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Zhao P, Feng L, Jiang W, Wu P, Liu Y, Ren H, Jin X, Zhang L, Mi H, Zhou X. Unveiling the emerging role of curcumin to alleviate ochratoxin A-induced muscle toxicity in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella): in vitro and in vivo studies. J Anim Sci Biotechnol 2024; 15:72. [PMID: 38734645 PMCID: PMC11088780 DOI: 10.1186/s40104-024-01023-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Ochratoxin A (OTA), a globally abundant and extremely hazardous pollutant, is a significant source of contamination in aquafeeds and is responsible for severe food pollution. The developmental toxicity of OTA and the potential relieving strategy of natural products remain unclear. This study screened the substance curcumin (Cur), which had the best effect in alleviating OTA inhibition of myoblast proliferation, from 96 natural products and investigated its effect and mechanism in reducing OTA myotoxicity in vivo and in vitro. METHODS A total of 720 healthy juvenile grass carp, with an initial average body weight of 11.06 ± 0.05 g, were randomly assigned into 4 groups: the control group (without OTA and Cur), 1.2 mg/kg OTA group, 400 mg/kg Cur group, and 1.2 mg/kg OTA + 400 mg/kg Cur group. Each treatment consisted of 3 replicates (180 fish) for 60 d. RESULTS Firstly, we cultured, purified, and identified myoblasts using the tissue block culture method. Through preliminary screening and re-screening of 96 substances, we examined cell proliferation-related indicators such as cell viability and ultimately found that Cur had the best effect. Secondly, Cur could alleviate OTA-inhibited myoblast differentiation and myofibrillar development-related proteins (MyoG and MYHC) in vivo and in vitro and improve the growth performance of grass carp. Then, Cur could also promote the expression of OTA-inhibited protein synthesis-related proteins (S6K1 and TOR), which was related to the activation of the AKT/TOR signaling pathway. Finally, Cur could downregulate the expression of OTA-enhanced protein degradation-related genes (murf1, foxo3a, and ub), which was related to the inhibition of the FoxO3a signaling pathway. CONCLUSIONS In summary, our data demonstrated the effectiveness of Cur in alleviating OTA myotoxicity in vivo and in vitro. This study confirms the rapidity, feasibility, and effectiveness of establishing a natural product screening method targeting myoblasts to alleviate fungal toxin toxicity.
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- Piao Zhao
- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Tongwei Co., Ltd., Healthy Aquaculture Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Tongwei Co., Ltd., Healthy Aquaculture Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China.
- Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China.
- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China.
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Saud Gany SL, Chin KY, Tan JK, Aminuddin A, Makpol S. Curcumin as a Therapeutic Agent for Sarcopenia. Nutrients 2023; 15:nu15112526. [PMID: 37299489 DOI: 10.3390/nu15112526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Sarcopenia is the progressive loss of muscle mass, strength, and functions as we age. The pathogenesis of sarcopenia is underlined by oxidative stress and inflammation. As such, it is reasonable to suggest that a natural compound with both antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities could prevent sarcopenia. Curcumin, a natural compound derived from turmeric with both properties, could benefit muscle health. This review aims to summarise the therapeutic effects of curcumin on cellular, animal, and human studies. The available evidence found in the literature showed that curcumin prevents muscle degeneration by upregulating the expression of genes related to protein synthesis and suppressing genes related to muscle degradation. It also protects muscle health by maintaining satellite cell number and function, protecting the mitochondrial function of muscle cells, and suppressing inflammation and oxidative stress. However, it is noted that most studies are preclinical. Evidence from randomised control trials in humans is lacking. In conclusion, curcumin has the potential to be utilised to manage muscle wasting and injury, pending more evidence from carefully planned human clinical trials.
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- Siti Liyana Saud Gany
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
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Setiawan T, Sari IN, Wijaya YT, Julianto NM, Muhammad JA, Lee H, Chae JH, Kwon HY. Cancer cachexia: molecular mechanisms and treatment strategies. J Hematol Oncol 2023; 16:54. [PMID: 37217930 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-023-01454-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Muscle wasting is a consequence of physiological changes or a pathology characterized by increased catabolic activity that leads to progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength. Numerous diseases, including cancer, organ failure, infection, and aging-associated diseases, are associated with muscle wasting. Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome characterized by loss of skeletal muscle mass, with or without the loss of fat mass, resulting in functional impairment and reduced quality of life. It is caused by the upregulation of systemic inflammation and catabolic stimuli, leading to inhibition of protein synthesis and enhancement of muscle catabolism. Here, we summarize the complex molecular networks that regulate muscle mass and function. Moreover, we describe complex multi-organ roles in cancer cachexia. Although cachexia is one of the main causes of cancer-related deaths, there are still no approved drugs for cancer cachexia. Thus, we compiled recent ongoing pre-clinical and clinical trials and further discussed potential therapeutic approaches for cancer cachexia.
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- Tania Setiawan
- Department of Integrated Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan-Si, 31151, Republic of Korea
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- Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-Bio Science (SIMS), Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan-Si, 31151, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 61 Biopolis Drive, Proteos, Singapore, 138673, Republic of Singapore
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- Department of Integrated Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan-Si, 31151, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Integrated Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan-Si, 31151, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Integrated Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan-Si, 31151, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Integrated Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan-Si, 31151, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Integrated Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan-Si, 31151, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Integrated Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan-Si, 31151, Republic of Korea.
- Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-Bio Science (SIMS), Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan-Si, 31151, Republic of Korea.
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Lyu W, Kousaka M, Jia H, Kato H. Effects of Turmeric Extract on Age-Related Skeletal Muscle Atrophy in Senescence-Accelerated Mice. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:life13040941. [PMID: 37109470 PMCID: PMC10141758 DOI: 10.3390/life13040941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
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Muscle atrophy is one of the main causes of sarcopenia—the age-related loss of skeletal muscle. In this study, we investigated the effect of turmeric (Curcuma longa) extract (TE) supplementation on age-related muscle atrophy in a senescence-accelerated mouse model and explored the underlying mechanisms. Twenty-six-week-old male, senescence-accelerated mouse resistant (SAMR) mice received the AIN-93G basal diet, while twenty-six-week-old male, senescence-accelerated mouse prone 8 (SAMP8) mice received the AIN-93G basal diet or a 2% TE powder-supplemented diet for ten weeks. Our findings revealed that TE supplementation showed certain effects on ameliorating the decrease in body weight, tibialis anterior weight, and mesenteric fat tissue weight in SAMP8 mice. TE improved gene expression in the glucocorticoid receptor-FoxO signaling pathway in skeletal muscle, including redd1, klf15, foxo1, murf1, and mafbx. Furthermore, TE might have the certain potential on improving the dynamic balance between anabolic and catabolic processes by inhibiting the binding of glucocorticoid receptor or FoxO1 to the glucocorticoid response element or FoxO-binding element in the MuRF1 promoter in skeletal muscle, thereby promoting muscle mass and strength, and preventing muscle atrophy and sarcopenia prevention. Moreover, TE may have reduced mitochondrial damage and maintained cell growth and division by downregulating the mRNA expression of the genes mfn2 and tsc2. Thus, the results indicated TE’s potential for preventing age-related muscle atrophy and sarcopenia.
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- Weida Lyu
- Health Nutrition, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Health Nutrition, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Health Nutrition, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Health Nutrition, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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Fuke N, Yamashita T, Shimizu S, Matsumoto M, Sawada K, Jung S, Tokuda I, Misawa M, Suzuki S, Ushida Y, Mikami T, Itoh K, Suganuma H. Association of Plasma Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein Concentration with Dietary Factors, Gut Microbiota, and Health Status in the Japanese General Adult Population: A Cross-Sectional Study. Metabolites 2023; 13:metabo13020250. [PMID: 36837869 PMCID: PMC9965710 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13020250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Revised: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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The influx of intestinal bacteria-derived lipopolysaccharide (LPS) into the blood has attracted attention as a cause of diseases. The aim of this study is investigating the associations between the influx of LPS, dietary factors, gut microbiota, and health status in the general adult population. Food/nutrient intake, gut microbiota, health status and plasma LPS-binding protein (LBP; LPS exposure indicator) were measured in 896 residents (58.1% female, mean age 54.7 years) of the rural Iwaki district of Japan, and each correlation was analyzed. As the results, plasma LBP concentration correlated with physical (right/left arms' muscle mass [β = -0.02, -0.03]), renal (plasma renin activity [β = 0.27], urine albumin creatinine ratio [β = 0.50]), adrenal cortical (cortisol [β = 0.14]), and thyroid function (free thyroxine [β = 0.05]), iron metabolism (serum iron [β = -0.14]), and markers of lifestyle-related diseases (all Qs < 0.20). Plasma LBP concentration were mainly negatively correlated with vegetables/their nutrients intake (all βs ≤ -0.004, Qs < 0.20). Plasma LBP concentration was positively correlated with the proportion of Prevotella (β = 0.32), Megamonas (β = 0.56), and Streptococcus (β = 0.65); and negatively correlated with Roseburia (β = -0.57) (all Qs < 0.20). Dietary factors correlated with plasma LBP concentration correlated with positively (all βs ≥ 0.07) or negatively (all βs ≤ -0.07) the proportion of these bacteria (all Qs < 0.20). Our results suggested that plasma LBP concentration in the Japanese general adult population was associated with various health issues, and that dietary habit was associated with plasma LBP concentration in relation to the intestinal bacteria.
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- Nobuo Fuke
- Innovation Division, KAGOME Co., Ltd., 17 Nishitomiyama, Nasushiobara 329-2762, Tochigi, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-80-1573-5815
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- Innovation Division, KAGOME Co., Ltd., 17 Nishitomiyama, Nasushiobara 329-2762, Tochigi, Japan
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- Innovation Division, KAGOME Co., Ltd., 17 Nishitomiyama, Nasushiobara 329-2762, Tochigi, Japan
- Department of Vegetable Life Science, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, Aomori, Japan
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- Innovation Division, KAGOME Co., Ltd., 17 Nishitomiyama, Nasushiobara 329-2762, Tochigi, Japan
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- Innovation Center for Health Promotion, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, Aomori, Japan
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- Innovation Center for Health Promotion, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, Aomori, Japan
- Department of Digital Nutrition and Health Sciences, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, Aomori, Japan
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- Innovation Center for Health Promotion, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, Aomori, Japan
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- Center of Innovation Research Initiatives Organization, Hirosaki University, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, Aomori, Japan
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- Innovation Division, KAGOME Co., Ltd., 17 Nishitomiyama, Nasushiobara 329-2762, Tochigi, Japan
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- Innovation Division, KAGOME Co., Ltd., 17 Nishitomiyama, Nasushiobara 329-2762, Tochigi, Japan
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- Innovation Center for Health Promotion, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, Aomori, Japan
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- Department of Vegetable Life Science, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, Aomori, Japan
- Department of Stress Response Science, Center for Advanced Medical Research, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, Aomori, Japan
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- Innovation Division, KAGOME Co., Ltd., 17 Nishitomiyama, Nasushiobara 329-2762, Tochigi, Japan
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Zarifi SH, Bagherniya M, Banach M, Johnston TP, Sahebkar A. Phytochemicals: A potential therapeutic intervention for the prevention and treatment of cachexia. Clin Nutr 2022; 41:2843-2857. [PMID: 36403384 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2022.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Cachexia, a multifactorial and often irreversible wasting syndrome, is often associated with the final phase of several chronic disorders. Although cachexia is characterized by skeletal muscle wasting and adipose tissue loss, it is a syndrome affecting different organs, which ultimately results in systemic complications and impaired quality of life. The pathogenesis and underlying molecular mechanisms of cachexia are not fully understood, and currently there are no effective standard treatments or approved drug therapies to completely reverse cachexia. Moreover, adequate nutritional interventions alone cannot significantly improve cachexia. Other approaches to ameliorate cachexia are urgently needed, and thus, the role of medicinal plants has received considerable importance in this respect due to their beneficial health properties. Increasing evidence indicates great potential of medicinal plants and their phytochemicals as an alternative and promising treatment strategy to reduce the symptoms of many diseases including cachexia. This article reviews the current status of cachexia, the molecular mechanisms of primary events driving cachexia, and state-of-the-art knowledge that reports the preventive and therapeutic activities of multiple families of phytochemical compounds and their pharmacological mode of action, which may hold promise as an alternative treatment modality for the management of cachexia. Based on our review of various in vitro and in vivo models of cachexia, we would conclude that phytochemicals may have therapeutic potential to attenuate cachexia, although clinical trials are required to unequivocally confirm this premise.
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- Sudiyeh Hejri Zarifi
- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Food Security Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; Anesthesia and Critical Care Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology and Lipidology, Chair of Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical University of Lodz, Poland; Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Zielona Gora, Zielona Gora, Poland
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- Division of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; Department of Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
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Vargas-Mendoza N, Madrigal-Santillán E, Álvarez-González I, Madrigal-Bujaidar E, Anguiano-Robledo L, Aguilar-Faisal JL, Morales-Martínez M, Delgado-Olivares L, Rodríguez-Negrete EV, Morales-González Á, Morales-González JA. Phytochemicals in Skeletal Muscle Health: Effects of Curcumin (from Curcuma longa Linn) and Sulforaphane (from Brassicaceae) on Muscle Function, Recovery and Therapy of Muscle Atrophy. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11192517. [PMID: 36235384 PMCID: PMC9573421 DOI: 10.3390/plants11192517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
The mobility of the human body depends on, among other things, muscle health, which can be affected by several situations, such as aging, increased oxidative stress, malnutrition, cancer, and the lack or excess of physical exercise, among others. Genetic, metabolic, hormonal, and nutritional factors are intricately involved in maintaining the balance that allows proper muscle function and fiber recovery; therefore, the breakdown of the balance among these elements can trigger muscle atrophy. The study from the nutrigenomic perspective of nutritional factors has drawn wide attention recently; one of these is the use of certain compounds derived from foods and plants known as phytochemicals, to which various biological activities have been described and attributed in terms of benefiting health in many respects. This work addresses the effect that the phytochemicals curcumin from Curcuma longa Linn and sulforaphane from Brassicaceae species have shown to exert on muscle function, recovery, and the prevention of muscle atrophy, and describes the impact on muscle health in general. In the same manner, there are future perspectives in research on novel compounds as potential agents in the prevention or treatment of medical conditions that affect muscle health.
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- Nancy Vargas-Mendoza
- Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón, Col. Casco de Santo Tomás, Del. Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City 11340, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón, Col. Casco de Santo Tomás, Del. Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City 11340, Mexico
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- Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Profesional A. López Mateos, Av. Wilfrido Massieu. Col., Zacatenco, Mexico City 07738, Mexico
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- Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Profesional A. López Mateos, Av. Wilfrido Massieu. Col., Zacatenco, Mexico City 07738, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Farmacología Molecular, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón, Col. Casco de Santo Tomás, Del. Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City 11340, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón, Col. Casco de Santo Tomás, Del. Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City 11340, Mexico
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- Licenciatura en Nutrición, Universidad Intercontinental, Insurgentes Sur 4303, Santa Úrsula Xitla, Alcaldía Tlalpan, Mexico City 14420, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación Interdisciplinario, Área Académica de Nutrición, Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Circuito Actopan-Tilcuauttla, s/n, Ex Hacienda la Concepción, San Agustín Tlaxiaca, Hidalgo 2160, Mexico
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- Escuela Superior de Cómputo, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. Juan de Dios Bátiz s/n Esquina Miguel Othón de Mendizabal, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Mexico City 07738, Mexico
- Correspondence: (Á.M.-G.); (J.A.M.-G.); Tel.: +52-55-5729-6300 (Á.M.-G. & J.A.M.-G.)
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- Laboratorio de Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón, Col. Casco de Santo Tomás, Del. Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City 11340, Mexico
- Correspondence: (Á.M.-G.); (J.A.M.-G.); Tel.: +52-55-5729-6300 (Á.M.-G. & J.A.M.-G.)
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Wu HY, Trevino JG, Fang BL, Riner AN, Vudatha V, Zhang GH, Li YP. Patient-Derived Pancreatic Cancer Cells Induce C2C12 Myotube Atrophy by Releasing Hsp70 and Hsp90. Cells 2022; 11:cells11172756. [PMID: 36078164 PMCID: PMC9455268 DOI: 10.3390/cells11172756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Pancreatic cancer (PC) patients are highly prone to cachexia, a lethal wasting syndrome featuring muscle wasting with an undefined etiology. Recent data indicate that certain murine cancer cells induce muscle wasting by releasing Hsp70 and Hsp90 through extracellular vesicles (EVs) to activate p38β MAPK-mediated catabolic pathways primarily through Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). However, whether human PC induces cachexia through releasing Hsp70 and Hsp90 is undetermined. Here, we investigated whether patient-derived PC cells induce muscle cell atrophy directly through this mechanism. We compared cancer cells isolated from patient-derived xenografts (PDX) from three PC patients who had cachexia (PCC) with those of three early-stage lung cancer patients without cachexia (LCC) and two renal cancer patients who were not prone to cachexia (RCC). We observed small increases of Hsp70 and Hsp90 released by LCC and RCC in comparison to non-cancer control cells (NCC). However, PCC released markedly higher levels of Hsp70 and Hsp90 (~ 6-fold on average) than LCC and RCC. In addition, PCC released similarly increased levels of Hsp70/90-containing EVs. In contrast to RCC and LCC, PCC-conditioned media induced a potent catabolic response in C2C12 myotubes including the activation of p38 MAPK and transcription factor C/EBPβ, upregulation of E3 ligases UBR2 and MAFbx, and increase of autophagy marker LC3-II, resulting in the loss of the myosin heavy chain (MHC ~50%) and myotube diameter (~60%). Importantly, the catabolic response was attenuated by Hsp70- and Hsp90-neutralizing antibodies in a dose-dependent manner. These data suggest that human PC cells release high levels of Hsp70 and Hsp90 that induce muscle atrophy through a direct action on muscle cells.
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- Hong-Yu Wu
- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston), Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston), Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston), Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-(713)-500-6498; Fax: +1-(713)-500-0689
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Ducharme JB, McKenna ZJ, Deyhle MR. Exercise mitigates the Toll of muscle atrophy: A narrative review of the effects of exercise on Toll-like receptor-4 in leukocytes and skeletal muscle. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2022; 322:C581-C589. [PMID: 35171696 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00005.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Conditions characterized by muscle wasting such as cachexia and sarcopenia are devastating at the individual level, and they place a profound burden on public health. Evidence suggests that inflammation is likely a mechanistic contributor to the pathogenesis of these conditions. One specific molecule, lipopolysaccharide, has gained attention due to its role in initiating inflammation. Toll-like receptor-4 is the primary receptor for lipopolysaccharide and has been shown to be implicit in the downstream proinflammatory response associated with lipopolysaccharide. Importantly, Toll-like receptor-4 is expressed on various cell types throughout the human body such as leukocytes and skeletal muscle fibers and may have site-specific effects that contribute to muscle wasting conditions based on the location in which activation occurs. Accordingly, reducing proinflammatory signaling at these locations may be an effective strategy at mitigating muscle wasting. Regular exercise training is believed to elicit anti-inflammatory adaptations, but the mechanisms by which this occurs are yet to be fully understood. Understanding the mechanisms by which Toll-like receptor-4 activation contributes to muscle wasting and how exercise affects this, may allow for the development of a non-pharmacological therapeutic intervention. Therefore, in this review, we summarize the current understanding of the lipopolysaccharide/Toll-like receptor-4 axis in leukocytes and skeletal muscle fibers on the pathogenesis of muscle wasting conditions and we critically examine the current evidence regarding the effects of exercise on this axis.
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- Jeremy B Ducharme
- Department of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- Department of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- Department of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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Das T, Dvoretskiy S, Chen C, Luo M, Pereira SL. Fish Oil, Plant Polyphenols, and Their Combinations Have No Tumor Growth Promoting Effects on Human Lung and Colon Carcinoma Xenograft Mice. J Diet Suppl 2022; 20:459-474. [PMID: 34983294 DOI: 10.1080/19390211.2021.2021344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The goal of this study was to evaluate if combinations of ingredients with known anti-cachexia benefits (Fish oil-FO with either curcumin or Green tea extract-GTE), have adverse effects on tumor growth, using human carcinoma xenograft mice models. FO (EPA/DHA 360 mg/kg bw), GTE (90 mg/kg bw), and curcumin (180 mg/kg bw) were administered orally, alone or in combination, to nude mice bearing either A549 human non-small cell lung carcinoma or SW620 human colon carcinoma tumors. Bodyweight, tumor growth, survival time, and other clinical endpoints were assessed. The ingredients either alone or in combinations were well tolerated in both lung and colon tumor-bearing mice. There were no significant group differences between individual or combination treatments for tumor growth (A549 or SW620) as measured by the median time in days to endpoint of tumor volume (TTE). TTE results indicate that these ingredients (alone or combinations) did not adversely impact tumor growth. No significant differences in body weights or survival were observed between controls and treatment groups indicating no adverse health effects of the ingredients. In conclusion, FO, GTE or curcumin administered as monotherapies and in combination were well tolerated and displayed no adverse effects on tumor growth in mouse xenograft models of lung and colon cancer.
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, USA
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Sahin E, Orhan C, Erten F, Er B, Acharya M, Morde AA, Padigaru M, Sahin K. Next-Generation Ultrasol Curcumin Boosts Muscle Endurance and Reduces Muscle Damage in Treadmill-Exhausted Rats. Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:antiox10111692. [PMID: 34829562 PMCID: PMC8614663 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10111692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Curcumin positively affects performance during exercise and subsequent recovery. However, curcumin has limited bioavailability unless consumed in larger doses. In the current study, we examined the impact of a new formulation of curcumin, Next-Generation Ultrasol Curcumin (NGUC), which is relatively more bioavailable than natural curcumin on exhaustion time, grip strength, muscle damage parameters, and serum and muscle proteins. A total of 28 rats were randomly grouped as control (C, non-supplemented), exercise (E, non-supplemented), E+NGUC100 (supplemented with 100 mg/kg BW NGUC), and E+NGUC200 (supplemented with 200 mg/kg NGUC). Grip strength and exhaustion time were increased with NGUC supplementation (p < 0.0001). Creatine kinase (CK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), lactic acid (LA), myoglobin, malondialdehyde (MDA) concentrations were reduced in serum, and muscle tissue in NGUC supplemented groups (p < 0.05). In contrast, NGUC supplementation elevated the antioxidant enzyme levels compared to the non-supplemented exercise group (p < 0.01). Additionally, inflammatory cytokines were inhibited with NGUC administration (p < 0.05). NGUC decreased PGC-1α, p-4E-BP1, p-mTOR, MAFbx, and MuRF1 proteins in muscle tissue (p < 0.05). These results indicate that NGUC boosts exercise performance while reducing muscle damage by targeting antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and muscle mass regulatory pathways.
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- Emre Sahin
- Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bingol University, Bingol 12000, Turkey;
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- Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, Elazig 23119, Turkey;
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- Department of Veterinary Science, Pertek Sakine Genc Vocational School, Munzur University, Tunceli 62500, Turkey;
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Firat University, Elazig 23119, Turkey;
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- Research and Development, OmniActive Health Technologies, Mumbai 400001, India; (M.A.); (A.A.M.); (M.P.)
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- Research and Development, OmniActive Health Technologies, Mumbai 400001, India; (M.A.); (A.A.M.); (M.P.)
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- Research and Development, OmniActive Health Technologies, Mumbai 400001, India; (M.A.); (A.A.M.); (M.P.)
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- Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, Elazig 23119, Turkey;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +90-532-747-3506 or +90-424-237-0000 (ext. 3938)
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Polyphenols and Their Effects on Muscle Atrophy and Muscle Health. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26164887. [PMID: 34443483 PMCID: PMC8398525 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26164887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Skeletal muscle atrophy is the decrease in muscle mass and strength caused by reduced protein synthesis/accelerated protein degradation. Various conditions, such as denervation, disuse, aging, chronic diseases, heart disease, obstructive lung disease, diabetes, renal failure, AIDS, sepsis, cancer, and steroidal medications, can cause muscle atrophy. Mechanistically, inflammation, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction are among the major contributors to muscle atrophy, by modulating signaling pathways that regulate muscle homeostasis. To prevent muscle catabolism and enhance muscle anabolism, several natural and synthetic compounds have been investigated. Recently, polyphenols (i.e., natural phytochemicals) have received extensive attention regarding their effect on muscle atrophy because of their potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Numerous in vitro and in vivo studies have reported polyphenols as strongly effective bioactive molecules that attenuate muscle atrophy and enhance muscle health. This review describes polyphenols as promising bioactive molecules that impede muscle atrophy induced by various proatrophic factors. The effects of each class/subclass of polyphenolic compounds regarding protection against the muscle disorders induced by various pathological/physiological factors are summarized in tabular form and discussed. Although considerable variations in antiatrophic potencies and mechanisms were observed among structurally diverse polyphenolic compounds, they are vital factors to be considered in muscle atrophy prevention strategies.
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Sadek J, Hall DT, Colalillo B, Omer A, Tremblay AK, Sanguin‐Gendreau V, Muller W, Di Marco S, Bianchi ME, Gallouzi I. Pharmacological or genetic inhibition of iNOS prevents cachexia-mediated muscle wasting and its associated metabolism defects. EMBO Mol Med 2021; 13:e13591. [PMID: 34096686 PMCID: PMC8261493 DOI: 10.15252/emmm.202013591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Cachexia syndrome develops in patients with diseases such as cancer and sepsis and is characterized by progressive muscle wasting. While iNOS is one of the main effectors of cachexia, its mechanism of action and whether it could be targeted for therapy remains unexplored. Here, we show that iNOS knockout mice and mice treated with the clinically tested iNOS inhibitor GW274150 are protected against muscle wasting in models of both septic and cancer cachexia. We demonstrate that iNOS triggers muscle wasting by disrupting mitochondrial content, morphology, and energy production processes such as the TCA cycle and acylcarnitine transport. Notably, iNOS inhibits oxidative phosphorylation through impairment of complexes II and IV of the electron transport chain and reduces ATP production, leading to energetic stress, activation of AMPK, suppression of mTOR, and, ultimately, muscle atrophy. Importantly, all these effects were reversed by GW274150. Therefore, our data establish how iNOS induces muscle wasting under cachectic conditions and provide a proof of principle for the repurposing of iNOS inhibitors, such as GW274150 for the treatment of cachexia.
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- Jason Sadek
- Department of BiochemistryMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research CenterMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
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- Department of BiochemistryMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research CenterMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
- Sprott Centre for Stem Cell ResearchRegenerative Medicine ProgramOttawa Hospital Research InstituteOttawaONCanada
- Department of Cellular and Molecular MedicineFaculty of MedicineUniversity of OttawaOttawaONCanada
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- Department of BiochemistryMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research CenterMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
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- Department of BiochemistryMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research CenterMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
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- Department of BiochemistryMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research CenterMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
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- Department of BiochemistryMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research CenterMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
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- Department of BiochemistryMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research CenterMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
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- Department of BiochemistryMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research CenterMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
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- Division of Genetics and Cell BiologyChromatin Dynamics UnitIRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute and Vita‐Salute San Raffaele UniversityMilanItaly
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- Department of BiochemistryMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
- Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Research CenterMcGill UniversityMontrealQCCanada
- KAUST Smart‐Health Initiative and Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) DivisionKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)JeddahSaudi Arabia
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Glucocorticoid Receptor Alpha Targets SLC2A4 to Regulate Protein Synthesis and Breakdown in Porcine Skeletal Muscle Cells. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11050721. [PMID: 34065777 PMCID: PMC8151344 DOI: 10.3390/biom11050721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Revised: 04/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In the presence of stress, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity can be enhanced to promote the secretion of a large amount of glucocorticoids (GCs), which play an important role in the anabolism and catabolism of skeletal muscle. When the endogenous and exogenous glucocorticoids are deficient or excessive, the body will produce stress-related resistance and change the protein metabolism. In this study, we investigated the effect of GC receptor GRα on protein breakdown and synthesis in porcine skeletal muscle cells (PSCs). Overexpression of GRα was shown to increase the expression of protein degradation-related genes, while knockdown of GRα decreased the expression of these genes. Additionally, we found a relationship between GRα and solute carrier family 2 member 4 (SLC2A4), SLC2A4 expression level increases when stress occurs, suggesting that increasing SLC2A4 expression can partially alleviate stress-induced damage, and we found that there is a combination between them via luciferase reporter assays, which still needs to be confirmed in further studies.
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Pancreatic cancer induces muscle wasting by promoting the release of pancreatic adenocarcinoma upregulated factor. Exp Mol Med 2021; 53:432-445. [PMID: 33731895 PMCID: PMC8080719 DOI: 10.1038/s12276-021-00582-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Cancer cachexia is a highly debilitating condition characterized by weight loss and muscle wasting that contributes significantly to the morbidity and mortality of pancreatic cancer. The factors that induce cachexia in pancreatic cancer are largely unknown. We previously showed that pancreatic adenocarcinoma upregulated factor (PAUF) secreted by pancreatic cancer cells is responsible for tumor growth and metastasis. Here, we analyzed the relation between pancreatic cancer-derived PAUF and cancer cachexia in mice and its clinical significance. Body weight loss and muscle weight loss were significantly higher in mice with Panc-1/PAUF tumors than in those with Panc-1/Mock tumors. Direct administration of rPAUF to muscle recapitulated tumor-induced atrophy, and a PAUF-neutralizing antibody abrogated tumor-induced muscle wasting in Panc-1/PAUF tumor-bearing mice. C2C12 myotubes treated with rPAUF exhibited rapid inactivation of Akt-Foxo3a signaling, resulting in Atrogin1/MAFbx upregulation, myosin heavy chain loss, and muscle atrophy. The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and body weight loss were significantly higher in pancreatic cancer patients with high PAUF expression than in those with low PAUF expression. Analysis of different pancreatic cancer datasets showed that PAUF expression was significantly higher in the pancreatic cancer group than in the nontumor group. Analysis of The Cancer Genome Atlas data found associations between high PAUF expression or a high DNA copy number and poor overall survival. Our data identified tumor-secreted circulating PAUF as a key factor of cachexia, causing muscle wasting in mice. Neutralizing PAUF may be a useful therapeutic strategy for the treatment of pancreatic cancer-induced cachexia.
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Pascoe AL, Johnston AJ, Murphy RM. Controversies in TWEAK-Fn14 signaling in skeletal muscle atrophy and regeneration. Cell Mol Life Sci 2020; 77:3369-3381. [PMID: 32200423 PMCID: PMC11104974 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-020-03495-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Skeletal muscle is one of the largest functional tissues in the human body; it is highly plastic and responds dramatically to anabolic and catabolic stimuli, including weight training and malnutrition, respectively. Excessive loss of muscle mass, or atrophy, is a common symptom of many disease states with severe impacts on prognosis and quality of life. TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK) and its cognate receptor, fibroblast growth factor-inducible 14 (Fn14) are an emerging cytokine signaling pathway in the pathogenesis of muscle atrophy. Upregulation of TWEAK and Fn14 has been described in a number of atrophic and injured muscle states; however, it remains unclear whether they are contributing to the degenerative or regenerative aspect of muscle insults. The current review focuses on the expression and apparent downstream outcomes of both TWEAK and Fn14 in a range of catabolic and anabolic muscle models. Apparent changes in the signaling outcomes of TWEAK-Fn14 activation dependent on the relative expression of both the ligand and the receptor are discussed as a potential source of divergent TWEAK-Fn14 downstream effects. This review proposes both a physiological and pathological model of TWEAK-Fn14 signaling. Further research is needed on the switch between these states to develop therapeutic interventions for this pathway.
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- Amy L Pascoe
- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.
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Scalabrin M, Adams V, Labeit S, Bowen TS. Emerging Strategies Targeting Catabolic Muscle Stress Relief. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E4681. [PMID: 32630118 PMCID: PMC7369951 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21134681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Skeletal muscle wasting represents a common trait in many conditions, including aging, cancer, heart failure, immobilization, and critical illness. Loss of muscle mass leads to impaired functional mobility and severely impedes the quality of life. At present, exercise training remains the only proven treatment for muscle atrophy, yet many patients are too ill, frail, bedridden, or neurologically impaired to perform physical exertion. The development of novel therapeutic strategies that can be applied to an in vivo context and attenuate secondary myopathies represents an unmet medical need. This review discusses recent progress in understanding the molecular pathways involved in regulating skeletal muscle wasting with a focus on pro-catabolic factors, in particular, the ubiquitin-proteasome system and its activating muscle-specific E3 ligase RING-finger protein 1 (MuRF1). Mechanistic progress has provided the opportunity to design experimental therapeutic concepts that may affect the ubiquitin-proteasome system and prevent subsequent muscle wasting, with novel advances made in regards to nutritional supplements, nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NFB) inhibitors, myostatin antibodies, β2 adrenergic agonists, and small-molecules interfering with MuRF1, which all emerge as a novel in vivo treatment strategies for muscle wasting.
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- Mattia Scalabrin
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK;
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- Department of Experimental and Molecular Cardiology, TU Dresden, Heart Center Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany;
- Dresden Cardiovascular Research Institute and Core Laboratories GmbH, 01067 Dresden, Germany
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- Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 68167 Mannheim, Germany;
- Myomedix GmbH, Im Biengarten 36, 69151 Neckargemünd, Germany
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK;
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Mañas-García L, Guitart M, Duran X, Barreiro E. Satellite Cells and Markers of Muscle Regeneration during Unloading and Reloading: Effects of Treatment with Resveratrol and Curcumin. Nutrients 2020; 12:nu12061870. [PMID: 32585875 PMCID: PMC7353305 DOI: 10.3390/nu12061870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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We hypothesized that treatment with pharmacological agents known to increase sirtuin-1 activity (resveratrol and curcumin) may enhance muscle regeneration. In limb muscles of mice (C57BL/6J, 10 weeks) exposed to reloading for seven days following a seven-day period of hindlimb immobilization with/without curcumin or resveratrol treatment, progenitor muscle cell numbers (FACS), satellite cell subtypes (histology), early and late muscle regeneration markers, phenotype and morphometry, sirtuin-1 activity and content, and muscle function were assessed. Treatment with either resveratrol or curcumin in immobilized muscles elicited a significant improvement in numbers of progenitor, activated, quiescent, and total counts of muscle satellite cells, compared to non-treated animals. Treatment with either resveratrol or curcumin in reloaded muscles compared to non-treated mice induced a significant improvement in the CSA of both hybrid (curcumin) and fast-twitch fibers (resveratrol), sirtuin-1 activity (curcumin), sirtuin-1 content (resveratrol), and counts of progenitor muscle cells (resveratrol). Treatment with the pharmacological agents resveratrol and curcumin enhanced the numbers of satellite cells (muscle progenitor, quiescent, activated, and total satellite cells) in the unloaded limb muscles but not in the reloaded muscles. These findings have potential clinical implications as treatment with these phenolic compounds would predominantly be indicated during disuse muscle atrophy to enhance the muscle regeneration process.
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- Laura Mañas-García
- Pulmonology Department-Muscle Wasting and Cachexia in Chronic Respiratory Diseases and Lung Cancer Research Group, IMIM-Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Health and Experimental Sciences Department (CEXS), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), 08003 Barcelona, Spain; (L.M.-G.); (M.G.)
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- Pulmonology Department-Muscle Wasting and Cachexia in Chronic Respiratory Diseases and Lung Cancer Research Group, IMIM-Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Health and Experimental Sciences Department (CEXS), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), 08003 Barcelona, Spain; (L.M.-G.); (M.G.)
- Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- Scientific and Technical Department, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, 08003 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Pulmonology Department-Muscle Wasting and Cachexia in Chronic Respiratory Diseases and Lung Cancer Research Group, IMIM-Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Health and Experimental Sciences Department (CEXS), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), 08003 Barcelona, Spain; (L.M.-G.); (M.G.)
- Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), 08003 Barcelona, Spain
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34-93-316-0385; Fax: +34-93-316-0410
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De Paepe B. Progressive Skeletal Muscle Atrophy in Muscular Dystrophies: A Role for Toll-like Receptor-Signaling in Disease Pathogenesis. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21124440. [PMID: 32580419 PMCID: PMC7352931 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21124440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Muscle atrophy is an active process controlled by specific transcriptional programs, in which muscle mass is lost by increased protein degradation and/or decreased protein synthesis. This review explores the involvement of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in the muscle atrophy as it is observed in muscular dystrophies, disorders characterized by successive bouts of muscle fiber degeneration and regeneration in an attempt to repair contraction-induced damage. TLRs are defense receptors that detect infection and recognize self-molecules released from damaged cells. In muscular dystrophies, these receptors become over-active, and are firmly involved in the sustained chronic inflammation exhibited by the muscle tissue, via their induction of pro-inflammatory cytokine expression. Taming the exaggerated activation of TLR2/4 and TLR7/8/9, and their downstream effectors in particular, comes forward as a therapeutic strategy with potential to slow down disease progression.
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Ono Y, Maejima Y, Saito M, Sakamoto K, Horita S, Shimomura K, Inoue S, Kotani J. TAK-242, a specific inhibitor of Toll-like receptor 4 signalling, prevents endotoxemia-induced skeletal muscle wasting in mice. Sci Rep 2020; 10:694. [PMID: 31959927 PMCID: PMC6970997 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-57714-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Circulating lipopolysaccharide (LPS) concentrations are often elevated in patients with sepsis or various endogenous diseases related to bacterial translocation from the gut. Systemic inflammatory responses induced by endotoxemia induce severe involuntary loss of skeletal muscle, termed muscle wasting, which adversely affects the survival and functional outcomes of these patients. Currently, no drugs are available for the treatment of endotoxemia-induced skeletal muscle wasting. Here, we tested the effects of TAK-242, a Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-specific signalling inhibitor, on myotube atrophy in vitro and muscle wasting in vivo induced by endotoxin. LPS treatment of murine C2C12 myotubes induced an inflammatory response (increased nuclear factor-κB activity and interleukin-6 and tumour necrosis factor-α expression) and activated the ubiquitin-proteasome and autophagy proteolytic pathways (increased atrogin-1/MAFbx, MuRF1, and LC-II expression), resulting in myotube atrophy. In mice, LPS injection increased the same inflammatory and proteolytic pathways in skeletal muscle and induced atrophy, resulting in reduced grip strength. Notably, pretreatment of cells or mice with TAK-242 reduced or reversed all the detrimental effects of LPS in vitro and in vivo. Collectively, our results indicate that pharmacological inhibition of TLR4 signalling may be a novel therapeutic intervention for endotoxemia-induced muscle wasting.
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- Yuko Ono
- Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan. .,Department of Bioregulation and Pharmacological Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan.
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- Department of Bioregulation and Pharmacological Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan
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- Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Bio-Informational Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Bioregulation and Pharmacological Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan
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- Department of Bioregulation and Pharmacological Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan
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- Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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Shen S, Yu H, Gan L, Ye Y, Lin L. Natural constituents from food sources: potential therapeutic agents against muscle wasting. Food Funct 2019; 10:6967-6986. [PMID: 31599912 DOI: 10.1039/c9fo00912d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Skeletal muscle wasting is highly correlated with not only reduced quality of life but also higher morbidity and mortality. Although an increasing number of patients are suffering from various kinds of muscle atrophy and weakness, there is still no effective therapy available, and skeletal muscle is considered as an under-medicated organ. Food provided not only essential macronutrients but also functional substances involved in the modulation of the physiological systems of our body. Natural constituents from commonly consumed dietary plants, either extracts or compounds, have attracted more and more attention to be developed as agents for preventing and treating muscle wasting due to their safety and effectiveness, as well as structural diversity. This review provides an overview of the mechanistic aspects of muscle wasting, and summarizes the extracts and compounds from food sources as potential therapeutic agents against muscle wasting.
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- Shengnan Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, and Natural Products Chemistry Department, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.
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Sin TK, Zhang G, Zhang Z, Gao S, Li M, Li YP. Cancer Takes a Toll on Skeletal Muscle by Releasing Heat Shock Proteins-An Emerging Mechanism of Cancer-Induced Cachexia. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:cancers11091272. [PMID: 31480237 PMCID: PMC6770863 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11091272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Revised: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Cancer-associated cachexia (cancer cachexia) is a major contributor to the modality and mortality of a wide variety of solid tumors. It is estimated that cachexia inflicts approximately ~60% of all cancer patients and is the immediate cause of ~30% of all cancer-related death. However, there is no established treatment of this disorder due to the poor understanding of its underlying etiology. The key manifestations of cancer cachexia are systemic inflammation and progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and function (muscle wasting). A number of inflammatory cytokines and members of the TGFβ superfamily that promote muscle protein degradation have been implicated as mediators of muscle wasting. However, clinical trials targeting some of the identified mediators have not yielded satisfactory results. Thus, the root cause of the muscle wasting associated with cancer cachexia remains to be identified. This review focuses on recent progress of laboratory studies in the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of cancer cachexia that centers on the role of systemic activation of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) by cancer-released Hsp70 and Hsp90 in the development and progression of muscle wasting, and the downstream signaling pathways that activate muscle protein degradation through the ubiquitin-proteasome and the autophagy-lysosome pathways in response to TLR4 activation. Verification of these findings in humans could lead to etiology-based therapies of cancer cachexia by targeting multiple steps in this signaling cascade.
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- Thomas K Sin
- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- The Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
- Department of Surgery, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Hall DT, Griss T, Ma JF, Sanchez BJ, Sadek J, Tremblay AMK, Mubaid S, Omer A, Ford RJ, Bedard N, Pause A, Wing SS, Di Marco S, Steinberg GR, Jones RG, Gallouzi IE. The AMPK agonist 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide (AICAR), but not metformin, prevents inflammation-associated cachectic muscle wasting. EMBO Mol Med 2019; 10:emmm.201708307. [PMID: 29844217 PMCID: PMC6034131 DOI: 10.15252/emmm.201708307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Activation of AMPK has been associated with pro-atrophic signaling in muscle. However, AMPK also has anti-inflammatory effects, suggesting that in cachexia, a syndrome of inflammatory-driven muscle wasting, AMPK activation could be beneficial. Here we show that the AMPK agonist AICAR suppresses IFNγ/TNFα-induced atrophy, while the mitochondrial inhibitor metformin does not. IFNγ/TNFα impair mitochondrial oxidative respiration in myotubes and promote a metabolic shift to aerobic glycolysis, similarly to metformin. In contrast, AICAR partially restored metabolic function. The effects of AICAR were prevented by the AMPK inhibitor Compound C and were reproduced with A-769662, a specific AMPK activator. AICAR and A-769662 co-treatment was found to be synergistic, suggesting that the anti-cachectic effects of these drugs are mediated through AMPK activation. AICAR spared muscle mass in mouse models of cancer and LPS induced atrophy. Together, our findings suggest a dual function for AMPK during inflammation-driven atrophy, wherein it can play a protective role when activated exogenously early in disease progression, but may contribute to anabolic suppression and atrophy when activated later through mitochondrial dysfunction and subsequent metabolic stress.
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- Derek T Hall
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada .,Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Life Sciences Division, College of Sciences and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar
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Wafi AM, Hong J, Rudebush TL, Yu L, Hackfort B, Wang H, Schultz HD, Zucker IH, Gao L. Curcumin improves exercise performance of mice with coronary artery ligation-induced HFrEF: Nrf2 and antioxidant mechanisms in skeletal muscle. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2018; 126:477-486. [PMID: 30462567 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00654.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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A hallmark of chronic heart failure (HF) with low ejection fraction (HFrEF) is exercise intolerance. We hypothesized that reduced expression of nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) in skeletal muscle contributes to impaired exercise performance. We further hypothesized that curcumin, a Nrf2 activator, would preserve or increase exercise capacity in HF. Experiments were carried out in mice with coronary artery ligation-induced HFrEF. Curcumin was deliveried by a subcutaneous osmotic minipump at a dose of 50 mg·kg-1·day-1 for 8 weeks. In vivo, in situ, and in vitro experiments were employed to evaluate exercise capacity, muscle function, and molecular mechanisms. We found that: 1) the maximal speed, running distance to exhaustion, and limb grip force were significantly lower in HFrEF mice compared with sham. Curcumin-treated HF mice displayed enhanced exercise performance compared with vehicle-treated HF mice; 2) both soleus (Sol) and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles of HFrEF mice exhibited reduced force and rapid fatigue, which were ameliorated by curcumin; and 3) protein expression of Nrf2, hemeoxygenase-1, SOD2, myogenin, and MyoD were significantly lower, but total ubiquitinated proteins, MURF1, and atrogen-1 were higher in Sol and EDL of HFrEF compared with sham mice, whereas these alterations in Nrf2 signaling and antioxidant defenses in HFrEF were attenuated by curcumin, which had no effect on cardiac function per se in mice with severe HFrEF. These data suggest that impaired Nrf2 signaling intrinsic to skeletal muscle contributes to exercise intolerance in HFrEF. Skeletal muscle Nrf2 should be considered as a novel therapeutic target in severe HF. NEW & NOTEWORTHY These studies suggest that impaired nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) signaling is a critical mechanism underlying the enhanced oxidative stress in skeletal muscle in heart failure with low ejection fraction (HFrEF). Curcumin prevents the decline in running performance in HFrEF mice by upregulating antioxidant defenses in skeletal muscle, likely mediated by activating Nrf2 signaling. These findings suggest a novel therapeutic target for the improvement of exercise capacity and quality of life in HFrEF patients.
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- Ahmed M Wafi
- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center , Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center , Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center , Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center , Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center , Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center , Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center , Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center , Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center , Omaha, Nebraska
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Yamada T, Himori K, Tatebayashi D, Yamada R, Ashida Y, Imai T, Akatsuka M, Masuda Y, Kanzaki K, Watanabe D, Wada M, Westerblad H, Lanner JT. Electrical Stimulation Prevents Preferential Skeletal Muscle Myosin Loss in Steroid-Denervation Rats. Front Physiol 2018; 9:1111. [PMID: 30147660 PMCID: PMC6097132 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Severe muscle weakness concomitant with preferential depletion of myosin has been observed in several pathological conditions. Here, we used the steroid-denervation (S-D) rat model, which shows dramatic decrease in myosin content and force production, to test whether electrical stimulation (ES) treatment can prevent these deleterious changes. S-D was induced by cutting the sciatic nerve and subsequent daily injection of dexamethasone for 7 days. For ES treatment, plantarflexor muscles were electrically stimulated to produce four sets of five isometric contractions each day. Plantarflexor in situ isometric torque, muscle weight, skinned muscle fiber force, and protein and mRNA expression were measured after the intervention period. ES treatment partly prevented the S-D-induced decreases in plantarflexor in situ isometric torque and muscle weight. ES treatment fully prevented S-D-induced decreases in skinned fiber force and ratio of myosin heavy chain (MyHC) to actin, as well as increases in the reactive oxygen/nitrogen species-generating enzymes NADPH oxidase (NOX) 2 and 4, phosphorylation of p38 MAPK, mRNA expression of the muscle-specific ubiquitin ligases muscle ring finger-1 (MuRF-1) and atrogin-1, and autolyzed active calpain-1. Thus, ES treatment is an effective way to prevent muscle impairments associated with loss of myosin.
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- Takashi Yamada
- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Kurashiki, Japan
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- School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Sedliak M, Zeman M, Buzgó G, Cvecka J, Hamar D, Laczo E, Okuliarova M, Vanderka M, Kampmiller T, Häkkinen K, Ahtiainen JP, Hulmi JJ, Nilsen TS, Wiig H, Raastad T. Morphological, molecular and hormonal adaptations to early morning versus afternoon resistance training. Chronobiol Int 2017; 35:450-464. [PMID: 29283292 DOI: 10.1080/07420528.2017.1411360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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It has been clearly established that maximal force and power is lower in the morning compared to noon or afternoon hours. This morning neuromuscular deficit can be diminished by regularly training in the morning hours. However, there is limited and contradictory information upon hypertrophic adaptations to time-of-day-specific resistance training. Moreover, no cellular or molecular mechanisms related to muscle hypertrophy adaptation have been studied with this respect. Therefore, the present study examined effects of the time-of-day-specific resistance training on muscle hypertrophy, phosphorylation of selected proteins, hormonal concentrations and neuromuscular performance. Twenty five previously untrained males were randomly divided into a morning group (n = 11, age 23 ± 2 yrs), afternoon group (n = 7, 24 ± 4 yrs) and control group (n = 7, 24 ± 3 yrs). Both the morning and afternoon group underwent hypertrophy-type of resistance training with 22 training sessions over an 11-week period performed between 07:30-08:30 h and 16:00-17:00 h, respectively. Isometric MVC was tested before and immediately after an acute loading exclusively during their training times before and after the training period. Before acute loadings, resting blood samples were drawn and analysed for plasma testosterone and cortisol. At each testing occasion, muscle biopsies from m. vastus lateralis were obtained before and 60 min after the acute loading. Muscle specimens were analysed for muscle fibre cross-sectional areas (CSA) and for phosphorylated p70S6K, rpS6, p38MAPK, Erk1/2, and eEF2. In addition, the right quadriceps femoris was scanned with MRI before and after the training period. The control group underwent the same testing, except for MRI, between 11:00 h and 13:00 h but did not train. Voluntary muscle strength increased significantly in both the morning and afternoon training group by 16.9% and 15.2 %, respectively. Also muscle hypertrophy occurred by 8.8% and 11.9% (MRI, p < 0.001) and at muscle fibre CSA level by 21% and 18% (p < 0.01) in the morning and afternoon group, respectively. No significant changes were found in controls within these parameters. Both pre- and post-training acute loadings induced a significant (p < 0.001) reduction in muscle strength in all groups, not affected by time of day or training. The post-loading phosphorylation of p70S6Thr421/Ser424 increased independent of the time of day in the pre-training condition, whereas it was significantly increased in the morning group only after the training period (p < 0.05). Phosphorylation of rpS6 and p38MAPK increased acutely both before and after training in a time-of-day independent manner (p < 0.05 at all occasions). Phosphorylation of p70S6Thr389, eEF2 and Erk1/2 did not change at any time point. No statistically significant correlations were found between changes in muscle fibre CSA, MRI and cell signalling data. Resting testosterone was not statistically different among groups at any time point. Resting cortisol declined significantly from pre- to post-training in all three groups (p < 0.05). In conclusion, similar levels of muscle strength and hypertrophy could be achieved regardless of time of the day in previously untrained men. However, at the level of skeletal muscle signalling, the extent of adaptation in some parameters may be time of day dependent.
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- Milan Sedliak
- a Department of Sport Kinanthropology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports , Comenius University in Bratislava , Bratislava , Slovakia
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- b Department of Animal Physiology and Ethology, Faculty of Natural Sciences , Comenius University in Bratislava , Bratislava , Slovakia
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- a Department of Sport Kinanthropology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports , Comenius University in Bratislava , Bratislava , Slovakia
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- a Department of Sport Kinanthropology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports , Comenius University in Bratislava , Bratislava , Slovakia
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- a Department of Sport Kinanthropology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports , Comenius University in Bratislava , Bratislava , Slovakia
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- a Department of Sport Kinanthropology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports , Comenius University in Bratislava , Bratislava , Slovakia
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- b Department of Animal Physiology and Ethology, Faculty of Natural Sciences , Comenius University in Bratislava , Bratislava , Slovakia
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- a Department of Sport Kinanthropology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports , Comenius University in Bratislava , Bratislava , Slovakia
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- a Department of Sport Kinanthropology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports , Comenius University in Bratislava , Bratislava , Slovakia
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- c Neuromuscular Research Center, Biology of Physical Activity, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences , University of Jyväskylä , Jyväskylä , Finland
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- c Neuromuscular Research Center, Biology of Physical Activity, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences , University of Jyväskylä , Jyväskylä , Finland
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- c Neuromuscular Research Center, Biology of Physical Activity, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences , University of Jyväskylä , Jyväskylä , Finland
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- d Department of Physical Performance , Norwegian School of Sport Sciences , Oslo , Norway
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- d Department of Physical Performance , Norwegian School of Sport Sciences , Oslo , Norway
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- d Department of Physical Performance , Norwegian School of Sport Sciences , Oslo , Norway
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Kou X, Li J, Liu X, Yang X, Fan J, Chen N. Ampelopsin attenuates the atrophy of skeletal muscle from d-gal-induced aging rats through activating AMPK/SIRT1/PGC-1α signaling cascade. Biomed Pharmacother 2017; 90:311-320. [PMID: 28364603 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2017.03.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2017] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The atrophy of skeletal muscle is highly correlated with oxidative damage, excessive apoptosis and dysfunctional autophagy. Ampelopsin, a natural flavonoid, has multiple biological functions including anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, and hepatoprotective functions. Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats subjected to intraperitoneal injection of d-galactose (d-gal) at the dose of 150mg/kg·d revealed an obvious atrophy of skeletal muscle with significantly reduced muscle mass/body mass ratio, cross-sectional area and fiber diameter of skeletal muscle in d-gal-induced aging rats when compared to normal control rats without d-gal administration for 6 consecutive weeks. In contrast, the combinatorial administration of d-gal at the identical dose and DHM at the dose of 100 or 200mg/kg·d could alleviate the reduction of these hallmarks associated with the atrophy of skeletal muscle. In addition, d-gal administration could result in obvious apoptosis and impaired autophagy in skeletal muscle, which could be mitigated upon DHM treatment due to its role in decreasing ubiquitin and Atrogin-1/MAFbx and up-regulating AMPK and SIRT1 signal pathways. Therefore, DHM may be a potential candidate for the prevention and treatment of skeletal muscle atrophy associated aging process.
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- Xianjuan Kou
- Wuti-Tianjiu Research and Development Center for Exercise Nutrition and Foods, Hubei Key Laboratory of Sport Training and Monitoring, College of Health Science, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Graduate School, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Graduate School, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Graduate School, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Wuti-Tianjiu Research and Development Center for Exercise Nutrition and Foods, Hubei Key Laboratory of Sport Training and Monitoring, College of Health Science, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Wuti-Tianjiu Research and Development Center for Exercise Nutrition and Foods, Hubei Key Laboratory of Sport Training and Monitoring, College of Health Science, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan 430079, China.
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Wan J, Chen D, Yu B, Luo Y, Mao X, Zheng P, Yu J, Luo J, He J. Leucine Protects Against Skeletal Muscle Atrophy in Lipopolysaccharide-Challenged Rats. J Med Food 2016; 20:93-101. [PMID: 28009536 DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2016.3759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Skeletal muscle atrophy is a decrease in muscle mass that occurs when protein degradation exceeds protein synthesis. Leucine (Leu), an essential branched-chain amino acid in animal nutrition, regulates skeletal muscle protein metabolism. Two experiments were conducted to evaluate whether Leu could alleviate lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced skeletal muscle wasting by modulating skeletal muscle protein synthesis and degradation. A total of 24 rats were randomly allocated into three groups (n = 8): (1) non-challenged control; (2) LPS-challenged control; and (3) LPS +3.0% Leu. Rats were fed with control or Leu-supplemented (part of the casein was replaced with 3.0% Leu) diets throughout the trial and were injected intraperitoneally with sterile saline or LPS at days 6, 11, 16, and 21. On the morning of day 22, serum samples were collected and rats were then sacrificed for liver and muscle analysis. In vitro protein degradation, nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) activity, and proteolytic enzyme activities of the muscles from immune-challenged rats were also measured. Our results showed that the LPS challenge resulted in not only enhanced serum interleukin-1 and liver C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations but also decreased the average daily body weight gain and muscle fiber diameter. However, dietary Leu inclusion attenuated the increase in CRP level and the decrease in muscle fiber diameter. Importantly, the LPS challenge caused a significant elevation in the muscle proteolysis rate, but dietary Leu supplementation significantly blocked the muscle proteolysis. The mRNA expression of NF-κB, muscle atrophy F-box (MAFbx), and muscle ring finger 1 (MuRF1) was upregulated by the LPS challenge in gastrocnemius muscles, but was downregulated by Leu supplementation. Interestingly, when muscles from the LPS-challenged rats were incubated with Leu in vitro, proteasome-, calpain-, and cathepsin-L-dependent muscle proteolysis and NF-κB activity were decreased. Collectively, the data suggest that Leu supplementation could inhibit excessive skeletal muscle degradation, as well as enhance protein synthesis and, thus, attenuate the negative effects caused by the LPS-induced immune challenge.
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- Jin Wan
- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu, Wenjiang District, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu, Wenjiang District, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu, Wenjiang District, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu, Wenjiang District, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu, Wenjiang District, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu, Wenjiang District, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu, Wenjiang District, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu, Wenjiang District, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu, Wenjiang District, Sichuan, China
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Sethupathy S, Prasath KG, Ananthi S, Mahalingam S, Balan SY, Pandian SK. Proteomic analysis reveals modulation of iron homeostasis and oxidative stress response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 by curcumin inhibiting quorum sensing regulated virulence factors and biofilm production. J Proteomics 2016; 145:112-126. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2016.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2016] [Revised: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Tanaka M, Tanaka K, Tategaki J, Fujino H. Preventive effects of kilohertz frequency electrical stimulation on sepsis-induced muscle atrophy. JOURNAL OF MUSCULOSKELETAL & NEURONAL INTERACTIONS 2016; 16:152-60. [PMID: 27282459 PMCID: PMC5114358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The present study sought to evaluate the effect of electrical stimulation (ES) by using kilohertz frequency on muscle atrophy induced by sepsis. METHODS Seventeen male ICR mice were randomly divided into 3 groups: control, lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-injected for 4 days, LPS plus ES (LPS+ES). Sepsis was induced by 4 days of an intraperitoneal LPS injection (10 μg/g body weight/day). LPS+ES animals received the LPS injections and ES twice a day for 4 days. ELISA and western blot analysis determined the plasma levels of inflammatory cytokines and ubiquitinated proteins, while the tibialis anterior muscles were weighed and muscle fiber cross-sectional area (CSA) were measured to assess muscle atrophy, which were analyzed by Student's t-test and ANOVA. RESULTS LPS induced increased plasma levels of inflammatory cytokines, significant muscle mass loss (LPS: -29.0%, LPS+ES: -23.1%), decreased fiber cross-sectional area, and an up-regulation of atrogin-1 and ubiquitinated proteins in the tibialis anterior muscle compared with the control. ES attenuated the sepsis-induced loss of muscle mass and decreased fiber CSA, as well as attenuated the atrogin-1 and ubiquitinated protein up-regulation. CONCLUSIONS Electrical stimulation may prevent sepsis-induced muscle atrophy through ubiquitin-proteasome pathway inhibition.
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- M. Tanaka
- Department of Rehabilitation Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe 654-0142, Japan,Osaka Yukioka College of Health Sciences, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, 1-1-41 Sojiji, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0801, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe 654-0142, Japan
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- Depertment of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe 654-0142, Japan,Corresponding author: Hidemi Fujino, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe 654-0142, Japan E-mail:
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Tanaka K, Tanaka M, Takegaki J, Fujino H. Preventive effects of electrical stimulation on inflammation-induced muscle mitochondrial dysfunction. Acta Histochem 2016; 118:464-70. [PMID: 27209425 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2016.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2015] [Revised: 04/04/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Cachexia is a complex metabolic syndrome associated with underlying chronic diseases and is characterized by the overexpression of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), which impair muscle oxidative metabolism. We hypothesized that electrical stimulation (ES) would prevent decrement in muscle oxidative metabolism by suppressing the phosphorylation of p38 MAPK, a critical regulator of inflammatory response. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to verify the effects of ES on inflammatory-induced decrement of oxidative metabolism in mice tibialis anterior muscles. ICR mice were randomly divided into three groups: control, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) injection for 4days, and LPS injection plus ES (LPS+ES). Cachexia was induced in the animals in the LPS groups via LPS injection (10mg/kg body weight/day, i.p.) during the intervention period. The animals in the LPS+ES group were stimulated electrically (carrier frequency, 2500Hz; modulation frequency, 100Hz; duration, 240s/day; type of contraction, isometric) during the intervention period. LPS injection resulted in decreased body and muscle wet weight and increased expression of TNF-α in plasma and skeletal muscle. In addition, LPS injection decreased indicators of mitochondrial function such as succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) and citrate synthase (CS) activity as well as the expression of PGC-1ɑ, and increased the phosphorylation of p38 MAPK. On the other hand, the intervention of ES attenuated the changes in muscle wet weight, SDH activity, CS activity, p38 MAPK, and PGC-1ɑ. These results suggest that ES could prevent decrement in muscle oxidative metabolism induced by pro-inflammatory cytokines in cachexia.
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- Kohei Tanaka
- Department of Rehabilitation Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Kobe 654-0142, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Kobe 654-0142, Japan; Department of Physical Therapy, Osaka Yukioka College of Health Science, 1-1-41 Sojiji, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0801, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Kobe 654-0142, Japan.
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Peddada KV, Peddada KV, Shukla SK, Mishra A, Verma V. Role of Curcumin in Common Musculoskeletal Disorders: a Review of Current Laboratory, Translational, and Clinical Data. Orthop Surg 2016; 7:222-31. [PMID: 26311096 DOI: 10.1111/os.12183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The Indian spice turmeric, in which the active and dominant biomolecule is curcumin, has been demonstrated to have significant medicinal properties, including anti-inflammatory and anti-neoplastic effects. This promise is potentially very applicable to musculoskeletal disorders, which are common causes of physician visits worldwide. Research at the laboratory, translational and clinical levels that supports the use of curcumin for various musculoskeletal disorders, such as osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, musculocartilaginous disorders, and sarcoma is here in comprehensively summarized. Though more phase I-III trials are clearly needed, thus far the existing data show that curcumin can indeed potentially be useful in treatment of the hundreds of millions worldwide who are afflicted by these musculoskeletal disorders.
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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Hejazi N, Mazloom Z, Zand F, Rezaianzadeh A, Amini A. Nutritional Assessment in Critically Ill Patients. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 2016; 41:171-9. [PMID: 27217600 PMCID: PMC4876294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Malnutrition is an important factor in the survival of critically ill patients. The purpose of the present study was to assess the nutritional status of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) on the days of admission and discharge via a detailed nutritional assessment. METHODS Totally, 125 patients were followed up from admission to discharge at 8ICUs in Shiraz, Iran. The patients' nutritional status was assessed using subjective global assessment (SGA), anthropometric measurements, biochemical indices, and body composition indicators. Diet prescription and intake was also evaluated. RESULTS Malnutrition prevalence significantly increased on the day of discharge (58.62%) compared to the day of admission (28.8%) according to SGA (P<0.001). The patients' weight, mid-upper-arm circumference, mid-arm muscle circumference, triceps skinfold thickness, and calf circumference decreased significantly as well (P<0.001). Lean mass weight and body cell mass also decreased significantly (P<0.001). Biochemical indices showed no notable changes except for magnesium, which decreased significantly (P=0.013). A negative significant correlation was observed between malnutrition on discharge day and anthropometric measurements. Positive and significant correlations were observed between the number of days without enteral feeding, days delayed from ICU admission to the commencement of enteral feeding, and the length of ICU stay and malnutrition on discharge day. Energy and protein intakes were significantly less than the prescribed diet (26.26% and 26.48%, respectively). CONCLUSION Malnutrition on discharge day increased in the patients in the ICU according to SGA. Anthropometric measurements were better predictors of the nutritional outcome of our critically ill patients than were biochemical tests.
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- Najmeh Hejazi
- Nutrition and Food Sciences Research Center, Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Nutrition and Food Sciences Research Center, Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran,Correspondence: Zohreh Mazloom, PhD; Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 71645111, Shiraz, Iran Tel: +98 917 1111527 Fax: +98 71 37251008
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- Shiraz Anesthesiology and Critical Care Research Center, Department of Anesthesia, Nemazee Teaching Hospital, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Anesthesia, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran,Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Sukari A, Muqbil I, Mohammad RM, Philip PA, Azmi AS. F-BOX proteins in cancer cachexia and muscle wasting: Emerging regulators and therapeutic opportunities. Semin Cancer Biol 2016; 36:95-104. [PMID: 26804424 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2016.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Revised: 01/17/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cancer cachexia is a debilitating metabolic syndrome accounting for fatigue, an impairment of normal activities, loss of muscle mass associated with body weight loss eventually leading to death in majority of patients with advanced disease. Cachexia patients undergoing skeletal muscle atrophy show consistent activation of the SCF ubiquitin ligase (F-BOX) family member Atrogin-1 (also known as MAFBx/FBXO32) alongside the activation of the muscle ring finger protein1 (MuRF1). Other lesser known F-BOX family members are also emerging as key players supporting muscle wasting pathways. Recent work highlights a spectrum of different cancer signaling mechanisms impacting F-BOX family members that feed forward muscle atrophy related genes during cachexia. These novel players provide unique opportunities to block cachexia induced skeletal muscle atrophy by therapeutically targeting the SCF protein ligases. Conversely, strategies that induce the production of proteins may be helpful to counter the effects of these F-BOX proteins. Through this review, we bring forward some novel targets that promote atrogin-1 signaling in cachexia and muscle wasting and highlight newer therapeutic opportunities that can help in the better management of patients with this devastating and fatal disorder.
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- Ammar Sukari
- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI 48201, USA; iTRI Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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Chen PY, Liu CS, Lin LY, Lin YC, Sun HL, Li CC, Chen HW, Wang TS, Wang J, Liu KL. Borage oil supplementation decreases lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation and skeletal muscle wasting in mice. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra14163c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Schematic outline of the proposed mechanism by which borage oil supplementation prevented LPS-induced inflammation and skeletal muscle wasting in mice.
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Chen PY, Sun HL, Lin YC, Li CC, Chen HW, Wang TS, Liu CS, Liu KL. 18-Carbon polyunsaturated fatty acids via down-regulation NF-κB activation reduce lipopolysaccharide-induced myotube atrophy. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra00720a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Schematic of the prevention of LPS-induced myotube atrophy by 18-carbon PUFAs.
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- Pei-Yin Chen
- School of Nutrition
- Chung Shan Medical University
- Taichung
- Taiwan
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- School of Medicine
- Chung Shan Medical University
- Taichung
- Taiwan
- Division of Allergy
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- School of Nutrition
- Chung Shan Medical University
- Taichung
- Taiwan
- Department of Nutrition
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- School of Nutrition
- Chung Shan Medical University
- Taichung
- Taiwan
- Department of Nutrition
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- Department of Nutrition
- China Medical University
- Taichung
- Taiwan
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- School of Biomedical Sciences
- Chung Shan Medical University
- Taichung
- Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology and Vascular and Genomic Center
- Changhua Christian Hospital
- Changhua
- Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine
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- School of Nutrition
- Chung Shan Medical University
- Taichung
- Taiwan
- Department of Nutrition
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Ono T, Takada S, Kinugawa S, Tsutsui H. Curcumin ameliorates skeletal muscle atrophy in type 1 diabetic mice by inhibiting protein ubiquitination. Exp Physiol 2015; 100:1052-63. [PMID: 25998196 DOI: 10.1113/ep085049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? We sought to examine whether curcumin could ameliorate skeletal muscle atrophy in diabetic mice by inhibiting protein ubiquitination, inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress. What is the main finding and its importance? We found that curcumin ameliorated skeletal muscle atrophy in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice by inhibiting protein ubiquitination without affecting protein synthesis. This favourable effect of curcumin was possibly due to the inhibition of inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress. Curcumin may be beneficial for the treatment of muscle atrophy in type 1 diabetes mellitus. Skeletal muscle atrophy develops in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), especially in type 1 DM, which is associated with chronic inflammation. Curcumin, the active ingredient of turmeric, has various biological actions, including anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. We hypothesized that curcumin could ameliorate skeletal muscle atrophy in mice with streptozotocin-induced type 1 DM. C57BL/6 J mice were injected with streptozotocin (200 mg kg(-1) i.p.; DM group) or vehicle (control group). Each group of mice was randomly subdivided into two groups of 10 mice each and fed a diet with or without curcumin (1500 mg kg(-1) day(-1)) for 2 weeks. There were significant decreases in body weight, skeletal muscle weight and cellular cross-sectional area of the skeletal muscle in DM mice compared with control mice, and these changes were significantly attenuated in DM+Curcumin mice without affecting plasma glucose and insulin concentrations. Ubiquitination of protein was increased in skeletal muscle from DM mice and decreased in DM+Curcumin mice. Gene expressions of muscle-specific ubiquitin E3 ligase atrogin-1/MAFbx and MuRF1 were increased in DM and inhibited in DM+Curcumin mice. Moreover, nuclear factor-κB activation, concentrations of the inflammatory cytokines tumour necrosis factor-α and interleukin-1β and oxidative stress were increased in the skeletal muscle from DM mice and inhibited in DM+Curcumin mice. Curcumin ameliorated skeletal muscle atrophy in DM mice by inhibiting protein ubiquitination, inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress. Curcumin may be beneficial for the treatment of muscle atrophy in type 1 DM.
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- Taisuke Ono
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Endotoxin-induced skeletal muscle wasting is prevented by angiotensin-(1-7) through a p38 MAPK-dependent mechanism. Clin Sci (Lond) 2015; 129:461-76. [PMID: 25989282 DOI: 10.1042/cs20140840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2014] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Skeletal muscle atrophy induced during sepsis syndrome produced by endotoxin in the form of LPS (lipopolysaccharide), is a pathological condition characterized by the loss of strength and muscle mass, an increase in MHC (myosin heavy chain) degradation, and an increase in the expression of atrogin-1 and MuRF-1 (muscle-specific RING-finger protein 1), two ubiquitin E3 ligases belonging to the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Ang-(1-7) [Angiotensin-(1-7)], through its Mas receptor, has beneficial effects in skeletal muscle. We evaluated in vivo the role of Ang-(1-7) and Mas receptor on the muscle wasting induced by LPS injection into C57BL/10J mice. In vitro studies were performed in murine C2C12 myotubes and isolated myofibres from EDL (extensor digitorum longus) muscle. In addition, the participation of p38 MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) in the Ang-(1-7) effect on the LPS-induced muscle atrophy was evaluated. Our results show that Ang-(1-7) prevents the decrease in the diameter of myofibres and myotubes, the decrease in muscle strength, the diminution in MHC levels and the induction of atrogin-1 and MuRF-1 expression, all of which are induced by LPS. These effects were reversed by using A779, a Mas antagonist. Ang-(1-7) exerts these anti-atrophic effects at least in part by inhibiting the LPS-dependent activation of p38 MAPK both in vitro and in vivo. We have demonstrated for the first time that Ang-(1-7) counteracts the skeletal muscle atrophy induced by endotoxin through a mechanism dependent on the Mas receptor that involves a decrease in p38 MAPK phosphorylation. The present study indicates that Ang-(1-7) is a novel molecule with a potential therapeutic use to improve muscle wasting during endotoxin-induced sepsis syndrome.
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Braun TP, Marks DL. The regulation of muscle mass by endogenous glucocorticoids. Front Physiol 2015; 6:12. [PMID: 25691871 PMCID: PMC4315033 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Glucocorticoids are highly conserved fundamental regulators of energy homeostasis. In response to stress in the form of perceived danger or acute inflammation, glucocorticoids are released from the adrenal gland, rapidly mobilizing energy from carbohydrate, fat and protein stores. In the case of inflammation, mobilized protein is critical for the rapid synthesis of acute phase reactants and an efficient immune response to infection. While adaptive in response to infection, chronic mobilization can lead to a profound depletion of energy stores. Skeletal muscle represents the major body store of protein, and can become substantially atrophied under conditions of chronic inflammation. Glucocorticoids elicit the atrophy of muscle by increasing the rate of protein degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome system and autophagy lysosome system. Protein synthesis is also suppressed at the level of translational initiation, preventing the production of new myofibrillar protein. Glucocorticoids also antagonize the action of anabolic regulators such as insulin further exacerbating the loss of protein and muscle mass. The loss of muscle mass in the context of chronic disease is a key feature of cachexia and contributes substantially to morbidity and mortality. A growing body of evidence demonstrates that glucocorticoid signaling is a common mediator of wasting, irrespective of the underlying initiator or disease state. This review will highlight fundamental mechanisms of glucocorticoid signaling and detail the mechanisms of glucocorticoid-induced muscle atrophy. Additionally, the evidence for glucocorticoids as a driver of muscle wasting in numerous disease states will be discussed. Given the burden of wasting diseases and the nodal nature of glucocorticoid signaling, effective anti-glucocorticoid therapy would be a valuable clinical tool. Therefore, the progress and potential pitfalls in the development of glucocorticoid antagonists for muscle wasting will be discussed.
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- Theodore P Braun
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center Seattle, WA, USA ; Papé Family Pediatric Research Institute, Oregon Health and Science University Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center Seattle, WA, USA
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Quan-Jun Y, Jun B, Li-Li W, Yong-Long H, Bin L, Qi Y, Yan L, Cheng G, Gen-Jin Y. NMR-based metabolomics reveals distinct pathways mediated by curcumin in cachexia mice bearing CT26 tumor. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra14128h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Cachexia is common in cancer patients, with profound metabolic abnormalities in response to malignant growth of cancer and progressive catabolism of host.
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- Yang Quan-Jun
- Department of Pharmacy
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital
- Shanghai 200233
- P. R. China
- School of Pharmacy
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- Department of Pharmacy
- Shanghai
- P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital
- Shanghai 200233
- P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital
- Shanghai 200233
- P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital
- Shanghai 200233
- P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital
- Shanghai 200233
- P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital
- Shanghai 200233
- P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital
- Shanghai 200233
- P. R. China
- School of Pharmacy
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- School of Pharmacy
- Second Military Medical University
- Shanghai 200433
- P. R. China
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Wang CY, Bai XY, Wang CH. Traditional Chinese medicine: a treasured natural resource of anticancer drug research and development. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE 2014; 42:543-59. [PMID: 24871650 DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x14500359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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To discover and develop novel natural compounds, active ingredients, single herbs and combination formulas or prescriptions in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) with therapeutic selectivity that can preferentially kill cancer cells and inhibit the amplification of cancer without significant toxicity is an important area in cancer therapy. A lot of valuable TCMs were applied as alternative or complementary medicines in the United States and Europe. But these TCMs, as one of the main natural resources, were widely used to research and develop new drugs in Asia. In TCMs, some specific herbs, animals, minerals and combination formulas were recorded and exploited due to their active ingredients and specific natural compounds with antitumor activities. The article focused on the antitumor properties of natural compounds and combination formulas or prescriptions in TCMs, described its influence on tumor progression, angiogenesis, metastasis, and revealed its mechanisms of antitumor and inhibitory action. Among the nature compounds, triptolide, berberine, matrine, oxymatrine, kurarinone and deoxypodophyllotoxin (DPT) with specific molecular structures have been separated, purified, and evaluated their antitumor properties in vitro and in vivo. Cancer is a multifactorial and multistep disease, so the treatment effect of combination formulas and prescriptions in TCMs involving multi-targets and multi-signal pathways on tumor may be superior than that of agents targeting a single molecular target alone. Shi Quan Da Bu Tang and Yanshu injection, as well known combination formulas and prescriptions in TCMs, have shown an excellent therapeutic effect on cancer.
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- Chao-Yun Wang
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong 264003, P. R. China
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Jamart C, Gomes AV, Dewey S, Deldicque L, Raymackers JM, Francaux M. Regulation of ubiquitin-proteasome and autophagy pathways after acute LPS and epoxomicin administration in mice. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2014; 15:166. [PMID: 24885455 PMCID: PMC4041039 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Background The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) is a major protein degradation pathway that is activated during sepsis and has been proposed as a therapeutic target for preventing skeletal muscle loss due to cachexia. Although several studies have investigated the modulation of proteasome activity in response to LPS administration, none have characterized the overall UPP response to LPS administration in the fate of proteasome inhibition. Methods Here, we determined the modulation pattern of the main key components of the UPP in the gastrocnemius (GAS) of mice during the acute phase of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-mediated endotoxemia (7.5 mg/kg – 8 h) by measuring all three β1, β2 and β5 activites of the 20S and 26S proteasomes, the levels of steady state polyubiquitinated proteins, mRNA levels of muscle ligases, as well as signaling pathways regulating the UPP. Another goal was to assess the effects of administration of a specific proteasome inhibitor (epoxomicin, 0.5 mg/kg) on UPP response to sepsis. Results The acute phase of LPS-induced endotoxemia lowered GAS/body weight ratio and increased MuRF1 and MAFbx mRNA concomitantly to an activation of the pathways known to regulate their expression. Unexpectedly, we observed a decrease in all 20S and 26S proteasome activities measured in GAS, which might be related to oxidative stress, as oxidized proteins (carbonyl levels) increase with LPS. While significantly inhibiting 20S and 26S proteasome β5 activities in heart and liver, epoxomicin did not lower proteasome activity in GAS. However, the increase in mRNA expression of the muscle ligases MuRF1 and MAFbx were partially rescued without affecting the other investigated signaling pathways. LPS also strongly activated autophagy, which could explain the observed GAS atrophy with LPS-induced reduction of proteasome activity. Conclusions Our results highlight an opposite regulation of UPP in the early hours of LPS-induced muscle atrophy by showing reduced proteasome activities and increased mRNA expression of muscle specific ligases. Furthermore, our data do not support any preventive effect of epoxomicin in muscle atrophy due to acute cachexia since proteasome activities are not further repressed.
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Université catholique de Louvain, Place Pierre de Coubertin, 1 bte L8,10,01, Louvain-la-Neuve 1348, Belgium.
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Vitadello M, Germinario E, Ravara B, Libera LD, Danieli-Betto D, Gorza L. Curcumin counteracts loss of force and atrophy of hindlimb unloaded rat soleus by hampering neuronal nitric oxide synthase untethering from sarcolemma. J Physiol 2014; 592:2637-52. [PMID: 24710058 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.268672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Antioxidant administration aimed to antagonize the development and progression of disuse muscle atrophy provided controversial results. Here we investigated the effects of curcumin, a vegetal polyphenol with pleiotropic biological activity, because of its ability to upregulate glucose-regulated protein 94 kDa (Grp94) expression in myogenic cells. Grp94 is a sarco-endoplasmic reticulum chaperone, the levels of which decrease significantly in unloaded muscle. Rats were injected intraperitoneally with curcumin and soleus muscle was analysed after 7 days of hindlimb unloading or standard caging. Curcumin administration increased Grp94 protein levels about twofold in muscles of ambulatory rats (P < 0.05) and antagonized its decrease in unloaded ones. Treatment countered loss of soleus mass and myofibre cross-sectional area by approximately 30% (P ≤ 0.02) and maintained a force-frequency relationship closer to ambulatory levels. Indexes of muscle protein and lipid oxidation, such as protein carbonylation, revealed by Oxyblot, and malondialdehyde, measured with HPLC, were significantly blunted in unloaded treated rats compared to untreated ones (P = 0.01). Mechanistic involvement of Grp94 was suggested by the disruption of curcumin-induced attenuation of myofibre atrophy after transfection with antisense grp94 cDNA and by the drug-positive effect on the maintenance of the subsarcolemmal localization of active neuronal nitric oxide synthase molecules, which were displaced to the sarcoplasm by unloading. The absence of additive effects after combined administration of a neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitor further supported curcumin interference with this pro-atrophic pathway. In conclusion, curcumin represents an effective and safe tool to upregulate Grp94 muscle levels and to maintain muscle function during unweighting.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy Interuniversity Institute of Myology, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy Interuniversity Institute of Myology, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Evertsson K, Fjällström AK, Norrby M, Tågerud S. p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2) signaling in atrophic and hypertrophic denervated mouse skeletal muscle. J Mol Signal 2014; 9:2. [PMID: 24629011 PMCID: PMC3995524 DOI: 10.1186/1750-2187-9-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 03/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase has been implicated in both skeletal muscle atrophy and hypertrophy. T317 phosphorylation of the p38 substrate mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2) correlates with muscle weight in atrophic and hypertrophic denervated muscle and may influence the nuclear and cytoplasmic distribution of p38 and/or MK2. The present study investigates expression and phosphorylation of p38, MK2 and related proteins in cytosolic and nuclear fractions from atrophic and hypertrophic 6-days denervated skeletal muscles compared to innervated controls. Methods Expression and phosphorylation of p38, MK2, Hsp25 (heat shock protein25rodent/27human, Hsp25/27) and Hsp70 protein expression were studied semi-quantitatively using Western blots with separated nuclear and cytosolic fractions from innervated and denervated hypertrophic hemidiaphragm and atrophic anterior tibial muscles. Unfractionated innervated and denervated atrophic pooled gastrocnemius and soleus muscles were also studied. Results No support was obtained for a differential nuclear/cytosolic localization of p38 or MK2 in denervated hypertrophic and atrophic muscle. The differential effect of denervation on T317 phosphorylation of MK2 in denervated hypertrophic and atrophic muscle was not reflected in p38 phosphorylation nor in the phosphorylation of the MK2 substrate Hsp25. Hsp25 phosphorylation increased 3-30-fold in all denervated muscles studied. The expression of Hsp70 increased 3-5-fold only in denervated hypertrophic muscles. Conclusions The study confirms a differential response of MK2 T317 phosphorylation in denervated hypertrophic and atrophic muscles and suggests that Hsp70 may be important for this. Increased Hsp25 phosphorylation in all denervated muscles studied indicates a role for factors other than MK2 in the regulation of this phosphorylation.
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- Kim Evertsson
- Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Linnaeus University, SE-391 82 Kalmar, Sweden.
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Okutsu M, Call JA, Lira VA, Zhang M, Donet JA, French BA, Martin KS, Peirce-Cottler SM, Rembold CM, Annex BH, Yan Z. Extracellular superoxide dismutase ameliorates skeletal muscle abnormalities, cachexia, and exercise intolerance in mice with congestive heart failure. Circ Heart Fail 2014; 7:519-30. [PMID: 24523418 DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.113.000841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, and oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of cachexia (muscle wasting) and the hallmark symptom, exercise intolerance. We have previously shown that a nitric oxide-dependent antioxidant defense renders oxidative skeletal muscle resistant to catabolic wasting. Here, we aimed to identify and determine the functional role of nitric oxide-inducible antioxidant enzyme(s) in protection against cardiac cachexia and exercise intolerance in CHF. METHODS AND RESULTS We demonstrated that systemic administration of endogenous nitric oxide donor S-nitrosoglutathione in mice blocked the reduction of extracellular superoxide dismutase (EcSOD) protein expression, as well as the induction of MAFbx/Atrogin-1 mRNA expression and muscle atrophy induced by glucocorticoid. We further showed that endogenous EcSOD, expressed primarily by type IId/x and IIa myofibers and enriched at endothelial cells, is induced by exercise training. Muscle-specific overexpression of EcSOD by somatic gene transfer or transgenesis (muscle creatine kinase [MCK]-EcSOD) in mice significantly attenuated muscle atrophy. Importantly, when crossbred into a mouse genetic model of CHF (α-myosin heavy chain-calsequestrin), MCK-EcSOD transgenic mice had significant attenuation of cachexia with preserved whole body muscle strength and endurance capacity in the absence of reduced HF. Enhanced EcSOD expression significantly ameliorated CHF-induced oxidative stress, MAFbx/Atrogin-1 mRNA expression, loss of mitochondria, and vascular rarefaction in skeletal muscle. CONCLUSIONS EcSOD plays an important antioxidant defense function in skeletal muscle against cardiac cachexia and exercise intolerance in CHF.
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- Mitsuharu Okutsu
- From the Departments of Medicine (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., C.M.R., B.H.A., Z.Y.), Pharmacology (Z.Y.), and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics (Z.Y.), Center for Skeletal Muscle Research (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., Z.Y.), Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (B.A.F., K.S.M., S.M.P.-C.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., C.M.R., B.H.A., Z.Y.), Pharmacology (Z.Y.), and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics (Z.Y.), Center for Skeletal Muscle Research (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., Z.Y.), Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (B.A.F., K.S.M., S.M.P.-C.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., C.M.R., B.H.A., Z.Y.), Pharmacology (Z.Y.), and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics (Z.Y.), Center for Skeletal Muscle Research (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., Z.Y.), Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (B.A.F., K.S.M., S.M.P.-C.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., C.M.R., B.H.A., Z.Y.), Pharmacology (Z.Y.), and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics (Z.Y.), Center for Skeletal Muscle Research (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., Z.Y.), Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (B.A.F., K.S.M., S.M.P.-C.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., C.M.R., B.H.A., Z.Y.), Pharmacology (Z.Y.), and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics (Z.Y.), Center for Skeletal Muscle Research (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., Z.Y.), Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (B.A.F., K.S.M., S.M.P.-C.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., C.M.R., B.H.A., Z.Y.), Pharmacology (Z.Y.), and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics (Z.Y.), Center for Skeletal Muscle Research (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., Z.Y.), Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (B.A.F., K.S.M., S.M.P.-C.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., C.M.R., B.H.A., Z.Y.), Pharmacology (Z.Y.), and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics (Z.Y.), Center for Skeletal Muscle Research (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., Z.Y.), Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (B.A.F., K.S.M., S.M.P.-C.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., C.M.R., B.H.A., Z.Y.), Pharmacology (Z.Y.), and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics (Z.Y.), Center for Skeletal Muscle Research (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., Z.Y.), Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (B.A.F., K.S.M., S.M.P.-C.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., C.M.R., B.H.A., Z.Y.), Pharmacology (Z.Y.), and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics (Z.Y.), Center for Skeletal Muscle Research (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., Z.Y.), Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (B.A.F., K.S.M., S.M.P.-C.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., C.M.R., B.H.A., Z.Y.), Pharmacology (Z.Y.), and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics (Z.Y.), Center for Skeletal Muscle Research (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., Z.Y.), Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (B.A.F., K.S.M., S.M.P.-C.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., C.M.R., B.H.A., Z.Y.), Pharmacology (Z.Y.), and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics (Z.Y.), Center for Skeletal Muscle Research (M.O., J.A.C., V.A.L., M.Z., J.A.D., Z.Y.), Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (B.A.F., K.S.M., S.M.P.-C.).
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Sedliak M, Zeman M, Buzgó G, Cvečka J, Hamar D, Laczo E, Zelko A, Okuliarová M, Raastad T, Nilsen TS, Kyröläinen H, Häkkinen K, Ahtiainen JP, Hulmi JJ. Effects of time of day on resistance exercise-induced anabolic signaling in skeletal muscle. BIOL RHYTHM RES 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/09291016.2012.740314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Park JH, Chung EJ, Kwon HJ, Im SS, Lim JG, Song DK. Protective effect of melatonin on TNF-α-induced muscle atrophy in L6 myotubes. J Pineal Res 2013; 54:417-25. [PMID: 23278522 DOI: 10.1111/jpi.12036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2012] [Accepted: 12/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Muscle atrophy, characterized by decreased cell number and size, is a serious concern for patients afflicted with inflammatory diseases. Mounting evidence indicates that tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) plays a critical role in muscle atrophy in a number of clinical settings. We hypothesize that reactive oxygen species (ROS) mediate TNF-α-induced muscle cell death and hypotrophy. Recently, melatonin has attracted attention because of its free-radical scavenging and antioxidant properties. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the possible protective role of melatonin in TNF-α-induced muscle cell death and hypotrophy in rat L6 myotubes. To examine this possible role, L6 myotubes were exposed to various concentrations of recombinant TNF-α for 24 hr. We found that TNF-α at a concentration of 100 ng/mL induced ROS generation and decreased cell viability. Further analysis revealed that apoptosis, but not autophagy, may be important for TNF-α-induced cell death. Melatonin significantly attenuated TNF-α-induced ROS generation and apoptosis. In addition, decreased muscle fiber diameter and increased muscle cell proteolysis by TNF-α was highly attenuated by treatment with melatonin. The effects of melatonin were mediated neither through its plasmalemmal receptors nor by modulating the nuclear factor kappa B pathway activated by TNF-α. Taken together, these results suggest that TNF-α may mediate ROS-induced muscle cell death and hypotrophy and that melatonin may be a useful tool for protecting against muscle atrophy stemming from inflammatory diseases.
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- Jae-Hyung Park
- Department of Physiology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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Shavlakadze T, Soffe Z, Anwari T, Cozens G, Grounds MD. Short-term feed deprivation rapidly induces the protein degradation pathway in skeletal muscles of young mice. J Nutr 2013; 143:403-9. [PMID: 23406617 DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.171967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Analysis of protein kinase B (AKT) and S6 kinase1 (p70S6K) activity is widely used to assess the efficacy of interventions designed to increase or maintain skeletal muscle mass; these studies are often performed on feed-deprived mice. One problem associated with feed deprivation is that it promotes catabolism, and young or metabolically compromised mice may have less tolerance. The aim of our study was to determine the effect of various times of feed deprivation on the activity of AKT and p70S6K signaling and markers of protein catabolism in young, growing mice compared with adult mice. Young 23-d-old and adult 3-mo-old mice were feed deprived for 8, 10, and 12 h starting at 0700 h. In addition, adult mice were feed deprived for 24 h. AKT(Ser473) phosphorylation decreased by 50 and 76% from fed amounts by 10 and 12 h of feed deprivation, respectively, in young but not adult muscles. In adult muscles, feed deprivation for 24 h reduced AKT(Ser473) phosphorylation by 70%. Significant de-phosphorylation of p70S6K(Thr389) occurred in all feed-deprived young and adult mice. There was an increase in muscle RING-finger protein-1 (Murf1; 133-1245%) and muscle atrophy F-box protein or Atrogin-1 (Fbxo32; 210-2420%) mRNA in all young but not adult groups deprived of feed for 8-12 h, and there was a trend (P = 0.08) toward increased MURF1 associated with the contractile protein-enriched fraction isolated from young muscles of mice feed deprived for 12 h. This study demonstrates that skeletal muscles of young mice respond rapidly to feed deprivation by decreasing AKT activity and upregulating the protein degradation program.
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- Tea Shavlakadze
- School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
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Transcriptional effects of E3 ligase atrogin-1/MAFbx on apoptosis, hypertrophy and inflammation in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53831. [PMID: 23335977 PMCID: PMC3545877 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2012] [Accepted: 12/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Atrogin-1/MAFbx is an ubiquitin E3 ligase that regulates myocardial structure and function through the ubiquitin-dependent protein modification. However, little is known about the effect of atrogin-1 activation on the gene expression changes in cardiomyocytes. Neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were infected with adenovirus atrogin-1 (Ad-atrogin-1) or GFP control (Ad-GFP) for 24 hours. The gene expression profiles were compared with microarray analysis. 314 genes were identified as differentially expressed by overexpression of atrogin-1, of which 222 were up-regulated and 92 were down-regulated. Atrogin-1 overexpression significantly modulated the expression of genes in 30 main functional categories, most genes clustered around the regulation of cell death, proliferation, inflammation, metabolism and cardiomyoctye structure and function. Moreover, overexpression of atrogin-1 significantly inhibited cardiomyocyte survival, hypertrophy and inflammation under basal condition or in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In contrast, knockdown of atrogin-1 by siRNA had opposite effects. The mechanisms underlying these effects were associated with inhibition of MAPK (ERK1/2, JNK1/2 and p38) and NF-κB signaling pathways. In conclusion, the present microarray analysis reveals previously unappreciated atrogin-1 regulation of genes that could contribute to the effects of atrogin-1 on cardiomyocyte survival, hypertrophy and inflammation in response to endotoxin, and may provide novel insight into how atrogin-1 modulates the programming of cardiac muscle gene expression.
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Schakman O, Dehoux M, Bouchuari S, Delaere S, Lause P, Decroly N, Shoelson SE, Thissen JP. Role of IGF-I and the TNFα/NF-κB pathway in the induction of muscle atrogenes by acute inflammation. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012; 303:E729-39. [PMID: 22739109 PMCID: PMC4118721 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00060.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Several catabolic states (sepsis, cancer, etc.) associated with acute inflammation are characterized by a loss of skeletal muscle due to accelerated proteolysis. The main proteolytic systems involved are the autophagy and the ubiquitin-proteasome (UPS) pathways. Among the signaling pathways that could mediate proteolysis induced by acute inflammation, the transcription factor NF-κB, induced by TNFα, and the transcription factor forkhead box O (FOXO), induced by glucocorticoids (GC) and inhibited by IGF-I, are likely to play a key role. The aim of this study was to identify the nature of the molecular mediators responsible for the induction of these muscle proteolytic systems in response to acute inflammation caused by LPS injection. LPS injection robustly stimulated the expression of several components of the autophagy and the UPS pathways in the skeletal muscle. This induction was associated with a rapid increase of circulating levels of TNFα together with a muscular activation of NF-κB followed by a decrease in circulating and muscle levels of IGF-I. Neither restoration of circulating IGF-I nor restoration of muscle IGF-I levels prevented the activation of autophagy and UPS genes by LPS. The inhibition of TNFα production and muscle NF-κB activation, respectively by using pentoxifilline and a repressor of NF-κB, did not prevent the activation of autophagy and UPS genes by LPS. Finally, inhibition of GC action with RU-486 blunted completely the activation of these atrogenes by LPS. In conclusion, we show that increased GC production plays a more crucial role than decreased IGF-I and increased TNFα/NF-κB pathway for the induction of the proteolytic systems caused by acute inflammation.
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- O. Schakman
- 1Pole of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Institut de
Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain,
Brussels, Belgium;
- 2Laboratory of Cell Physiology, Institute of Neurosciences,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium;
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- 1Pole of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Institut de
Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain,
Brussels, Belgium;
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- 1Pole of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Institut de
Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain,
Brussels, Belgium;
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- 1Pole of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Institut de
Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain,
Brussels, Belgium;
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- 1Pole of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Institut de
Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain,
Brussels, Belgium;
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- 1Pole of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Institut de
Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain,
Brussels, Belgium;
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- 3Joslin Diabetes Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- 1Pole of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Institut de
Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain,
Brussels, Belgium;
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