Glyoxylate protects against cyanide toxicity through metabolic modulation

Autor: Jason R. Nielson, Anjali K. Nath, Kim P. Doane, Xu Shi, Jangwoen Lee, Emily G. Tippetts, Kusumika Saha, Jordan Morningstar, Kevin G. Hicks, Adriano Chan, Yanbin Zhao, Amy Kelly, Tara B. Hendry-Hofer, Alyssa Witeof, Patrick Y. Sips, Sari Mahon, Vikhyat S. Bebarta, Vincent Jo Davisson, Gerry R. Boss, Jared Rutter, Calum A. MacRae, Matthew Brenner, Robert E. Gerszten, Randall T. Peterson
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08803-y
Popis: Abstract Although cyanide’s biological effects are pleiotropic, its most obvious effects are as a metabolic poison. Cyanide potently inhibits cytochrome c oxidase and potentially other metabolic enzymes, thereby unleashing a cascade of metabolic perturbations that are believed to cause lethality. From systematic screens of human metabolites using a zebrafish model of cyanide toxicity, we have identified the TCA-derived small molecule glyoxylate as a potential cyanide countermeasure. Following cyanide exposure, treatment with glyoxylate in both mammalian and non-mammalian animal models confers resistance to cyanide toxicity with greater efficacy and faster kinetics than known cyanide scavengers. Glyoxylate-mediated cyanide resistance is accompanied by rapid pyruvate consumption without an accompanying increase in lactate concentration. Lactate dehydrogenase is required for this effect which distinguishes the mechanism of glyoxylate rescue as distinct from countermeasures based solely on chemical cyanide scavenging. Our metabolic data together support the hypothesis that glyoxylate confers survival at least in part by reversing the cyanide-induced redox imbalances in the cytosol and mitochondria. The data presented herein represent the identification of a potential cyanide countermeasure operating through a novel mechanism of metabolic modulation.
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