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Burr SP, Klimm F, Glynos A, Prater M, Sendon P, Nash P, Powell CA, Simard ML, Bonekamp NA, Charl J, Diaz H, Bozhilova LV, Nie Y, Zhang H, Frison M, Falkenberg M, Jones N, Minczuk M, Stewart JB, Chinnery PF. Cell lineage-specific mitochondrial resilience during mammalian organogenesis. Cell 2023; 186:1212-1229.e21. [PMID: 36827974 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.01.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Revised: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Mitochondrial activity differs markedly between organs, but it is not known how and when this arises. Here we show that cell lineage-specific expression profiles involving essential mitochondrial genes emerge at an early stage in mouse development, including tissue-specific isoforms present before organ formation. However, the nuclear transcriptional signatures were not independent of organelle function. Genetically disrupting intra-mitochondrial protein synthesis with two different mtDNA mutations induced cell lineage-specific compensatory responses, including molecular pathways not previously implicated in organellar maintenance. We saw downregulation of genes whose expression is known to exacerbate the effects of exogenous mitochondrial toxins, indicating a transcriptional adaptation to mitochondrial dysfunction during embryonic development. The compensatory pathways were both tissue and mutation specific and under the control of transcription factors which promote organelle resilience. These are likely to contribute to the tissue specificity which characterizes human mitochondrial diseases and are potential targets for organ-directed treatments.
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- Stephen P Burr
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK; Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK; Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK; Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London, UK; EPSRC Centre for Mathematics of Precision Healthcare, Imperial College, London, UK; Department of Computational Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestraße 63-73, D-14195 Berlin, Germany; Department of Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 3, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK; Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK; Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany
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- Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany; Department of Neuroanatomy, Mannheim Centre for Translational Neuroscience (MCTN), Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Otto-Fischer-Strasse 12-14, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, PO Box 440, Gothenburg 405 30, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK; Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK; Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK; Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK; Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, PO Box 440, Gothenburg 405 30, Sweden
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- Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany; Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK; Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
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Long J, Xia Y, Qiu H, Xie X, Yan Y. Respiratory substrate preferences in mitochondria isolated from different tissues of three fish species. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2022; 48:1555-1567. [PMID: 36472706 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-022-01137-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Energy requirements of tissues vary greatly and exhibit different mitochondrial respiratory activities with variable participation of both substrates and oxidative phosphorylation. The present study aimed to (1) compare the substrate preferences of mitochondria from different tissues and fish species with different ecological characteristics, (2) identify an appropriate substrate for comparing metabolism by mitochondria from different tissues and species, and (3) explore the relationship between mitochondrial metabolism mechanisms and ecological energetic strategies. Respiration rates and cytochrome c oxidase (CCO) activities of mitochondria isolated from heart, brain, kidney, and other tissues from Silurus meridionalis, Carassius auratus, and Megalobrama amblycephala were measured using succinate (complex II-linked substrate), pyruvate (complex I-linked), glutamate (complex I-linked), or combinations. Mitochondria from all tissues and species exhibited substrate preferences. Mitochondria exhibited greater coupling efficiencies and lower leakage rates using either complex I-linked substrates, whereas an opposite trend was observed for succinate (complex II-linked). Furthermore, maximum mitochondrial respiration rates were higher with the substrate combinations than with individual substrates; therefore, state III respiration rates measured with substrate combinations could be effective indicators of maximum mitochondrial metabolic capacity. Regardless of fish species, both state III respiration rates and CCO activities were the highest in heart mitochondria, followed by red muscle mitochondria. However, differences in substrate preferences were not associated with species feeding habit. The maximum respiration rates of heart mitochondria with substrate combinations could indicate differences in locomotor performances, with higher metabolic rates being associated with greater capacity for sustained swimming.
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- Jing Long
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China.
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Brinker AE, Vivian CJ, Beadnell TC, Koestler DC, Teoh ST, Lunt SY, Welch DR. Mitochondrial Haplotype of the Host Stromal Microenvironment Alters Metastasis in a Non-cell Autonomous Manner. Cancer Res 2020; 80:1118-1129. [PMID: 31848195 PMCID: PMC7056497 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-19-2481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Mitochondria contribute to tumor growth through multiple metabolic pathways, regulation of extracellular pH, calcium signaling, and apoptosis. Using the Mitochondrial Nuclear Exchange (MNX) mouse models, which pair nuclear genomes with different mitochondrial genomes, we previously showed that mitochondrial SNPs regulate mammary carcinoma tumorigenicity and metastatic potential in genetic crosses. Here, we tested the hypothesis that polymorphisms in stroma significantly affect tumorigenicity and experimental lung metastasis. Using syngeneic cancer cells (EO771 mammary carcinoma and B16-F10 melanoma cells) injected into wild-type and MNX mice (i.e., same nuclear DNA but different mitochondrial DNA), we showed mt-SNP-dependent increases (C3H/HeN) or decreases (C57BL/6J) in experimental metastasis. Superoxide scavenging reduced experimental metastasis. In addition, expression of lung nuclear-encoded genes changed specifically with mt-SNP. Thus, mitochondrial-nuclear cross-talk alters nuclear-encoded signaling pathways that mediate metastasis via both intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms. SIGNIFICANCE: Stromal mitochondrial polymorphisms affect metastatic colonization through reactive oxygen species and mitochondrial-nuclear cross-talk.
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- Amanda E Brinker
- Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
- The University Kansas Cancer Center, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
- Heartland Center for Mitochondrial Medicine
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- Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
- Heartland Center for Mitochondrial Medicine
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- Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
- The University Kansas Cancer Center, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
- Heartland Center for Mitochondrial Medicine
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- The University Kansas Cancer Center, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
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- Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
- The University Kansas Cancer Center, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
- Heartland Center for Mitochondrial Medicine
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Li X, Wang T, Yin S, Zhang G, Cao Q, Wen X, Zhang H, Wang D, Zhu W. The improved energy metabolism and blood oxygen-carrying capacity for pufferfish, Takifugu fasciatus, against acute hypoxia under the regulation of oxygen sensors. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2019; 45:323-340. [PMID: 30225749 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-018-0565-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Hypoxia frequently occurs in aquatic ecosystem, which is influenced by salinity, water temperature, weather, and surface water runoff. In order to shed further light on the evolutionary and adaptive mechanisms in fish under hypoxic condition, the impact of acute hypoxia (1.63 ± 0.2 mg/L) and reoxygenation (7.0 ± 0.3 mg/L) on oxygen sensors, energy metabolism, and hematological indices was evaluated in Takifugu fasciatus. Data from transcriptional level analysis show that the expressions of genes related to oxygen sensors (HIF-1α, PHD2, and VHL) were upregulated in the brain and liver under hypoxia and recovered under reoxygenation. The upregulation of GLUT2, VEGF-A, and EPO in conjugation with VEGF-A protein and hematological indices conferred the rapid adjustments of cellular glucose uptake and blood oxygen-carrying capacities in pufferfish. Higher levels of glycolysis-related mRNAs (HK, PGK1, and PGAM2), HK activity, and proteins (PGK1 and PGAM2) were detected in the brain and liver under hypoxic condition compared with control. Interestingly, the expression of MDH1 at the mRNA, enzyme activity, and protein levels was significantly increased in the brain at 0 or 2 h and in the liver at 8 h under hypoxic condition. In addition, although the enzyme activity and mRNA expression of LDH in the brain were not significantly changed, a persistent upregulation was observed in the liver during hypoxia exposure. This study demonstrated that pufferfish could counterpoise the energetic demands and hematological functional properties evoked by oxygen sensors after hypoxia. Our findings provided new insights into the molecular regulatory mechanism of hypoxia in pufferfish.
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- Xinru Li
- College of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology of Jiangsu Province, Lianyungang, 222005, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China.
- Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology of Jiangsu Province, Lianyungang, 222005, Jiangsu, China.
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- College of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China.
- Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology of Jiangsu Province, Lianyungang, 222005, Jiangsu, China.
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- College of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology of Jiangsu Province, Lianyungang, 222005, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology of Jiangsu Province, Lianyungang, 222005, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology of Jiangsu Province, Lianyungang, 222005, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology of Jiangsu Province, Lianyungang, 222005, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology of Jiangsu Province, Lianyungang, 222005, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology of Jiangsu Province, Lianyungang, 222005, Jiangsu, China
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de Goede P, Wefers J, Brombacher EC, Schrauwen P, Kalsbeek A. Circadian rhythms in mitochondrial respiration. J Mol Endocrinol 2018; 60:R115-R130. [PMID: 29378772 PMCID: PMC5854864 DOI: 10.1530/jme-17-0196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Many physiological processes are regulated with a 24-h periodicity to anticipate the environmental changes of daytime to nighttime and vice versa. These 24-h regulations, commonly termed circadian rhythms, among others control the sleep-wake cycle, locomotor activity and preparation for food availability during the active phase (daytime for humans and nighttime for nocturnal animals). Disturbing circadian rhythms at the organ or whole-body level by social jetlag or shift work, increases the risk to develop chronic metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus. The molecular basis of this risk is a topic of increasing interest. Mitochondria are essential organelles that produce the majority of energy in eukaryotes by converting lipids and carbohydrates into ATP through oxidative phosphorylation. To adapt to the ever-changing environment, mitochondria are highly dynamic in form and function and a loss of this flexibility is linked to metabolic diseases. Interestingly, recent studies have indicated that changes in mitochondrial morphology (i.e., fusion and fission) as well as generation of new mitochondria are dependent on a viable circadian clock. In addition, fission and fusion processes display diurnal changes that are aligned to the light/darkness cycle. Besides morphological changes, mitochondrial respiration also displays diurnal changes. Disturbing the molecular clock in animal models leads to abrogated mitochondrial rhythmicity and altered respiration. Moreover, mitochondrial-dependent production of reactive oxygen species, which plays a role in cellular signaling, has also been linked to the circadian clock. In this review, we will summarize recent advances in the study of circadian rhythms of mitochondria and how this is linked to the molecular circadian clock.
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- Paul de Goede
- Department of Clinical ChemistryLaboratory of Endocrinology, Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Biology and Human Movement SciencesMaastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Endocrinology and MetabolismAcademic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Biology and Human Movement SciencesMaastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical ChemistryLaboratory of Endocrinology, Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Endocrinology and MetabolismAcademic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Hypothalamic Integration Mechanisms GroupNetherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Debes PV, Visse M, Panda B, Ilmonen P, Vasemägi A. Is telomere length a molecular marker of past thermal stress in wild fish? Mol Ecol 2016; 25:5412-5424. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Revised: 08/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Paul V. Debes
- Department of Biology University of Turku Natura building Turku 20014 Finland
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- Department of Zoology University of Tartu 46 Vanemuise Str Tartu 51014 Estonia
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- Department of Biology University of Turku Natura building Turku 20014 Finland
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- Department of Biology University of Turku Natura building Turku 20014 Finland
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- Department of Biology University of Turku Natura building Turku 20014 Finland
- Department of Aquaculture Estonian University of Life Sciences Kreutzwaldi 48 Tartu 51014 Estonia
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Baris TZ, Blier PU, Pichaud N, Crawford DL, Oleksiak MF. Gene by environmental interactions affecting oxidative phosphorylation and thermal sensitivity. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2016; 311:R157-65. [PMID: 27225945 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00008.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) pathway is responsible for most aerobic ATP production and is the only metabolic pathway with proteins encoded by both nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. In studies examining mitonuclear interactions among distant populations within a species or across species, the interactions between these two genomes can affect metabolism, growth, and fitness, depending on the environment. However, there is little data on whether these interactions impact natural populations within a single species. In an admixed Fundulus heteroclitus population with northern and southern mitochondrial haplotypes, there are significant differences in allele frequencies associated with mitochondrial haplotype. In this study, we investigate how mitochondrial haplotype and any associated nuclear differences affect six OxPhos parameters within a population. The data demonstrate significant OxPhos functional differences between the two mitochondrial genotypes. These differences are most apparent when individuals are acclimated to high temperatures with the southern mitochondrial genotype having a large acute response and the northern mitochondrial genotype having little, if any acute response. Furthermore, acute temperature effects and the relative contribution of Complex I and II depend on acclimation temperature: when individuals are acclimated to 12°C, the relative contribution of Complex I increases with higher acute temperatures, whereas at 28°C acclimation, the relative contribution of Complex I is unaffected by acute temperature change. These data demonstrate a complex gene by environmental interaction affecting the OxPhos pathway.
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- Tara Z Baris
- Marine Biology and Ecology, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Department de Biologie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada; and
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- Department de Biologie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada; and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Marine Biology and Ecology, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida;
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- Marine Biology and Ecology, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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Functional characterization of the oxidative capacity of mitochondria and glycolytic assessment in benthic aquatic organisms. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2016; 48:249-57. [PMID: 26847717 DOI: 10.1007/s10863-016-9647-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/15/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The metabolism of benthic aquatic invertebrates, populating transitional water ecosystems, is influenced by both physiological and environmental factors, thus involving an adjustment of physiological processes which has a metabolic cost. In order to discover changes in metabolic pathways in response to specific factors, it's firstly necessary characterizing the principal cellular metabolic activities of the small benthic aquatic organisms. We approach here the bioenergetic state issue of two benthic organisms, i.e. Lekanesphaera monodi and Gammarus insensibilis, evidencing that no apparent and statistically significative differences between them in aerobic as well in glycolytic capacities are detected, except for COX activity.
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Liao K, Yan J, Mai K, Ai Q. Dietary lipid concentration affects liver mitochondrial DNA copy number, gene expression and DNA methylation in large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea). Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2015; 193:25-32. [PMID: 26692128 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2015.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2015] [Revised: 11/05/2015] [Accepted: 11/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In response to changes in energy demand and nutrient supply, the organism regulates mitochondrial metabolic status to coordinate ATP production. To survey mitochondrial metabolic adaptation in response to dietary lipid concentration, citrate synthase (EC 2.3.3.1, CS) activity, the expression of several mitochondrial transcription factors, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number, mitochondrial gene expression, mtDNA methylation, and oxidative stress parameters were analyzed in the liver of large yellow croaker fed one of three diets with a low (6%), moderate (12%, the control diet) or high (18%) crude lipid content for 70 d. MtDNA copy number was significantly increased in the low- and high-lipid groups compared to the control. The transcription of cytochrome c oxidase 1 (COX1), COX2, COX3, ATP synthase 6 (ATPase 6), 12S rRNA and 16S rRNA was also significantly increased in the low-lipid group compared with the control, while the transcription of these genes in the high-lipid group was unchanged. Moreover, D-loop (displacement loop) methylation in the high-lipid group was significantly higher than the control. The increase in mtDNA copy number and mitochondrial transcription might be a compensatory mechanism that matches ATP supply to demand under a low-lipid diet, while the increase of mtDNA copy number with unchanged mitochondrial transcription in the high-lipid group probably came from the increase of D-loop methylation.
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- Kai Liao
- Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Nutrition and Feed (Ministry of Agriculture) and the Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Education Ministry of China), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Nutrition and Feed (Ministry of Agriculture) and the Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Education Ministry of China), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Nutrition and Feed (Ministry of Agriculture) and the Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Education Ministry of China), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Nutrition and Feed (Ministry of Agriculture) and the Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Education Ministry of China), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China.
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Novak EA, Mollen KP. Mitochondrial dysfunction in inflammatory bowel disease. Front Cell Dev Biol 2015; 3:62. [PMID: 26484345 PMCID: PMC4589667 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2015.00062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) represents a group of idiopathic disorders characterized by chronic or recurring inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. While the exact etiology of disease is unknown, IBD is recognized to be a complex, multifactorial disease that results from an intricate interplay of genetic predisposition, an altered immune response, changes in the intestinal microbiota, and environmental factors. Together, these contribute to a destruction of the intestinal epithelial barrier, increased gut permeability, and an influx of immune cells. Given that most cellular functions as well as maintenance of the epithelial barrier is energy-dependent, it is logical to assume that mitochondrial dysfunction may play a key role in both the onset and recurrence of disease. Indeed several studies have demonstrated evidence of mitochondrial stress and alterations in mitochondrial function within the intestinal epithelium of patients with IBD and mice undergoing experimental colitis. Although the hallmarks of mitochondrial dysfunction, including oxidative stress and impaired ATP production are known to be evident in the intestines of patients with IBD, it is as yet unclear whether these processes occur as a cause of consequence of disease. We provide a current review of mitochondrial function in the setting of intestinal inflammation during IBD.
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- Elizabeth A Novak
- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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D'Erchia AM, Atlante A, Gadaleta G, Pavesi G, Chiara M, De Virgilio C, Manzari C, Mastropasqua F, Prazzoli GM, Picardi E, Gissi C, Horner D, Reyes A, Sbisà E, Tullo A, Pesole G. Tissue-specific mtDNA abundance from exome data and its correlation with mitochondrial transcription, mass and respiratory activity. Mitochondrion 2014; 20:13-21. [PMID: 25446395 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2014.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2014] [Revised: 09/23/2014] [Accepted: 10/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Eukaryotic cells contain a population of mitochondria, variable in number and shape, which in turn contain multiple copies of a tiny compact genome (mtDNA) whose expression and function is strictly coordinated with the nuclear one. mtDNA copy number varies between different cell or tissues types, both in response to overall metabolic and bioenergetics demands and as a consequence or cause of specific pathological conditions. Here we present a novel and reliable methodology to assess the effective mtDNA copy number per diploid genome by investigating off-target reads obtained by whole-exome sequencing (WES) experiments. We also investigate whether and how mtDNA copy number correlates with mitochondrial mass, respiratory activity and expression levels. Analyzing six different tissues from three age- and sex-matched human individuals, we found a highly significant linear correlation between mtDNA copy number estimated by qPCR and the frequency of mtDNA off target WES reads. Furthermore, mtDNA copy number showed highly significant correlation with mitochondrial gene expression levels as measured by RNA-Seq as well as with mitochondrial mass and respiratory activity. Our methodology makes thus feasible, at a large scale, the investigation of mtDNA copy number in diverse cell-types, tissues and pathological conditions or in response to specific treatments.
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- Anna Maria D'Erchia
- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Biotecnologie e Biofarmaceutica, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Orabona 4, Bari 70126, Italy
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- Istituto di Biomembrane e Bioenergetica, CNR, via Amendola 165/A, Bari 70126, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Biotecnologie e Biofarmaceutica, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Orabona 4, Bari 70126, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Biotecnologie e Biofarmaceutica, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Orabona 4, Bari 70126, Italy
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- Istituto di Biomembrane e Bioenergetica, CNR, via Amendola 165/A, Bari 70126, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Biotecnologie e Biofarmaceutica, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Orabona 4, Bari 70126, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Biotecnologie e Biofarmaceutica, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Orabona 4, Bari 70126, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Medical Research Council, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, United Kingdom
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- Istituto di Tecnologie Biomediche- Sede di Bari, CNR, Via Amendola 122/D, Bari 70126, Italy
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- Istituto di Tecnologie Biomediche- Sede di Bari, CNR, Via Amendola 122/D, Bari 70126, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Biotecnologie e Biofarmaceutica, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Orabona 4, Bari 70126, Italy; Istituto di Biomembrane e Bioenergetica, CNR, via Amendola 165/A, Bari 70126, Italy.
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Luo Y, Wang W, Zhang Y, Huang Q. Effect of body size on organ-specific mitochondrial respiration rate of the largemouth bronze gudgeon. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2013; 39:513-21. [PMID: 22995995 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-012-9716-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2012] [Accepted: 09/10/2012] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The effects of body size on the mitochondrial respiration rate were assessed in the heart, brain, gill, liver, and red muscle of largemouth bronze gudgeon, Coreius guichenoti, from the Yangtze River. Body mass had a significant influence on the state 3 oxygen consumption rate of the mitochondria from the heart, gill, and red muscle. The relationships between body mass (M, g) and state 3 oxygen consumption rate (V(state 3), nmol O min(-1) mg(-1)) of the mitochondria were represented by the following: V(state 3) = 3.56M(0.71) for heart, V(state 3) = 4.64M(0.50) for red muscle, and V(state 3) = 473.73M(-0.82) for gill. There was a significant difference in V(state 3), V(state 4), and respiratory control ratio among organs and all were highest in the heart. Our results suggest that the relationship between mitochondrial respiratory rate and body size varies among organs. The high mitochondrial respiratory rate in the heart of the largemouth gudgeon suggests that it has the highest oxidative capacity.
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- Yiping Luo
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
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Eya JC, Ashame MF, Pomeroy CF, Manning BB, Peterson BC. Genetic variation in feed consumption, growth, nutrient utilization efficiency and mitochondrial function within a farmed population of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2012; 163:211-20. [PMID: 22691874 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2012.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2012] [Revised: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 05/31/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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We evaluated the effects of diets (32/4 or 36/6 percent protein/fat) and six channel catfish families for growth performance characteristics. Two families with fast- (C) and slow- (D) growth rate and with low and high feed efficiency (FE) were selected for analyses of mitochondrial complex enzymatic activities (I, II, III, and IV) and gene expression (ND1, CYTB, COX1, COX2, ATP6) levels in liver, muscle, and intestine. There were significant differences in growth rate and nutrient retention among the families. Mitochondrial enzymatic complex activities (I-V) in the tissues were all lower in family C. Four of the five genes were down-regulated in the liver and up-regulated in the muscle for the fast growing family C. There were significant differences between diets for some mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme activities and gene expression levels. Significant diet×family interactions were observed for some enzyme activities and gene expression levels. Changes in mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme activities and gene expression levels provide insight into the cellular mechanisms of fish with differences in growth rate and feed efficiency. Results also suggest that genotype×diet interactions should be accounted for when considering strategies for using mitochondrial function as a criteria in channel catfish selection programs for improved growth performance characteristics.
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- Jonathan C Eya
- Department of Biology/Gus R. Douglass Institute, West Virginia State University Institute, 25112-1000, USA.
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Fernández-Vizarra E, Enríquez JA, Pérez-Martos A, Montoya J, Fernández-Silva P. Tissue-specific differences in mitochondrial activity and biogenesis. Mitochondrion 2010; 11:207-13. [PMID: 20933104 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2010.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2010] [Revised: 08/03/2010] [Accepted: 09/28/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Each cell type develops and maintains a specific oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) capacity to satisfy its metabolic and energetic demands. This implies that there are differences between tissues in mitochondrial number, function, protein composition and morphology. The OXPHOS system biogenesis requires the coordinated expression of both mitochondrial and nuclear genomes. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) expression can be regulated at different levels (replication, transcription, translation and post-translational levels) to contribute to the final observed OXPHOS activities. By analyzing five mammalian tissues, we evaluated the differences in the cellular amount of mtDNA and its correlation with the final observed mitochondrial activity.
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- Erika Fernández-Vizarra
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Celular, Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna, 12. 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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Orczewska JI, Hartleben G, O'Brien KM. The molecular basis of aerobic metabolic remodeling differs between oxidative muscle and liver of threespine sticklebacks in response to cold acclimation. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2010; 299:R352-64. [PMID: 20427717 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00189.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We sought to determine the molecular basis of elevations in aerobic metabolic capacity in the oxidative muscle and liver of Gasterosteus aculeatus in response to cold acclimation. Fishes were cold- or warm-acclimated for 9 wk and harvested on days 1, 2, and 3 and weeks 1, 4, and 9 of cold acclimation at 8 degrees C, and on day 1 and week 9 of warm acclimation at 20 degrees C. Mitochondrial volume density was quantified using transmission electron microscopy and stereological techniques in warm- and cold-acclimated fishes harvested after 9 wk at 20 or 8 degrees C. Changes in aerobic metabolic capacity were assessed by measuring the maximal activity of citrate synthase (CS) and cytochrome-c oxidase (COX) in fishes harvested throughout the acclimation period. Transcript levels of the aerobic metabolic genes CS, COXIII, and COXIV, and known regulators of mitochondrial biogenesis, including peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivators-1alpha and -1beta (PGC-1alpha and PGC-1beta), nuclear respiratory factor-1 (NRF-1), and mitochondrial transcription factor-A were measured in fishes harvested throughout the acclimation period using quantitative real-time PCR. The maximal activities of CS and COX increased in response to cold acclimation in both tissues, but mitochondrial volume density only increased in oxidative muscle (P < 0.05). The time course for changes in aerobic metabolic capacity differed between liver and muscle. The expression of CS increased within 1 wk of cold acclimation in liver and was correlated with an increase in mRNA levels of NRF-1 and PGC-1beta. Transcript levels of aerobic metabolic genes increased later in oxidative muscle, between weeks 4 and 9 of cold acclimation and were correlated with an increase in mRNA levels of NRF-1 and PGC-1alpha. These results show that aerobic metabolic remodeling differs between liver and muscle in response to cold acclimation and may be triggered by different stimuli.
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- J I Orczewska
- Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, USA
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LeMoine CMR, Genge CE, Moyes CD. Role of the PGC-1 family in the metabolic adaptation of goldfish to diet and temperature. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 211:1448-55. [PMID: 18424678 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.014951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In mammals, the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma coactivator-1 (PGC-1) family members and their binding partners orchestrate remodelling in response to diverse challenges such as diet, temperature and exercise. In this study, we exposed goldfish to three temperatures (4, 20 and 35 degrees C) and to three dietary regimes (food deprivation, low fat and high fat) and examined the changes in mitochondrial enzyme activities and transcript levels for metabolic enzymes and their genetic regulators in red muscle, white muscle, heart and liver. When all tissues and conditions were pooled, there were significant correlations between the mRNA for the PGC-1 coactivators (both alpha and beta) and mitochondrial transcripts (citrate synthase), metabolic gene regulators including PPARalpha, PPARbeta and nuclear respiratory factor-1 (NRF-1). PGC-1beta was the better predictor of the NRF-1 axis, whereas PGC-1alpha was the better predictor of the PPAR axis (PPARalpha, PPARbeta, medium chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase). In contrast to these intertissue/developmental patterns, the response of individual tissues to physiological stressors displayed no correlations between mRNA for PGC-1 family members and either the NRF-1 or PPAR axes. For example, in skeletal muscles, low temperature decreased PGC-1alpha transcript levels but increased mitochondrial enzyme activities (citrate synthase and cytochrome oxidase) and transcripts for COX IV and NRF-1. These results suggest that in goldfish, as in mammals, there is a regulatory relationship between (i) NRF-1 and mitochondrial gene expression and (ii) PPARs and fatty acid oxidation gene expression. In contrast to mammals, there is a divergence in the roles of the coactivators, with PGC-1alpha linked to fatty acid oxidation through PPARalpha, and PGC-1beta with a more prominent role in mediating NRF-1-dependent control of mitochondrial gene expression, as well as distinctions between their respective roles in development and physiological responsiveness.
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Lyons CN, Mathieu-Costello O, Moyes CD. Regulation of skeletal muscle mitochondrial content during aging. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2006; 61:3-13. [PMID: 16456189 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.1.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial content of skeletal muscle varies among fiber types, and changes in complex ways during aging. We evaluated the regulatory origins of differences in mitochondrial content among muscles of varied fiber type in F344xBNF1 rats, and how these regulatory patterns are altered with aging. In adult (12 month) animals we found that units citrate synthase (CS)/g tissue, a marker for mitochondrial content, varied approximately 3-fold among 10 skeletal muscles. Stoichiometric relationships between CS and isocitrate dehydrogenase, aconitase, and cytochrome c oxidase were generally preserved across fiber types. Among the 10 muscles of adult rats, CS content correlated with nuclear content (R2= 0.36). Muscles differed widely in CS messenger RNA (mRNA)/DNA (an index of variation in transcriptional regulations) and units CS/CS mRNA (an index of variation in posttranscriptional regulations). All muscles of aged rats (35 months) showed an increase in mg DNA/g, suggestive of atrophy. Age-dependent declines in units CS/DNA were accompanied by reductions in CS mRNA/DNA and/or units CS/CS mRNA, depending on muscle fiber type. Thus, declines in units CS/DNA with age appeared to be due to transcriptional as well as translational variations. Differences in mitochondrial content among muscle fiber types and age groups may arise from variations in nuclear content and posttranscriptional processes, as well as transcriptional regulation.
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- Carrie N Lyons
- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6
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Ikeguchi K, Ineno T, Itoi S, Kondo H, Kinoshita S, Watabe S. Increased levels of mitochondrial gene transcripts in the thermally selected rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) strain during embryonic development. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2006; 8:178-88. [PMID: 16505978 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-005-5110-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2005] [Accepted: 10/27/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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To investigate molecular mechanisms involved in thermal resistance of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, embryos from thermally selected strain in various developmental stages were treated at 22 degrees C for 30 min and subsequently developed at 12 degrees C using the Donaldson strain as a reference. The embryos were evaluated for their hatching rate along with the ratio of embryos having an abnormal appearance and subjected to mRNA arbitrarily primed reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RAP RT-PCR). One of the genes dominantly expressed in the thermally selected strain (COX II) coded for cytochrome c oxidase subunit II. Northern blot analysis revealed that the accumulated levels of COX II transcripts were more abundant in embryos and unfertilized eggs from the thermally selected strain than those from the Donaldson strain. Furthermore, the differential expression patterns of the ATPase 6-8 gene were similar to those of the COX II gene, whereas the ATP synthase beta-subunit gene showed no significant differences between the two strains.
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- Koki Ikeguchi
- Laboratory of Aquatic Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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McClelland GB, Dalziel AC, Fragoso NM, Moyes CD. Muscle remodeling in relation to blood supply: implications for seasonal changes in mitochondrial enzymes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 208:515-22. [PMID: 15671340 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We investigated if seasonal changes in rainbow trout muscle energetics arise in response to seasonal changes in erythrocyte properties. We assessed if skeletal muscle mitochondrial enzymes changed (1) acutely in response to changes in erythrocyte abundance, or (2) seasonally when we altered the age profile of erythrocytes. Rainbow trout were treated with pheynylhydrazine, causing a 75% reduction in hematocrit within 4 days. After erythropoiesis had returned hematocrit to normal, treated and control fish were subjected to a seasonal cold acclimation regime to assess the impact of erythrocyte age on skeletal muscle remodeling. Anemia (i.e. phenylhydrazine treatment) did not alter the specific activities (U g(-1) tissue) of mitochondrial enzymes in white or red muscle. Anemic pretreatment did not alter the normal pattern of cold-induced mitochondrial proliferation in skeletal muscle, suggesting erythrocyte age was not an important influence on seasonal remodeling of muscle. Anemia and cold acclimation both induced a 25-30% increase in relative ventricular mass. The increase in relative ventricular mass with phenylhydrazine treatment was accompanied by a 35% increase in DNA content (mg DNA per ventricle), suggesting an increase in number of cells. In contrast, the increase in ventricular mass with cold temperature acclimation occurred without a change in DNA content (mg DNA per ventricle), suggesting an increase in cell size. Despite the major increases in relative ventricular mass, neither anemia nor seasonal acclimation had a major influence on the specific activities of a suite of mitochondrial enzymes in heart. Collectively, these studies argue against a role for erythrocyte dynamics in seasonal adaptive remodeling of skeletal muscle energetics.
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- G B McClelland
- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6
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Dalziel AC, Moore SE, Moyes CD. Mitochondrial enzyme content in the muscles of high-performance fish: evolution and variation among fiber types. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2005; 288:R163-72. [PMID: 15374817 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00152.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Muscle mitochondrial content varies widely among fiber types and species. We investigated the origins of variation in the activity of the mitochondrial enzyme citrate synthase (CS), an index of mitochondrial abundance, among fiber types and species of high-performance fish (tunas and billfishes). CS activities varied up to 30-fold among muscles: lowest in billfish white muscle and highest in billfish heater organ. Among species, CS activities of red, white, and cardiac muscles of three tuna species were twofold greater than the homologous muscles of two billfish species. Because comparisons of CS amino acid sequences deduced from a combination of PCR methods argue against clade-specific differences in catalytic properties, CS activity reflects CS content among these five species. To assess the bases of these differences in CS activity, we looked at the relationship between CS activity (U/g muscle), nuclear content (DNA/g muscle), and CS transcript levels (CS mRNA/g RNA). Muscle CS activity differed by 10- to 30-fold when expressed per gram of muscle but only threefold when expressed per milligram of DNA. Thus it is nuclear DNA content, not fiber-type differences, in CS gene expression that may be the main determinant of CS activity in muscle. Conversely, evolutionary (tunas vs. billfishes) differences in CS arise from differences in posttranscriptional regulation, based on relationships between CS enzyme levels and CS mRNA assessed by quantitative competitive RT-PCR. These data argue that fiber-type differences can arise without major differences in fiber-type-specific regulation of the CS gene, whereas evolutionary differences may be largely due to posttranscriptional regulation.
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- Anne C Dalziel
- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
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For most fish, body temperature is very close to that of the habitat. The diversity of thermal habitats exploited by fish as well as their capacity to adapt to thermal change makes them excellent organisms in which to examine the evolutionary and phenotypic responses to temperature. An extensive literature links cold temperatures with enhanced oxidative capacities in fish tissues, particularly skeletal muscle. Closer examination of inter-species comparisons (i.e. the evolutionary perspective) indicates that the proportion of muscle fibres occupied by mitochondria increases at low temperatures, most clearly in moderately active demersal species. Isolated muscle mitochondria show no compensation of protein-specific rates of substrate oxidation during evolutionary adaptation to cold temperatures. During phenotypic cold acclimation, mitochondrial volume density increases in oxidative muscle of some species (striped bass Morone saxatilis, crucian carp Carassius carassius), but remains stable in others (rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss). A role for the mitochondrial reticulum in distributing oxygen through the complex architecture of skeletal muscle fibres may explain mitochondrial proliferation. In rainbow trout, compensatory increases in the protein-specific rates of mitochondrial substrate oxidation maintain constant capacities except at winter extremes. Changes in mitochondrial properties (membrane phospholipids, enzymatic complement and cristae densities) can enhance the oxidative capacity of muscle in the absence of changes in mitochondrial volume density. Changes in the unsaturation of membrane phospholipids are a direct response to temperature and occur in isolated cells. This fundamental response maintains the dynamic phase behaviour of the membrane and adjusts the rates of membrane processes. However, these adjustments may have deleterious consequences. For fish living at low temperatures, the increased polyunsaturation of mitochondrial membranes should raise rates of mitochondrial respiration which would in turn enhance the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), increase proton leak and favour peroxidation of these membranes. Minimisation of mitochondrial oxidative capacities in organisms living at low temperatures would reduce such damage.
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- Helga Guderley
- Département de biologie, Université Laval, Québec, P.Q. Canada G1K 7P4
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Lucassen M, Schmidt A, Eckerle LG, Pörtner HO. Mitochondrial proliferation in the permanent vs. temporary cold: enzyme activities and mRNA levels in Antarctic and temperate zoarcid fish. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2003; 285:R1410-20. [PMID: 12907412 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00111.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Adjustments in mitochondrial properties and capacities are crucial in acclimatization to seasonal cold and in evolutionary cold adaptation of marine ectotherms. Although long-term compensatory increments in aerobic capacity of fish tissues have frequently been described in response to cold, much less is known about transitional phases and gene expression patterns involved. We investigated the time course of adjustment to acute cold in liver of eurythermal eelpout Zoarces viviparus. Whereas citrate synthase (CS) activity rose progressively in liver, cytochrome c oxidase (COX) activity was not altered during cold acclimation. Species-specific RNA probes were used to determine mRNA levels. CS mRNA (nuclear encoded) displayed a delayed, transient increase in response to cold, such that transcript levels did not parallel the change in enzyme activity. The enzyme activities and mRNA levels in the confamilial Antarctic Pachycara brachycephalum indicate cold compensation of CS activity in this cold-adapted species. The ratio of CS and COX activities was elevated in acclimation and adaptation to cold, indicating enhanced citrate synthesis over respiratory chain capacities in cold-adapted liver mitochondria. This may support enhanced lipid synthesis typically found in cold. The ratio of enzyme activity and transcript levels differed largely between Z. viviparus populations from the Baltic and North Seas, indicating the influence of unidentified parameters other than temperature. Transcript levels may not be tightly correlated with enzyme activities during thermal adaptation and thereafter. The time course of the acclimation process indicates that regulation at the translational and posttranslational levels predominates in adjustment to moderate thermal challenges.
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- M Lucassen
- Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Ecophysiology and Ecotoxicology, Columbusstrasse, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany.
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Leary SC, Lyons CN, Rosenberger AG, Ballantyne JS, Stillman J, Moyes CD. Fiber-type differences in muscle mitochondrial profiles. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2003; 285:R817-26. [PMID: 12947029 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00058.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Although striated muscles differ in mitochondrial content, the extent of fiber-type specific mitochondrial specializations is not well known. To address this issue, we compared mitochondrial structural and functional properties in red muscle (RM), white muscle (WM), and cardiac muscle of rainbow trout. Overall preservation of the basic relationships between oxidative phosphorylation complexes among fiber types was confirmed by kinetic analyses, immunoblotting of native holoproteins, and spectroscopic measurements of cytochrome content. Fiber-type differences in mitochondrial properties were apparent when parameters were expressed per milligram mitochondrial protein. However, the differences diminished when expressed relative to cytochrome oxidase (COX), possibly a more meaningful denominator than mitochondrial protein. Expressed relative to COX, there were no differences in oxidative phosphorylation enzyme activities, pyruvate-based respiratory rates, H2O2 production, or state 4 proton leak respiration. These data suggest most mitochondrial qualitative properties are conserved across fiber types. However, there remained modest differences ( approximately 50%) in stoichiometries of selected enzymes of the Krebs cycle, beta-oxidation, and antioxidant enzymes. There were clear differences in membrane fluidity (RM > cardiac, WM) and proton conductance (H+/min/mV/U COX: WM > RM > cardiac). The pronounced differences in mitochondrial content between fiber types could be attributed to a combination of differences in myonuclear domain and modest effects on the expression of nuclear- and mitochondrially encoded respiratory genes. Collectively, these studies suggest constitutive pathways that transcend fiber types are primarily responsible for determining most quantitative and qualitative properties of mitochondria.
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- S C Leary
- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
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Guderley H, St-Pierre J. Going with the flow or life in the fast lane: contrasting mitochondrial responses to thermal change. J Exp Biol 2002; 205:2237-49. [PMID: 12110658 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.205.15.2237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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SUMMARYTemperature is one of the most important environmental factors affecting the physiology of animals. Seasonal fluctuations in temperature are of particular importance in aquatic ectotherms since their body temperature is in equilibrium with their environment. When an organism faces adverse environmental conditions, it can either remain active or enter into metabolic depression, adopting the strategy that maximises its fitness. Physiological responses to environmental stress occur at many different levels of organisation in an animal. Here, we focus on mitochondria, given their central importance in cellular energy metabolism. We contrast the thermal biology of skeletal muscle mitochondria from cold-active species with that of species that spend their winters in a metabolically depressed state. Specifically, we examine the modifications of mitochondrial properties during thermal/seasonal acclimation and examine mechanisms by which these modifications can arise. While compensatory responses to cold acclimation include increases in mitochondrial abundance, in the oxidative capacities of individual mitochondria and adjustments of ADP affinities, metabolic depression can reduce tissue levels of mitochondrial enzymes and mitochondrial proton leak rates.
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- Helga Guderley
- Département de Biologie, Université Laval, Québec, P.Q., Canada G1T 2M7.
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This review focuses on recent research on the metabolic function of fish brain. Fish brain is isolated from the systemic circulation by a blood-brain barrier that allows the transport of glucose, monocarboxylates and amino acids. The limited information available in fishes suggests that oxidation of exogenous glucose and oxidative phosphorylation provide most of the ATP required for brain function in teleosts, whereas oxidation of ketones and amino acids occurs preferentially in elasmobranchs. In several agnathans and benthic teleosts brain glycogen levels rather than exogenous glucose may be the proximate glucose source for oxidation. In situations when glucose is in limited supply, teleost brains utilize other fuels such as lactate or ketones. Information on use of lipids and amino acids as fuels in fish brain is scarce. The main pathways of brain energy metabolism are changed by several effectors. Thus, several parameters of brain energy metabolism have been demonstrated to change post-prandially in teleostean fishes. The absence of food in teleosts elicits profound changes in brain energy metabolism (increased glycogenolysis and use of ketones) in a way similar to that demonstrated in mammals though delayed in time. Environmental factors induce changes in brain energy parameters in teleosts such as the enhancement of glycogenolysis elicited by pollutants, increased capacity for anaerobic glycolysis under hypoxia/anoxia or changes in substrate utilization elicited by adaptation to cold. Furthermore, several studies demonstrate effects of melatonin, insulin, glucagon, GLP-1, cortisol or catecholamines on energy parameters of teleost brain, although in most cases the results are quite preliminary being difficult to relate the effects of those hormones to physiological situations. The few studies performed with the different cell types available in the nervous system of fish allow us to hypothesize few functional relationships among those cells. Future research perspectives are also outlined.
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- José L Soengas
- Laboratorio de Fisioloxía Animal, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade de Vigo, E-36200, Vigo, Spain.
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Hassett RP, Crockett EL. Endpoint fluorometric assays for determining activities of carnitine palmitoyltransferase and citrate synthase. Anal Biochem 2000; 287:176-9. [PMID: 11078597 DOI: 10.1006/abio.2000.4799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- R P Hassett
- Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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Yang H, Velema J, Hedrick MS, Tibbits GF, Moyes CD. Evolutionary and physiological variation in cardiac troponin C in relation to thermal strategies of fish. Physiol Biochem Zool 2000; 73:841-9. [PMID: 11121357 DOI: 10.1086/318095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/07/2000] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Striated muscle contraction is initiated when troponin C (TnC) binds Ca(2+), which activates actinomyosin ATPase. We investigated (i) the variation between cardiac TnC (cTnC) primary structure within teleost fish and (ii) the pattern of TnC expression in response to temperature acclimation. There were few differences between rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), yellow perch (Perca flavescens), goldfish (Carassius auratus), white sucker (Catostomus commersoni), and icefish (Chaenocephalus aceratus) in cTnC amino acid sequence. No variation existed in the regulatory Ca(2+)-binding site (site 2). The site 3 and 4 substitutions were limited to residues not directly involved in Ca(2+) coordination. Fish cTnC primary structure was highly conserved between species (93%-98%) and collectively divergent from the highly conserved sequence seen in birds and mammals. Northern blots and polymerase chain reaction showed that thermal acclimation of trout (3 degrees, 18 degrees C) did not alter the TnC isoform pattern. While cardiac and white muscle had the expected isoforms-cTnC and fast troponin C (fTnC), respectively-red muscle unexpectedly expressed primarily ftnC. Cold acclimation did not alter myofibrillar ATPase Ca(2+) sensitivity, but maximal velocity increased by 60%. We found no evidence that TnC variants, arising between species or in response to thermal acclimation, play a major role in mitigating the effects of temperature on contractility of the adult fish heart.
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- H Yang
- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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Hardewig I, van Dijk PL, Moyes CD, Pörtner HO. Temperature-dependent expression of cytochrome-c oxidase in Antarctic and temperate fish. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 277:R508-16. [PMID: 10444558 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.277.2.r508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Seasonal acclimation versus permanent adaptation to low temperatures leads to a differential response in the expression of cytochrome-c oxidase (CCO) in temperate and Antarctic eelpouts. Although eurythermal eelpout from the North Sea (Zoarces viviparus) displayed a cold-induced rise of CCO activity in white muscle, enzyme activity in the cold stenothermal Antarctic eelpout Pachycara brachycephalum failed to reflect such a compensatory increase. In Antarctic eelpout, CCO activity correlates with transcript levels of mitochondrial encoded subunits of CCO (CCO I and CCO II), whereas cold-acclimated eelpout from the North Sea show lower enzyme activities than expected on the basis of mitochondrial mRNA levels. In these animals, CCO expression at low temperatures may be limited either by nuclear CCO transcripts or by posttranscriptional processes. These may comprise translation of the subunits or assembly of the CCO holoenzyme. mRNA levels of CCO IV, one of the nuclear encoded subunits, increased strongly during cold acclimation, indicating that the expression of CCO is likely not message limited in cold-acclimated Z. viviparus. Our data suggest that seasonal cold acclimation of Z. viviparus results in a modification of the relationship between transcription and translation or posttranslational processes. In permanently cold-adapted P. brachycephalum, on the other hand, CCO expression shows similar characteristics as in the warm-acclimated confamilial species, e.g., low levels of enzyme activity correlated with low levels of mitochondrial message.
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- I Hardewig
- Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Biology I/Ecophysiology, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany.
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