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Record W4416757684 · doi:10.1016/j.cbpb.2025.111180

The effects of short-term hypoxia on hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha mRNA and microRNA in Fundulus heteroclitus

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Tanner M Clow, Brittney G. Borowiec, Paul M. Craig

Bibliographic record

VenueComparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
Canadian institutionsMcMaster UniversityUniversity of Waterloo
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
KeywordsFundulusHypoxia (environmental)microRNAEpigeneticsDownregulation and upregulationMessenger RNARegulation of gene expression

Abstract

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Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (Hif1) is responsible for coordinating and regulating much of the response to acute hypoxia in vertebrates. This complex response is multifactorial, involving a large network of regulators. Within this network, epigenetic modulators, such as microRNA (miRNA), have garnered increasing interest due to their ability to regulate and fine-tune a myriad of cellular processes. Thus, we aimed to determine the effects of acute mild hypoxia on four known hypoxia-responsive miRNAs, along with three hypoxia-related transcripts. To do this, we exposed Atlantic killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus , to either normoxic (~ 8.70 mg O 2 l −1 ) or mild hypoxic (~ 2.40 mg O 2 l −1 ) conditions and sampled the gills and brain tissue throughout the exposure (0, 1, 3, 6, 12 h). While mild hypoxia resulted in a downregulation of gill hif1α mRNA, one of its downstream targets, insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 1 ( igfbp1 ), was significantly upregulated. Furthermore, hif1α mRNA, along with several miRNAs (miR-18, miR-455-3p, and miR-222), varied across time, suggesting potential involvement of the circadian clock. Finally, we observed that mild hypoxia resulted in differential expression of miR-210-5p and miR-222 in the brain, but not the gills, indicating tissue-specific epigenetic differences. Collectively, our results emphasize the complexity of the Hif1-mediated hypoxic response, warranting further investigation into underlying epigenetic mechanisms. • Hypoxia downregulates hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha ( hif1α ) mRNA in the gills. • hif1α mRNA and some microRNAs are differentially expressed throughout the day. • Hypoxia upregulates gill insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 1 mRNA. • Short-term hypoxia alters miR-210-5p and miR-222 levels in the brain. • Regulation of hif1α is complex and responds to environmental stress and time of day.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.004
Threshold uncertainty score0.009

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.014
GPT teacher head0.290
Teacher spread0.277 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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