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Saleem 2023 MiPschool Obergurgl
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Link: MiPschool Obergurgl 2023
Saleem Ranim (2023)
Event: MiPschool Obergurgl 2023
Authors: Saleem Ranim, Scott Graham R
Introduction: High-altitude environments are characterized by cold temperatures and low O2 levels (hypoxia). Small mammals at high altitude thus face the metabolic challenge of maintaining thermogenesis to cope with cold in a hypoxic environment that can constrain aerobic ATP supply. Circulatory O2 delivery by the heart is essential for supporting tissue O2 demands, but it is unclear whether evolved or plastic changes in cardiac mitochondria help overcome constraints on thermogenesis in high-altitude environments.
Method: We examined this issue in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). Mice from populations native to high altitude and low altitude were born and raised in captivity, and adults were acclimated to warm (25 °C) normoxia or cold (5 °C) hypoxia (~12 kPa O2 for 5-6 weeks) in a full-factorial design. Mitochondrial function was studied by high-resolution respirometry and fluorometry in permeabilized tissue from left ventricles and was complemented by assays of several metabolic and antioxidant enzymes.
Results and discussion: Mitochondrial capacities for oxidative phosphorylation and electron transport were similar between populations and were unaffected by acclimation to cold hypoxia, as were activities of citrate synthase and cytochrome oxidase. However, exposure to cold hypoxia increased activities of lactate dehydrogenase, which were also greater in highlanders than in lowlanders, likely to augment capacities for lactate oxidation. Furthermore, mitochondrial emission of reactive oxygen species was lower in highlanders than in lowlanders across environments, associated with lower levels of lipid peroxidation and protein carbonyls. Therefore, phenotypic plasticity and evolved changes in cardiac mitochondria help deer mice cope with metabolic challenges at high altitude.
• Keywords: High-altitude hypoxia, deer mice, cardiac mitochondria, reactive oxygen species
• O2k-Network Lab: CA Hamilton Scott GR
Affiliation
- Saleem Ranim, Scott GR
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Corresponding author: [email protected]
- Saleem Ranim, Scott GR
Labels:
Stress:Temperature, Hypoxia Organism: Mouse Tissue;cell: Heart Preparation: Permeabilized tissue
HRR: Oxygraph-2k, O2k-Fluorometer
Event: E1
