{"title":"Deuterated water (<sup>2</sup>H<sub>2</sub>O) can be used to quantify hemoglobin synthesis and red blood cell lifespan in humans.","authors":"Hilkka Kontro, Chris McGlory, Martin J MacInnis","doi":"10.1111/apha.14259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.14259","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":107,"journal":{"name":"Acta Physiologica","volume":" ","pages":"e14259"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142862618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Of manuscripts and memories: Passing the pen to Tobias.","authors":"Pontus B Persson","doi":"10.1111/apha.14255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.14255","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":107,"journal":{"name":"Acta Physiologica","volume":" ","pages":"e14255"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142851617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A potential link between enteric glia and the pathophysiology of diet-induced obesity and related metabolic diseases.","authors":"Onesmo B Balemba, Brian D Gulbransen","doi":"10.1111/apha.14258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.14258","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":107,"journal":{"name":"Acta Physiologica","volume":" ","pages":"e14258"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142783358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kirstine Calloe, Stefan M Sattler, Julie Norup Hertel, Carsten Grøndahl, Stamatios Alan Tahas, Morten B Thomsen
{"title":"Did you know: Kangaroos are resistant to ventricular arrhythmia.","authors":"Kirstine Calloe, Stefan M Sattler, Julie Norup Hertel, Carsten Grøndahl, Stamatios Alan Tahas, Morten B Thomsen","doi":"10.1111/apha.14257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.14257","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":107,"journal":{"name":"Acta Physiologica","volume":" ","pages":"e14257"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142779025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexei Verkhratsky, Verena Untiet, Vladimir V Matchkov
{"title":"Chloride fluxes and GABA release sustain inhibition in the CNS: The role for Bestrophin 1 anion channels.","authors":"Alexei Verkhratsky, Verena Untiet, Vladimir V Matchkov","doi":"10.1111/apha.14254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.14254","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":107,"journal":{"name":"Acta Physiologica","volume":" ","pages":"e14254"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142714896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to \"Beneficial effects of MGL-3196 and BAM15 combination in a mouse model of fatty liver disease\".","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/apha.14250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.14250","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":107,"journal":{"name":"Acta Physiologica","volume":" ","pages":"e14250"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142612905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael W Schleh, Benjamin J Ryan, Cheehoon Ahn, Alison C Ludzki, Douglas W Van Pelt, Lisa M Pitchford, Olivia K Chugh, Austin T Luker, Kathryn E Luker, Dmitri Samovski, Nada A Abumrad, Charles F Burant, Jeffrey F Horowitz
{"title":"Impaired suppression of fatty acid release by insulin is a strong predictor of reduced whole-body insulin-mediated glucose uptake and skeletal muscle insulin receptor activation.","authors":"Michael W Schleh, Benjamin J Ryan, Cheehoon Ahn, Alison C Ludzki, Douglas W Van Pelt, Lisa M Pitchford, Olivia K Chugh, Austin T Luker, Kathryn E Luker, Dmitri Samovski, Nada A Abumrad, Charles F Burant, Jeffrey F Horowitz","doi":"10.1111/apha.14249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.14249","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To examine factors underlying why most, but not all, adults with obesity exhibit impaired insulin-mediated glucose uptake, we compared: (1) adipose tissue fatty acid (FA) release, (2) skeletal muscle lipid droplet (LD) characteristics, and (3) insulin signalling events, in skeletal muscle of adults with obesity with relatively high versus low insulin-mediated glucose uptake.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Seventeen adults with obesity (BMI: 36 ± 3 kg/m<sup>2</sup>) completed a 2 h hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp with stable isotope tracer infusions to measure glucose rate of disappearance (glucose Rd) and FA rate of appearance (FA Ra). Skeletal muscle biopsies were collected at baseline and 30 min into the insulin infusion. Participants were stratified into HIGH (n = 7) and LOW (n = 10) insulin sensitivity cohorts by their glucose Rd during the hyperinsulinemic clamp (LOW< 400; HIGH >550 nmol/kgFFM/min/[μU/mL]).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Insulin-mediated suppression of FA Ra was lower in LOW compared with HIGH (p < 0.01). In skeletal muscle, total intramyocellular lipid content did not differ between cohorts. However, the size of LDs in the subsarcolemmal region (SS) of type II muscle fibres was larger in LOW compared with HIGH (p = 0.01). Additionally, insulin receptor-β (IRβ) interactions with regulatory proteins CD36 and Fyn were lower in LOW versus HIGH (p < 0.01), which aligned with attenuated insulin-mediated Tyr phosphorylation of IRβ and downstream insulin-signalling proteins in LOW.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Collectively, reduced ability for insulin to suppress FA mobilization, with accompanying modifications in intramyocellular LD size and distribution, and diminished IRβ interaction with key regulatory proteins may be key contributors to impaired insulin-mediated glucose uptake commonly found in adults with obesity.</p>","PeriodicalId":107,"journal":{"name":"Acta Physiologica","volume":" ","pages":"e14249"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142563544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Differential production of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species between mouse (Mus musculus) and crucian carp (Carassius carassius)","authors":"Lucie Gerber, May-Kristin Torp, Göran E. Nilsson, Sjannie Lefevre, Kåre-Olav Stensløkken","doi":"10.1111/apha.14244","DOIUrl":"10.1111/apha.14244","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In most vertebrates, oxygen deprivation and subsequent re-oxygenation are associated with mitochondrial impairment and excess production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) like hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>). This in turn triggers a cascade of cell-damaging events in a temperature-dependent manner. The crucian carp (<i>Carassius carassius</i>) is one of few vertebrates that survives months without oxygen at cold temperatures and overcomes oxidative damage during re-oxygenation periods. Mitochondria of this anoxia-tolerant species therefore serve as an excellent model in translational research to study adaptation and resilience to low oxygen conditions and thermal variability.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Here, we used high-resolution respirometry on isolated mitochondria from hearts of crucian carp and the anoxia-intolerant mouse (<i>Mus musculus</i>), at 37 and 8°C; two temperatures relevant for transplantation medicine (i.e., graft preservation and subsequent rewarming).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We find: (1) a striking difference in H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> release between the two species at 37°C despite comparable mitochondrial efficiency and capacity, (2) a massive H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> release after inhibition of complex V in mouse at 37°C that is absent in crucian carp, and prevented in mouse by incubation at 8°C or uncoupling with a protonophore at 37°C, and (3) indications that differences in mitochondrial complex I and II capacity and thermal sensitivity influence the release of mitochondrial H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> relative to respiration.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our findings provide comparative insights into a spectrum of mitochondrial adaptations in vertebrates and the importance of thermal variability. Furthermore, the species- and temperature-related changes associated with mitochondria highlighted in this study may help identify mitochondria-based targets for translational medicine.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":107,"journal":{"name":"Acta Physiologica","volume":"240 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apha.14244","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142491349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael Di Palma, Wuhyun Koh, C Justin Lee, Fiorenzo Conti
{"title":"A quantitative analysis of bestrophin 1 cellular localization in mouse cerebral cortex.","authors":"Michael Di Palma, Wuhyun Koh, C Justin Lee, Fiorenzo Conti","doi":"10.1111/apha.14245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.14245","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Calcium-activated ligand-gated chloride channels, beyond their role in maintaining anion homeostasis, modulate neuronal excitability by facilitating nonvesicular neurotransmitter release. BEST1, a key member of this family, is permeable to γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate. While astrocytic BEST1 is well-studied and known to regulate neurotransmitter levels, its distribution and role in other brain cell types remain unclear. This study aimed to reassess the localization of BEST1 in the mouse cerebral cortex.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We examined the localization and distribution of BEST1 in the mouse parietal cortex using light microscopy, confocal double-labeling with markers for astrocytes, neurons, microglia, and oligodendrocyte precursor cells, and 3D reconstruction techniques.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the cerebral cortex, BEST1 is more broadly distributed than previously thought. Neurons are the second most abundant BEST1<sup>+</sup> cell type in the cerebral cortex, following astrocytes. BEST1 is diffusely expressed in neuronal somatic and neuropilar domains and is present at glutamatergic and GABAergic terminals, with a prevalence at GABAergic terminals. We also confirmed that BEST1 is expressed in cortical microglia and identified it in oligodendrocyte precursor cells, albeit to a lesser extent.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Together, these findings suggest that BEST1's role in controlling neurotransmission may extend beyond astrocytes to include other brain cells. Understanding BEST1's function in these cells could offer new insights into the molecular mechanisms shaping cortical circuitry. Further research is needed to clarify the diverse roles of BEST1 in both normal and pathophysiological conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":107,"journal":{"name":"Acta Physiologica","volume":" ","pages":"e14245"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142520406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}