Renshaw 2015 Abstract MiP2015
Mitochondrial responses to thermal stress: is the ability to withstand anoxia-induced stress associated with cross-tolerance to thermal stress? |
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Renshaw G, Devaux J, Hickey A (2015)
Event: MiP2015
The thermal limit of cardiac mitochondrial efficiency could be a major determinant of species distribution [1]. The effect of high temperature on brain mitochondria has been less well explored. We examined the effect of 6 temperatures (20Β°C, 25Β°C, 30Β°C, 37Β°C, 40Β°C and 45Β°C) on brain mitochondrial function in homogenates from two Orectolobiform sharks: the Epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum), which undergoes metabolic depression in response to the stress provided by oxygen limitation (anoxia) [1,2] and the Grey carpet shark (Chilloscyllium punctatum) which does not respond to anoxia-induced stress by depressing its metabolism [3]. Both of these sharks can occupy shallow reef flats and estuarine habitats potentially exposing them to severe temperature-induced stress during summer low tides. We measured the effect of each temperature on: i) mitochondrial coupling efficiency; ii) non-phosphorylating proton LEAK from mitochondria; and iii) changes in substrate utilisation for complex I and complex II.
High resolution oximetry with a multiple substrate-inhibitor protocol [4] revealed that for both species: mitochondrial coupling (efficiency) was greatest at 25Β°C, and maintained at 30Β°C but was 25% lower at 37Β°C and 50% lower at 40Β°C. Mitochondria in both species were totally uncoupled at 45Β°C.
Despite an exponential increased in proton LEAK as temperature increased, Epaulette mitochondria maintained their electron transport system in coupled mitochondria at 25-37Β°C, while Grey carpet shark mitochondria showed a 30% decrease in mitochondrial efficiency at 37Β°C compared to 25Β°C. Examination of substrate utilisation revealed that mitochondria from Epaulette shark, which undergoes metabolic depression in response to the stress of oxygen limitation (hypoxia and anoxia) had a more stable complex 1 utilisation than Grey carpet sharks, especially at 37Β°C. It is possible that the mitochondria from the Epaulette shark have adaptations, associated with the ability to enter a state of metabolic depression, that enable them to withstand other stressors.
β’ O2k-Network Lab: NZ Auckland Hickey AJ
Labels: MiParea: Respiration, Comparative MiP;environmental MiP
Stress:Oxidative stress;RONS, Temperature Organism: Fishes Tissue;cell: Nervous system Preparation: Homogenate
Coupling state: LEAK, OXPHOS, ET
Pathway: N, S
HRR: Oxygraph-2k
Event: D1
MiP2015
Affiliations
1-Hypoxia Ischemia Research Unit, School Allied Health Sc, Griffith Univ, Australia; 2-School Biol Sc, Univ Auckland, New Zealand. - g.renshaw@griffith.edu.au
References and acknowledgements
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- Hickey AJR, Renshaw GMC, Speers-Roesch B, Richards JG, Wang Y, Farrell AP, Brauner CJ (2012) A radical approach to beating hypoxia: depressed free radical release from heart fibres of the hypoxia-tolerant epaulette shark (Hemiscyllum ocellatum). J Comp Physiol B 182:91-100.