Department of Brain Plasticity, Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Hepato-pancreato-biliary Center, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
J Lipid Res. 2024 Jul;65(7):100575. doi: 10.1016/j.jlr.2024.100575. Epub 2024 Jun 10.
Lipids are components of cytomembranes that are involved in various biochemical processes. High-altitude hypoxic environments not only affect the body's energy metabolism, but these environments can also cause abnormal lipid metabolism involved in the hypoxia-induced cognitive impairment. Thus, comprehensive lipidomic profiling of the brain tissue is an essential step toward understanding the mechanism of cognitive impairment induced by hypoxic exposure. In the present study, mice showed reduced new-object recognition and spatial memory when exposed to hypobaric hypoxia for 1 day. Histomorphological staining revealed significant morphological and structural damage to the hippocampal tissue, along with prolonged exposure to hypobaric hypoxia. Dynamic lipidomics of the mouse hippocampus showed a significant shift in both the type and distribution of phospholipids, as verified by spatial lipid mapping. Collectively, a diverse and dynamic lipid composition in mice hippocampus was uncovered, which deepens our understanding of biochemical changes during sustained hypoxic exposure and could provide new insights into the cognitive decline induced by high-altitude hypoxia exposure.
脂质是细胞内膜的组成部分,参与各种生化过程。高海拔缺氧环境不仅影响身体的能量代谢,而且这些环境还可能导致缺氧诱导认知障碍中涉及的异常脂质代谢。因此,对脑组织进行全面的脂质组学分析是理解缺氧暴露诱导认知障碍机制的重要步骤。在本研究中,当小鼠暴露于低压缺氧环境 1 天时,其新物体识别和空间记忆能力下降。组织形态学染色显示,随着暴露于低压缺氧时间的延长,海马组织出现明显的形态和结构损伤。通过空间脂质图谱验证,小鼠海马的动态脂质组学显示磷脂的类型和分布都发生了显著变化。总的来说,揭示了小鼠海马中多样化和动态的脂质组成,加深了我们对持续缺氧暴露期间生化变化的理解,并为高山缺氧暴露引起的认知能力下降提供了新的见解。