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Fructose metabolism as a common evolutionary pathway of survival associated with climate change, food shortage and droughts
- Title
- Fructose metabolism as a common evolutionary pathway of survival associated with climate change, food shortage and droughts
- Authors
- Johnson, R. J.; Stenvinkel, P.; Andrews, P.; Sanchez-Lozada, L. G.; Nakagawa, T.; Gaucher, E.; Andres-Hernando, A.; Rodriguez-Iturbe, B.; Jimenez, C. R.; Garcia, G.; Kang, D. -H.; Tolan, D. R.; Lanaspa, M. A.
- Ewha Authors
- 강덕희
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 강덕희
- Issue Date
- 2020
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
- ISSN
- 0954-6820
1365-2796
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE vol. 287, no. 3, pp. 252 - 262
- Keywords
- fructose; metabolic syndrome; metabolic water; uric acid; vasopressin
- Publisher
- WILEY
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Review
- Abstract
- Mass extinctions occur frequently in natural history. While studies of animals that became extinct can be informative, it is the survivors that provide clues for mechanisms of adaptation when conditions are adverse. Here, we describe a survival pathway used by many species as a means for providing adequate fuel and water, while also providing protection from a decrease in oxygen availability. Fructose, whether supplied in the diet (primarily fruits and honey), or endogenously (via activation of the polyol pathway), preferentially shifts the organism towards the storing of fuel (fat, glycogen) that can be used to provide energy and water at a later date. Fructose causes sodium retention and raises blood pressure and likely helped survival in the setting of dehydration or salt deprivation. By shifting energy production from the mitochondria to glycolysis, fructose reduced oxygen demands to aid survival in situations where oxygen availability is low. The actions of fructose are driven in part by vasopressin and the generation of uric acid. Twice in history, mutations occurred during periods of mass extinction that enhanced the activity of fructose to generate fat, with the first being a mutation in vitamin C metabolism during the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction (65 million years ago) and the second being a mutation in uricase that occurred during the Middle Miocene disruption (12-14 million years ago). Today, the excessive intake of fructose due to the availability of refined sugar and high-fructose corn syrup is driving 'burden of life style' diseases, including obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure.
- DOI
- 10.1111/joim.12993
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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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