Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide metabolites in the blood of free-ranging brown bears and their potential roles in hibernation
During winter hibernation, brown bears ( Ursus arctos ) lie in dens for half a year without eating while their basal metabolism is largely suppressed. To understand the underlying mechanisms of metabolic depression in hibernation, we measured type and content of blood metabolites of two ubiquitous i...
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ftsydanskunivpub:oai:sdu.dk:publications/8291ff01-2dad-4a30-b398-5cb2aad50917 2024-05-19T07:49:47+00:00 Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide metabolites in the blood of free-ranging brown bears and their potential roles in hibernation Revsbech, Inge G. Shen, Xinggui Chakravarti, Ritu Jensen, Frank Bo Thiel, Bonnie Evans, Alina L. Kindberg, Jonas Fröbert, Ole Stuehr, Dennis J. Kevil, Christopher G. Fago, Angela 2014 https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/8291ff01-2dad-4a30-b398-5cb2aad50917 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.05.025 eng eng https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/8291ff01-2dad-4a30-b398-5cb2aad50917 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Revsbech , I G , Shen , X , Chakravarti , R , Jensen , F B , Thiel , B , Evans , A L , Kindberg , J , Fröbert , O , Stuehr , D J , Kevil , C G & Fago , A 2014 , ' Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide metabolites in the blood of free-ranging brown bears and their potential roles in hibernation ' , Free Radical Biology and Medicine , vol. 73 , no. August , pp. 349-357 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.05.025 article 2014 ftsydanskunivpub https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.05.025 2024-05-01T00:19:04Z During winter hibernation, brown bears ( Ursus arctos ) lie in dens for half a year without eating while their basal metabolism is largely suppressed. To understand the underlying mechanisms of metabolic depression in hibernation, we measured type and content of blood metabolites of two ubiquitous inhibitors of mitochondrial respiration, hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) and nitric oxide (NO), in winter-hibernating and summer-active free-ranging Scandinavian brown bears. We found that levels of sulfide metabolites were overall similar in summer-active and hibernating bears but their composition in the plasma differed significantly, with a decrease in bound sulfane sulfur in hibernation. High levels of unbound free sulfide correlated with high levels of cysteine (Cys) and with low levels of bound sulfane sulfur, indicating that during hibernation H 2 S, in addition to being formed enzymatically from the substrate Cys, may also be regenerated from its oxidation products, including thiosulfate and polysulfides. In the absence of any dietary intake, this shift in the mode of H 2 S synthesis would help preserve free Cys for synthesis of glutathione (GSH), a major antioxidant found at high levels in the red blood cells of hibernating bears. In contrast, circulating nitrite and erythrocytic S-nitrosation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, taken as markers of NO metabolism, did not change appreciably. Our findings reveal that remodeling of H 2 S metabolism and enhanced intracellular GSH levels are hallmarks of the aerobic metabolic suppression of hibernating bears. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos University of Southern Denmark Research Portal Free Radical Biology and Medicine 73 349 357 |
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During winter hibernation, brown bears ( Ursus arctos ) lie in dens for half a year without eating while their basal metabolism is largely suppressed. To understand the underlying mechanisms of metabolic depression in hibernation, we measured type and content of blood metabolites of two ubiquitous inhibitors of mitochondrial respiration, hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) and nitric oxide (NO), in winter-hibernating and summer-active free-ranging Scandinavian brown bears. We found that levels of sulfide metabolites were overall similar in summer-active and hibernating bears but their composition in the plasma differed significantly, with a decrease in bound sulfane sulfur in hibernation. High levels of unbound free sulfide correlated with high levels of cysteine (Cys) and with low levels of bound sulfane sulfur, indicating that during hibernation H 2 S, in addition to being formed enzymatically from the substrate Cys, may also be regenerated from its oxidation products, including thiosulfate and polysulfides. In the absence of any dietary intake, this shift in the mode of H 2 S synthesis would help preserve free Cys for synthesis of glutathione (GSH), a major antioxidant found at high levels in the red blood cells of hibernating bears. In contrast, circulating nitrite and erythrocytic S-nitrosation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, taken as markers of NO metabolism, did not change appreciably. Our findings reveal that remodeling of H 2 S metabolism and enhanced intracellular GSH levels are hallmarks of the aerobic metabolic suppression of hibernating bears. |
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Revsbech, Inge G. Shen, Xinggui Chakravarti, Ritu Jensen, Frank Bo Thiel, Bonnie Evans, Alina L. Kindberg, Jonas Fröbert, Ole Stuehr, Dennis J. Kevil, Christopher G. Fago, Angela |
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Revsbech, Inge G. Shen, Xinggui Chakravarti, Ritu Jensen, Frank Bo Thiel, Bonnie Evans, Alina L. Kindberg, Jonas Fröbert, Ole Stuehr, Dennis J. Kevil, Christopher G. Fago, Angela Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide metabolites in the blood of free-ranging brown bears and their potential roles in hibernation |
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Revsbech, Inge G. Shen, Xinggui Chakravarti, Ritu Jensen, Frank Bo Thiel, Bonnie Evans, Alina L. Kindberg, Jonas Fröbert, Ole Stuehr, Dennis J. Kevil, Christopher G. Fago, Angela |
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Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide metabolites in the blood of free-ranging brown bears and their potential roles in hibernation |
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Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide metabolites in the blood of free-ranging brown bears and their potential roles in hibernation |
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Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide metabolites in the blood of free-ranging brown bears and their potential roles in hibernation |
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Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide metabolites in the blood of free-ranging brown bears and their potential roles in hibernation |
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Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide metabolites in the blood of free-ranging brown bears and their potential roles in hibernation |
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hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide metabolites in the blood of free-ranging brown bears and their potential roles in hibernation |
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Revsbech , I G , Shen , X , Chakravarti , R , Jensen , F B , Thiel , B , Evans , A L , Kindberg , J , Fröbert , O , Stuehr , D J , Kevil , C G & Fago , A 2014 , ' Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide metabolites in the blood of free-ranging brown bears and their potential roles in hibernation ' , Free Radical Biology and Medicine , vol. 73 , no. August , pp. 349-357 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.05.025 |
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