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ArticleMolecular and cellular biochemistry2010

Epigenetics in anoxia tolerance: a role for histone deacetylases.

Anastasia Krivoruchko, Kenneth B Storey

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Article in Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Histone methylation in the freeze-tolerant wood frog (Rana sylvatica).Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2018
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  10. The role of DNA methylation during anoxia tolerance in a freshwater turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans).Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2016
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anastasia KrivoruchkoInstitute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada. krivoruchko@gmail.com
Kenneth B Storey
Carleton University · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The importance of epigenetics has been established in many key biological processes but the relevance of this regulatory mechanism to animal survival of low oxygen conditions has never been examined. To establish whether epigenetic mechanisms could be involved in natural anoxia tolerance, we have examined the anoxia-responsive expression of the transcriptional silencers, histone deacetylases (HDACs), in tissues of a unique model for anoxia tolerance, the freshwater turtle Trachemys scripta elegans. Transcript and protein levels of all five HDACs rose by 1.3-4.6 and 1.7-3.5-fold, respectively, in skeletal muscle in response to 20 h of anoxia exposure. In addition, HDAC activity in the muscle increased by 1.5-fold in response to 20 h of anoxia and levels of acetylated histone H3 (Lys 9 or Lys 23) decreased to 40-60% of control values. The liver displayed a milder response with HDAC1, -4, and -5 protein levels increasing by 1.6-2.1-fold after 5 h anoxia exposure; acetylated histone H3 levels also decreased to 50-75% of control values. Only HDAC5 responded to anoxia exposure in the heart; Hdac5 transcript levels increased 2.1-2.3-fold and HDAC5 protein rose by 3.3-fold. Overall, our results show a tissue-specific pattern of HDAC upregulation in response to anoxia exposure in T.s. elegans, suggesting that these enzymes play a key role in anoxia tolerance, probably by contributing to the transcriptional silencing necessary in this hypometabolic state.

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Epigenesis, GeneticAcetylationAnimalsBlotting, WesternHeartHistone DeacetylasesHistonesHypoxiaLiverMuscle, SkeletalOrgan SpecificityReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerTurtlesHistone DeacetylasesHistonesRNA, Messenger

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