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Makau CM, Towett PK, Kanui TI, Abelson KSP. Effects of inhibition of Nav1.3, Nav1.7, and Nav1.8 channels on pain-related behavior in Speke's hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys spekii). J Neurosci Res 2024; 102:e25274. [PMID: 38284848 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.25274] [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: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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Comparative studies using reptiles as experimental animals in pain research could expand our knowledge on the evolution and adaptation of pain mechanisms. Currently, there are no data reported on the involvement of voltage-gated sodium ion channels on nociception in reptiles. The aim of this study was to investigate the involvement of Nav1.3, Nav1.7, and Nav1.8 ion channels in nociception in Speke's hinge-back tortoise. ICA 121341 (selective blocker for Nav1.1/Nav1.3), NAV 26 (selective blocker for Nav1.7), and A803467 (selective blocker for Nav1.8) were used to investigate the involvement of Nav1.3, Nav1.7, and Nav1.8, respectively. The chemicals were administered intracoelomically thirty minutes before the start of nociceptive tests. ICA 121341 did not cause a significant decrease in the time spent in pain-related behavior in all the nociceptive tests. NAV 26 and A8034667 caused a statistically significant decrease in the mean time spent in pain-related behavior in the formalin and capsaicin tests. Only A803467 caused a statistically significant increase in the mean latency to pain-related behavior in the hot plate test. NAV 26 and A803467 had no observable side effects. In conclusion, Nav1.7 and Nav1.8 are involved in the processing of chemically induced inflammatory pain in Speke's hinge back tortoise. In addition, Nav1.8 are also significantly involved in the development of thermal-induced pain-related behavior in this species of reptile. However, our results do not support the involvement of Nav1.3 on the development of chemical or thermal induced pain-related behavior in the Speke's hinge back tortoise.
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- Christopher M Makau
- Department of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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- School of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, South Eastern Kenya University, Kitui, Kenya
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Abramochkin DV, Filatova TS, Pustovit KB, Voronina YA, Kuzmin VS, Vornanen M. Ionic currents underlying different patterns of electrical activity in working cardiac myocytes of mammals and non-mammalian vertebrates. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2022; 268:111204. [PMID: 35346823 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.111204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The orderly contraction of the vertebrate heart is determined by generation and propagation of cardiac action potentials (APs). APs are generated by the integrated activity of time- and voltage-dependent ionic channels which carry inward Na+ and Ca2+ currents, and outward K+ currents. This review compares atrial and ventricular APs and underlying ion currents between different taxa of vertebrates. We have collected literature data and attempted to find common electrophysiological features for two or more vertebrate groups, show differences between taxa and cardiac chambers, and indicate gaps in the existing data. Although electrical excitability of the heart in all vertebrates is based on the same superfamily of channels, there is a vast variability of AP waveforms between atrial and ventricular myocytes, between different species of the same vertebrate class and between endothermic and ectothermic animals. The wide variability of AP shapes is related to species-specific differences in animal size, heart rate, stage of ontogenetic development, excitation-contraction coupling, temperature and oxygen availability. Some of the differences between taxa are related to evolutionary development of genomes, which appear e.g. in the expression of different Na+ and K+ channel orthologues in cardiomyocytes of vertebrates. There is a wonderful variability of AP shapes and underlying ion currents with which electrical excitability of vertebrate heart can be generated depending on the intrinsic and extrinsic conditions of animal body. This multitude of ionic mechanisms provides excellent material for studying how the function of the vertebrate heart can adapt or acclimate to prevailing physiological and environmental conditions.
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- Denis V Abramochkin
- Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye gory, 1, 12, Moscow 119234, Russia.
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- Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye gory, 1, 12, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye gory, 1, 12, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye gory, 1, 12, Moscow 119234, Russia; Laboratory of Cardiac Electrophysiology, National Medical Research Center for Cardiology, 3(rd) Cherepkovskaya str., 15A, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye gory, 1, 12, Moscow 119234, Russia; Department of Physiology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ostrovityanova str., 1, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
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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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Sparks K, Couturier CS, Buskirk J, Flores A, Hoeferle A, Hoffman J, Stecyk JAW. Gene expression of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), HIF regulators, and putative HIF targets in ventricle and telencephalon of Trachemys scripta acclimated to 21 °C or 5 °C and exposed to normoxia, anoxia or reoxygenation. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2022; 267:111167. [PMID: 35182763 PMCID: PMC8977064 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.111167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In anoxia-sensitive mammals, hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) promotes cellular survival in hypoxia, but also tumorigenesis. By comparison, anoxia-tolerant vertebrates likely need to circumvent a prolonged upregulation of HIF to survive long-term anoxia, making them attractive biomedical models for investigating HIF regulation. To lend insight into the role of HIF in anoxic Trachemys scripta ventricle and telencephalon, 21 °C- and 5 °C-acclimated turtles were exposed to normoxia, anoxia (24 h at 21 °C; 24 h or 14 d at 5 °C) or anoxia + reoxygenation and the gene expression of HIF-1α (hif1a) and HIF-2α (hif2a), two regulators of HIF, and eleven putative downstream targets of HIF quantified by qPCR. Changes in gene expression with anoxia at 21 °C differentially aligned with a circumvention of HIF activity. Whereas hif1a and hif2a expression was unaffected in ventricle and telencephalon, and BCL2 interacting protein 3 gene expression reduced by 30% in telencephalon, gene expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-A increased in ventricle (4.5-fold) and telencephalon (1.5-fold), and hexokinase 1 (2-fold) and hexokinase 2 (3-fold) gene expression increased in ventricle. At 5 °C, the pattern of gene expression in ventricle or telencephalon was unaltered with oxygenation state. However, cold acclimation in normoxia induced downregulation of HIF-1α, HIF-2α, and HIF target gene expression in telencephalon. Overall, the findings lend support to the postulation that prolonged activation of HIF is counterproductive for long-term anoxia survival. Nevertheless, quantification of the effect of anoxia and acclimation temperature on HIF binding activity and regulation at the protein level are needed to provide a strong scientific framework whereby new strategies for oxygen related pathologies can be developed.
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- Kenneth Sparks
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, United States.
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Hypoxia is one of the strongest environmental drivers of cellular and physiological adaptation. Although most mammals are largely intolerant of hypoxia, some specialized species have evolved mitigative strategies to tolerate hypoxic niches. Among the most hypoxia-tolerant mammals are naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber), a eusocial species of subterranean rodent native to eastern Africa. In hypoxia, naked mole-rats maintain consciousness and remain active despite a robust and rapid suppression of metabolic rate, which is mediated by numerous behavioural, physiological and cellular strategies. Conversely, hypoxia-intolerant mammals and most other hypoxia-tolerant mammals cannot achieve the same degree of metabolic savings while staying active in hypoxia and must also increase oxygen supply to tissues, and/or enter torpor. Intriguingly, recent studies suggest that naked mole-rats share many cellular strategies with non-mammalian vertebrate champions of anoxia tolerance, including the use of alternative metabolic end-products and potent pH buffering mechanisms to mitigate cellular acidification due to upregulation of anaerobic metabolic pathways, rapid mitochondrial remodelling to favour increased respiratory efficiency, and systemic shifts in energy prioritization to maintain brain function over that of other tissues. Herein, I discuss what is known regarding adaptations of naked mole-rats to a hypoxic lifestyle, and contrast strategies employed by this species to those of hypoxia-intolerant mammals, closely related African mole-rats, other well-studied hypoxia-tolerant mammals, and non-mammalian vertebrate champions of anoxia tolerance. I also discuss the neotenic theory of hypoxia tolerance – a leading theory that may explain the evolutionary origins of hypoxia tolerance in mammals – and highlight promising but underexplored avenues of hypoxia-related research in this fascinating model organism.
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- Matthew E. Pamenter
- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1N 9A7. University of Ottawa, Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1H 8M5
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Na +/K +-ATPase activity is regionally regulated by acute hypoxia in naked mole-rat brain. Neurosci Lett 2021; 764:136244. [PMID: 34530116 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2021.136244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Matching ATP supply and demand is key to neuronal hypoxia-tolerance and failure to achieve this balance leads to excitotoxic cell death in most adult mammalian brains. Ion pumping is the most energy-demanding process in the brain and some hypoxia-tolerant vertebrates coordinately down-regulate ion movement across neuronal membranes to reduce the workload of energy-expensive ion pumps, and particularly the Na+/K+-ATPase. Naked mole-rats are among the most hypoxia-tolerant mammals and achieve a hypometabolic state while maintaining brain [ATP] during severe hypoxia; however, whether ionic homeostasis is plastic in naked mole-rat brain is unknown. To examine this question, we exposed animals to 4 h of normoxia or moderate or severe hypoxia (11 or 3% O2, respectively) and measured changes in brain Na+/K+-ATPase activity. We found that 1) whole body metabolic rate decreased ∼25 and 75% in moderate and severe hypoxia, respectively, and 2) Na+/K+-ATPase activity decreased ∼50% in forebrain but increased 2-fold in cerebellum and was unchanged in brainstem. These results indicate that naked mole-rats acutely modulate brain energy demand in a region-specific manner to prioritize energy usage by the cerebellum. This may support exploration, navigation, and escape behaviours, while also enabling ATP savings when encountering hypoxia in nature.
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Lari E, Buck LT. Exposure to low temperature prepares the turtle brain to withstand anoxic environments during overwintering. J Exp Biol 2021; 224:272110. [PMID: 34498078 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.242793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
In most vertebrates, anoxia drastically reduces the production of the essential adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to power its many necessary functions, and, consequently, cell death occurs within minutes. However, some vertebrates, such as the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii), have evolved the ability to survive months without oxygen by simultaneously decreasing ATP supply and demand, surviving the anoxic period without any apparent cellular damage. The impact of anoxia on the metabolic function of painted turtles has received a lot of attention. However, the impact of low temperature has received less attention and the interactive effect of anoxia and temperature even less. In the present study, we investigated the interactive impacts of reduced temperature and severe hypoxia on the electrophysiological properties of pyramidal neurons in painted turtle cerebral cortex. Our results show that an acute reduction in temperature from 20 to 5°C decreases membrane potential, action potential width and amplitude, and whole-cell conductance. Importantly, acute exposure to 5°C considerably slows membrane repolarization by voltage-gated K+ channels. Exposing pyramidal cells to severe hypoxia in addition to an acute temperature change slightly depolarized membrane potential but did not alter action potential amplitude or width and whole-cell conductance. These results suggest that acclimation to low temperatures, preceding severe environmental hypoxia, induces cellular responses in pyramidal neurons that facilitate survival under low oxygen concentrations. In particular, our results show that temperature acclimation invokes a change in voltage-gated K+ channel kinetics that overcomes the acute inhibition of the channel.
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- Ebrahim Lari
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 3G5.,Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2E9
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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 3B2
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Stecyk JAW, Couturier CS, Abramochkin DV, Hall D, Arrant-Howell A, Kubly KL, Lockmann S, Logue K, Trueblood L, Swalling C, Pinard J, Vogt A. Cardiophysiological responses of the air-breathing Alaska blackfish to cold acclimation and chronic hypoxic submergence at 5°C. J Exp Biol 2020; 223:jeb225730. [PMID: 33020178 PMCID: PMC7687868 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.225730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The Alaska blackfish (Dallia pectoralis) remains active at cold temperatures when experiencing aquatic hypoxia without air access. To discern the cardiophysiological adjustments that permit this behaviour, we quantified the effect of acclimation from 15°C to 5°C in normoxia (15N and 5N fish), as well as chronic hypoxic submergence (6-8 weeks; ∼6.3-8.4 kPa; no air access) at 5°C (5H fish), on in vivo and spontaneous heart rate (fH), electrocardiogram, ventricular action potential (AP) shape and duration (APD), the background inward rectifier (IK1) and rapid delayed rectifier (IKr) K+ currents and ventricular gene expression of proteins involved in excitation-contraction coupling. In vivo fH was ∼50% slower in 5N than in 15N fish, but 5H fish did not display hypoxic bradycardia. Atypically, cold acclimation in normoxia did not induce shortening of APD or alter resting membrane potential. Rather, QT interval and APD were ∼2.6-fold longer in 5N than in 15N fish because outward IK1 and IKr were not upregulated in 5N fish. By contrast, chronic hypoxic submergence elicited a shortening of QT interval and APD, driven by an upregulation of IKr The altered electrophysiology of 5H fish was accompanied by increased gene expression of kcnh6 (3.5-fold; Kv11.2 of IKr), kcnj12 (7.4-fold; Kir2.2 of IK1) and kcnj14 (2.9-fold; Kir2.4 of IK1). 5H fish also exhibited a unique gene expression pattern that suggests modification of ventricular Ca2+ cycling. Overall, the findings reveal that Alaska blackfish exposed to chronic hypoxic submergence prioritize the continuation of cardiac performance to support an active lifestyle over reducing cardiac ATP demand.
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- Jonathan A W Stecyk
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
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- Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1-12 Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Street, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia
- Laboratory of Cardiac Physiology, Institute of Physiology of Kоmi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, FRC Komi SC UB RAS, 50 Pervomayskaya Str., 167982 Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, Russia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
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Cox GK, Gillis TE. Surviving anoxia: the maintenance of energy production and tissue integrity during anoxia and reoxygenation. J Exp Biol 2020; 223:223/13/jeb207613. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.207613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The development of anoxia within tissues represents a significant challenge to most animals because of the decreased capacity for aerobic ATP production, the associated loss of essential cellular functions and the potential for detrimental tissue oxidation upon reoxygenation. Despite these challenges, there are many animals from multiple phyla that routinely experience anoxia and can fully recover. In this Review, we integrate knowledge gained from studies of anoxia-tolerant species across many animal taxa. We primarily focus on strategies used to reduce energy requirements, minimize the consequences of anaerobic ATP production and reduce the adverse effects of reactive oxygen species, which are responsible for tissue damage with reoxygenation. We aim to identify common strategies, as well as novel solutions, to the challenges of anoxia exposure. This Review chronologically examines the challenges faced by animals as they enter anoxia, as they attempt to maintain physiological function during prolonged anoxic exposure and, finally, as they emerge from anoxia. The capacity of animals to survive anoxia is also considered in relation to the increasing prevalence of anoxic zones within marine and freshwater environments, and the need to understand what limits survival.
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- Georgina K. Cox
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, N1G 2W1
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, N1G 2W1
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Zhang L, Chen L, Meng Z, Zhang W, Xu X, Wang Z, Qin Y, Deng Y, Liu R, Zhou Z, Diao J. Bioaccumulation, behavior changes and physiological disruptions with gender-dependent in lizards (Eremias argus) after exposure to glufosinate-ammonium and l-glufosinate-ammonium. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 226:817-824. [PMID: 30965253 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Revised: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Reptiles, the most diverse taxon of terrestrial vertebrates, might be particularly vulnerable to soil pollution. Reptiles especially lizards have been rarely evaluated in ecotoxicological studies, and there is a very limited report for effects of soil pesticide contaminants on lizards. In this study, male and female lizards (Eremias argus) were exposed to Glufosinate-ammonium (GLA) and l- Glufosinate-ammonium (L-GLA) for 60 days. Slower sprint speed, higher frequency of turning back and reduced brain index were observed in treatment groups. The accumulation of GLA in the brain of lizard was higher than that of L-GLA. Moreover, the activities of neurotoxicity-related enzymes and biomarkers of oxidative stress were also investigated. In summary, the neurotoxic effects of lizards have been observed after exposure to GLA and L-GLA. Based on the result of the Integrated Biomarker Response (IBR), males were more sensitive to contaminants than females. On the other hand, the neurotoxic pathways by GLA and L-GLA triggered were slightly different: GLA mainly acted on glutamine synthetase (GS), acetylcholinesterase (AchE) and Catalase (CAT) and L-GLA aimed at AchE, Na+/K+-ATPase, Superoxide dismutase (SOD) and Malondialdehyde (MDA). In summary, the accumulation of GLA and L-GLA in lizard's brain induced neurotoxicity by altering the levels of enzymes related to nervous system and antioxidant activity and further resulted in the decrease of brain index and locomotor performance.
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- Luyao Zhang
- Department of Applied Chemistry, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Beijing, 100193, China.
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The expression of genes involved in excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission in turtle (Trachemys scripta) brain during anoxic submergence at 21 °C and 5 °C reveals the importance of cold as a preparatory cue for anoxia survival. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY D-GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS 2019; 30:55-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2018.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2018] [Accepted: 12/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Hawrysh PJ, Buck LT. Mitochondrial matrix pH acidifies during anoxia and is maintained by the F 1F o-ATPase in anoxia-tolerant painted turtle cortical neurons. FEBS Open Bio 2019; 9:571-581. [PMID: 30984533 PMCID: PMC6443863 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Revised: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) can survive extended periods of anoxia via a series of mechanisms that serve to reduce its energetic needs. Central to these mechanisms is the response of mitochondria, which depolarize in response to anoxia in turtle pyramidal neurons due to an influx of K+. It is currently unknown how mitochondrial matrix pH is affected by this response and we hypothesized that matrix pH acidifies during anoxia due to increased K+/H+ exchanger activity. Inhibition of K+/H+ exchange via quinine led to a collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential (Ψm) during oxygenated conditions in turtle cortical neurons, as indicated by rhodamine‐123 fluorescence, and this occurred twice as quickly during anoxia which indicates an elevation in K+ conductance. Mitochondrial matrix pH acidified during anoxia, as indicated by SNARF‐1 fluorescence imaged via confocal microscopy, and further acidification occurred during anoxia when the F1Fo‐ATPase was inhibited with oligomycin‐A, indicating that ΔpH collapse is prevented during anoxic conditions. Collectively, these results indicate that the mitochondrial proton electrochemical gradient is actively preserved during anoxia to prevent a collapse of Ψm and ΔpH.
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology University of Toronto Canada.,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Toronto Canada
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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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50 years of comparative biochemistry: The legacy of Peter Hochachka. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2018; 224:1-11. [PMID: 29501788 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2018.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Revised: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Peter Hochachka was an early pioneer in the field of comparative biochemistry. He passed away in 2002 after 4 decades of research in the discipline. To celebrate his contributions and to coincide with what would have been his 80th birthday, a group of his former students organized a symposium that ran as a satellite to the 2017 Canadian Society of Zoologists annual meeting in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada). This Special Issue of CBP brings together manuscripts from symposium attendees and other authors who recognize the role Peter played in the evolution of the discipline. In this article, the symposium organizers and guest editors look back on his career, celebrating his many contributions to research, acknowledging his role in training of generations of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in comparative biochemistry and physiology.
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Ruan X, Chen T, Wang X, Li Y. Suxiao Jiuxin Pill protects cardiomyocytes against mitochondrial injury and alters gene expression during ischemic injury. Exp Ther Med 2017; 14:3523-3532. [PMID: 29042943 PMCID: PMC5639384 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2017.4964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Accepted: 06/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Suxiao Jiuxin Pill (SX), a traditional Chinese medicine compound consisting primarily of tetramethylpyrazine and borneol, has been reported to protect against ischemic heart disease. However, the effects of SX on mitochondrial injury and gene expression in various signaling pathways are unclear. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of SX on mitochondrial injury and to screen the expression of genes potentially altered by SX using a cell culture model of ischemic injury. Simulated ischemia was established by culturing HL-1 cardiomyocytes in Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium without glucose or serum in a hypoxic chamber containing 95% N2 and 5% CO2 for 24 h. HL-1 cardiomyocytes were divided into 3 groups: Control, ischemic injury and ischemic injury + SX (100 µg/ml; n=3 wells/group). Mitochondrial membrane potential was detected by staining with JC-1 dye. The mRNA expression levels of adenylyl cyclase (Adcy) 1–9, adrenoceptor β1, Akt1, ATPase Na+/K+ transporting subunit β2, calcium voltage-gated channel auxiliary subunit α2δ (Cacna2d)2, Cacna2d3, calcium channel voltage-dependent γ subunit 8, cytochrome C oxidase subunit 6A2 (Cox6a2), fibroblast growth factor receptor (Fgfr) 4, Fgf8, Fgf12, Gnas complex locus, glycogen synthase kinase 3β (Gsk3b), mitogen-activated protein kinase (Mapk)11-14, Mapk kinase kinase kinase 1 (Map4k1), Mas1, nitric oxide synthase 3 (Nos3), phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit α (Pik3ca), phospholipase A2 group 4A, rap guanine nucleotide exchange factor 4 and ryanodine receptor 2 were detected using reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The protein expression levels of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), MAS-1 and phosphorylated-endothelial NOS were also examined by immunofluorescence staining. The decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential in the cell culture model of ischemic injury (P<0.001) was significantly attenuated by SX treatment (P<0.001). Furthermore, increases in the mRNA expression levels of Adcy2 (P<0.05), 3 (P<0.01) and 8 (P<0.05) in the ischemic injury model were significantly attenuated by SX treatment (P<0.01), and SX treatment significantly decreased the mRNA expression levels of Adcy1 (P<0.01) and 6 (P<0.05) in ischemic cells. Decreases in the mRNA expression levels of Cox6a2 (P<0.001), Gsk3b (P<0.01) and Pik3ca (P<0.001) in the ischemic injury model were also significantly attenuated by SX treatment (P<0.05, P<0.01 and P<0.001, respectively). In addition, the decrease in the protein expression of PI3K (P<0.001) was significantly attenuated by SX treatment (P<0.001). The present findings indicate that SX may protect cardiomyocytes against mitochondrial injury and attenuate alterations in the gene expression of Adcy2, 3 and 8, Cox6a2, Gsk3b and Pik3ca during ischemic injury.
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- Xiaofen Ruan
- Cardiovascular Department, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, P.R. China
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- Cardiovascular Department, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, P.R. China
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- Cardiovascular Department, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, P.R. China
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- Cardiovascular Department, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, P.R. China
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