Spaceflight induces changes in gene expression profiles linked to insulin and estrogen

Autor: Begum Aydogan Mathyk, Marshall Tabetah, Rashid Karim, Victoria Zaksas, JangKeun Kim, R. I. Anu, Masafumi Muratani, Alexia Tasoula, Ruth Subhash Singh, Yen-Kai Chen, Eliah Overbey, Jiwoon Park, Henry Cope, Hossein Fazelinia, Davide Povero, Joseph Borg, Remi V. Klotz, Min Yu, Steven L. Young, Christopher E. Mason, Nathaniel Szewczyk, Riley M. St Clair, Fathi Karouia, Afshin Beheshti
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Communications Biology, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2399-3642
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05213-2
Popis: Abstract Organismal adaptations to spaceflight have been characterized at the molecular level in model organisms, including Drosophila and C. elegans. Here, we extend molecular work to energy metabolism and sex hormone signaling in mice and humans. We found spaceflight induced changes in insulin and estrogen signaling in rodents and humans. Murine changes were most prominent in the liver, where we observed inhibition of insulin and estrogen receptor signaling with concomitant hepatic insulin resistance and steatosis. Based on the metabolic demand, metabolic pathways mediated by insulin and estrogen vary among muscles, specifically between the soleus and extensor digitorum longus. In humans, spaceflight induced changes in insulin and estrogen related genes and pathways. Pathway analysis demonstrated spaceflight induced changes in insulin resistance, estrogen signaling, stress response, and viral infection. These data strongly suggest the need for further research on the metabolic and reproductive endocrinologic effects of space travel, if we are to become a successful interplanetary species.
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