Hypoglycemia Impairs the Heat Shock Protein Response: A Risk for Heat Shock in Cattle?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heat stress (HS) in cattle is a major debilitating problem, affecting health and milk yield. Physiologically, HS has been shown to lower blood glucose levels to 2.5 mmol/l (45 mg/dl) and results in upregulation of heat shock proteins (HSPs), eliciting the heat shock response (HSR) of which HSP90, 70 and 27 have been shown to be protective. However, it is unclear if the HSP response is blunted by decreased glucose, thereby preventing adaptive mechanisms. To address this question, this exploratory reverse translational study on the effects of hypoglycemia on the HSP pathway was undertaken.

Methods

A human prospective, study in healthy control individuals (n = 23) was undertaken. Subjects underwent hyperinsulinemic-induced hypoglycemia [≤2.0 mmol/L (36 mg/dl)]

SUBMITTER: Atkin SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8866688 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature