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ArticleNature communications2025

Homeostasis of glucose and lipid metabolism during physiological responses to a simulated hypoxic high altitude environment.

Yi Lin, Bingyu Li, Xinying Shi, Yangkang Chen, Shengkai Pan, Zhenzhen Lin, Zhongru Gu, Frank Hailer, Li Hu, Xiangjiang Zhan

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 authors.

Yi LinState Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-9141-2896
Bingyu LiState Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-3527-433X
Xinying ShiState Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-6333-8475
Yangkang ChenState Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Shengkai PanState Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1333-4902
Zhenzhen LinState Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhongru GuState Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0178-1107
Frank HailerCardiff University - Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726
Li HuKey Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. lihu@yic.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-4191-1174
Xiangjiang ZhanState Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. zhanxj@ioz.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4517-1626

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32125005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Homeostasis facilitates maintenance of physiological processes despite extrinsic fluctuations. In aerobic organisms, homeostasis is mainly fueled by metabolism of glucose and lipids, and requires oxygen as a metabolic substrate. Lack of oxygen can therefore trigger an imbalance of homeostasis in vivo. How animals living at high altitude hypoxic conditions can maintain homeostasis between the two types of metabolism remains largely unknown. Here, we establish a 'falconized' mouse model based on an adaptive EPAS1 genetic variant identified from saker falcons (Falco cherrug) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). We show that homeostasis between glucose and lipid metabolism in the liver under chronic hypoxia is maintained in male falconized mice. This homeostasis is mediated by genetic factors and behavioral plasticity, resulting in higher survival rates even under acute hypoxia than wild type mice. Our study highlights a key role of metabolic homeostasis maintenance for survival in extreme environments, and provides potential targets for the treatment of associated metabolic diseases.

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AltitudeGlucoseHomeostasisHypoxiaLipid MetabolismAnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsEndothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1LiverMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOxygenBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsEndothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1GlucoseOxygen

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