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Suganthan H, Stefano DD, Buck LT. Alfaxalone is an effective anesthetic for the electrophysiological study of anoxia-tolerance mechanisms in western painted turtle pyramidal neurons. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298065. [PMID: 38626211 PMCID: PMC11020846 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 04/18/2024] Open
Abstract
Anoxia in the mammalian brain leads to hyper-excitability and cell death; however, this cascade of events does not occur in the anoxia-tolerant brain of the western painted turtle, Chrysemys picta belli. The painted turtle has become an important anoxia-tolerant model to study brain, heart, and liver function in the absence of oxygen, but being anoxia-tolerant likely means that decapitation alone is not a suitable method of euthanasia. Many anesthetics have long-term effects on ion channels and are not appropriate for same day experimentation. Using whole-cell electrophysiological techniques, we examine the effects of the anesthetic, Alfaxalone, on pyramidal cell action potential amplitude, threshold, rise and decay time, width, frequency, whole cell conductance, and evoked GABAA receptors currents to determine if any of these characteristics are altered with the use of Alfaxalone for animal sedation. We find that Alfaxalone has no long-term impact on action potential parameters or whole-cell conductance. When acutely applied to naïve tissue, Alfaxalone did lengthen GABAA receptor current decay rates by 1.5-fold. Following whole-animal sedation with Alfaxalone, evoked whole cell GABAA receptor current decay rates displayed an increasing trend with 1 and 2 hours after brain sheet preparation, but showed no significant change after a 3-hour washout period. Therefore, we conclude that Alfaxalone is a suitable anesthetic for same day use in electrophysiological studies in western painted turtle brain tissue.
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- Haushe Suganthan
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Di Stefano D, Suganthan H, Buck L. Alfaxalone does not have long-term effects on goldfish pyramidal neuron action potential properties or GABA A receptor currents. FEBS Open Bio 2024; 14:555-573. [PMID: 38342633 PMCID: PMC10988724 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/13/2024] Open
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Anesthetics have varying physiological effects, but most notably alter ion channel kinetics. Alfaxalone is a rapid induction and washout neuroactive anesthetic, which potentiates γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-activated GABAA receptor (GABAA-R) currents. This study aims to identify any long-term effects of alfaxalone sedation on pyramidal neuron action potential and GABAA-R properties, to determine if its impact on neuronal function can be reversed in a sufficiently short timeframe to allow for same-day electrophysiological studies in goldfish brain. The goldfish (Carassius auratus) is an anoxia-tolerant vertebrate and is a useful model to study anoxia tolerance mechanisms. The results show that alfaxalone sedation did not significantly impact action potential properties. Additionally, the acute application of alfaxalone onto naive brain slices caused the potentiation of whole-cell GABAA-R current decay time and area under the curve. Following whole-animal sedation with alfaxalone, a 3-h wash of brain slices in alfaxalone-free saline, with saline exchanged every 30 min, was required to remove any potentiating impact of alfaxalone on GABAA-R whole-cell currents. These results demonstrate that alfaxalone is an effective anesthetic for same-day electrophysiological experiments with goldfish brain slices.
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- Department of Cell and Systems BiologyUniversity of TorontoCanada
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- Department of Cell and Systems BiologyUniversity of TorontoCanada
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of TorontoCanada
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Bueschke N, Amaral-Silva L, Hu M, Alvarez A, Santin JM. Plasticity in the functional properties of NMDA receptors improves network stability during severe energy stress. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.01.19.524811. [PMID: 36711958 PMCID: PMC9882286 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.19.524811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Brain energy stress leads to neuronal hyperexcitability followed by a rapid loss of function and cell death. In contrast, the frog brainstem switches into a state of extreme metabolic resilience that allows them to maintain motor function during hypoxia as they emerge from hibernation. NMDA receptors (NMDARs) are Ca2+-permeable glutamate receptors that contribute to the loss of homeostasis during hypoxia. Therefore, we hypothesized that hibernation leads to plasticity that reduces the role of NMDARs within neural networks to improve function during energy stress. To test this, we assessed a circuit with a large involvement of NMDAR synapses, the brainstem respiratory network of female bullfrogs, Lithobates catesbeianus. Contrary to our expectations, hibernation did not alter the role of NMDARs in generating network output, nor did it affect the amplitude, kinetics, and hypoxia sensitivity of NMDAR currents. Instead, hibernation strongly reduced NMDAR Ca2+ permeability and enhanced desensitization during repetitive stimulation. Under severe hypoxia, the normal NMDAR profile caused network hyperexcitability within minutes, which was mitigated by blocking NMDARs. After hibernation, the modified complement of NMDARs protected against hyperexcitability, as disordered output did not occur for at least one hour in hypoxia. These findings uncover state-dependence in the plasticity of NMDARs, whereby multiple changes to receptor function improve neural performance during energy stress without interfering with its normal role during healthy activity.
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- University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402
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- University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402
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Amaral-Silva L, Santin JM. Synaptic modifications transform neural networks to function without oxygen. BMC Biol 2023; 21:54. [PMID: 36927477 PMCID: PMC10022038 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-023-01518-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Neural circuit function is highly sensitive to energetic limitations. Much like mammals, brain activity in American bullfrogs quickly fails in hypoxia. However, after emergence from overwintering, circuits transform to function for approximately 30-fold longer without oxygen using only anaerobic glycolysis for fuel, a unique trait among vertebrates considering the high cost of network activity. Here, we assessed neuronal functions that normally limit network output and identified components that undergo energetic plasticity to increase robustness in hypoxia. RESULTS In control animals, oxygen deprivation depressed excitatory synaptic drive within native circuits, which decreased postsynaptic firing to cause network failure within minutes. Assessments of evoked and spontaneous synaptic transmission showed that hypoxia impairs synaptic communication at pre- and postsynaptic loci. However, control neurons maintained membrane potentials and a capacity for firing during hypoxia, indicating that those processes do not limit network activity. After overwintering, synaptic transmission persisted in hypoxia to sustain motor function for at least 2 h. CONCLUSIONS Alterations that allow anaerobic metabolism to fuel synapses are critical for transforming a circuit to function without oxygen. Data from many vertebrate species indicate that anaerobic glycolysis cannot fuel active synapses due to the low ATP yield of this pathway. Thus, our results point to a unique strategy whereby synapses switch from oxidative to exclusively anaerobic glycolytic metabolism to preserve circuit function during prolonged energy limitations.
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- Lara Amaral-Silva
- Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.
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- Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.
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Marks de Chabris NC, Sabir S, Perkins G, Cheng H, Ellisman MH, Pamenter ME. Short communication: Acute hypoxia does not alter mitochondrial abundance in naked mole-rats. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2023; 276:111343. [PMID: 36379380 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.111343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Hypoxia poses a significant energetic challenge and most species exhibit metabolic remodelling when exposed to prolonged hypoxia. One component of this remodelling is mitochondrial biogenesis/mitophagy, which alter mitochondrial abundance and helps to adjust metabolic throughput to match changes in energy demands in hypoxia. However, how acute hypoxia impacts mitochondrial abundance in hypoxia-tolerant species is poorly understood. To help address this gap, we exposed hypoxia-tolerant naked mole-rats to 3 h of normoxia or acute hypoxia (5% O2) and measured changes in mitochondrial abundance using two well-established markers: citrate synthase (CS) enzyme activity and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) abundance. We found that neither marker changed with hypoxia in brain, liver, or kidney, suggesting that mitochondrial biogenesis is not initiated during acute hypoxia in these tissues. Conversely in skeletal muscle, the ratio of CS activity to total protein decreased 50% with hypoxia. However, this change was likely driven by an increase in soluble protein density in hypoxia because CS activity was unchanged relative to wet tissue weight and the mtDNA copy number was unchanged. To confirm this, we examined skeletal muscle mitochondria using transmission electron microscopy and found no change in mitochondrial volume density. Taken together with previous studies of mitochondrial respiratory function, our present findings suggest that naked mole-rats primarily rely on tissue-specific functional remodelling of metabolic pathways and mitochondrial respiratory throughput, and not physical changes in mitochondrial number or volume, to adjust to short-term hypoxic exposure.
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
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Yang W, Wu W, Zhao Y, Li Y, Zhang C, Zhang J, Chen C, Cui S. Caveolin-1 suppresses hippocampal neuron apoptosis via the regulation of HIF1α in hypoxia in naked mole-rats. Cell Biol Int 2022; 46:2060-2074. [PMID: 36054154 PMCID: PMC9826031 DOI: 10.1002/cbin.11890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Revised: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Naked mole-rats (NMRs) (Heterocephalus glaber) are highly social and subterranean rodents with large communal colonies in burrows containing low oxygen levels. The inhibition of severe hypoxic conditions is of particular interest to this study. To understand the mechanisms that facilitate neuronal preservation during hypoxia, we investigated the proteins regulating hypoxia tolerance in NMR hippocampal neurons. Caveolin-1 (Cav-1), a transmembrane scaffolding protein, confers prosurvival signalling in the central nervous system. The present study aimed to investigate the role of Cav-1 in hypoxia-induced neuronal injury. Western blotting analysis and immunocytochemistry showed that Cav-1 expression was significantly upregulated in NMR hippocampal neurons under 8% O2 conditions for 8 h. Cav-1 alleviates apoptotic neuronal death from hypoxia. Downregulation of Cav-1 by lentiviral vectors suggested damage to NMR hippocampal neurons under hypoxic conditions in vitro and in vivo. Overexpression of Cav-1 by LV-Cav-1 enhanced hypoxic tolerance of NMR hippocampal neurons in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, the levels of hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) are also increased under hypoxic conditions. After inhibiting the binding of HIF-1α to hypoxia response elements in the DNA by echinomycin, Cav-1 levels were downregulated significantly. Furthermore, chromatin immunoprecipitation assays showed the direct role of HIF1α in regulating the expression levels of Cav-1 in NMR hippocampal neurons under hypoxic conditions. These findings suggest that Cav-1 plays a critical role in modulating the apoptosis of NMR hippocampal neurons and warrant further studies targeting Cav-1 to treat hypoxia-associated brain diseases.
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- Wenjing Yang
- Department of Laboratory Animal Sciences, School of Basic MedicineNaval Medical UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Laboratory Animal CenterAcademy of Military Medical SciencesBeijingChina
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- Shanghai Laboratory Animal Research CenterShanghaiChina
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Sciences, School of Basic MedicineNaval Medical UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Sciences, School of Basic MedicineNaval Medical UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Sciences, School of Basic MedicineNaval Medical UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Sciences, School of Basic MedicineNaval Medical UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Sciences, School of Basic MedicineNaval Medical UniversityShanghaiChina
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Kolesnikova EE, Golovina IV, Soldatov AA, Gavruseva TV. Synchronized Activity of Oxidoreductases in the Brain and Heart Compartments of the Scorpionfish Scorpaena porcus under Acute Hypoxia. J EVOL BIOCHEM PHYS+ 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022093022060114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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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]
Abstract
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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Metabolomic Analysis of Carbohydrate and Amino Acid Changes Induced by Hypoxia in Naked Mole-Rat Brain and Liver. Metabolites 2022; 12:metabo12010056. [PMID: 35050178 PMCID: PMC8779284 DOI: 10.3390/metabo12010056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Hypoxia poses a major physiological challenge for mammals and has significant impacts on cellular and systemic metabolism. As with many other small rodents, naked mole-rats (NMRs; Heterocephalus glaber), who are among the most hypoxia-tolerant mammals, respond to hypoxia by supressing energy demand (i.e., through a reduction in metabolic rate mediated by a variety of cell- and tissue-level strategies), and altering metabolic fuel use to rely primarily on carbohydrates. However, little is known regarding specific metabolite changes that underlie these responses. We hypothesized that NMR tissues utilize multiple strategies in responding to acute hypoxia, including the modulation of signalling pathways to reduce anabolism and reprogram carbohydrate metabolism. To address this question, we evaluated changes of 64 metabolites in NMR brain and liver following in vivo hypoxia exposure (7% O2, 4 h). We also examined changes in matched tissues from similarly treated hypoxia-intolerant mice. We report that, following exposure to in vivo hypoxia: (1) phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan anabolism are supressed both in NMR brain and liver; (2) carbohydrate metabolism is reprogramed in NMR brain and liver, but in a divergent manner; (3) redox state is significantly altered in NMR brain; and (4) the AMP/ATP ratio is elevated in liver. Overall, our results suggest that hypoxia induces significant metabolic remodelling in NMR brain and liver via alterations of multiple metabolic pathways.
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Shiels HA, White E, Couturier CS, Hall D, Royal S, Galli GL, Stecyk JA. The air-breathing Alaska blackfish (Dallia pectoralis) remodels ventricular Ca2+ cycling with chronic hypoxic submergence to maintain ventricular contractility. Curr Res Physiol 2022; 5:25-35. [PMID: 35072107 PMCID: PMC8763628 DOI: 10.1016/j.crphys.2022.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The Alaska blackfish (Dallia pectoralis) is a facultative air-breather endemic to northern latitudes where it remains active in winter under ice cover in cold hypoxic waters. To understand the changes in cellular Ca2+ cycling that allow the heart to function in cold hypoxic water, we acclimated Alaska blackfish to cold (5 °C) normoxia or cold hypoxia (2.1–4.2 kPa; no air access) for 5–8 weeks. We then assessed the impact of the acclimation conditions on intracellular Ca2+ transients (Δ[Ca2+]i) of isolated ventricular myocytes and contractile performance of isometrically-contracting ventricular strips. Measurements were obtained at various contractile frequencies (0.2–0.6 Hz) in normoxia, during acute exposure to hypoxia, and reoxygenation at 5 °C. The results show that hypoxia-acclimated Alaska blackfish compensate against the depressive effects of hypoxia on excitation-contraction coupling by remodelling cellular Δ[Ca2+]i to maintain ventricular contractility. When measured at 0.2 Hz in normoxia, hypoxia-acclimated ventricular myocytes had a 3.8-fold larger Δ[Ca2+]i peak amplitude with a 4.1-fold faster rate of rise, compared to normoxia-acclimated ventricular myocytes. At the tissue level, maximal developed force was 2.1-fold greater in preparations from hypoxia-acclimated animals. However, maximal attainable contraction frequencies in hypoxia were lower in hypoxia-acclimated myocytes and strips than preparations from normoxic animals. Moreover, the inability of hypoxia-acclimated ventricular myocytes and strips to contract at high frequency persisted upon reoxygenation. Overall, the findings indicate that hypoxia alters aspects of Alaska blackfish cardiac myocyte Ca2+ cycling, and that there may be consequences for heart rate elevation during hypoxia, which may impact cardiac output in vivo. The air-breathing Alaska blackfish remains active under ice cover in hypoxic waters. Maintained activity is supported by compensation of intracellular Ca2+ transients. The compensation permits greater ventricular maximal developed force. However, maximal attainable contraction frequencies are limited by hypoxia exposure.
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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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Hypoxia Tolerant Species: The Wisdom of Nature Translated into Targets for Stroke Therapy. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222011131. [PMID: 34681788 PMCID: PMC8537001 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222011131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Human neurons rapidly die after ischemia and current therapies for stroke management are limited to restoration of blood flow to prevent further brain damage. Thrombolytics and mechanical thrombectomy are the available reperfusion treatments, but most of the patients remain untreated. Neuroprotective therapies focused on treating the pathogenic cascade of the disease have widely failed. However, many animal species demonstrate that neurons can survive the lack of oxygen for extended periods of time. Here, we reviewed the physiological and molecular pathways inherent to tolerant species that have been described to contribute to hypoxia tolerance. Among them, Foxo3 and Eif5A were reported to mediate anoxic survival in Drosophila and Caenorhabditis elegans, respectively, and those results were confirmed in experimental models of stroke. In humans however, the multiple mechanisms involved in brain cell death after a stroke causes translation difficulties to arise making necessary a timely and coordinated control of the pathological changes. We propose here that, if we were able to plagiarize such natural hypoxia tolerance through drugs combined in a pharmacological cocktail it would open new therapeutic opportunities for stroke and likely, for other hypoxic conditions.
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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]
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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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Myrka A, Buck L. Cytoskeletal Arrest: An Anoxia Tolerance Mechanism. Metabolites 2021; 11:metabo11080561. [PMID: 34436502 PMCID: PMC8401981 DOI: 10.3390/metabo11080561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Polymerization of actin filaments and microtubules constitutes a ubiquitous demand for cellular adenosine-5′-triphosphate (ATP) and guanosine-5′-triphosphate (GTP). In anoxia-tolerant animals, ATP consumption is minimized during overwintering conditions, but little is known about the role of cell structure in anoxia tolerance. Studies of overwintering mammals have revealed that microtubule stability in neurites is reduced at low temperature, resulting in withdrawal of neurites and reduced abundance of excitatory synapses. Literature for turtles is consistent with a similar downregulation of peripheral cytoskeletal activity in brain and liver during anoxic overwintering. Downregulation of actin dynamics, as well as modification to microtubule organization, may play vital roles in facilitating anoxia tolerance. Mitochondrial calcium release occurs during anoxia in turtle neurons, and subsequent activation of calcium-binding proteins likely regulates cytoskeletal stability. Production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation can lead to catastrophic cytoskeletal damage during overwintering and ROS production can be regulated by the dynamics of mitochondrial interconnectivity. Therefore, suppression of ROS formation is likely an important aspect of cytoskeletal arrest. Furthermore, gasotransmitters can regulate ROS levels, as well as cytoskeletal contractility and rearrangement. In this review we will explore the energetic costs of cytoskeletal activity, the cellular mechanisms regulating it, and the potential for cytoskeletal arrest being an important mechanism permitting long-term anoxia survival in anoxia-tolerant species, such as the western painted turtle and goldfish.
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- Alexander Myrka
- 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
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-416-978-3506
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Pillai V, Buck L, Lari E. Scavenging of reactive oxygen species mimics the anoxic response in goldfish pyramidal neurons. J Exp Biol 2021; 224:268949. [PMID: 34047778 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.238147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Goldfish are one of a few species able to avoid cellular damage during month-long periods in severely hypoxic environments. By suppressing action potentials in excitatory glutamatergic neurons, the goldfish brain decreases its overall energy expenditure. Coincident with reductions in O2 availability is a natural decrease in cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, which has been proposed to function as part of a low-oxygen signal transduction pathway. Using live-tissue fluorescence microscopy, we found that ROS production decreased by 10% with the onset of anoxia in goldfish telencephalic brain slices. Employing whole-cell patch-clamp recording, we found that, similar to severe hypoxia, the ROS scavengers N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) and MitoTEMPO, added during normoxic periods, depolarized membrane potential (severe hypoxia -73.6 to -61.4 mV, NAC -76.6 to -66.2 mV and MitoTEMPO -71.5 mV to -62.5 mV) and increased whole-cell conductance (severe hypoxia 5.7 nS to 8.0 nS, NAC 6.0 nS to 7.5 nS and MitoTEMPO 6.0 nS to 7.6 nS). Also, in a subset of active pyramidal neurons, these treatments reduced action potential firing frequency (severe hypoxia 0.18 Hz to 0.03 Hz, NAC 0.27 Hz to 0.06 Hz and MitoTEMPO 0.35 Hz to 0.08 Hz). Neither severe hypoxia nor ROS scavenging impacted action potential threshold. The addition of exogenous hydrogen peroxide could reverse the effects of the antioxidants. Taken together, this supports a role for a reduction in [ROS] as a low-oxygen signal in goldfish brain.
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- Varshinie Pillai
- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, M3A 3A7
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, M3A 3A7
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, M3A 3A7
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Metabolomics improves the histopathological diagnosis of asphyxial deaths: an animal proof-of-concept model. Sci Rep 2021; 11:10102. [PMID: 33980966 PMCID: PMC8115104 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89570-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The diagnosis of mechanical asphyxia remains one of the most difficult issues in forensic pathology. Asphyxia ultimately results in cardiac arrest (CA) and, as there are no specific markers, the differential diagnosis of primitive CA and CA secondary to asphyxiation relies on circumstantial details and on the pathologist experience, lacking objective evidence. Histological examination is currently considered the gold standard for CA post-mortem diagnosis. Here we present the comparative results of histopathology versus those previously obtained by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolomics in a swine model, originally designed for clinical purposes, exposed to two different CA causes, namely ventricular fibrillation and asphyxia. While heart and brain microscopical analysis could identify the damage induced by CA without providing any additional information on the CA cause, metabolomics allowed the identification of clearly different profiles between the two groups and showed major differences between asphyxiated animals with good and poor outcomes. Minute-by-minute plasma sampling allowed to associate these modifications to the pre-arrest asphyxial phase showing a clear correlation to the cellular effect of mechanical asphyxia reproduced in the experiment. The results suggest that metabolomics provides additional evidence beyond that obtained by histology and immunohistochemistry in the differential diagnosis of CA.
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Cheng H, Munro D, Huynh K, Pamenter ME. Naked mole-rat skeletal muscle mitochondria exhibit minimal functional plasticity in acute or chronic hypoxia. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2021; 255:110596. [PMID: 33757832 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2021.110596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Oxidative phosphorylation is compromised in hypoxia, but many organisms live and exercise in low oxygen environments. Hypoxia-driven adaptations at the mitochondrial level are common and may enhance energetic efficiency or minimize deleterious reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. Mitochondria from various hypoxia-tolerant animals exhibit robust functional changes following in vivo hypoxia and we hypothesized that similar plasticity would occur in naked mole-rat skeletal muscle. To test this, we exposed adult subordinate naked mole-rats to normoxia (21% O2) or acute (4 h, 7% O2) or chronic hypoxia (4-6 weeks, 11% O2) and then isolated skeletal muscle mitochondria. Using high-resolution respirometry and a fluorescent indicator of ROS production, we then probed for changes in: i) lipid- (palmitoylcarnitine-malate), ii) carbohydrate- (pyruvate-malate), and iii) succinate-fueled metabolism, and also iv) complex IV electron transfer capacity, and v) H2O2 production. Compared to normoxic values, a) lipid-fueled uncoupled respiration was reduced ~15% during acute and chronic hypoxia, b) complex I-II capacity and the rate of ROS efflux were both unaffected, and c) complex II and IV uncoupled respiration were supressed ~16% following acute hypoxia. Notably, complex II-linked H2O2 efflux was 33% lower after acute hypoxia, which may reduce deleterious ROS bursts during reoxygenation. These mild changes in lipid- and carbohydrate-fueled respiratory capacity may reflect the need for this animal to exercise regularly in highly variable and intermittently hypoxic environments in which more robust plasticity may be energetically expensive.
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- Hang Cheng
- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
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Little AG, Pamenter ME, Sitaraman D, Templeman NM, Willmore WG, Hedrick MS, Moyes CD. WITHDRAWN: Utilizing comparative models in biomedical research. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2021; 256:110938. [PMID: 33737041 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.110938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The Publisher regrets that this article is an accidental duplication of an article that has already been published in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Volume 255, 2021, 110593, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2021.110593. The duplicate article has therefore been withdrawn.
The full Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal can be found at https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal.
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- Department of Psychology, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA, USA.
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Little AG, Pamenter ME, Sitaraman D, Templeman NM, Willmore WG, Hedrick MS, Moyes CD. Utilizing comparative models in biomedical research. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2021; 255:110593. [PMID: 33779562 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2021.110593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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This review serves as an introduction to a Special Issue of Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, focused on using non-human models to study biomedical physiology. The concept of a model differs across disciplines. For example, several models are used primarily to gain an understanding of specific human pathologies and disease states, whereas other models may be focused on gaining insight into developmental or evolutionary mechanisms. It is often the case that animals initially used to gain knowledge of some unique biochemical or physiological process finds foothold in the biomedical community and becomes an established model. The choice of a particular model for biomedical research is an ongoing process and model validation must keep pace with existing and emerging technologies. While the importance of non-mammalian models, such as Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster, Danio rerio and Xenopus laevis, is well known, we also seek to bring attention to emerging alternative models of both invertebrates and vertebrates, which are less established but of interest to the comparative biochemistry and physiology community.
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- Department of Psychology, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA, USA
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Lin J, Fan L, Han Y, Guo J, Hao Z, Cao L, Kang J, Wang X, He J, Li J. The mTORC1/eIF4E/HIF-1α Pathway Mediates Glycolysis to Support Brain Hypoxia Resistance in the Gansu Zokor, Eospalax cansus. Front Physiol 2021; 12:626240. [PMID: 33708138 PMCID: PMC7940537 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.626240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The Gansu zokor (Eospalax cansus) is a subterranean rodent species that is unique to China. These creatures inhabit underground burrows with a hypoxia environment. Metabolic energy patterns in subterranean rodents have become a recent focus of research; however, little is known about brain energy metabolism under conditions of hypoxia in this species. The mammalian (mechanistic) target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) coordinates eukaryotic cell growth and metabolism, and its downstream targets regulate hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) under conditions of hypoxia to induce glycolysis. In this study, we compared the metabolic characteristics of hypoxia-tolerant subterranean Gansu zokors under hypoxic conditions with those of hypoxia-intolerant Sprague-Dawley rats with a similar-sized surface area. We exposed Gansu zokors and rats to hypoxia I (44 h at 10.5% O2) or hypoxia II (6 h at 6.5% O2) and then measured the transcriptional levels of mTORC1 downstream targets, the transcriptional and translational levels of glycolysis-related genes, glucose and fructose levels in plasma and brain, and the activity of key glycolysis-associated enzymes. Under hypoxia, we found that hif-1α transcription was upregulated via the mTORC1/eIF4E pathway to drive glycolysis. Furthermore, Gansu zokor brain exhibited enhanced fructose-driven glycolysis under hypoxia through increased expression of the GLUT5 fructose transporter and ketohexokinase (KHK), in addition to increased KHK enzymatic activity, and utilization of fructose; these changes did not occur in rat. However, glucose-driven glycolysis was enhanced in both Gansu zokor and rat under hypoxia II of 6.5% O2 for 6 h. Overall, our results indicate that on the basis of glucose as the main metabolic substrate, fructose is used to accelerate the supply of energy in Gansu zokor, which mirrors the metabolic responses to hypoxia in this species.
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- Jinyan Lin
- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest China, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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Sokolova I. Bioenergetics in environmental adaptation and stress tolerance of aquatic ectotherms: linking physiology and ecology in a multi-stressor landscape. J Exp Biol 2021; 224:224/Suppl_1/jeb236802. [PMID: 33627464 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.236802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Energy metabolism (encompassing energy assimilation, conversion and utilization) plays a central role in all life processes and serves as a link between the organismal physiology, behavior and ecology. Metabolic rates define the physiological and life-history performance of an organism, have direct implications for Darwinian fitness, and affect ecologically relevant traits such as the trophic relationships, productivity and ecosystem engineering functions. Natural environmental variability and anthropogenic changes expose aquatic ectotherms to multiple stressors that can strongly affect their energy metabolism and thereby modify the energy fluxes within an organism and in the ecosystem. This Review focuses on the role of bioenergetic disturbances and metabolic adjustments in responses to multiple stressors (especially the general cellular stress response), provides examples of the effects of multiple stressors on energy intake, assimilation, conversion and expenditure, and discusses the conceptual and quantitative approaches to identify and mechanistically explain the energy trade-offs in multiple stressor scenarios, and link the cellular and organismal bioenergetics with fitness, productivity and/or ecological functions of aquatic ectotherms.
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- Inna Sokolova
- Marine Biology Department, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany .,Department of Maritime Systems, Interdisciplinary Faculty, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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Adams S, Zubov T, Bueschke N, Santin JM. Neuromodulation or energy failure? Metabolic limitations silence network output in the hypoxic amphibian brainstem. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2021; 320:R105-R116. [PMID: 33175586 PMCID: PMC7948128 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00209.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hypoxia tolerance in the vertebrate brain often involves chemical modulators that arrest neuronal activity to conserve energy. However, in intact networks, it can be difficult to determine whether hypoxia triggers modulators to stop activity in a protective manner or whether activity stops because rates of ATP synthesis are insufficient to support network function. Here, we assessed the extent to which neuromodulation or metabolic limitations arrest activity in the respiratory network of bullfrogs-a circuit that survives moderate periods of oxygen deprivation, presumably, by activating an inhibitory noradrenergic pathway. We confirmed that hypoxia and norepinephrine (NE) reduce network output, consistent with the view that hypoxia may cause the release of NE to inhibit activity. However, these responses differed qualitatively; hypoxia, but not NE, elicited a large motor burst and silenced the network. The stereotyped response to hypoxia persisted in the presence of both NE and an adrenergic receptor blocker that eliminates sensitivity to NE, indicating that noradrenergic signaling does not cause the arrest. Pharmacological inhibition of glycolysis and mitochondrial respiration recapitulated all features of hypoxia on network activity, implying that reduced ATP synthesis underlies the effects of hypoxia. Finally, activating modulatory mechanisms that dampen neuronal excitability when ATP levels fall, KATP channels and AMP-dependent protein kinase, did not resemble the hypoxic response. These results suggest that energy failure-rather than inhibitory modulation-silences the respiratory network during hypoxia and emphasize the need to account for metabolic limitations before concluding that modulators arrest activity as an adaptation for energy conservation in the nervous system.
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- Sasha Adams
- Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina
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- Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina
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- Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina
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- Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina
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Hossein-Javaheri N, Buck LT. GABA receptor inhibition and severe hypoxia induce a paroxysmal depolarization shift in goldfish neurons. J Neurophysiol 2020; 125:321-330. [PMID: 33296606 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00149.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Mammalian neurons undergo rapid excitotoxic cell death when deprived of oxygen; however, the common goldfish (Carassius auratus) has the unique ability of surviving in oxygen-free waters, under anoxia. This organism utilizes γ-amino butyric acid (GABA) signaling to suppress excitatory glutamatergic activity during anoxic periods. Although GABAA receptor antagonists are not deleterious to the cellular survival, coinhibition of GABAA and GABAB receptors is detrimental by abolishing anoxia-induced neuroprotective mechanisms. Here we show that blocking the anoxic GABAergic neurotransmission induces seizure-like activity (SLA) analogous to a paroxysmal depolarization shift (PDS), with hyperpolarization of action potential (AP) threshold and elevation of threshold currents. The observed PDS was attributed to an increase in excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) that are normally attenuated with decreasing oxygen levels. Furthermore, for the first time, we show that in addition to PDS, some neurons undergo depolarization block and do not generate AP despite a suprathreshold membrane potential. In conclusion, our results indicate that with severe hypoxia and absence of GABA receptor activity, telencephalic neurons of C. auratus manifest a paroxysmal depolarization shift, a key feature of epileptic discharge.NEW & NOTEWORTHY This work shows that the combination of anoxia and inhibition of GABA receptors induces seizure-like activities in goldfish telencephalic pyramidal and stellate neurons. Importantly, to prevent seizure-like activity, an intact GABA-mediated inhibitory pathway is required.
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Petrushanko IY, Mitkevich VA, Makarov AA. Molecular Mechanisms of the Redox Regulation of the Na,K-ATPase. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350920050139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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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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Tang W, Xin X, O'Connor M, Zhang N, Lai B, Man HY, Xie Y, Wei Y. Transient sublethal hypoxia in neonatal rats causes reduced dendritic spines, aberrant synaptic plasticity, and impairments in memory. J Neurosci Res 2020; 98:1588-1604. [PMID: 32495348 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.24652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Hypoxic/ischemic insult, a leading cause of functional brain defects, has been extensively studied in both clinical and experimental animal research, including its etiology, neuropathogenesis, and pharmacological interventions. Transient sublethal hypoxia (TSH) is a common clinical occurrence in the perinatal period. However, its effect on early developing brains remains poorly understood. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of TSH on the dendrite and dendritic spine formation, neuronal and synaptic activity, and cognitive behavior of early postnatal Day 1 rat pups. While TSH showed no obvious effect on gross brain morphology, neuron cell density, or glial activation in the hippocampus, we found transient hypoxia did cause significant changes in neuronal structure and function. In brains exposed to TSH, hippocampal neurons developed shorter and thinner dendrites, with decreased dendritic spine density, and reduced strength in excitatory synaptic transmission. Moreover, TSH-treated rats showed impaired cognitive performance in spatial learning and memory. Our findings demonstrate that TSH in newborn rats can cause significant impairments in synaptic formation and function, and long-lasting brain functional deficits. Therefore, this study provides a useful animal model for the study of TSH on early developing brains and to explore potential pharmaceutical interventions for patients subjected to TSH insult.
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- Wenjie Tang
- Research Center for Translational Medicine & Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Research Center for Translational Medicine & Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Brain science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- National Clinic and Medicine Research Institute for Geriatric Diseases, Gannan Health Promotion and Translational Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital, Gannan University of Medical sciences, Ganzhou, China
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- Research Center for Translational Medicine & Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Logan SM, Szereszewski KE, Bennett NC, Hart DW, van Jaarsveld B, Pamenter ME, Storey KB. The brains of six African mole-rat species show divergent responses to hypoxia. J Exp Biol 2020; 223:jeb215905. [PMID: 32041803 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.215905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Mole-rats are champions of self-preservation, with increased longevity compared with other rodents their size, strong antioxidant capabilities and specialized defenses against endogenous oxidative stress. However, how the brains of these subterranean mammals handle acute in vivo hypoxia is poorly understood. This study is the first to examine the molecular response to low oxygen in six different species of hypoxia-tolerant mole-rats from sub-Saharan Africa. Protein carbonylation, a known marker of DNA damage (hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine), and antioxidant capacity did not change following hypoxia but HIF-1 protein levels increased significantly in the brains of two species. Nearly 30 miRNAs known to play roles in hypoxia tolerance were differentially regulated in a species-specific manner. The miRNAs exhibiting the strongest response to low oxygen stress inhibit apoptosis and regulate neuroinflammation, likely providing neuroprotection. A principal component analysis (PCA) using a subset of the molecular targets assessed herein revealed differences between control and hypoxic groups for two solitary species (Georychus capensis and Bathyergus suillus), which are ecologically adapted to a normoxic environment, suggesting a heightened sensitivity to hypoxia relative to species that may experience hypoxia more regularly in nature. By contrast, all molecular data were included in the PCA to detect a difference between control and hypoxic populations of eusocial Heterocephalus glaber, indicating they may require many lower-fold changes in signaling pathways to adapt to low oxygen settings. Finally, none of the Cryptomys hottentotus subspecies showed a statistical difference between control and hypoxic groups, presumably due to hypoxia tolerance derived from environmental pressures associated with a subterranean and social lifestyle.
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- Samantha M Logan
- Institute of Biochemistry and Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1S 5B6
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1S 5B6
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- Mammal Research Institute and Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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- Mammal Research Institute and Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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- Mammal Research Institute and Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1N 6N5
- Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1H 8M5
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1S 5B6
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Bundgaard A, Ruhr IM, Fago A, Galli GL. Metabolic adaptations to anoxia and reoxygenation: New lessons from freshwater turtles and crucian carp. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.coemr.2020.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Effects of hypoxia and reoxygenation on intermediary metabolite homeostasis of marine bivalves Mytilus edulis and Crassostrea gigas. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2020; 242:110657. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.110657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Sokolova IM, Sokolov EP, Haider F. Mitochondrial Mechanisms Underlying Tolerance to Fluctuating Oxygen Conditions: Lessons from Hypoxia-Tolerant Organisms. Integr Comp Biol 2020; 59:938-952. [PMID: 31120535 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icz047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Oxygen (O2) is essential for most metazoan life due to its central role in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), which generates >90% of the cellular adenosine triphosphate. O2 fluctuations are an ultimate mitochondrial stressor resulting in mitochondrial damage, energy deficiency, and cell death. This work provides an overview of the known and putative mechanisms involved in mitochondrial tolerance to fluctuating O2 conditions in hypoxia-tolerant organisms including aquatic and terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates. Mechanisms of regulation of the mitochondrial OXPHOS and electron transport system (ETS) (including alternative oxidases), sulphide tolerance, regulation of redox status and mitochondrial quality control, and the potential role of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) in mitochondrial tolerance to hypoxia are discussed. Mitochondrial phenotypes of distantly related animal species reveal common features including conservation and/or anticipatory upregulation of ETS capacity, suppression of reactive oxygen species (ROS)-producing electron flux through ubiquinone, reversible suppression of OXPHOS activity, and investment into the mitochondrial quality control mechanisms. Despite the putative importance of oxidative stress in adaptations to hypoxia, establishing the link between hypoxia tolerance and mitochondrial redox mechanisms is complicated by the difficulties of establishing the species-specific concentration thresholds above which the damaging effects of ROS outweigh their potentially adaptive signaling function. The key gaps in our knowledge about the potential mechanisms of mitochondrial tolerance to hypoxia include regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis and fusion/fission dynamics, and HIF-dependent metabolic regulation that require further investigation in hypoxia-tolerant species. Future physiological, molecular and genetic studies of mitochondrial responses to hypoxia, and reoxygenation in phylogenetically diverse hypoxia-tolerant species could reveal novel solutions to the ubiquitous and metabolically severe problem of O2 deficiency and would have important implications for understanding the evolution of hypoxia tolerance and the potential mitigation of pathological states caused by O2 fluctuations.
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- Inna M Sokolova
- Department of Marine Biology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.,Department of Maritime Systems, Interdisciplinary Faculty, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Leibniz ScienceCampus Phosphorus Research Rostock, Warnemünde, Germany
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- Department of Marine Biology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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Pamenter ME, Uysal-Onganer P, Huynh KW, Kraev I, Lange S. Post-Translational Deimination of Immunological and Metabolic Protein Markers in Plasma and Extracellular Vesicles of Naked Mole-Rat ( Heterocephalus glaber). Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E5378. [PMID: 31671738 PMCID: PMC6862702 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20215378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Naked mole-rats are long-lived animals that show unusual resistance to hypoxia, cancer and ageing. Protein deimination is an irreversible post-translational modification caused by the peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) family of enzymes, which convert arginine into citrulline in target proteins. Protein deimination can cause structural and functional protein changes, facilitating protein moonlighting, but also leading to neo-epitope generation and effects on gene regulation. Furthermore, PADs have been found to regulate cellular release of extracellular vesicles (EVs), which are lipid-vesicles released from cells as part of cellular communication. EVs carry protein and genetic cargo and are indicative biomarkers that can be isolated from most body fluids. This study was aimed at profiling deiminated proteins in plasma and EVs of naked mole-rat. Key immune and metabolic proteins were identified to be post-translationally deiminated, with 65 proteins specific for plasma, while 42 proteins were identified to be deiminated in EVs only. Using protein-protein interaction network analysis, deiminated plasma proteins were found to belong to KEEG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) pathways of immunity, infection, cholesterol and drug metabolism, while deiminated proteins in EVs were also linked to KEEG pathways of HIF-1 signalling and glycolysis. The mole-rat EV profiles showed a poly-dispersed population of 50-300 nm, similar to observations of human plasma. Furthermore, the EVs were assessed for three key microRNAs involved in cancer, inflammation and hypoxia. The identification of post-translational deimination of critical immunological and metabolic markers contributes to the current understanding of protein moonlighting functions, via post-translational changes, in the longevity and cancer resistance of naked mole-rats.
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- Matthew E Pamenter
- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada.
- Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada.
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- Cancer Research Group, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Westminster, London W1W 6 UW, UK.
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada.
- Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada.
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- Electron Microscopy Suite, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK.
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- Tissue Architecture and Regeneration Research Group, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Westminster, London W1W 6 UW, UK.
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Vandewint AL, Zhu-Pawlowsky AJ, Kirby A, Tattersall GJ, Pamenter ME. Evaporative cooling and vasodilation mediate thermoregulation in naked mole-rats during normoxia but not hypoxia. J Therm Biol 2019; 84:228-235. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2019.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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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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Nalivaeva NN, Turner AJ, Zhuravin IA. Role of Prenatal Hypoxia in Brain Development, Cognitive Functions, and Neurodegeneration. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:825. [PMID: 30510498 PMCID: PMC6254649 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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This review focuses on the role of prenatal hypoxia in the development of brain functions in the postnatal period and subsequent increased risk of neurodegenerative disorders in later life. Accumulating evidence suggests that prenatal hypoxia in critical periods of brain formation results in significant changes in development of cognitive functions at various stages of postnatal life which correlate with morphological changes in brain structures involved in learning and memory. Prenatal hypoxia also leads to a decrease in brain adaptive potential and plasticity due to the disturbance in the process of formation of new contacts between cells and propagation of neuronal stimuli, especially in the cortex and hippocampus. On the other hand, prenatal hypoxia has a significant impact on expression and processing of a variety of genes involved in normal brain function and their epigenetic regulation. This results in changes in the patterns of mRNA and protein expression and their post-translational modifications, including protein misfolding and clearance. Among proteins affected by prenatal hypoxia are a key enzyme of the cholinergic system-acetylcholinesterase, and the amyloid precursor protein (APP), both of which have important roles in brain function. Disruption of their expression and metabolism caused by prenatal hypoxia can also result, apart from early cognitive dysfunctions, in development of neurodegeneration in later life. Another group of enzymes affected by prenatal hypoxia are peptidases involved in catabolism of neuropeptides, including amyloid-β peptide (Aβ). The decrease in the activity of neprilysin and other amyloid-degrading enzymes observed after prenatal hypoxia could result over the years in an Aβ clearance deficit and accumulation of its toxic species which cause neuronal cell death and development of neurodegeneration. Applying various approaches to restore expression of neuronal genes disrupted by prenatal hypoxia during postnatal development opens an avenue for therapeutic compensation of cognitive dysfunctions and prevention of Aβ accumulation in the aging brain and the model of prenatal hypoxia in rodents can be used as a reliable tool for assessment of their efficacy.
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- Natalia N. Nalivaeva
- I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Faculty of Biological Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Biological Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Research Centre, Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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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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Pamenter ME, Dzal YA, Thompson WA, Milsom WK. Do naked mole rats accumulate a metabolic acidosis or an oxygen debt in severe hypoxia? J Exp Biol 2018; 222:jeb.191197. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.191197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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In severe hypoxia, most vertebrates increase anaerobic energy production, which results in the development of a metabolic acidosis and an O2 debt that must be repaid during reoxygenation. Naked mole rats (NMRs) are among the most hypoxia-tolerant mammals, capable of drastically reducing their metabolic rate in acute hypoxia; while staying active and alert. We hypothesized that a key component of remaining active is an increased reliance on anaerobic metabolism during severe hypoxia. To test this hypothesis, we exposed NMRs to progressive reductions in inspired O2 (9 to 3% O2) followed by reoxygenation (21% O2) and measured breathing frequency, heart rate, behavioural activity, body temperature, metabolic rate, and also metabolic substrates and pH in blood and tissues. We found that NMRs exhibit robust metabolic rate depression in acute hypoxia, accompanied by declines in all physiological and behavioural variables examined. However, blood and tissue pH were unchanged and tissue [ATP] and [phosphocreatine] were maintained. Naked mole rats increased their reliance on carbohydrates in hypoxia, and glucose was mobilized from the liver to the blood. Upon reoxygenation NMRs entered into a coma-like state for∼15-20 mins during which metabolic rate was negligible and body temperature remained suppressed. However, an imbalance in the rates at which V̇O2 and V̇CO2 returned to normoxic levels during reoxygenation hint at the possibility that NMRs do utilize anaerobic metabolism during hypoxia but have a tissue and/or blood buffering capacity that mask typical markers of metabolic acidosis, and prioritize the synthesis of glucose from lactate during recovery.
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- Matthew E. Pamenter
- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Biology and Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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