title: An atypical distribution of lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes in the hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) brain may reflect a biochemical adaptation to diving.
abstract: The brains of some diving mammals can withstand periods of severe hypoxia without signs of deleterious effects. This may in part be due to an enhanced cerebral capacity for anaerobic energy production. Here, we have tested this hypothesis by comparing various parameters of the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in the brain of the hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) with those in the brains of the ferret (Mustela putorius furo) and mouse (Mus musculus). We found that mRNA and protein expression of lactate dehydrogenase a (LDHA) and lactate dehydrogenase b (LDHB), and also the LDH activity were significantly higher in the ferret brain than in brains of the hooded seal and the mouse (p < 0.0001). No conspicuous differences in the LDHA and LDHB sequences were observed. There was also no difference in the buffering capacities of the brains. Thus, an enhanced capacity for anaerobic energy production likely does not explain the higher hypoxia tolerance of the seal brain. However, the brain of the hooded seal had higher relative levels of LDHB isoenzymes (LDH1 and LDH2) compared to the non-diving mammals. Moreover, immunofluorescence studies showed more pronounced co-localization of LDHB and glial fibrillary acidic protein in the cortex of the hooded seal. Since LDHB isoenzymes primarily catalyze the conversion of lactate to pyruvate, this finding suggests that the contribution of astrocytes to the brain aerobic metabolism is higher in the hooded seal than in non-diving species. The cerebral tolerance of the hooded seal to hypoxia may therefore partly rely on different LDH isoenzymes distribution.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Biocenter Grindel, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Mariana Leivas Müller
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hoff
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Biocenter Grindel, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Andrej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fabrizius
authors.affiliation: Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
authors.forename: Lars P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Folkow
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Biocenter Grindel, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany. thorsten.burmester@uni-hamburg.de.
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Burmester
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000502:physiology; D004242:Diving / Q000502:physiology*; D004586:Electrophoresis / Q000379:methods; D005289:Ferrets / Q000378:metabolism; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D046048:Seals, Earless / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; C409667:lactate dehydrogenase 1
keywords: Anaerobic capacity; Buffering capacity; Cerebral tolerance to hypoxia; Ferret; Immunohistochemistry; Mouse
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