Abstract:
:Low oxygen and fluctuant ambient temperature pose serious challenges to mammalian survival. Physiological adaptations in mammals to hypoxia and low temperatures have been intensively investigated, yet their underlying molecular mechanisms need further exploration. Independent invasions of high-altitude plateaus, subterranean burrows and marine environments by different mammals provide opportunities to conduct such analyses. Here, we focused on six genes in the hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) pathway and two non-shivering thermogenesis (NST)-related genes [PPAR co-activator 1 (PGC-1) and uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1)] in representative species of pikas and other mammals to understand whether these loci were targeted by natural selection during independent invasions to conditions characterized by hypoxia and temperature fluctuations by high-altitude, subterranean and marine mammals. Our analyses revealed pervasive positive selection signals in the HIF pathway genes of mammals occupying high-altitude, subterranean and aquatic ecosystems; however, the mechanisms underlying their independent adaptations to hypoxic environments varied by taxa, since different genes were positively selected in each taxon and expression levels of individual genes varied among species. Additionally, parallel amino acid substitutions were also detected in hypoxia-tolerant mammals, indicating that convergent evolution may play a role in their independent adaptations to hypoxic environments. However, divergent evolutionary histories of NST-related genes were noted, since significant evidence of positive selection was observed in PGC-1 and UCP1 in high-altitude species and subterranean rodents; however, UCP1 may have already lost its function in diving cetaceans, which may be related to the thick blubber layer of adipose and connective tissue in these mammals.
journal_name
J Mol Evoljournal_title
Journal of molecular evolutionauthors
Zhu K,Ge D,Wen Z,Xia L,Yang Qdoi
10.1007/s00239-018-9870-8subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-12-01 00:00:00pages
618-634issue
9eissn
0022-2844issn
1432-1432pii
10.1007/s00239-018-9870-8journal_volume
86pub_type
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