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Fascetti AJ, Larsen JA, Min A, Nair M, Montano M, Giulivi C. Exploring the impact of age, and body condition score on erythrocytic B 1-Dependent transketolase activity in cats: A comprehensive analysis of thiamine status. Heliyon 2024; 10:e34188. [PMID: 39113982 PMCID: PMC11305241 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2024] [Revised: 07/02/2024] [Accepted: 07/04/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024] Open
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One of the key factors influencing aging and morbidity is the overall antioxidant status and regenerative capacity. In examining contributors to the antioxidant status, we analyzed the thiamine status in felines and the influence of age, gender, and body condition score. We measured erythrocytic B1-dependent specific transketolase (STKT) activity, an enzyme in the pentose phosphate pathway, in a group of 60 sexually intact, healthy, and specific pathogen-free felines (44 females, 16 males, aged 1-17 years) with thiamine diphosphate (TDP; 0.3 and 3 mM) and without it. Only two parameters (STKT activity with and without 0.3 mM TDP) decreased with age. After adjusting for age, statistical thresholds were established using these and other age-independent parameters, identifying 15 felines with subclinical thiamine deficiency. The red blood cell proteomics analysis revealed that the pentose phosphate shunt, glycolysis, and oxidative stress response were the most affected pathways in deficient felines, confirming the above diagnosis. Age emerged as the primary factor associated with thiamine deficiency, supported by the enrichment of neurodegenerative diseases with a proteotoxicity component; five young-adult felines showed marginal or acute B1 deficiency, and six were adult-mature with a more chronic deficiency, possibly linked to cognitive decline, all with an underweight to ideal body condition scores. Only three senior-adult felines were deficient and overweight-obese. Detecting thiamine deficiency emphasizes the need for more accurate reference values, the establishment of advanced preventive or therapeutic measures to enhance the well-being of aging companion animals, and potential extensions to human health, particularly concerning cognitive function.
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- Andrea J. Fascetti
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
- MIND Institute, University of California at Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, United States
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Zahr NM, Sullivan EV, Rohlfing T, Mayer D, Collins AM, Luong R, Pfefferbaum A. Concomitants of alcoholism: differential effects of thiamine deficiency, liver damage, and food deprivation on the rat brain in vivo. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2016; 233:2675-86. [PMID: 27129864 PMCID: PMC4919142 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-016-4313-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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RATIONALE Serious neurological concomitants of alcoholism include Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE), Korsakoff's syndrome (KS), and hepatic encephalopathy (HE). OBJECTIVES This study was conducted in animal models to determine neuroradiological signatures associated with liver damage caused by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), thiamine deficiency caused by pyrithiamine treatment, and nonspecific nutritional deficiency caused by food deprivation. METHODS Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) were used to evaluate brains of wild-type Wistar rats at baseline and following treatment. RESULTS Similar to observations in ethanol (EtOH) exposure models, thiamine deficiency caused enlargement of the lateral ventricles. Liver damage was not associated with effects on cerebrospinal fluid volumes, whereas food deprivation caused modest enlargement of the cisterns. In contrast to what has repeatedly been shown in EtOH exposure models, in which levels of choline-containing compounds (Cho) measured by MRS are elevated, Cho levels in treated animals in all three experiments (i.e., liver damage, thiamine deficiency, and food deprivation) were lower than those in baseline or controls. CONCLUSIONS These results add to the growing body of literature suggesting that MRS-detectable Cho is labile and can depend on a number of variables that are not often considered in human experiments. These results also suggest that reductions in Cho observed in humans with alcohol use disorder (AUD) may well be due to mild manifestations of concomitants of AUD such as liver damage or nutritional deficiencies and not necessarily to alcohol consumption per se.
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- Natalie M Zahr
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
- Neuroscience Program, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
- Neuroscience Program, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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Daulatzai MA. “Boomerang Neuropathology” of Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease is Shrouded in Harmful “BDDS”: Breathing, Diet, Drinking, and Sleep During Aging. Neurotox Res 2015; 28:55-93. [DOI: 10.1007/s12640-015-9528-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2014] [Revised: 04/03/2015] [Accepted: 04/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Russo P, Lauria A, Mettivier G, Montesi MC, Marotta M, Aloj L, Lastoria S. 18F-FDG positron autoradiography with a particle counting silicon pixel detector. Phys Med Biol 2008; 53:6227-43. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/21/022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Tanaka M, Watanabe Y. Reduced energy utilization in the brain is a feature of an animal model of fatigue. Int J Neurosci 2008; 118:683-92. [PMID: 18446584 DOI: 10.1080/00207450701242974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Recently, the authors established an animal model of fatigue. The fatigued animals showed reduced 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose uptake in their brain, although their blood glucose level did not differ from that of the control animals. For further clarification, the study measured regional cerebral blood flow, ATP level, and the ability of mitochondria to produce ATP in the brain of the fatigued and control rats. The fatigued animals showed almost equal regional cerebral blood flow, a significantly higher ATP level, and almost equal mitochondria ability to produce ATP. These data suggest that decreased energy utilization in the brain is a feature of fatigue.
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- Masaaki Tanaka
- Department of Physiology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Ogawa M, Watabe H, Teramoto N, Miyake Y, Hayashi T, Iida H, Murata T, Magata Y. Understanding of cerebral energy metabolism by dynamic living brain slice imaging system with [18F]FDG. Neurosci Res 2005; 52:357-61. [PMID: 15904986 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2005.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2005] [Revised: 04/11/2005] [Accepted: 04/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Recently, lactate has been receiving great attention as an energy substrate in the brain. In this study, the role of lactate was evaluated by "bioradiography" system with 2-deoxy-2-[(18)F]fluoro-d-glucose ([(18)F]FDG), which is a positron emitting radiotracer for glucose uptake quantification. "Bioradiography" is the dynamic living tissue slice imaging system for positron-emitter labeled compounds. We investigated the brain energy metabolism under resting state and neural activated conditions induced by KCl addition. The monocarboxylate transporter inhibitor, alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate (4-CIN), had no effect on [(18)F]FDG uptake rate in rat brain slices before KCl addition. On the other hand, addition of 4-CIN induced larger [(18)F]FDG uptake rates under the activated condition in comparison with the control condition. Because neurons cannot utilize lactate under the 4-CIN loaded conditions, this indicates that activated neurons consume lactate as an energy substrate. The lactate concentration in the incubation medium was increased with KCl treatment in both groups and the extent was slightly greater in 4-CIN group. These results suggested that: (1) the brain mainly uses glucose, not lactate, as an energy substrate in resting state; (2) when neuron is stimulated, excess amounts of lactate might be produced in astrocytes and the lactate is mobilized as an energy substrate.
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- Mikako Ogawa
- Photon Medical Research Center, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Laboratory of Genome Bio-Photonics, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan
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Tanaka M, Nakamura F, Mizokawa S, Matsumura A, Matsumura K, Murata T, Shigematsu M, Kageyama K, Ochi H, Watanabe Y. Role of lactate in the brain energy metabolism: revealed by Bioradiography. Neurosci Res 2004; 48:13-20. [PMID: 14687877 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2003.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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To elucidate the role of lactate in the brain, we used a novel method, 'Bioradiography', in which the dynamic process could be followed in living slices by use of positron-emitter-labeled compounds and imaging plates. We studied the incorporation of 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ([18F]FDG) into rat brain slices incubated in oxygenated Krebs-Ringer solution. Under the glucose-free condition, [18F]FDG uptake rate in the cerebral cortex decreased with time and plateaued within 350 min but the addition of 5 mM lactate made the [18F]FDG uptake linear. When an inhibitor of the lactate transporter, 0.5 mM alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate (4-CIN) was applied to the glucose-free solution, the uptake rate decreased. Under the normal glucose condition, [18F]FDG uptake linearly increased for 6 h, but when 10 mM lactate was applied, the uptake rate decreased. In contrast, when 0.5 mM 4-CIN was applied to the normal glucose solution, [18F]FDG uptake rate increased. These results suggest that exogenous and endogenous lactate can substitute for glucose in the brain.
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- Masaaki Tanaka
- Department of Physiology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Tanaka M, Nakamura F, Mizokawa S, Matsumura A, Matsumura K, Watanabe Y. Role of acetyl-L-carnitine in the brain: revealed by Bioradiography. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 306:1064-9. [PMID: 12821151 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)01103-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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To elucidate the role of acetyl-L-carnitine in the brain, we used a novel method, 'Bioradiography,' in which the dynamic process could be followed in living slices by use of positron-emitter labeled compounds and imaging plates. We studied the incorporation of 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ([18F]FDG) into rat brain slices incubated in oxygenated Krebs-Ringer solution. Under the glucose-free condition, [18F]FDG uptake rate decreased with time and plateaued within 350 min in the cerebral cortex and cerebellum, and the addition of 1 or 5mM acetyl-L-carnitine did not alter the [18F]FDG uptake rate. When a glutaminase inhibitor, 0.5mM 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine (DON), was added under the normal glucose condition, [18F]FDG uptake rate decreased. Acetyl-L-carnitine (1mM), which decreased [18F]FDG uptake rate, reversed this DON-induced decrease in [18F]FDG uptake rate in the cerebral cortex. These results suggest that acetyl-L-carnitine can be used for the production of releasable glutamate rather than as an energy source in the brain.
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- Masaaki Tanaka
- Department of Physiology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Zubal G, Fujibayashi Y, Maruoka N, Omata N, Yonekura Y. Automated kinetic analysis of FDG uptake in living rat brain slices from dynamic positron autoradiography. Cancer Biother Radiopharm 2003; 18:405-11. [PMID: 12954126 DOI: 10.1089/108497803322285143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Changes in regional cerebral glucose metabolism were investigated for varying levels of tissue oxygenation using a dynamic positron autoradiography technique. While incubating fresh rat brain slices with [18F]FDG in an oxygenated solution, serial images of the tissue slices were obtained over a time period of up to 300 min and archived onto over 20 phosphorous imaging plate exposures. In order to properly create time activity curves of the uptake levels, images of the individual tissue samples were automatically located, digitally extracted, and registered with the later images of the same tissue samples. After applying image processing techniques for aligning tissue sample images, time activity curves were extracted for individual substructures in the rat brain and quantitative results were reported using Patlak plots. Since the levels of oxygenation can be controlled for these experiments, [18F]FDG uptakes can be reported representing states of hypoxia, pseudoischemia, and reoxygenation. The image processing techniques developed for this application have enabled more experiments and tissue samples to be acquired and analyzed than would otherwise be possible using manual ROI techniques. The objective spatial registration of tissue samples and automated extraction of data has increased the analysis accuracy and decreased the operator error associated with the interactive handling of the image data. This supports improved kinetic modeling of FDG uptake in animal studies, and can be used for more accurate dosimetry calculations in humans.
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- George Zubal
- Biomedical Imaging Research Center, Fukui Medical University, Matsuoka, Fukui, Japan.
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Thiamine deficiency (TD) in rats produces lesions similar to those found in humans with Wernicke's encephalopathy, an organic mental disorder associated with alcoholism. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 24) were deprived of thiamine in a regimen of thiamine-deficient chow and daily intraperitoneal injections of the thiamine antagonist pyrithiamine hydrobromide for 12 days (0.5 mg/kg). In rats with TD, significant changes were observed in the choline peak (reduction and dose-dependent recovery after thiamine replenishment), which was confirmed by the extraction study. Changes were mainly due to the reduction in glycerophosphorylcholine (GPC), suggesting that a reduction in GPC may be relevant to the primary biochemical lesion in TD. These data are compatible with the hypothesis that a decrease in choline compounds is the cause of the biochemical abnormalities that precede neuroanatomic damage characteristic of Wernicke's encephalopathy.
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- H Lee
- Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA.
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