暴露在寒冷中加速了氨酸代谢,通过重塑肝脏组织基因缩来促进寒冷适应
Chong Xue1, Sijin Zhu1, Yang Li1
1Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and the Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Environment international
|September 23, 2024
概括
氨酸是一种关键的氨基酸,有助于身体适应寒冷的环境. 补充剂通过改变肝脏基因表达和基因素修饰来改善小鼠的寒冷耐受性.
科学领域:
- 人类生理学 人类生理学
- 代谢健康 代谢健康
- 环境医学 环境医学
背景情况:
- 暴露于寒冷会增加心肌梗塞,中风,伤和低温的风险.
- 获得的寒冷适应对于最大限度地减少寒冷引起的伤害和改善代谢健康至关重要.
- 寒冷适应的精确机制需要进一步阐明.
研究的目的:
- 确定参与寒冷适应的关键氨基酸.
- 揭示控制寒冷适应的监管机制.
主要方法:
- 20名男性参与者接受了为期3个月的自然冷暴露,并进行了冷诱导血管扩张 (CIVD) 测试和生物化学分析.
- 使用向代谢学分析了血氨基酸.
- 在慢性感冒暴露期间,小鼠接受了氨酸补充剂,以评估其对温度调节和热生成的影响.
主要成果:
- 暴露在寒冷中缩短了CIVD发病时间,并增加了人类的手指温度.
- 在暴露于寒冷的人类和小鼠中,lysine和glycine的血水平下降.
- 氨酸补充剂在小鼠中增强了核心和表面温度,增加了素H3K18cr,并在肝脏中促进了Cpt1a,Cpt2和Cyp27a1的表达.
结论:
- 氨酸被认为是寒冷适应的关键氨基酸.
- 氨酸通过重塑肝脏基因素化,促进了寒冷的适应.
- 这项研究提供了对新陈代谢健康适应寒冷环境的分子机制的见解.
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