Project description:Oxygen fluctuation during tissue remodeling imposes a major metabolic challenge in human tumors. Stem-like tumor cells in glioblastomas are believed to possess extraordinary metabolic flexibility, enabling them to initiate growth even under non-permissive conditions. To identify adaptive response mechanism, we compared the effects of acute and chronic hypoxia versus oxygenation on stem-like glioblastoma (GS) cells. GS cell lines were established and propagated either under normoxia (21% O2) or hypoxia (1% O2) and subsequently exposed to acute normoxia or hypoxia, respectively. Gene expression profiling revealed that acute hypoxia predominantly induced metabolic pathways and cell cycle arrest, whereas chronic hypoxia activated neurodevelopmental processes. In particular, we found increased expression of glycolytic enzymes, especially of the preparatory phase of glycolysis, under acute hypoxia, whereas pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) enzymes were downregulated. The opposite was found for acute oxygenation of hypoxic GS cells. Findings were confirmed by qPCR and immunoblot analyses. Despite downregulation by hypoxia, expression of PPP enzymes is increased in GBMs compared to normal brain, whereas expression of hypoxia-inducible enzymes of the parallel preparatory phase of glycolysis is decreased. Immunohistochemistry revealed strong staining for PPP enzymes in the bulk of GBM tissue, especially in highly proliferative areas, but not in pseudopalisading (hypoxic) cells. Glycolytic enzymes displayed an inverse pattern. Mass spectrometric analysis using [1,2-13C2]-D-glucose showed reduced glucose flux through the PPP under hypoxia in favor of flux through glycolysis. Acute and chronic hypoxia increased cell migration but reduced proliferation, whereas normoxia had opposite effects. Our findings extend Warburg’s observations by showing that in most tumor cells the PPP, which supplies metabolites for biomass production, is favored over the parallel preparatory phase of glycolysis, but is suppressed under acute severe hypoxia, causing a switch to direct glycolysis to protect against hypoxic stress.
Project description:This work aims to characterize cycling hypoxia induced changes in metabolism related genes expression in pancreatic cancer cell line. PANC1were exposed to either 7 hours cycles of hypoxia every other day for 20 cycles cyclic acute hypoxia, or to 72 hours cycles of hypoxia once a week for 5 cycles cyclic chronic hypoxia. Gene expression changes were profiled using RT PCR and compared to cells under normoxia. Western blotting analysis confirmed upregulation of hypoxia inducible factor 1 α, glucose 6 phosphate isomerase gene, and ribokinase gene. Genes encoding glycolysis enzymes were upregulated under cyclic acute more than chronic hypoxia including hexokinase2 and phosphoglycerate kinase1. Genes encoding pentose phosphate pathway enzymes transketolase and transaldolase were upregulated similarly. Genes encoding pyruvate dehydrogenases that block pyruvate flow to TCA cycle were significantly upregulated. Exposure of PANC1 cells to acute hypoxia results in upregulation of genes that shift cells metabolism toward glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathways in adaptation to hypoxic stress
Project description:In this study, we analyse a high 3HP producing strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae through 13C metabolic flux and transcriptomic analyses. The engineered strain saw upregulation across glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathway compared to the reference strain. Our analysis of the transcriptomic data produce a strategy that successfully increased 3HP titres.
Project description:Exposure to oxygen and light generates photooxidative stress by the bacteriochlorophyll a mediated formation of singlet oxygen (1O2) in the facultative photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides. We have identified SorY as an sRNA, which is induced under several stress conditions and confers increased resistance against 1O2. SorY by direct interaction decreases the levels of takP mRNA, encoding a TRAP-T transporter. A takP mutant shows higher resistance to 1O2 than the wild type, which is no longer affected by SorY. We present a model in which SorY reduces the metabolite flux into the TCA cycle by reducing malate import through TakP. It was previously shown that oxidative stress in bacteria leads to switch from glycolysis to the pentose phosphate cycle and to reduced activity of the tricaboxylic acid cycle. As a consequence the production of the prooxidant NADH is reduced and production of the protective NADPH is enhanced. In R. sphaeroides enzymes for glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway, EntnerM-bM-^@M-^SDoudoroff pathway and gluconeogenesis are induced in response to 1O2 by the alternative sigma factor RpoHII. The same is true for the sRNA SorY. By limiting malate import SorY thus contributes to the balance of the metabolic fluxes under photooxidative stress conditions. This assigns a so far unknown function to an sRNA in oxidative stress response. RNA samples collected from a control strain harbouring an empty vector (2.4.1pBBR) and of the SorY overexpressing strain (2.4.1pBBRSorYi) after 10 min of 1O2 stress were analyzed by two-color microarrays
Project description:Background: Hypoxia can affect aerobic organisms profoundly. Biological responses to extreme hypoxia have been well studied. However, it is not well characterized how living organisms respond to mild hypoxia, and how they distinguish different levels of hypoxia. Results: We examined the transcriptional responses of locusts using microarrays to reveal their strategies to cope with mild hypoxia. Mitochondrial activities were systemically suppressed, mainly involving energy production and mitochondrial biogenesis. The functions of endoplasmic reticulum were activated to clear the dysfunctional proteins and rescue newly synthesized proteins. Glucose in cytosol was shunted from glycolysis to pentose phosphate pathway probably to tackle the oxidative stress by enhancing the production of reductive forces. Conclusions: LocustsM-bM-^@M-^Y responses to mild hypoxia differ from that to severe hypoxia . In severe hypoxia, glucose resources are shunted to glycolysis to produce ATP and tackle energy crisis; however, in mild hypoxia, they are diverted to produce reductive forces and deal with oxidative stress. Locusts are capable of distinguishing different levels of hypoxia and initiating proper defenses. Simulated 4km altitude hypoxia treatment vs. normoxia control;direct comparison on 6 separate microarrays; each microarray compares one biological replicate of treatment and control; each biological replicate contains 10 individuals
Project description:The initiation of heartbeat is an essential step in cardiogenesis in the heart primordium, but it remains unclear how intracellular metabolism responds to increased energy demands after heartbeat initiation. In this study, embryos in Wistar rats at embryonic day 10, at which heartbeat begins in rats, were divided into two groups by the heart primordium before and after heartbeat initiation and their metabolic characteristics were assessed. Metabolome analysis revealed that increased levels of ATP, a main product of glucose catabolism, and reduced glutathione, a by-product of the pentose phosphate pathway, were the major determinants in the heart primordium after heartbeat initiation. Glycolytic capacity and ATP synthesis-linked mitochondrial respiration were significantly increased, but subunits in complexes of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation were not upregulated in the heart primordium after heartbeat initiation. Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α was activated and a glucose transporter and rate-limiting enzymes of the glycolytic and pentose phosphate pathways, which are HIF-1α-downstream targets, were upregulated in the heart primordium after heartbeat initiation. These results suggest that the HIF-1α-mediated enhancement of glycolysis with activation of the pentose phosphate pathway, potentially leading to antioxidant defense and nucleotide biosynthesis, covers the increased energy demand in the beating and developing heart primordium.
Project description:Exposure to oxygen and light generates photooxidative stress by the bacteriochlorophyll a mediated formation of singlet oxygen (1O2) in the facultative photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides. We have identified SorY as an sRNA, which is induced under several stress conditions and confers increased resistance against 1O2. SorY by direct interaction decreases the levels of takP mRNA, encoding a TRAP-T transporter. A takP mutant shows higher resistance to 1O2 than the wild type, which is no longer affected by SorY. We present a model in which SorY reduces the metabolite flux into the TCA cycle by reducing malate import through TakP. It was previously shown that oxidative stress in bacteria leads to switch from glycolysis to the pentose phosphate cycle and to reduced activity of the tricaboxylic acid cycle. As a consequence the production of the prooxidant NADH is reduced and production of the protective NADPH is enhanced. In R. sphaeroides enzymes for glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway, Entner–Doudoroff pathway and gluconeogenesis are induced in response to 1O2 by the alternative sigma factor RpoHII. The same is true for the sRNA SorY. By limiting malate import SorY thus contributes to the balance of the metabolic fluxes under photooxidative stress conditions. This assigns a so far unknown function to an sRNA in oxidative stress response.
Project description:Background: Hypoxia can affect aerobic organisms profoundly. Biological responses to extreme hypoxia have been well studied. However, it is not well characterized how living organisms respond to mild hypoxia, and how they distinguish different levels of hypoxia. Results: We examined the transcriptional responses of locusts using microarrays to reveal their strategies to cope with mild hypoxia. Mitochondrial activities were systemically suppressed, mainly involving energy production and mitochondrial biogenesis. The functions of endoplasmic reticulum were activated to clear the dysfunctional proteins and rescue newly synthesized proteins. Glucose in cytosol was shunted from glycolysis to pentose phosphate pathway probably to tackle the oxidative stress by enhancing the production of reductive forces. Conclusions: Locusts’ responses to mild hypoxia differ from that to severe hypoxia . In severe hypoxia, glucose resources are shunted to glycolysis to produce ATP and tackle energy crisis; however, in mild hypoxia, they are diverted to produce reductive forces and deal with oxidative stress. Locusts are capable of distinguishing different levels of hypoxia and initiating proper defenses.
Project description:A bioenergetic balance between glycolysis and mitochondrial respiration is particularly important for stem cell fate specification. It however remains to be determined whether undifferentiated spermatogonia switch their preference of bioenergy production during differentiation. In this study, we found that ATP generation in spermatogonia was gradually increased upon retinoic acid-induced differentiation. To accommodate this elevated energy demand, retinoic acid signaling concomitantly switched ATP production in spermatogonia from glycolysis to mitochondrial respiration, accompanied by increased levels of reactive oxygen species. In addition, inhibition of glucose conversion to glucose-6-phosphate or pentose phosphate pathway blocked the formation of c-Kit+ differentiating germ cells, suggesting that metabolites produced from glycolysis are required for spermatogonial differentiation. We further demonstrated that the expression levels of several metabolic regulators and enzymes were significantly altered upon retinoic acid-induced differentiation by both RNA-seq analyses and quantitative proteomics. Taken together, our data unveil a critically regulated bioenergetic balance between glycolysis and mitochondrial respiration which is required for spermatogonial proliferation and differentiation.
Project description:48 h and 72 h after P, transcriptional profiles of P-depleted (-P) and P-replete (+P) cultures depletion were integrated with metabolite and physiological data. It resulted in identification of essential metabolic pathway remodeled under P deficiency. The most significant inductions were related to proteins involved in phosphate acquisition and scavenging, such as phosphate transporters, alkaline phosphatases and nucleotidases. P-depleted cells also showed photosynthesis, nitrogen assimilation, and nucleic acid and ribosome biosynthesis. Repression of the Calvin cycle along with induction of cytosolic glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathway led to carbon reallocation. Furthermore, we observed changes in the lipid composition of P-depleted cultures through degradation of phospholipids and induction of biosynthetic pathways of non-phosphorus containing lipids.