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Griko Y, Palma E, Galicia E, Selch F. Factors limiting the duration of artificially induced torpor in mice. LIFE SCIENCES IN SPACE RESEARCH 2020; 24:34-41. [PMID: 31987478 DOI: 10.1016/j.lssr.2019.10.008] [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: 06/21/2019] [Revised: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The possibility of artificial induction of a torpid state in animals that do not naturally do so, as well as in humans, offers a great potential in biomedicine and in human spaceflight. However, the mechanisms of action that provide a coordinated and concomitant downregulation with a safe recovery from this state are poorly understood. In our previous study, we demonstrated that the metabolic rate of mice can be reduced by nearly 94% and can remain stable under hypothermic conditions for a prolonged period of up to 11 h. The present study was carried out in order to test the limitations and identify potential factors that can enable the safe and reversible arousal of non-hibernating mice from deep artificially-induced torpor to an active state. Results demonstrate that the energy budget may be a limiting factor for the prolongation and safe recovery from the hypometabolic state. While the continuation of torpor may be possible for additional hours, we found that a reduction of 40% or more in the plasma glucose level increases the risk of heart fibrillation, which results in death during arousal. Therefore, the plasma glucose level could be a component of the criteria indicating the reversibility of torpor. Another important factor complementing the energetic necessity that may limit the duration of torpor in mice is a gradual reduction in body mass during torpor. Under the conditions of our experiment, body mass declines by nearly 15% after 16 h from the initiation of torpor and may continue to decline if the mice are allowed to remain in torpor longer. Extrapolation of this data suggests that there may be a critical mass relating to animal mortality and thus limiting the duration of torpor. Control and maintenance of the body mass and glucose level in a torpid animal may extend the longevity of torpor and mitigate the risk of cardiac failure during rewarming to the metabolically active state. The cardiac complications that occur during arousal from torpor in many cases could be mitigated and even avoided by applying appropriate temperature-arising kinetics and providing a sufficient dynamic range to maintain cardiac output.
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- Yuri Griko
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035 USA.
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- California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA 94542, United States
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- Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley, Moffett Field CA 94035, United States
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- Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley, Moffett Field CA 94035, United States
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Tarnowska M, Briançon S, de Azevedo JR, Chevalier Y, Barratier C, Pourcher T, Bolzinger MA. Formulation of survival acceptor medium able to maintain the viability of skin explants over in vitro dermal experiments. Int J Cosmet Sci 2019; 41:617-623. [PMID: 31545516 DOI: 10.1111/ics.12581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In vitro assessments of skin absorption of xenobiotics are essential for toxicological evaluations and bioavailability studies of cosmetic and pharmaceutical ingredients. Since skin metabolism can greatly contribute to xenobiotic absorption, experiments need to be performed with skin explants kept viable in suitable survival media. Existing protocols for non-viable skin are modified to consider those conditions. The objective was to design a survival medium used as an acceptor fluid in Franz cells for testing cutaneous penetration of hydrophilic or lipophilic molecules. Their metabolism inside skin may be investigated under the same conditions. The determining factors involved in survival mechanisms in vitro are discussed. The consequences of short-term skin preservation at 4°C were also evaluated. METHODS The metabolic activity of fresh skin samples mounted in Franz cells was studied by measurement of lactate release over 24 h in order to assess the impacts of pH, buffering, osmolality, ionic strength, initial glucose supply and the addition of ethanol or non-ionic surfactant in the acceptor part of Franz cells. CONCLUSION Survival media must maintain physiological pH (>5.5) be isotonic with skin cells (300 mOsm kg-1 ) and contain at least 0.5 g L-1 glucose. Several compositions able to preserve skin metabolism are reported. Storage of skin explants overnight at 4°C impairs skin metabolic activity. The present work provides guidelines for designing survival media according to constraints related to the scientific requirements of the experiments.
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- M Tarnowska
- Laboratoire de Dermopharmacie et Cosmétologie, Faculté de Pharmacie de Lyon, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, LAGEPP UMR 5007, 43 bd 11 Novembre 1918, 69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Laboratoire de Dermopharmacie et Cosmétologie, Faculté de Pharmacie de Lyon, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, LAGEPP UMR 5007, 43 bd 11 Novembre 1918, 69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Laboratoire de Dermopharmacie et Cosmétologie, Faculté de Pharmacie de Lyon, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, LAGEPP UMR 5007, 43 bd 11 Novembre 1918, 69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Laboratoire de Dermopharmacie et Cosmétologie, Faculté de Pharmacie de Lyon, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, LAGEPP UMR 5007, 43 bd 11 Novembre 1918, 69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Laboratoire de Dermopharmacie et Cosmétologie, Faculté de Pharmacie de Lyon, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, LAGEPP UMR 5007, 43 bd 11 Novembre 1918, 69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologies d'Aix-Marseille (BIAM), Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, Faculté de Médecine, Laboratory Transporter in Imaging and Radiotherapy in Oncology (TIRO), Université Côte d'Azur, 28 avenue de Valombrose, Nice, France
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- Laboratoire de Dermopharmacie et Cosmétologie, Faculté de Pharmacie de Lyon, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, LAGEPP UMR 5007, 43 bd 11 Novembre 1918, 69622, Villeurbanne, France
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de With MCJ, van der Heijden EPAB, van Oosterhout MF, Kon M, Kroese ABA. Contractile and morphological properties of hamster retractor muscle following 16 h of cold preservation. Cryobiology 2009; 59:308-16. [PMID: 19733556 DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2009.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2009] [Revised: 07/14/2009] [Accepted: 08/31/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Cold hypoxia is a common factor in cold tissue preservation and mammalian hibernation. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of cold preservation on the function of the retractor (RET) muscle of the hamster in the non-hibernating state and compare these with previously published data (van der Heijden et al., 2000) on the rat cutaneus trunci (CT) muscle. MATERIALS AND METHODS After cold storage (16 h at 4 degrees C), muscles were stimulated electrically to measure maximum tetanus tension (P(0)) and histologically analyzed. The protective effects of addition of the antioxidants trolox and deferiprone and the calcium release inhibitor BDM to the storage fluid were determined. RESULTS After storage, the twitch threshold current was increased (from 60 to 500 microA) and P(0) was decreased to 27% of control. RET morphology remained unaffected. RET muscle function was protected by trolox and deferiprone (P(0), resp., 43% and 59% of control). Addition of BDM had no effect on the RET. CONCLUSIONS The observed effects of cold preservation and of trolox and deferiprone on the RET were comparable to those on CT muscle function, as reported in a previously published study (van der Heijden et al., 2000). Both hamster RET and rat CT muscles show considerable functional damage due to actions of reactive oxygen species. In contrast to the CT, in the RET cold preservation-induced functional injury could not be prevented by BDM and was not accompanied by morphological damage such as necrosis and edema. This suggests that the RET myocytes possess a specific adaptation to withstand the Ca(2+) overload induced by cold ischemia.
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- Miriam C J de With
- Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, University Medical Center, G04.122, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Yamate J, Yamamoto E, Nabe M, Kuwamura M, Fujita D, Sasai H. Spontaneous adenocarcinoma immunoreactive to cyclooxygenase-2 and transforming growth factor-beta1 in the buccal salivary gland of a Richardson's ground squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii). Exp Anim 2007; 56:379-84. [PMID: 18075199 DOI: 10.1538/expanim.56.379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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The ground squirrel is used as an experimental animal because of its unique biological nature. A 3-year-old female Richardson's ground squirrel developed a mass, 1.5 cm in diameter, in the buccal mucosa. The mass consisted of neoplastic epithelial cells showing acinar, ductular, intraductal papillary, solid, and lobular growth patterns; the cells were immunoreactive to cytokeratin, cyclooxygenase-2 (a marker of malignancy) and TGF-beta1. After resection, the tumor recurred with increased area having a solid or lobular pattern with little differentiation. This tumor was diagnosed as an adenocarcinoma arising from the buccal gland, the first case reported in the ground squirrel. A prominent desmoplastic reaction was present. The interstitial cells reacted to alpha-smooth muscle actin and vimentin, indicating a myofibroblastic nature, presumably induced by epithelial TGF-beta1.
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- Jyoji Yamate
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
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Soric S, Belanger MP, Askin N, Wittnich C. Impact of female sex hormones on liver tissue lactic acidosis during ischemia. Transplantation 2007; 84:763-70. [PMID: 17893610 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000280542.61123.ec] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Lower liver transplant success is observed when the donor is female. Intracellular acidosis during ischemia is proposed to contribute to the injury sustained by the transplanted organ and its role in livers obtained from nonheartbeating donors is unclear. Research has shown that livers of female rats develop a greater degree of intracellular acidosis during ischemia than males. This work explores the role of sex hormones in mediating this sex difference. METHODS Subgroups of neutered female rats were given 17 beta-estradiol (E), progesterone (P), or combination (E+P). To compare the effects of female sex hormones in males, subgroups of intact and castrated males received 17 beta-estradiol. In vivo and ischemic liver biopsies were taken and analyzed for lactate and H. RESULTS Although there was no effect of hormone therapy on baseline metabolic parameters, during ischemia compared to neutered females, livers from E females significantly (P<0.01) increased lactate by 56% and H+ by 71%, while E+P significantly increased only lactate (39%; P<0.05). Livers from neutered males given 17 beta-estradiol showed significantly greater (P<0.001) accumulation of lactate (80%) and H+ (79%). This was even shown in intact males, where despite a blunted response, 17 beta-estradiol, significantly (P<0.05) increased lactate by 39% and H+ by 25%. CONCLUSION This study illustrates the mechanisms for the sex difference in the liver's metabolic response to ischemia are estrogen mediated, which is seen even in the presence of male hormones, thus offering one explanation for the lower liver transplant success when the donor is female.
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- Stjepan Soric
- Department of Physiology, Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Simkhovich BZ, Hale SL, Kloner RA. Metabolic mechanism by which mild regional hypothermia preserves ischemic tissue. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther 2004; 9:83-90. [PMID: 15309244 DOI: 10.1177/107424840400900203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Our laboratory demonstrated that mild regional hypothermia reduced myocardial infarct size by an average of 65% in the rabbit model of regional ischemia. The exact mechanism for this benefit has not been explored. We hypothesized that a moderate reduction in regional myocardial temperature could preserve cardiac energy metabolism and thus protect the myocardium from sustained ischemic insult. METHODS AND RESULTS Anesthetized open-chest rabbits were randomized to normothermic sham-operated (NS, n = 6), hypothermic sham-operated (HS, n = 6), normothermic ischemic (NI, n = 10), and hypothermic ischemic (HI, n = 10) groups. Both sham-operated groups received no occlusions, and both ischemic groups were subjected to 20 minutes of coronary occlusion. To achieve regional cooling of the hearts in the hypothermic groups, a bag of ice water was placed directly on the risk area 15 minutes prior to coronary artery occlusion/no intervention and maintained for the duration of the subsequent 20 minutes of ischemia/no intervention (in the HI and HS groups respectively). Hypothermia preserved adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and glycogen stores in the ischemic area by 42.9% and 84.2%, respectively (1.20 +/- 0.11 micromoles ATP/g wet tissue vs 0.84 +/- 0.06 micromoles ATP/g wet tissue and 8.16 +/- 0.95 micromoles of glucosyl unit/g wet tissue vs 4.43 +/- 0.44 micromoles of glucosyl unit/g wet tissue in the HI and the NI groups, respectively). In addition, hypothermia resulted in a trend toward creatine phosphate preservation in the nonischemic area. CONCLUSIONS This is the first demonstration that local therapy with mild reductions in myocardial temperature preserves energy metabolism both in the ischemic and the nonischemic areas as well. The preservation in ATP is the likely mechanism by which regional hypothermia is preserving ischemic myocardium.
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- Boris Z Simkhovich
- Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, California 90017, USA.
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Sammut IA, Harrison JC. Cardiac mitochondrial complex activity is enhanced by heat shock proteins. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2003; 30:110-5. [PMID: 12542463 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2003.03799.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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1. Prolonged ischaemia and reperfusion in heart transplantation results in mitochondrial dysfunction and loss of cardio-energetics. Improved myocardial tolerance to ischaemia-reperfusion can be increased by de novo synthesis of heat shock protein (Hsp) groups, transiently expressed following mild hyperthermic or oxidative stress. Consideration of the roles of various Hsp in ischaemic-reperfused myocardium can provide new insights into potential therapeutic adjuncts to cardiac surgery. 2. Several Hsp classes have been located within or in association with mitochondrial elements. Cardiac Hsp research has focused primarily on the 70 kDa group, involved in protein folding functions within the cytosol and matrix. Similarly, Hsp 60 and 10 have been shown to form a mitochondrial chaperonin complex conferring protection to ischaemia-challenged myocytes. Equally pertinent is Hsp 32, an isoform of the haem-metabolizing enzyme heme oxygenase. 3. Our studies have shown that mitochondrial respiratory enzyme activity can be protected by Hsp, affording protection to cardiac energetics during preservation for transplantation. Upregulation of Hsp 32, 60 and 72 in rats, achieved by mild hyperthermic stress, improved cardiac function, ultrastructure and mitochondrial respiratory and complex activities in ex vivo perfused hearts subjected to cold cardioplegic arrest and ischaemia-reperfusion. Pre-ischaemic mitochondrial complex activities were increased in heat stress versus sham-treated groups for complex I, IV and V. 4. Investigation of the direct effect of upregulation of Hsp 72 by gene transfection resulted in a similar pattern of response, with increased complex I activity and improved ventricular function. 5. These studies provide the first evidence of Hsp-mediated enhancement of mitochondrial energetic capacity. Enhanced protection of mitochondrial energetics, as a result of increased Hsp expression, contributes to the recovery of myocardial function in ischaemia-reperfusion.
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- Ivan A Sammut
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Otago Faculty of Medicine, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Van Breukelen F, Martin SL. Invited review: molecular adaptations in mammalian hibernators: unique adaptations or generalized responses? J Appl Physiol (1985) 2002; 92:2640-7. [PMID: 12015384 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01007.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hibernators are unique among mammals in their ability to attain, withstand, and reverse low body temperatures. Hibernators repeatedly cycle between body temperatures near zero during torpor and 37 degrees C during euthermy. How do these mammals maintain cardiac function, cell integrity, blood fluidity, and energetic balance during their prolonged periods at low body temperature and avoid damage when they rewarm? Hibernation is often considered an example of a unique adaptation for low-temperature function in mammals. Although such adaptation is apparent at the level of whole animal physiology, it is surprisingly difficult to demonstrate clear examples of adaptations at the cellular and biochemical levels that improve function in the cold and are unique to hibernators. Instead of adaptation for improved function in the cold, the key molecular adaptations of hibernation may be to exploit the cold to depress most aspects of biochemical function and then rewarm without damage to restore optimal function of all systems. These capabilities are likely due to novel regulation of biochemical pathways shared by all mammals, including humans.
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- Frank Van Breukelen
- Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
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Bes S, Roussel P, Laubriet A, Vandroux D, Tissier C, Rochette L, Athias P. Influence of deep hypothermia on the tolerance of the isolated cardiomyocyte to ischemia-reperfusion. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2001; 33:1973-88. [PMID: 11708842 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2001.1461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The influence of deep hypothermia (4 degrees C) during a substrate-free, hypoxia-reoxygenation treatment was investigated on cardiomyocytes (CM) prepared from newborn rat heart in culture in an in vitro, substrate-free model of ischemia-reperfusion. The transmembranous potentials were recorded with standard microelectrodes. The contractions were monitored photometrically. The RNA messenger (mRNA) and protein expression for protein (HSP70) were analysed by RT-PCR (reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction) and Western blotting, respectively. Simulated ischemia (SI) caused a gradual decrease and then a cessation of the spontaneous electromechanical activity. During the reoxygenation, the CM recovered normal function, provided that SI did not exceed 2.5 h. When SI duration was increased up to 4 h, reoxygenation failed to restore the spontaneous electromechanical activity. Conversely, the exposure of the CM to SI together with deep hypothermia decreased the functional alterations observed, and provided a complete electromechanical recovery after 2.5 h as well as after 4 h of SI. Deep hypothermia alone failed to induce HSP70 mRNA and protein production. On the contrary, HSP70 mRNA production increased after 2.5 and 4 h of deep hypothermia followed by 1 h of rewarming, proportionally to the duration of the cooling period. This augmentation in mRNA was associated with a rise in HSP70 protein content. In summary, it appeared that deep hypothermia exerts a strong cytoprotective action during SI only, whereas cooling CM before SI has no beneficial effect on subsequent SI. Moreover, these results suggested the persistence of a signaling system and/or transduction in deeply cooled, functionally depressed cells. Finally, CM in culture appeared to be a model of interest for studying heart graft protection against ischemia-reperfusion and contributed to clarifying the molecular and cellular mechanisms of deep hypothermia on myocardium.
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- Laboratory of Physiopathology and Pharmacology, Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Dijon, France
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L'Her E, Sebert P. Glycolysis in the human muscle: a new approach. THE JOURNAL OF LABORATORY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE 2000; 136:281-6. [PMID: 11039848 DOI: 10.1067/mlc.2000.109317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The flow response time theory allows the global assessment of a metabolic pathway. This study describes the first application of this concept to explore glycolysis on human skeletal muscle extracts. The muscle extract is used to convert glucose or glucose-6-phosphate into glycerol-phosphate through the first part of glycolysis. The functioning of the experimental model is assayed by a continuous recording of the reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide decay in a spectrophotometer. This measurement method was applied to normal and pathologic human skeletal muscles. The aerobic (J(A)) and anaerobic (J(B)) fluxes and the time (t99) needed for the transition from J(A) to J(B) were measured under a wide clinical temperature range (30 degrees C to 40 degrees C). The two studied muscle types (gluteus maximus and tibialis anterior) have similar glycolytic flux values, with an identical functional modality. The thermal response of glycolysis is not linear, with a high thermal sensitivity in the hypothermic range (30 degrees C to 38 degrees C) and a thermal insensitivity in the hyperthermic range (37 degrees C to 40 degrees C). On the same type of muscle (tibialis anterior), a pathologic process can induce different variations in the glycolysis patterns, but further data are needed to clear this point. The flow response time concept allows an accurate assessment of glycolysis in the human skeletal muscle, whether normal or pathologic. This approach is interesting for evaluating the global influence of different stimulations on a metabolic pathway, such as temperature variation.
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie, Faculté de Médecine, and Réanimation et Urgences Médicales, CHU de la Cavale Blanche, BREST, France
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Belke DD, Wang LC, Lopaschuk GD. Acetyl-CoA carboxylase control of fatty acid oxidation in hearts from hibernating Richardson's ground squirrels. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1391:25-36. [PMID: 9518540 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2760(97)00199-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Although mammalian hibernators rely on stored body fat as a source of energy, direct measurement of energy substrate preference in heart tissue during hibernation, as well as potential mechanisms controlling fatty acid oxidation has not been examined. In order to determine whether an increase in fatty acid utilization occurs during hibernation, glucose and palmitate oxidation were measured in isolated working hearts from hibernating and non-hibernating Richardson's ground Squirrels. Hearts were perfused at either 37 degrees or 5 degrees C with perfusate containing 11 mM [U-14C]glucose and 1.2 mM [9,10-3H]palmitate, which allowed for direct measurement of both glucose oxidation (14CO2 production) and fatty acid oxidation (3H2O production). The contribution of fatty acid oxidation as a source of citric acid cycle acetyl-CoA was significantly greater in hearts from hibernating animals, compared to hearts from non-hibernating animals. Since acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) regulates cardiac fatty acid oxidation (producing malonyl-CoA, a potent inhibitor of mitochondrial fatty acid uptake), we measured the activity and expression of ACC in these hearts. ACC activity was significantly decreased in hibernating ground squirrels, regardless of whether ACC was assayed at 37 degrees or 5 degrees C. This decrease in activity could not be explained by a change in the activity of 5'AMP-activated protein kinase, which can phosphorylate and inhibit ACC. Rather, the expression of the 280 kDa isoform of ACC (which predominates in cardiac muscle) was decreased in hearts from hibernating squirrel hearts. This suggests that a down regulation of ACC expression occurs as an adaptation for the increased utilization of fatty acid in hearts of hibernating ground squirrels.
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- D D Belke
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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