel opportunities to improve outcomes in intensive care and perioperative medicine.
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- Quintin J Quinones
- *Department of Anesthesiology, Systems Modeling of Perioperative Organ Injury Laboratory, Duke University, Box 3094, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Institute for Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA
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- *Department of Anesthesiology, Systems Modeling of Perioperative Organ Injury Laboratory, Duke University, Box 3094, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Institute for Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA
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- *Department of Anesthesiology, Systems Modeling of Perioperative Organ Injury Laboratory, Duke University, Box 3094, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Institute for Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA
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- *Department of Anesthesiology, Systems Modeling of Perioperative Organ Injury Laboratory, Duke University, Box 3094, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Institute for Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA
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- *Department of Anesthesiology, Systems Modeling of Perioperative Organ Injury Laboratory, Duke University, Box 3094, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Institute for Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA*Department of Anesthesiology, Systems Modeling of Perioperative Organ Injury Laboratory, Duke University, Box 3094, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Institute for Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA
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Tripathi RK, Mohindra V, Singh A, Kumar R, Mishra RM, Jena JK. Physiological responses to acute experimental hypoxia in the air-breathing Indian catfish, Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758). J Biosci 2013; 38:373-83. [PMID: 23660672 DOI: 10.1007/s12038-013-9304-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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With an aim to study the mechanism of adaptation to acute hypoxic periods by hypoxia-tolerant catfish, Clarias batrachus, the mass-specific metabolic rate (VO2) along with its hematological parameters, metabolic response and antioxidant enzyme activities were studied. During progressive hypoxia, C. batrachus was found to be an oxyconformer and showed a steady decline in its aquatic oxygen consumption rate. When C. batrachus was exposed for different periods at experimental hypoxia level (0.98 +/- 0.1 mg/L, DO), hemoglobin and hematocrit concentrations were increased, along with decrease in mean cellular hemoglobin concentration, which reflected a physiological adaptation to enhance oxygen transport capacity. Significant increase in serum glucose and lactate concentration as well as lactate dehydrogenase activity was observed. Antioxidant enzymes were found to operate independently of one another, while total glutathione concentration was unaffected in any of the tissues across treatments. These observations suggested that hypoxia resulted in the development of oxidative stress and C. batrachus was able to respond through increase in the oxygen carrying capacity, metabolic depression and efficient antioxidant defense system to survive periods of acute hypoxia.
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- Ratnesh Kumar Tripathi
- National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Canal Ring Road, P.O. Dilkusha, Lucknow 226 001
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Jeffries KM, Hinch SG, Sierocinski T, Pavlidis P, Miller KM. Transcriptomic responses to high water temperature in two species of Pacific salmon. Evol Appl 2013; 7:286-300. [PMID: 24567748 PMCID: PMC3927889 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 09/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Characterizing the cellular stress response (CSR) of species at ecologically relevant temperatures is useful for determining whether populations and species can successfully respond to current climatic extremes and future warming. In this study, populations of wild-caught adult pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) and sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) salmon from the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada, were experimentally treated to ecologically relevant 'cool' or 'warm' water temperatures to uncover common transcriptomic responses to elevated water temperature in non-lethally sampled gill tissue. We detected the differential expression of 49 microarray features (29 unique annotated genes and one gene with unknown function) associated with protein folding, protein synthesis, metabolism, oxidative stress and ion transport that were common between populations and species of Pacific salmon held at 19°C compared with fish held at a cooler temperature (13 or 14°C). There was higher mortality in fish held at 19°C, which suggests a possible relationship between a temperature-induced CSR and mortality in these species. Our results suggest that frequently encountered water temperatures ≥19°C, which are capable of inducing a common CSR across species and populations, may increase risk of upstream spawning migration failure for pink and sockeye salmon.
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- Ken M Jeffries
- Centre for Applied Conservation Research Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Centre for Applied Conservation Research Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Centre for High-Throughput Biology Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Centre for High-Throughput Biology Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Molecular Genetics Section Nanaimo, BC, Canada
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Zolfaghari PS, Pinto BB, Dyson A, Singer M. The metabolic phenotype of rodent sepsis: cause for concern? Intensive Care Med Exp 2013; 1:25. [PMID: 26266794 PMCID: PMC4797805 DOI: 10.1186/2197-425x-1-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Rodent models of sepsis are frequently used to investigate pathophysiological mechanisms and to evaluate putative therapeutic strategies. However, preclinical efficacy in these models has failed to translate to the clinical setting. We thus questioned the representativeness of such models and herein report a detailed comparison of the metabolic and cardiovascular phenotypes of long-term faecal peritonitis in fluid-resuscitated rats and mice with similar mortality profiles. METHODS We conducted prospective laboratory-controlled studies in adult male Wistar rats and C57 black mice. Animals were made septic by intraperitoneal injection of faecal slurry. Rats received continuous intravenous fluid resuscitation, whereas mice received intermittent fluid boluses subcutaneously. Sham-treated animals served as controls. Survival was assessed over 72 h. In separate studies, whole body metabolism (O2 consumption, CO2 production) was measured over 24 h with echocardiography performed at early (6 h) and established (24 h) phases of sepsis. Blood gas analysis was performed at 6 h (rats) and 24 h (rats, mice). RESULTS Similar survival curves were seen in both rodent models with approximately 75% mortality at 72 h. In mice, sepsis caused severity-dependent falls in core temperature and global metabolism. Oxygen consumption in severely septic mice fell by 38% within 2 h, and 80% at 22 h compared with baseline values. This was only partially restored by external warming. By contrast, septic rats maintained core temperature; only severely affected animals showed a pre-mortem decline in oxygen consumption. Significant myocardial dysfunction was seen in mice during early and established sepsis, whereas peak velocity and other hemodynamic variables in rats were similar at 6 h and significantly worse by 24 h in severely septic animals only. CONCLUSIONS Markedly differing metabolic and cardiovascular profiles were seen in long-term fluid-resuscitated rat and mouse models of bacterial sepsis despite similar mortality. The mouse model, in particular, does not represent the human condition. We urge caution in applying findings in murine models to septic patients, both with regard to our understanding of pathophysiology and the failure to translate preclinical efficacy into successful clinical trials.
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- Parjam S Zolfaghari
- Bloomsbury Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University College London, Cruciform Building, Gower St, London, WC1E 6BT, UK,
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Madsen JG, Wang T, Beedholm K, Madsen PT. Detecting spring after a long winter: coma or slow vigilance in cold, hypoxic turtles? Biol Lett 2013; 9:20130602. [PMID: 24108677 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Many freshwater turtle species can spend the winter submerged in ice-covered lakes by lowering their metabolism, and it has been proposed that such severe metabolic depression render these turtles comatose. This raises the question of how they can detect the arrival of spring and respond in a sensible way to sensory information during hibernation. Using evoked potentials from cold or hypoxic turtles exposed to vibration and light, we show that hibernating turtles maintain neural responsiveness to light stimuli during prolonged hypoxia. Furthermore, turtles held under hibernation conditions for 14 days increase their activity when exposed to light or elevated temperatures, but not to vibration or increased oxygen. It is concluded that hibernating turtles are not comatose, but remain vigilant during overwintering in cold hypoxia, allowing them to respond to the coming of spring and to adjust their behaviour to specific sensory inputs.
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- Jesper G Madsen
- Zoophysiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, , Building 1131, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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Welker AF, Moreira DC, Campos ÉG, Hermes-Lima M. Role of redox metabolism for adaptation of aquatic animals to drastic changes in oxygen availability. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2013; 165:384-404. [PMID: 23587877 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2012] [Revised: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Large changes in oxygen availability in aquatic environments, ranging from anoxia through to hyperoxia, can lead to corresponding wide variation in the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by animals with aquatic respiration. Therefore, animals living in marine, estuarine and freshwater environments have developed efficient antioxidant defenses to minimize oxidative stress and to regulate the cellular actions of ROS. Changes in oxygen levels may lead to bursts of ROS generation that can be particularly harmful. This situation is commonly experienced by aquatic animals during abrupt transitions from periods of hypoxia/anoxia back to oxygenated conditions (e.g. intertidal cycles). The strategies developed differ significantly among aquatic species and are (i) improvement of their endogenous antioxidant system under hyperoxia (that leads to increased ROS formation) or other similar ROS-related stresses, (ii) increase in antioxidant levels when displaying higher metabolic rates, (iii) presence of constitutively high levels of antioxidants, that attenuates oxidative stress derived from fluctuations in oxygen availability, or (iv) increase in the activity of antioxidant enzymes (and/or the levels of their mRNAs) during hypometabolic states associated with anoxia/hypoxia. This enhancement of the antioxidant system - coined over a decade ago as "preparation for oxidative stress" - controls the possible harmful effects of increased ROS formation during hypoxia/reoxygenation. The present article proposes a novel explanation for the biochemical and molecular mechanisms involved in this phenomenon that could be triggered by hypoxia-induced ROS formation. We also discuss the connections among oxygen sensing, oxidative damage and regulation of the endogenous antioxidant defense apparatus in animals adapted to many natural or man-made challenges of the aquatic environment.
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- Alexis F Welker
- Laboratório de Radicais Livres, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, 70910-900 DF, Brazil
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Rodgers-Garlick CI, Hogg DW, Buck LT. Oxygen-sensitive reduction in Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channel open probability in turtle cerebrocortex. Neuroscience 2013; 237:243-54. [PMID: 23384611 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.01.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Revised: 12/17/2012] [Accepted: 01/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In response to low ambient oxygen levels the western painted turtle brain undergoes a large depression in metabolic rate which includes a decrease in neuronal action potential frequency. This involves the arrest of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) and α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid receptor (AMPAR) currents and paradoxically an increase in γ-aminobutyric acid receptor (GABAR) currents in turtle cortical neurons. In a search for other oxygen-sensitive channels we discovered a Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel (K(Ca)) that exhibited a decrease in open time in response to anoxia. Single-channel recordings of K(Ca) activity were obtained in cell-attached and excised inside-out patch configurations from neurons in cortical brain sheets bathed in either normoxic or anoxic artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF). The channel has a slope conductance of 223pS, is activated in response to membrane depolarization, and is controlled in a reversible manner by free [Ca(2+)] at the intracellular membrane surface. In the excised patch configuration anoxia had no effect on K(Ca) channel open probability (P(open)); however, in cell-attached mode, there was a reversible fivefold reduction in P(open) (from 0.5 ± 0.05 to 0.1 ± 0.03) in response to 30-min anoxia. The inclusion of the potent protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor chelerythrine prevented the anoxia-mediated decrease in P(open) while drip application of a phorbol ester PKC activator decreased P(open) during normoxia (from normoxic 0.4 ± 0.05 to phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) 0.1 ± 0.02). Anoxia results in a slight depolarization of turtle pyramidal neurons (∼8 mV) and an increase in cytosolic [Ca(2+)]; therefore, K(Ca) arrest is likely important to prevent Ca(2+) activation during anoxia and to reduce the energetic cost of maintaining ion gradients. We conclude that turtle pyramidal cell Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels are oxygen-sensitive channels regulated by cytosolic factors and are likely the reptilian analog of the mammalian large conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels (BK channels).
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- C I Rodgers-Garlick
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3G5
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Differential responses of juvenile and adult South African abalone (Haliotis midae Linnaeus) to low and high oxygen levels. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2013; 164:192-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Revised: 09/04/2012] [Accepted: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Gallagher K, Staples JF. Metabolism of Brain Cortex and Cardiac Muscle Mitochondria in Hibernating 13-Lined Ground SquirrelsIctidomys tridecemlineatus. Physiol Biochem Zool 2013; 86:1-8. [DOI: 10.1086/668853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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