Examinando por Autor "Latorre, R."

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    Support vector machines for explaining physiological stress response in Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus)
    (Nature Publishing Group, 2018-12) Sánchez-González, B.; Barja, I.; Piñeiro, A.; Hernández-González, M.C.; Silván, G.; Illera, J.C.; Latorre, R.
    Physiological stress response is a crucial adaptive mechanism for prey species survival. This paper aims to identify the main environmental and/or individual factors better explaining the stress response in Wood mice, Apodemus sylvaticus. We analyzed alterations in fecal glucocorticoid metabolite (FCM) concentration - extensively used as an accurate measure of the physiological stress response - of wild mice fecal samples seasonally collected during three years. Then, support vector machines were built to predict said concentration according to different stressors. These statistical tools appear to be particularly suitable for small datasets with substantial number of dimensions, corroborating that the stress response is an extremely complex process in which multiple factors can simultaneously partake in a context-dependent manner, i.e., the role of each potential stressor varies in time depending on other stressors. However, air-humidity, temperature and body-weight allowed us to explain the FCM fluctuation in 98% of our samples. The relevance of air-humidity and temperature altering FCM level could be linked to the presence of an abundant vegetation cover and, therefore, to food availability and predation risk perception. Body-weight might be related to the stress produced by reproduction and other intraspecific relationships such as social dominance or territorial behavior.
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    TRPV1-Estradiol Stereospecific Relationship Underlies Cell Survival in Oxidative Cell Death
    (Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-05) Ramírez Barrantes, R.; Carvajal Zamorano K., K.; Rodríguez, B.; Córdova, C.; Lozano, C.; Simón, F.; Díaz, P.; Muñoz, P.; Marchant, I.; Latorre, R.; Castillo, K.; Olivero, P.
    17β-estradiol is a neuronal survival factor against oxidative stress that triggers its protective effect even in the absence of classical estrogen receptors. The polymodal transient receptor potential vanilloid subtype 1 (TRPV1) channel has been proposed as a steroid receptor implied in tissue protection against oxidative damage. We show here that TRPV1 is sufficient condition for 17β-estradiol to enhance metabolic performance in injured cells. Specifically, in TRPV1 expressing cells, the application of 17β-estradiol within the first 3 h avoided H2O2-dependent mitochondrial depolarization and the activation of caspase 3/7 protecting against the irreversible damage triggered by H2O2. Furthermore, 17β-estradiol potentiates TRPV1 single channel activity associated with an increased open probability. This effect was not observed after the application of 17α-estradiol. We explored the TRPV1-Estrogen relationship also in primary culture of hippocampal-derived neurons and observed that 17β-estradiol cell protection against H2O2-induced damage was independent of estrogen receptors pathway activation, membrane started and stereospecific. These results support the role of TRPV1 as a 17β-estradiol-activated ionotropic membrane receptor coupling with mitochondrial function and cell survival. © Copyright © 2020 Ramírez-Barrantes, Carvajal-Zamorano, Rodriguez, Cordova, Lozano, Simon, Díaz, Muñoz, Marchant, Latorre, Castillo and Olivero.