TMAO, a seafood-derived molecule, produces diuresis and reduces mortality in heart failure rats

  1. Marta Gawrys-Kopczynska
  2. Marek Konop
  3. Klaudia Maksymiuk
  4. Katarzyna Kraszewska
  5. Ladislav Derzsi
  6. Krzysztof Sozanski
  7. Robert Holyst
  8. Marta Pilz
  9. Emilia Samborowska
  10. Leszek Dobrowolski
  11. Kinga Jaworska
  12. Izabella Mogilnicka
  13. Marcin Ufnal  Is a corresponding author
  1. Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
  2. Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
  3. Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
  4. M Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Abstract

Trimethylamine-oxide (TMAO) is present in seafood which is considered to be beneficial for health. Deep-water animals accumulate TMAO to protect proteins, such as lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), against hydrostatic pressure stress (HPS). We hypothesized that TMAO exerts beneficial effects on the circulatory system and protects cardiac LDH exposed to HPS produced by the contracting heart. Male, Sprague-Dawley and Spontaneously-Hypertensive-Heart-Failure (SHHF) rats were treated orally with either water (control) or TMAO. In vitro, LDH with or without TMAO was exposed to HPS and was evaluated using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. TMAO-treated rats showed higher diuresis and natriuresis, lower arterial pressure and plasma NT-proBNP. Survival in SHHF-control was 66% vs 100% in SHHF-TMAO. In vitro, exposure of LDH to HPS with or without TMAO did not affect protein structure. In conclusion, TMAO reduced mortality in SHHF, which was associated with diuretic, natriuretic and hypotensive effects. HPS and TMAO did not affect LDH protein structure.

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  1. Marta Gawrys-Kopczynska

    Department of Experimental Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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  2. Marek Konop

    Department of Experimental Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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  3. Klaudia Maksymiuk

    Department of Experimental Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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  4. Katarzyna Kraszewska

    Department of Experimental Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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  5. Ladislav Derzsi

    Soft Condensed Matter, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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  6. Krzysztof Sozanski

    Soft Condensed Matter, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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  7. Robert Holyst

    Soft Condensed Matter, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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  8. Marta Pilz

    Soft Condensed Matter, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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  9. Emilia Samborowska

    Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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  10. Leszek Dobrowolski

    Department of Renal and Body Fluid Physiology, M Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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  11. Kinga Jaworska

    Department of Experimental Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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  12. Izabella Mogilnicka

    Department of Experimental Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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  13. Marcin Ufnal

    Department of Experimental Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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    mufnal@wum.edu.pl
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Funding

Narodowe Centrum Nauki (2018/31/B/NZ5/00038.)

  • Marcin Ufnal

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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Animal experimentation: The study was performed according to Directive 2010/63 EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes and approved by the Local Bioethical Committee in Warsaw (permission:100/2016 and 098/2019).

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© 2020, Gawrys-Kopczynska et al.

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  1. Marta Gawrys-Kopczynska
  2. Marek Konop
  3. Klaudia Maksymiuk
  4. Katarzyna Kraszewska
  5. Ladislav Derzsi
  6. Krzysztof Sozanski
  7. Robert Holyst
  8. Marta Pilz
  9. Emilia Samborowska
  10. Leszek Dobrowolski
  11. Kinga Jaworska
  12. Izabella Mogilnicka
  13. Marcin Ufnal
(2020)
TMAO, a seafood-derived molecule, produces diuresis and reduces mortality in heart failure rats
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