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Hypoxia Induced Sex-Difference in Zebrafish Brain Proteome Profile Reveals the Crucial Role of H3K9me3 in Recovery From Acute Hypoxia

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FRONTIERS IN GENETICS
卷 12, 期 -, 页码 -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.635904

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sex difference; IPA; pathway analysis; iTRAQ; hypoxia-ischemia recovery

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  1. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India [BSC0103-UNDO]
  2. Department of Biotechnology, Government of India [BT/PR14338/MED/30/495/2010]

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Understanding the molecular basis of sex differences in neural response to acute hypoxic insult is important for preventing and treating ischemic stroke. Using a zebrafish model, this study investigated the quantitative changes in brain proteome during recovery from hypoxic insult and identified differentially expressed regulatory proteins. Analysis revealed distinct sex differences in disease function and validated upstream regulators at the transcriptional level. Upregulation of H3K9me3 in males affected neurogenic markers, potentially explaining delayed recovery compared to females. The study provides potential novel targets for therapeutic strategies.
Understanding the molecular basis of sex differences in neural response to acute hypoxic insult has profound implications for the effective prevention and treatment of ischemic stroke. Global hypoxic-ischemic induced neural damage has been studied recently under well-controlled, non-invasive, reproducible conditions using a zebrafish model. Our earlier report on sex difference in global acute hypoxia-induced neural damage and recovery in zebrafish prompted us to conduct a comprehensive study on the mechanisms underlying the recovery. An omics approach for studying quantitative changes in brain proteome upon hypoxia insult following recovery was undertaken using iTRAQ-based LC-MS/MS approach. The results shed light on the altered expression of many regulatory proteins in the zebrafish brain upon acute hypoxia following recovery. The sex difference in differentially expressed proteins along with the proteins expressed in a uniform direction in both the sexes was studied. Core expression analysis by Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) showed a distinct sex difference in the disease function heatmap. Most of the upstream regulators obtained through IPA were validated at the transcriptional level. Translational upregulation of H3K9me3 in males led us to elucidate the mechanism of recovery by confirming transcriptional targets through ChIP-qPCR. The upregulation of H3K9me3 level in males at 4 h post-hypoxia appears to affect the early neurogenic markers nestin, klf4, and sox2, which might explain the late recovery in males, compared to females. Acute hypoxia-induced sex-specific comparison of brain proteome led us to reveal many differentially expressed proteins, which can be further studied for the development of novel targets for better therapeutic strategy.

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