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Chen CZ, Chai Y, Wang YJ, Li P, Liu L, Li ZH. Physiological and molecular responses in the silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) larvae after acute mercury exposure. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:49760-49770. [PMID: 36780075 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25842-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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The current study was performed to examine the acute toxicity of mercuric chloride (HgCl2) on the silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) larvae. Probit analysis was used to determine the median lethal concentration (LC50). The LC50 values of Hg2+ for the fish larvae at 24, 48, 72, and 96 h were 267.72, 252.97, 225.57, and 97.80 μg/L, respectively. The safe concentration of Hg was 9.78 μg/L for fish larvae. Based on the 96 h LC50, fish were exposed to four different groups including 0, 6.11, 12.23, and 24.45 μg/L for 96 h to assess the effects of different concentrations of Hg2+ on antioxidant capacity, energy metabolism parameters, and related gene expression. The findings revealed that there were no significant differences in the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC) in fish larvae among all the groups (P < 0.05). In the 12.23 μg/L group, fish larvae had a maximum in catalase (CAT) activity. The creatine kinase (CK) activities of fish larvae in control and 6.11 μg/L groups were significantly lower than those groups (P < 0.05). A high concentration of Hg2+ significantly upregulated the mRNA levels of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) and metallothionein (MT) genes in fish larvae. Furthermore, the IBR index value showed the highest value in the 24.45 μg/L group. Overall, this study provides an increased understanding of the effects of Hg-acute toxicity on silver carp larvae.
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- Cheng-Zhuang Chen
- Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, 264209, Shandong, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Ecology and Agricultural Use of Wetland, Ministry of Education, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434025, Hubei Province, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Ecology and Agricultural Use of Wetland, Ministry of Education, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434025, Hubei Province, China
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- Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, 264209, Shandong, China
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- Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, 264209, Shandong, China
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- Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, 264209, Shandong, China.
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Katyal G, Ebanks B, Dowle A, Shephard F, Papetti C, Lucassen M, Chakrabarti L. Quantitative Proteomics and Network Analysis of Differentially Expressed Proteins in Proteomes of Icefish Muscle Mitochondria Compared with Closely Related Red-Blooded Species. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11081118. [PMID: 35892974 PMCID: PMC9330239 DOI: 10.3390/biology11081118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Simple Summary Antarctic icefish are unusual in that they are the only vertebrates that survive without the protein haemoglobin. One way to try and understand the biological processes that support this anomaly is to record how proteins are regulated in these animals and to compare what we find to closely related Antarctic fish that do still retain haemoglobin. The part of the cell that most clearly utilises oxygen, which is normally transported by haemoglobin, is the mitochondrion. Therefore, we chose to catalogue all the proteins and their relative quantities in the mitochondria (pl.) from two different muscle types in two species of icefish and two species of red-blooded notothenioids. We used an approach called mass spectrometry to reveal relative amounts of the proteins from the muscles of each fish. We present analysis that shows how the connections and relative quantities of proteins differ between these species. Abstract Antarctic icefish are extraordinary in their ability to thrive without haemoglobin. We wanted to understand how the mitochondrial proteome has adapted to the loss of this protein. Metabolic pathways that utilise oxygen are most likely to be rearranged in these species. Here, we have defined the mitochondrial proteomes of both the red and white muscle of two different icefish species (Champsocephalus gunnari and Chionodraco rastrospinosus) and compared these with two related red-blooded Notothenioids (Notothenia rossii, Trematomus bernacchii). Liquid Chromatography-Mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was used to generate and examine the proteomic profiles of the two groups. We recorded a total of 91 differentially expressed proteins in the icefish red muscle mitochondria and 89 in the white muscle mitochondria when compared with the red-blooded related species. The icefish have a relatively higher abundance of proteins involved with Complex V of oxidative phosphorylation, RNA metabolism, and homeostasis, and fewer proteins for striated muscle contraction, haem, iron, creatine, and carbohydrate metabolism. Enrichment analyses showed that many important pathways were different in both red muscle and white muscle, including the citric acid cycle, ribosome machinery and fatty acid degradation. Life in the Antarctic waters poses extra challenges to the organisms that reside within them. Icefish have successfully inhabited this environment and we surmise that species without haemoglobin uniquely maintain their physiology. Our study highlights the mitochondrial protein pathway differences between similar fish species according to their specific tissue oxygenation idiosyncrasies.
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- Gunjan Katyal
- School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington LE12 5RD, UK; (G.K.); (B.E.); (F.S.)
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington LE12 5RD, UK; (G.K.); (B.E.); (F.S.)
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- Department of Biology, Bioscience Technology Facility, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK;
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington LE12 5RD, UK; (G.K.); (B.E.); (F.S.)
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- Biology Department, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi, 58/b, 35121 Padova, Italy;
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington LE12 5RD, UK; (G.K.); (B.E.); (F.S.)
- MRC-Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, Liverpool L7 8TX, UK
- Correspondence:
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Bargelloni L, Babbucci M, Ferraresso S, Papetti C, Vitulo N, Carraro R, Pauletto M, Santovito G, Lucassen M, Mark FC, Zane L, Patarnello T. Draft genome assembly and transcriptome data of the icefish Chionodraco myersi reveal the key role of mitochondria for a life without hemoglobin at subzero temperatures. Commun Biol 2019; 2:443. [PMID: 31815198 PMCID: PMC6884616 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0685-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Antarctic fish belonging to Notothenioidei represent an extraordinary example of radiation in the cold. In addition to the absence of hemoglobin, icefish show a number of other striking peculiarities including large-diameter blood vessels, high vascular densities, mitochondria-rich muscle cells, and unusual mitochondrial architecture. In order to investigate the bases of icefish adaptation to the extreme Southern Ocean conditions we sequenced the complete genome of the icefish Chionodraco myersi. Comparative analyses of the icefish genome with those of other teleost species, including two additional white-blooded and five red-blooded notothenioids, provided a new perspective on the evolutionary loss of globin genes. Muscle transcriptome comparative analyses against red-blooded notothenioids as well as temperate fish revealed the peculiar regulation of genes involved in mitochondrial function in icefish. Gene duplication and promoter sequence divergence were identified as genome-wide patterns that likely contributed to the broad transcriptional program underlying the unique features of icefish mitochondria.
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- Luca Bargelloni
- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
- Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture, and Forestry, University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196 Rome, Italy
- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via G. Colombo 3, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196 Rome, Italy
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- Section of Integrative Ecophysiology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz. Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, Bremerhaven, 27570 Germany
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- Section of Integrative Ecophysiology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz. Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, Bremerhaven, 27570 Germany
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- Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture, and Forestry, University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196 Rome, Italy
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Egginton S, Axelsson M, Crockett EL, O’Brien KM, Farrell AP. Maximum cardiac performance of Antarctic fishes that lack haemoglobin and myoglobin: exploring the effect of warming on nature's natural knockouts. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 7:coz049. [PMID: 31620287 PMCID: PMC6788497 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coz049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Revised: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Antarctic notothenioids, some of which lack myoglobin (Mb) and/or haemoglobin (Hb), are considered extremely stenothermal, which raises conservation concerns since Polar regions are warming at unprecedented rates. Without reliable estimates of maximum cardiac output ([Formula: see text]), it is impossible to assess their physiological scope in response to warming seas. Therefore, we compared cardiac performance of two icefish species, Chionodraco rastrospinosus (Hb-Mb+) and Chaenocephalus aceratus (Hb-Mb-), with a related notothenioid, Notothenia coriiceps (Hb+Mb+) using an in situ perfused heart preparation. The maximum [Formula: see text], heart rate (f H), maximum cardiac work (W C) and relative ventricular mass of N. coriiceps at 1°C were comparable to temperate-water teleosts, and acute warming to 4°C increased f H and W C, as expected. In contrast, icefish hearts accommodated a higher maximum stroke volume (V S) and maximum [Formula: see text] at 1°C, but their unusually large hearts had a lower f H and maximum afterload tolerance than N. coriiceps at 1°C. Furthermore, maximum V S, maximum [Formula: see text] and f H were all significantly higher for the Hb-Mb+ condition compared with the Hb-Mb- condition, a potential selective advantage when coping with environmental warming. Like N. coriiceps, both icefish species increased f H at 4°C. Acutely warming C. aceratus increased maximum [Formula: see text], while C. rastrospinosus (like N. coriiceps) held at 4°C for 1 week maintained maximum [Formula: see text] when tested at 4°C. These experiments involving short-term warming should be followed up with long-term acclimation studies, since the maximum cardiac performance of these three Antarctic species studied seem to be tolerant of temperatures in excess of predictions associated with global warming.
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- Stuart Egginton
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg SE-405 30, Sweden
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- Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK AK99775, USA
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 124, Canada
- Corresponding author: Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Isoforms of creatine kinase (CK) generate and use phosphocreatine, a concentrated and highly diffusible cellular "high energy" intermediate, for the main purpose of energy buffering and transfer in order to maintain cellular energy homeostasis. The mitochondrial CK isoform (mtCK) localizes to the mitochondrial intermembrane and cristae space, where it assembles into peripherally membrane-bound, large cuboidal homooctamers. These are part of proteolipid complexes wherein mtCK directly interacts with cardiolipin and other anionic phospholipids, as well as with the VDAC channel in the outer membrane. This leads to a stabilization and cross-linking of inner and outer mitochondrial membrane, forming so-called contact sites. Also the adenine nucleotide translocator of the inner membrane can be recruited into these proteolipid complexes, probably mediated by cardiolipin. The complexes have functions mainly in energy transfer to the cytosol and stimulation of oxidative phosphorylation, but also in restraining formation of reactive oxygen species and apoptosis. In vitro evidence indicates a putative role of mtCK in mitochondrial phospholipid distribution, and most recently a role in thermogenesis has been proposed. This review summarizes the essential structural and functional data of these mtCK complexes and describes in more detail the more recent advances in phospholipid interaction, thermogenesis, cancer and evolution of mtCK.
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O'Brien KM, Rix AS, Egginton S, Farrell AP, Crockett EL, Schlauch K, Woolsey R, Hoffman M, Merriman S. Cardiac mitochondrial metabolism may contribute to differences in thermal tolerance of red- and white-blooded Antarctic notothenioid fishes. J Exp Biol 2018; 221:jeb177816. [PMID: 29895681 PMCID: PMC6104818 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.177816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Studies in temperate fishes provide evidence that cardiac mitochondrial function and the capacity to fuel cardiac work contribute to thermal tolerance. Here, we tested the hypothesis that decreased cardiac aerobic metabolic capacity contributes to the lower thermal tolerance of the haemoglobinless Antarctic icefish, Chaenocephalus aceratus, compared with that of the red-blooded Antarctic species, Notothenia coriiceps. Maximal activities of citrate synthase (CS) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), respiration rates of isolated mitochondria, adenylate levels and changes in mitochondrial protein expression were quantified from hearts of animals held at ambient temperature or exposed to their critical thermal maximum (CTmax). Compared with C. aceratus, activity of CS, ATP concentration and energy charge were higher in hearts of N. coriiceps at ambient temperature and CTmax While state 3 mitochondrial respiration rates were not impaired by exposure to CTmax in either species, state 4 rates, indicative of proton leakage, increased following exposure to CTmax in C. aceratus but not N. coriiceps The interactive effect of temperature and species resulted in an increase in antioxidants and aerobic metabolic enzymes in N. coriiceps but not in C. aceratus Together, our results support the hypothesis that the lower aerobic metabolic capacity of C. aceratus hearts contributes to its low thermal tolerance.
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- Kristin M O'Brien
- Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
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- Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- Nevada Proteomics Center, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
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- Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
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Metabolic compartmentation in rainbow trout cardiomyocytes: coupling of hexokinase but not creatine kinase to mitochondrial respiration. J Comp Physiol B 2016; 187:103-116. [PMID: 27522222 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-016-1025-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Revised: 07/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) cardiomyocytes have a simple morphology with fewer membrane structures such as sarcoplasmic reticulum and t-tubules penetrating the cytosol. Despite this, intracellular ADP diffusion is restricted. Intriguingly, although diffusion is restricted, trout cardiomyocytes seem to lack the coupling between mitochondrial creatine kinase (CK) and respiration. Our aim was to study the distribution of diffusion restrictions in permeabilized trout cardiomyocytes and verify the role of CK. We found a high activity of hexokinase (HK), which led us to reassess the situation in trout cardiomyocytes. We show that diffusion restrictions are more prominent than previously thought. In the presence of a competitive ADP-trapping system, ADP produced by HK, but not CK, was channeled to the mitochondria. In agreement with this, we found no positively charged mitochondrial CK in trout heart homogenate. The results were best fit by a simple mathematical model suggesting that trout cardiomyocytes lack a functional coupling between ATPases and pyruvate kinase. The model simulations show that diffusion is restricted to almost the same extent in the cytosol and by the outer mitochondrial membrane. Furthermore, they confirm that HK, but not CK, is functionally coupled to respiration. In perspective, our results suggest that across a range of species, cardiomyocyte morphology and metabolism go hand in hand with cardiac performance, which is adapted to the circumstances. Mitochondrial CK is coupled to respiration in adult mammalian hearts, which are specialized to high, sustained performance. HK associates with mitochondria in hearts of trout and neonatal mammals, which are more hypoxia-tolerant.
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Beers JM, Jayasundara N. Antarctic notothenioid fish: what are the future consequences of 'losses' and 'gains' acquired during long-term evolution at cold and stable temperatures? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 218:1834-45. [PMID: 26085661 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.116129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Antarctic notothenioids dominate the fish fauna of the Southern Ocean. Evolution for millions of years at cold and stable temperatures has led to the acquisition of numerous biochemical traits that allow these fishes to thrive in sub-zero waters. The gain of antifreeze glycoproteins has afforded notothenioids the ability to avert freezing and survive at temperatures often hovering near the freezing point of seawater. Additionally, possession of cold-adapted proteins and membranes permits them to sustain appropriate metabolic rates at exceptionally low body temperatures. The notothenioid genome is also distinguished by the disappearance of traits in some species, losses that might prove costly in a warmer environment. Perhaps the best-illustrated example is the lack of expression of hemoglobin in white-blooded icefishes from the family Channichthyidae. Loss of key elements of the cellular stress response, notably the heat shock response, has also been observed. Along with their attainment of cold tolerance, notothenioids have developed an extreme stenothermy and many species perish at temperatures only a few degrees above their habitat temperatures. Thus, in light of today's rapidly changing climate, it is critical to evaluate how these extreme stenotherms will respond to rising ocean temperatures. It is conceivable that the remarkable cold specialization of notothenioids may ultimately leave them vulnerable to future thermal increases and threaten their fitness and survival. Within this context, our review provides a current summary of the biochemical losses and gains that are known for notothenioids and examines these cold-adapted traits with a focus on processes underlying thermal tolerance and acclimation capacity.
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- Jody M Beers
- Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, 120 Ocean View Boulevard, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, 450 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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Niedźwiecka N, Grzyb K, Nona-Mołdawa A, Gronczewska J, Skorkowski EF. Purification and stability of octameric mitochondrial creatine kinase isoform from herring (Clupea harengus) organ of vision. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2015; 185:16-23. [PMID: 25770046 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2015.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Revised: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Creatine kinases (CKs) constitute a large family of isoenzymes that are involved in intracellular energy homeostasis. In cells with high and fluctuating energy requirements ATP level is maintained via phosphocreatine hydrolysis catalyzed by creatine kinase. In contrast to invertebrates and higher vertebrates, in poikilothermic vertebrates the adaptations for the regulation of energy metabolism by changes in the oligomeric state of CK isoforms are not well known. The present study aimed at identification of herring eye CK isoforms and focuses on factors affecting the CK-octamer stability. In addition to the CK octamer, three different dimeric isoforms of CK were detected by cellulose acetate native electrophoresis. Destabilization of octamer was studied in the presence of TSAC substrates and about 50% of octamers dissociated into dimers within 24h. Moreover, we found that the increase of temperature from 4 °C to 30 °C caused rapid inactivation of dimers in TSAC-treated samples but did not affect octameric structures. In a thermostability assay we demonstrated that octamers retain their activity even at 50 °C. Our results indicate that destabilization of the octameric structure can lead to loss of enzyme activity at higher temperatures (above 30 °C). Furthermore, our results based on N-terminal sequence analysis suggest that probably the mitochondrial s-type CK, rather than u-type, is predominantly expressed in herring eye. In conclusion the existence of four various CK isoforms in one organ may reflect complex regulation of energy metabolism in the phototransduction process in teleost fishes.
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- Natalia Niedźwiecka
- Department of Molecular Evolution, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Evolution, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland; Department of Virus Molecular Biology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG-GUM, University of Gdańsk, 80-822 Gdańsk, Poland.
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- Department of Molecular Evolution, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Evolution, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Evolution, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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