PMID- 35502450 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220810 LR - 20220930 IS - 1745-4514 (Electronic) IS - 0145-8884 (Linking) VI - 46 IP - 8 DP - 2022 Aug TI - Study on the HIF-1alpha regulated by glycolytic pathways and mitochondrial function in yaks of different altitudes during postmortem aging. PG - e14205 LID - 10.1111/jfbc.14205 [doi] AB - The study investigated the glycolysis pathway mediated by hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) and the mechanism of its regulation. The results indicated that HIF-1alpha expression initially increased before subsequently decreasing with aging time during postmortem (p < .01). Glucose transporter-1 (GLUT-1), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and hexokinase (HK) displayed a similar trend with aging time (p < .01) while pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 (PDK-1) increased gradually within the first 12 hr before decreasing at 24-120 hr. However, after treatment with a HIF-1alpha inhibitor, no significant differences were observed in the mitochondrial morphology. Furthermore, lactate content decreased, along with LDH, HK, and F0F1-ATP activities as well as GLUT-1 and PDK-1 expression (p < .01). The shear force for all groups also increased during postmortem aging (p < .01), with that of the controls being significantly higher compared with the treatment groups (p < .01). These findings confirmed that, after slaughter, the hypoxic environment within the muscles provided essential conditions for HIF-1alpha expression, which, in turn, activated the glycolysis pathway by mediating changes in the activities of glycolytic enzymes and mitochondrial function. Moreover, in accelerating glycolysis rate, the expression of HIF-1alpha further played a negative role in meat tenderization during postmortem aging. This, it was concluded that HIF-1alpha expression plays a significant role in postmortem yak meat tenderization by regulating the glycolysis pathway. PRATICAL APPLICATIONS: While converting muscle into meat through hypoxic glycolysis during postmortem aging is undeniable, the biochemical mechanism of this process mediated remains quite obscure. However, the meat quality difference which impact muscle regulation mechanism during postmortem aging has not been reported. The study investigated the HIF-1alpha played a major role in both the glycolytic pathway and as well as meat tenderness during the postmortem aging of yak meat. The glycolysis pathway is mediated by hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha), the mechanism of its regulation, and meat tenderness during the postmortem aging of yak meat. CI - (c) 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC. FAU - Xin, Keqi AU - Xin K AD - College of Food Science and Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China. FAU - Hu, Bo AU - Hu B AD - College of Food Science and Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China. FAU - Han, Ling AU - Han L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1142-0708 AD - College of Food Science and Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China. FAU - Yu, Qunli AU - Yu Q AD - College of Food Science and Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China. LA - eng GR - 2021YFD1600204-2/National Key Research and Development/ GR - 32060553/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 2020C-18/The industrialization of the Cascade Processing of Ecological Beef and Mutton/ PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220502 PL - United States TA - J Food Biochem JT - Journal of food biochemistry JID - 7706045 RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 33X04XA5AT (Lactic Acid) SB - IM MH - *Altitude MH - Animals MH - Cattle MH - Glycolysis MH - *Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/genetics/metabolism MH - Lactic Acid MH - Mitochondria/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - GLUT-1 OT - HIF-1alpha OT - glycolysis OT - meat tenderness OT - yaks EDAT- 2022/05/04 06:00 MHDA- 2022/08/11 06:00 CRDT- 2022/05/03 02:12 PHST- 2022/04/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/12/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/04/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/05/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/08/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/05/03 02:12 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/jfbc.14205 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Food Biochem. 2022 Aug;46(8):e14205. doi: 10.1111/jfbc.14205. Epub 2022 May 2.