Table 4 Downregulated gene expression of the TCA cycle components

From: Microgravity elicits reproducible alterations in cytoskeletal and metabolic gene and protein expression in space-flown Caenorhabditis elegans

Gene name

Coding protein

Expression change log 2 [μG/1 G]

t-test P-value

pdha-1

Pyruvate dehydrogenase (Lipoamide) α1

−0.45

0.00

C04C3.3

Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex E1 β subunit

−0.36

0.00

dld-1

Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase

−0.54

0.00

cts-1

Citrate synthase

−0.76

0.00

aco-1

Aconitase

−0.32

0.00

aco-2

Aconitase

−0.14

0.01

idha-1

NAD+-dependent mitochondrial isocitrate dehydrogenase α subunit

−0.64

0.00

idhb-1

NAD+-dependent mitochondrial isocitrate dehydrogenase β subunit

−0.38

0.00

idhg-1

NAD+-dependent mitochondrial isocitrate dehydrogenase γ subunit

−0.30

0.00

idhg-2

NAD+-dependent mitochondrial isocitrate dehydrogenase γ subunit

−0.56

0.00

idh-2

Mitochondrial isocitrate dehydrogenase

−0.30

0.00

gei-7

Isocitrate lyase/malate synthase

−1.09

0.00

dlst-1

Dihydrolipoamide S-succinyltransferase

−0.43

0.01

dld-1

Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase

−0.54

0.00

sdha-1

Succinate dehydrogenase complex, subunit A

−0.67

0.01

sdhb-1

Succinate dehydrogenase complex, subunit B

−0.56

0.00

mev-1

Succinate dehydrogenase complex, subunit C

−0.76

0.00

sdhd-1

Succinate dehydrogenase complex, subunit D

−0.60

0.00

fum-1

Fumarase

−0.56

0.00

mdh-1

Malate dehydrogenase

−0.38

0.00