Major regulatory enzymes of glycolysis, PK and PFK, also had higher activity in the gastrocnemius of the high-altitude population compared with those from low altitudes (Table 1; Fig. 2). PK and PFK have been suggested to exert significant metabolic control over glycolytic pathway flux when assessed using metabolic control analysis (Vogt et al., 2002a,b), and they both catalyze irreversible reactions in the glycolytic pathway and have long been discussed as sites of allosteric regulation (Scrutton and Utter, 1968). This is in line with the enhanced glycolytic enzyme activities in the locomotory muscle of many high-altitude mammals, and likely serves to increase the capacity for producing ATP from carbohydrate oxidation (Semenza et al., 1994; Firth et al., 1994; McClelland et al., 1998; Schippers et al., 2012). This could be especially beneficial in high-altitude hypoxia because of the inherent O2 savings associated with oxidizing carbohydrates instead of other metabolic fuels (McClelland et al., 1998). This advantage seems to have been favored by natural selection in highland mice from the Andes, which have a greater preference for carbohydrate oxidation than lowland mice during exercise, even when compared at similar altitudes and exercise intensities (Schippers et al., 2012). The increased glycolytic activities in torrent ducks may also be reflective of an increased capacity for using anaerobic metabolism during short diving bouts, which may supply lactate for oxidation in the heart (see below). Many diving animals show increased glycolytic capacity in the muscles to support underwater locomotion (George and Ronald, 1973; Simon et al., 1974; Castellini et al., 1981), and it is predictable that the demands for anaerobic metabolism could be higher while diving in high-altitude hypoxia.
The numerous differences in enzyme activities between torrent duck populations suggest that life at high altitudes leads to metabolic restructuring of the left ventricle. The high-altitude population had a high activity of LDH in the heart (Table 1; Fig. 3), similar to what has been observed in various tissues of species that experience cold and hypoxic/anoxic environments (Rosser and Hochachka, 1993; Dawson et al., 2013; Shahriari et al., 2013; Katzenback et al., 2014). However, LDH in the heart likely facilitates lactate oxidation rather than production, a process that our data suggests might be enhanced in highland torrent ducks (Brooks, 1998; Gladden, 2004; Brooks, 2009). There is increasing evidence for a role of mitochondrial LDH that helps support lactate oxidation in an intracellular lactate shuttle, likely in an effort to balance glycolytic production of lactate with mitochondrial oxidation (Jouaville et al., 1999; Brooks et al., 1999; Van Hall, 2000; Passarella et al., 2008; Lottes et al., 2015), and it is possible that the capacity of this shuttle is enhanced in highland torrent ducks. An increased capacity for lactate oxidation in the left ventricle may also help minimize the inhibitory effects of lactate on fatty acid oxidation (Bielefeld et al., 1985; Wolfe, 1998; Liu et al., 2009). This could act in concert with the greater HOAD activity of highland torrent ducks (Fig. 3), an observation that is consistent with findings in several other high-altitude taxa (Bigard et al., 1991; Léon-Velarde, 1993; Sheafor, 2003; Scott et al., 2009a,b), in order to increase the sustainable yield of ATP from β-oxidation.
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FDA reminds patients taking recalled losartan to continue taking their current medicine until their pharmacist provides a replacement or their doctor prescribes a different medication that treats the same condition. Untreated hypertension (high blood pressure) leads to an increase in the risk of heart attacks and stroke. Untreated heart failure increases the risk of hospitalization and death. Untreated diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease) leads to worsening renal (kidney) disease.
FDA reminds consumers to continue taking your current medicine until your doctor or pharmacist gives you a replacement or a different treatment option. Untreated hypertension (high blood pressure) leads to an increase in the risk of heart attacks and stroke. Untreated heart failure increases the risk of hospitalization and death.
Just when you thought things couldn't get any more heart-wrenching on Resident Alien, the hit SYFY show unleashes a torrent of emotion in the twelfth episode of its second season. Asta (Sara Tomko) has been having a rough go of it lately. She had to live with the guilt of killing a man, forgot her estranged daughter's birthday, has to keep the secret of the world coming to an end, and now, she learns that her biological mother is an apathetic low-life who never cared much for her at all.
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