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Flexible Thermal Sensitivity of Mitochondrial Oxygen Consumption and Substrate Oxidation in Flying Insect Species
Mitochondria have been suggested to be paramount for temperature adaptation in insects. Considering the large range of environments colonized by this taxon, we hypothesized that species surviving large temperature changes would be those with the most flexible mitochondria. We thus investigated the r...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9081799/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35547573 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.897174 |
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author | Menail, Hichem A. Cormier, Simon B. Ben Youssef, Mariem Jørgensen, Lisa Bjerregaard Vickruck, Jess L. Morin, Pier Boudreau, Luc H. Pichaud, Nicolas |
author_facet | Menail, Hichem A. Cormier, Simon B. Ben Youssef, Mariem Jørgensen, Lisa Bjerregaard Vickruck, Jess L. Morin, Pier Boudreau, Luc H. Pichaud, Nicolas |
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description | Mitochondria have been suggested to be paramount for temperature adaptation in insects. Considering the large range of environments colonized by this taxon, we hypothesized that species surviving large temperature changes would be those with the most flexible mitochondria. We thus investigated the responses of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) to temperature in three flying insects: the honeybee (Apis mellifera carnica), the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) and the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata). Specifically, we measured oxygen consumption in permeabilized flight muscles of these species at 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42 and 45°C, sequentially using complex I substrates, proline, succinate, and glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P). Complex I respiration rates (CI-OXPHOS) were very sensitive to temperature in honeybees and fruit flies with high oxygen consumption at mid-range temperatures but a sharp decline at high temperatures. Proline oxidation triggers a major increase in respiration only in potato beetles, following the same pattern as CI-OXPHOS for honeybees and fruit flies. Moreover, both succinate and G3P oxidation allowed an important increase in respiration at high temperatures in honeybees and fruit flies (and to a lesser extent in potato beetles). However, when reaching 45°C, this G3P-induced respiration rate dropped dramatically in fruit flies. These results demonstrate that mitochondrial functions are more resilient to high temperatures in honeybees compared to fruit flies. They also indicate an important but species-specific mitochondrial flexibility for substrate oxidation to sustain high oxygen consumption levels at high temperatures and suggest previously unknown adaptive mechanisms of flying insects’ mitochondria to temperature. |
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spelling | pubmed-90817992022-05-10 Flexible Thermal Sensitivity of Mitochondrial Oxygen Consumption and Substrate Oxidation in Flying Insect Species Menail, Hichem A. Cormier, Simon B. Ben Youssef, Mariem Jørgensen, Lisa Bjerregaard Vickruck, Jess L. Morin, Pier Boudreau, Luc H. Pichaud, Nicolas Front Physiol Physiology Mitochondria have been suggested to be paramount for temperature adaptation in insects. Considering the large range of environments colonized by this taxon, we hypothesized that species surviving large temperature changes would be those with the most flexible mitochondria. We thus investigated the responses of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) to temperature in three flying insects: the honeybee (Apis mellifera carnica), the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) and the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata). Specifically, we measured oxygen consumption in permeabilized flight muscles of these species at 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42 and 45°C, sequentially using complex I substrates, proline, succinate, and glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P). Complex I respiration rates (CI-OXPHOS) were very sensitive to temperature in honeybees and fruit flies with high oxygen consumption at mid-range temperatures but a sharp decline at high temperatures. Proline oxidation triggers a major increase in respiration only in potato beetles, following the same pattern as CI-OXPHOS for honeybees and fruit flies. Moreover, both succinate and G3P oxidation allowed an important increase in respiration at high temperatures in honeybees and fruit flies (and to a lesser extent in potato beetles). However, when reaching 45°C, this G3P-induced respiration rate dropped dramatically in fruit flies. These results demonstrate that mitochondrial functions are more resilient to high temperatures in honeybees compared to fruit flies. They also indicate an important but species-specific mitochondrial flexibility for substrate oxidation to sustain high oxygen consumption levels at high temperatures and suggest previously unknown adaptive mechanisms of flying insects’ mitochondria to temperature. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9081799/ /pubmed/35547573 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.897174 Text en Copyright © 2022 Menail, Cormier, Ben Youssef, Jørgensen, Vickruck, Morin, Boudreau and Pichaud. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Physiology Menail, Hichem A. Cormier, Simon B. Ben Youssef, Mariem Jørgensen, Lisa Bjerregaard Vickruck, Jess L. Morin, Pier Boudreau, Luc H. Pichaud, Nicolas Flexible Thermal Sensitivity of Mitochondrial Oxygen Consumption and Substrate Oxidation in Flying Insect Species |
title | Flexible Thermal Sensitivity of Mitochondrial Oxygen Consumption and Substrate Oxidation in Flying Insect Species |
title_full | Flexible Thermal Sensitivity of Mitochondrial Oxygen Consumption and Substrate Oxidation in Flying Insect Species |
title_fullStr | Flexible Thermal Sensitivity of Mitochondrial Oxygen Consumption and Substrate Oxidation in Flying Insect Species |
title_full_unstemmed | Flexible Thermal Sensitivity of Mitochondrial Oxygen Consumption and Substrate Oxidation in Flying Insect Species |
title_short | Flexible Thermal Sensitivity of Mitochondrial Oxygen Consumption and Substrate Oxidation in Flying Insect Species |
title_sort | flexible thermal sensitivity of mitochondrial oxygen consumption and substrate oxidation in flying insect species |
topic | Physiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9081799/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35547573 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.897174 |
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