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Rapid adaptation to microgravity in mammalian macrophage cells

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Title:Rapid adaptation to microgravity in mammalian macrophage cells
Creators Name:Thiel, C.S., de Zélicourt, D., Tauber, S., Adrian, A., Franz, M., Simmet, D.M., Schoppmann, K., Hauschild, S., Krammer, S., Christen, M., Bradacs, G., Paulsen, K., Wolf, S.A., Braun, M., Hatton, J., Kurtcuoglu, V., Franke, S., Tanner, S., Cristoforetti, S., Sick, B., Hock, B. and Ullrich, O.
Abstract:Despite the observed severe effects of microgravity on mammalian cells, many astronauts have completed long term stays in space without suffering from severe health problems. This raises questions about the cellular capacity for adaptation to a new gravitational environment. The International Space Station (ISS) experiment TRIPLE LUX A, performed in the BIOLAB laboratory of the ISS COLUMBUS module, allowed for the first time the direct measurement of a cellular function in real time and on orbit. We measured the oxidative burst reaction in mammalian macrophages (NR8383 rat alveolar macrophages) exposed to a centrifuge regime of internal 0 g and 1 g controls and step-wise increase or decrease of the gravitational force in four independent experiments. Surprisingly, we found that these macrophages adapted to microgravity in an ultra-fast manner within seconds, after an immediate inhibitory effect on the oxidative burst reaction. For the first time, we provided direct evidence of cellular sensitivity to gravity, through real-time on orbit measurements and by using an experimental system, in which all factors except gravity were constant. The surprisingly ultra-fast adaptation to microgravity indicates that mammalian macrophages are equipped with a highly efficient adaptation potential to a low gravity environment. This opens new avenues for the exploration of adaptation of mammalian cells to gravitational changes.
Keywords:Physiological Adaptation, Cell Line, Alveolar Macrophages, Respiratory Burst, Space Flight, Weightlessness, Animals, Rats
Source:Scientific Reports
ISSN:2045-2322
Publisher:Nature Publishing Group
Volume:7
Number:1
Page Range:43
Date:27 February 2017
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00119-6
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