Affiliation:
1. State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro‐ecosystems, Center for Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology Lanzhou University Lanzhou China
2. College of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem (Ministry of Education) Gansu Agricultural University Lanzhou China
3. School of Marine Sciences Ningbo University Ningbo China
4. State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment Tsinghua University China
Abstract
AbstractThe harsh environment in the Tibetan plateau, the highest place in the world, poses thermoregulatory challenges and hypoxic stress to animals. The impacts of plateau environment on animal physiology and reproduction include external factors such as strong ultraviolet radiation and low temperature, and internal factors such as animal metabolites and gut microbiota. However, it remains unclear how plateau pika adapt to high altitudes through the combination of serum metabolites and gut microbiota. To this end, we captured 24 wild plateau pikas at the altitudes of 3400, 3600, or 3800 m a.s.l. in a Tibetan alpine grassland. Using the machine learning algorithms (random forest), we identified five biomarkers of serum metabolites indicative of the altitudes, that is, dihydrotestosterone, homo‐l‐arginine, alpha‐ketoglutaric‐acid, serotonin, and threonine, which were related to body weight, reproduction, and energy metabolism of pika. Those metabolic biomarkers were positively correlated with Lachnospiraceae_ Agathobacter, Ruminococcaceae, or Prevotellaceae_Prevotella, suggesting the close relationship between metabolites and gut microbiota. By identifying the metabolic biomarkers and gut microbiota analysis, we reveal the mechanisms of adaptation to high altitudes in plateau pika.
Funder
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology
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