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Iskandar K, Roques C, Hallit S, Husni-Samaha R, Dirani N, Rizk R, Abdo R, Yared Y, Matta M, Mostafa I, Matta R, Salameh P, Molinier L. The healthcare costs of antimicrobial resistance in Lebanon: a multi-centre prospective cohort study from the payer perspective. BMC Infect Dis 2021; 21:404. [PMID: 33933013 PMCID: PMC8088567 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-021-06084-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Our aim was to examine whether the length of stay, hospital charges and in-hospital mortality attributable to healthcare- and community-associated infections due to antimicrobial-resistant bacteria were higher compared with those due to susceptible bacteria in the Lebanese healthcare settings using different methodology of analysis from the payer perspective . Methods We performed a multi-centre prospective cohort study in ten hospitals across Lebanon. The sample size consisted of 1289 patients with documented healthcare-associated infection (HAI) or community-associated infection (CAI). We conducted three separate analysis to adjust for confounders and time-dependent bias: (1) Post-HAIs in which we included the excess LOS and hospital charges incurred after infection and (2) Matched cohort, in which we matched the patients based on propensity score estimates (3) The conventional method, in which we considered the entire hospital stay and allocated charges attributable to CAI. The linear regression models accounted for multiple confounders. Results HAIs and CAIs with resistant versus susceptible bacteria were associated with a significant excess length of hospital stay (2.69 days [95% CI,1.5–3.9]; p < 0.001) and (2.2 days [95% CI,1.2–3.3]; p < 0.001) and resulted in additional hospital charges ($1807 [95% CI, 1046–2569]; p < 0.001) and ($889 [95% CI, 378–1400]; p = 0.001) respectively. Compared with the post-HAIs analysis, the matched cohort method showed a reduction by 26 and 13% in hospital charges and LOS estimates respectively. Infections with resistant bacteria did not decrease the time to in-hospital mortality, for both healthcare- or community-associated infections. Resistant cases in the post-HAIs analysis showed a significantly higher risk of in-hospital mortality (odds ratio, 0.517 [95% CI, 0.327–0.820]; p = 0.05). Conclusion This is the first nationwide study that quantifies the healthcare costs of antimicrobial resistance in Lebanon. For cases with HAIs, matched cohort analysis showed more conservative estimates compared with post-HAIs method. The differences in estimates highlight the need for a unified methodology to estimate the burden of antimicrobial resistance in order to accurately advise health policy makers and prioritize resources expenditure.
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- Katia Iskandar
- Department of Mathématiques Informatique et Télécommunications, Université Toulouse III, Paul Sabatier, INSERM, UMR 1295, F-31000, Toulouse, France. .,INSPECT-LB: Institut National de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie Clinique et de Toxicologie-Liban, Beirut, Lebanon. .,Department of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Mount Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon.
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- Department of Bioprocédés et Systèmes Microbiens, Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, UMR 5503, Toulouse, France.,Department of Bactériologie-Hygiène, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Toulouse, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France
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- INSPECT-LB: Institut National de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie Clinique et de Toxicologie-Liban, Beirut, Lebanon.,Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon
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- Department of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon.,Department of Infection Control, Lebanese American University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Dar El Amal University Hospital, Baalbeck, Lebanon
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- INSPECT-LB: Institut National de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie Clinique et de Toxicologie-Liban, Beirut, Lebanon.,Department of Health Services Research, School CAPHRI, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, 6200, MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- INSPECT-LB: Institut National de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie Clinique et de Toxicologie-Liban, Beirut, Lebanon.,Medical School, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Geitaoui Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Medicine, St Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Quality and Safety, Nabatieh Governmental Hospital, Nabatieh, Lebanon
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- Department of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Mount Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon
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- INSPECT-LB: Institut National de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie Clinique et de Toxicologie-Liban, Beirut, Lebanon.,Department of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Mount Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon.,Medical School, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Medical Information, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, INSERM, UMR 1027, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, F-31000, Toulouse, France
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Hwang CY, Kim K, Choi JY, Bahn YJ, Lee SM, Kim YK, Lee C, Kwon KS. Quantitative proteome analysis of age-related changes in mouse gastrocnemius muscle using mTRAQ. Proteomics 2014; 14:121-32. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201200497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Revised: 10/07/2013] [Accepted: 11/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Chae Young Hwang
- Laboratory of Cell Signaling; Aging Research Center; Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology; Daejeon Korea
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- BRI; Korea Institute of Science and Technology; Seoul Korea
- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology; Korea University; Seoul Korea
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- Laboratory of Cell Signaling; Aging Research Center; Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology; Daejeon Korea
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- Laboratory of Cell Signaling; Aging Research Center; Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology; Daejeon Korea
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- Laboratory of Cell Signaling; Aging Research Center; Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology; Daejeon Korea
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology; Korea University; Seoul Korea
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- BRI; Korea Institute of Science and Technology; Seoul Korea
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- Laboratory of Cell Signaling; Aging Research Center; Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology; Daejeon Korea
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Staunton L, Jockusch H, Wiegand C, Albrecht T, Ohlendieck K. Identification of secondary effects of hyperexcitability by proteomic profiling of myotonic mouse muscle. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2011; 7:2480-9. [PMID: 21629954 DOI: 10.1039/c1mb05043e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Myotonia is a symptom of various genetic and acquired skeletal muscular disorders and is characterized by hyperexcitability of the sarcolemma. Here, we have performed a comparative proteomic study of the genetic mouse models ADR, MTO and MTO*5J of human congenital myotonia in order to determine myotonia-specific changes in the global protein complement of gastrocnemius muscle. Proteomic analyses of myotonia in the mouse, which is caused by mutations in the gene encoding the muscular chloride channel Clc1, revealed a generally perturbed protein expression pattern in severely affected ADR and MTO muscle, but less pronounced alterations in mildly diseased MTO*5J mice. Alterations were found in major metabolic pathways, the contractile machinery, ion handling elements, the cellular stress response and cell signaling mechanisms, clearly confirming a glycolytic-to-oxidative transformation process in myotonic fast muscle. In the long-term, a detailed biomarker signature of myotonia will improve our understanding of the pathobiochemical processes underlying this disorder and be helpful in determining how a single mutation in a tissue-specific gene can trigger severe downstream effects on the expression levels of a very large number of genes in contractile tissues.
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- Lisa Staunton
- Department of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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Egan B, Dowling P, O'Connor PL, Henry M, Meleady P, Zierath JR, O'Gorman DJ. 2-D DIGE analysis of the mitochondrial proteome from human skeletal muscle reveals time course-dependent remodelling in response to 14 consecutive days of endurance exercise training. Proteomics 2011; 11:1413-28. [PMID: 21360670 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201000597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2010] [Revised: 12/08/2010] [Accepted: 01/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Adaptation of skeletal muscle to repeated bouts of endurance exercise increases aerobic capacity and improves mitochondrial function. However, the adaptation of human skeletal muscle mitochondrial proteome to short-term endurance exercise training has not been investigated. Eight sedentary males cycled for 60 min at 80% of peak oxygen consumption (VO(2peak) ) each day for 14 consecutive days, resulting in an increase in VO(2peak) of 17.5±3.8% (p<0.01). Mitochondria-enriched protein fractions from skeletal muscle biopsies taken from m. vastus lateralis at baseline, and on the morning following the 7th and 14th training sessions were subjected to 2-D DIGE analysis with subsequent MS followed by database interrogation to identify the proteins of interest. Thirty-one protein spots were differentially expressed after either 7 or 14 days of training (ANOVA, p<0.05). These proteins included subunits of the electron transport chain, enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid cycle, phosphotransfer enzymes, and regulatory factors in mitochondrial protein synthesis, oxygen transport, and antioxidant capacity. Several proteins demonstrated a time course-dependent induction during training. Our results illustrate the phenomenon of skeletal muscle plasticity with the extensive remodelling of the mitochondrial proteome occurring after just 7 days of exercise training suggestive of enhanced capacity for adenosine triphosphate generation at a cellular level.
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- Brendan Egan
- School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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Williams RS, Neufer PD. Regulation of Gene Expression in Skeletal Muscle by Contractile Activity. Compr Physiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.cp120125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Rumsey WL, Wilson DF. Tissue Capacity for Mitochondrial Oxidative Phosphorylation and its Adaptation to Stress. Compr Physiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.cp040247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Ohlendieck K. Proteomics of skeletal muscle glycolysis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2010; 1804:2089-101. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2010] [Revised: 08/01/2010] [Accepted: 08/05/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Gannon J, Doran P, Kirwan A, Ohlendieck K. Drastic increase of myosin light chain MLC-2 in senescent skeletal muscle indicates fast-to-slow fibre transition in sarcopenia of old age. Eur J Cell Biol 2009; 88:685-700. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2009.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2009] [Revised: 06/25/2009] [Accepted: 06/27/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Doran P, Donoghue P, O'Connell K, Gannon J, Ohlendieck K. Proteomics of skeletal muscle aging. Proteomics 2009; 9:989-1003. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200800365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Doran P, O'Connell K, Gannon J, Kavanagh M, Ohlendieck K. Opposite pathobiochemical fate of pyruvate kinase and adenylate kinase in aged rat skeletal muscle as revealed by proteomic DIGE analysis. Proteomics 2008; 8:364-77. [PMID: 18050275 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200700475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sarcopenia is the drastic loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength during ageing. In order to better understand the molecular pathogenesis of age-related muscle wasting, we have performed a DIGE analysis of young adult versus old rat skeletal muscle. Proteomic profiling revealed that out of 2493 separated 2-D spots, 69 proteins exhibited a drastically changed expression. Age-dependent alterations in protein abundance indicated dramatic changes in metabolism, contractile activity, myofibrillar remodelling and stress response. In contrast to decreased levels of pyruvate kinase (PK), enolase and phosphofructokinase, the mitochondrial ATP synthase, succinate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase, isocitrate dehydrogenase and adenylate kinase (AK) were increased in senescent fibres. Higher expression levels of myoglobin and fatty acid binding-protein indicated a shift to more aerobic-oxidative metabolism in a slower-twitching aged fibre population. The drastic increase in alphaB-crystallin and myotilin demonstrated substantial filament remodelling during ageing. An immunoblotting survey of selected muscle proteins confirmed the pathobiochemical transition process in aged muscle metabolism. The proteomic analysis of aged muscle has identified a large cohort of new biomarkers of sarcopenia including opposite changes in PK and AK, which might be useful for the design of improved diagnostic procedures and/or therapeutic strategies to counteract ageing-induced muscle degeneration.
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- Philip Doran
- Department of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
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Donoghue P, Doran P, Wynne K, Pedersen K, Dunn MJ, Ohlendieck K. Proteomic profiling of chronic low-frequency stimulated fast muscle. Proteomics 2007; 7:3417-30. [PMID: 17708595 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200700262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Skeletal muscle fibre transitions occur in many biological processes, in response to alterations in neuromuscular activity, in muscular disorders, during age-induced muscle wasting and in myogenesis. It was therefore of interest to perform a comprehensive proteomic profiling of muscle transformation. Chronic low-frequency stimulation of the rabbit tibialis anterior muscle represents an established model system for studying the response of fast fibres to enhanced neuromuscular activity under conditions of maximum activation. We have conducted a DIGE analysis of unstimulated control specimens versus 14- and 60-day conditioned muscles. A differential expression pattern was observed for 41 protein species with 29 increased and 12 decreased muscle proteins. Identified classes of proteins that are changed during the fast-to-slow transition process belong to the contractile machinery, ion homeostasis, excitation-contraction coupling, capillarization, metabolism and stress response. Results from immunoblotting agreed with the conversion of the metabolic, regulatory and contractile molecular apparatus to support muscle fibres with slower twitch characteristics. Besides confirming established muscle elements as reliable transition markers, this proteomics-based study has established the actin-binding protein cofilin-2 and the endothelial marker transgelin as novel biomarkers for evaluating muscle transformation.
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- Pamela Donoghue
- Proteome Research Centre, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Donoghue P, Doran P, Dowling P, Ohlendieck K. Differential expression of the fast skeletal muscle proteome following chronic low-frequency stimulation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2006; 1752:166-76. [PMID: 16140047 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2005.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2005] [Revised: 08/08/2005] [Accepted: 08/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Physiological and biochemical responses of skeletal muscle fibres to enhanced neuromuscular activity under conditions of maximum activation can be studied experimentally by chronic low-frequency stimulation of fast muscles. Stimulation-induced changes in the expression pattern of the rabbit fast skeletal muscle proteome were evaluated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and compared to the altered isoform expression profile of established transformation markers such as the Ca2+-ATPase, calsequestrin and the myosin heavy chain. Sixteen muscle proteins exhibited a marked change in their expression level. This included albumin with a 4-fold increase in abundance. In contrast, glycolytic enzymes, such as enolase and aldolase, showed a decreased expression. Concomitant changes were observed with marker elements of the contractile apparatus. While the fast isoforms of troponin T and myosin light chain 2 were drastically down-regulated, their slow counterparts exhibited increased expression. Interestingly, mitochondrial creatine kinase expression increased while the cytosolic isoform of this key muscle enzyme decreased. The expression of the small heat shock protein HSP-B5/alphaB-crystallin and the oxygen carrier protein myoglobin were both increased 2-fold following stimulation. The observed changes indicate that the conversion into fatigue-resistant red fibres depends on: (i) the optimum utilization of free fatty acids via albumin transportation, (ii) a rearrangement of the creatine kinase isozyme pattern for enhanced mitochondrial activity, (iii) an increased availability of oxygen for aerobic metabolism via myoglobin transport, (iv) the conversion of the contractile apparatus to isoforms with slower twitch characteristics and (v) the up-regulation of chaperone-like proteins for stabilising myofibrillar components during the fast-to-slow transition process.
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- Pamela Donoghue
- Department of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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Ljubicic V, Adhihetty PJ, Hood DA. Application of Animal Models: Chronic Electrical Stimulation-Induced Contractile Activity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 30:625-43. [PMID: 16293907 DOI: 10.1139/h05-144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Unilateral, chronic low-frequency electrical stimulation (CLFS) is an experimental model that evokes numerous biochemical and physiological adaptations in skeletal muscle. These occur within a short time frame and are restricted to the stimulated muscle. The humoral effects of whole body exercise are eliminated and the nonstimulated contralaterai limb can often be used as a control muscle, if possible effects on the contralateral side are considered. CLFS induces a fast-to-slow transformation of muscle because of alterations in calcium dynamics and myofibrillar proteins, and a white-to-red transformation because of changes in mitochondrial enzymes, myoglobin, and the induction of angiogenesis. These adaptations occur in a coordinated time-dependent manner and result from altered gene expression, including transcriptional and posttranscriptional processes. CLFS techniques have also been applied to myocytes in cell culture, which provide a greater opportunity for the delivery of pharmacological agents or for the application of gene transfer methodologies. Clinical applications of the CLFS technique have been limited, but they have shown potential therapeutic value in patients in whom voluntary muscle contraction is not possible due to debilitating disease and/or injury. Thus the CLFS technique has great value for studying various aspects of muscle adaptation, and its wider scientific application to a variety of neuromuscular-based disorders in humans appears to be warranted. Key words: skeletal muscle, muscle plasticity, endurance training, mitochondrial biogenesis, fiber types
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- Vladimir Ljubicic
- School of Kinesiology and Health Science and Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
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Dyck DJ, Miskovic D, Code L, Luiken JJ, Bonen A. Endurance training increases FFA oxidation and reduces triacylglycerol utilization in contracting rat soleus. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2000; 278:E778-85. [PMID: 10780932 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2000.278.5.e778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We examined the effects of 8 wk of intense endurance training on free fatty acid (FFA) transporters and metabolism in resting and contracting soleus muscle using pulse-chase procedures. Endurance training increased maximal citrate synthase activity in red muscles (+54 to +91%; P </= 0.05) but failed to increase cytosolic fatty acid binding protein content, mRNA for fatty acyl-CoA synthase, and the putative FFA transporters or transport of palmitic acid into giant sarcolemmal vesicles. At rest, only triacylglycerol (TG) synthesis was significantly increased by training (+100.9 +/- 8.7 vs. +66.6 +/- 6.7 nmol/g wet wt; P </= 0.05). Muscle contraction increased TG synthesis (+46%; P </= 0.05) and palmitate oxidation (+115%; P </= 0.05) in untrained rats. Endurance training further enhanced synthesis of monoacylglycerol (MG), diacylglycerol (DG) and TG during contraction (+36, +69 and +71%, respectively; P </= 0.05), as well as exogenous palmitate oxidation (+41%; P </= 0.05) relative to untrained rats. Compared with those in untrained rats, TG breakdown and oxidation during contraction were reduced after training by 49 and 30%, respectively (P </= 0.05). In conclusion, endurance training 1) increases FFA oxidation and incorporation into endogenous lipid pools during contraction and 2) reduces the rate of intramuscular TG utilization during contraction when exogenous FFA availability is adequate. The enhanced FFA uptake subsequent to training appears to be independent of altered maximal transport rates of FFA into the muscle cell.
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- D J Dyck
- Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1.
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Greenbaum AR, Jarvis JC, O'hare D, Manek S, Green CJ, Pepper JR, Winlove CP, Salmons S. Oxygenation and perfusion of rabbit tibialis anterior muscle subjected to different patterns of electrical stimulation. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2000; 21:285-91. [PMID: 10952176 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005672719974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Dual amperometric microelectrodes were used to measure local pO2 and perfusion at multiple sites in the fast-twitch tibialis anterior muscles of anaesthetized rabbits. Six muscles were stimulated continuously at 10, 5, or 2.5 Hz. For all three frequencies, perfusion declined to about 50% of resting levels and recovered after stimulation. These changes corresponded to a rise followed by a fall in extracellular pO2. The highest levels of pO2 were reached during stimulation at 10 Hz. Eight muscles were stimulated tetanically at 100 Hz for 200 ms with duty cycles that were varied between 1.3 and 20.0%. Perfusion rose to 8.7 +/- 2.0 ml s(-1) 100 g(-1) at a duty cycle of 5% and declined with further increases in duty cycle. pO2 was depressed for duty cycles less than 10% but rose above resting levels at higher duty cycles. It is suggested that the paradoxical combination of elevated pO2 and depressed perfusion is attributable to stimulation conditions that exceed the oxygen transport capacity of a fast muscle.
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- A R Greenbaum
- Department of Anaesthesia, The Royal Brompton National Heart and Lung Hospital, London, UK.
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Zhang J, Rickers-Haunerland J, Dawe I, Haunerland NH. Structure and chromosomal location of the rat gene encoding the heart fatty acid-binding protein. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 266:347-51. [PMID: 10561574 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00860.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The gene coding for rat heart fatty acid-binding protein (FABP), along with 1.2 kb of its 5'-untranscribed region, was amplified by PCR, cloned and sequenced. As in other FABP genes, the coding sequence is interrupted by three introns of 3.4, 1.4 and 1.1 kb, respectively. Fluorescence in situ hybridization mapping revealed that the gene is located on chromosome 5q36. Using intron-specific primers flanking exon 2, unspliced primary transcript RNA of the FABP gene was detected in a preparation of total RNA isolated from rat heart, proving that the cloned gene is expressed in adult cardiac tissue.
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- J Zhang
- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
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The model of chronic low-frequency stimulation for the study of muscle plasticity was developed over 30 years ago. This protocol leads to a transformation of fast, fatigable muscles toward slower, fatigue-resistant ones. It involves qualitative and quantitative changes of all elements of the muscle fiber studied so far. The multitude of stimulation-induced changes makes it possible to establish the full adaptive potential of skeletal muscle. Both functional and structural alterations are caused by orchestrated exchanges of fast protein isoforms with their slow counterparts, as well as by altered levels of expression. This remodeling of the muscle fiber encompasses the major, myofibrillar proteins, membrane-bound and soluble proteins involved in Ca2+ dynamics, and mitochondrial and cytosolic enzymes of energy metabolism. Most transitions occur in a coordinated, time-dependent manner and result from altered gene expression, including transcriptional and posttranscriptional processes. This review summarizes the advantages of chronic low-frequency stimulation for studying activity-induced changes in phenotype, and its potential for investigating regulatory mechanisms of gene expression. The potential clinical relevance or utility of the technique is also considered.
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- D Pette
- Faculty of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany
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Qian Q, Kuo L, Yu YT, Rottman JN. A concise promoter region of the heart fatty acid-binding protein gene dictates tissue-appropriate expression. Circ Res 1999; 84:276-89. [PMID: 10024301 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.84.3.276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The heart fatty acid-binding protein (HFABP) is a member of a family of binding proteins with distinct tissue distributions and diverse roles in fatty acid metabolism, trafficking, and signaling. Other members of this family have been shown to possess concise promoter regions that direct appropriate tissue-specific expression. The basis for the specific expression of the HFABP has not been previously evaluated, and the mechanisms governing expression of metabolic genes in the heart are not completely understood. We used transient and permanent transfections in ventricular myocytes, skeletal myocytes, and nonmyocytic cells to map regulatory elements in the HFABP promoter, and audited results in transgenic mice. Appropriate tissue-specific expression in cell culture and in transgenic mice was dictated by 1.2 kb of the 5'-flanking sequence of FABP3, the HFABP gene. Comparison of orthologous murine and human genomic sequences demonstrated multiple regions of near-identity within this promoter region, including a CArG-like element close to the TATA box. Binding and transactivation studies demonstrated that this element can function as an atypical myocyte enhancer-binding factor 2 site. Interactions with adjacent sites are likely to be necessary for fully appropriate, tissue-specific, developmental and metabolic regulation.
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- Q Qian
- Departments of Internal Medicine (Cardiology), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- A Buonanno
- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- J H Veerkamp
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Haunerland NH. Fatty acid binding protein in locust and mammalian muscle. Comparison of structure, function and regulation. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 1994; 109:199-208. [PMID: 7553341 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(94)90003-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The flight muscle of adult desert locusts, Schistocerca gregaria, contains a fatty acid binding protein (FABP) that is homologous to mammalian M-FABP (cardiac FABP. In spite of the evolutionary distance between invertebrates and vertebrates, locust muscle FABP is similar to cardiac FABP in its amino acid sequence, structure, and binding behavior. While cardiac FABP is present already in the prenatal period, locust FABP is an adult specific protein; its expression is directly linked to metamorphosis. A correlation seems to exist between fatty acid oxidative capacity and FABP content in both locust and mammals. To accomplish the higher metabolic rate encountered during migratory flight, locust flight muscle cytosol contains more than three times as much FABP as that in mammalian heart. Increased fatty acid utilization by exercise or endurance training apparently induces FABP expression. Similarities and differences between vertebrate and invertebrate M-FABP are discussed in light of the proposed functions of muscle FABP as fatty acid transporter and cytoprotectant.
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- N H Haunerland
- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
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Degens H, Veerkamp JH. Changes in oxidative capacity and fatigue resistance in skeletal muscle. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1994; 26:871-8. [PMID: 8063011 DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(94)90079-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In conclusion, it appears that in general an increase in the fatigue resistance of a muscle is accompanied by an increase in its oxidative capacity. Fatigue resistance of a muscle seems to be partly determined by its oxidative capacity. On the single motor unit (Burke et al, 1973; Hamm et al, 1988; Kugelberg and Lindegren 1979; Larsson et al, 1991) and single fibre level (Nemeth et al, 1981) the relation between fatigue resistance and oxidative capacity seems to be valid. However, this does not appear necessarily to be the case on the level of the whole muscle. Kugelberg and Lindegren (1979) suggested, that the endurance of each link in the chain of events leading to contraction is under aerobic conditions matched to the contractile capacity of the fibre expressed by its oxidative enzyme activity. Therefore, it might be that several tests for endurance capacity are more strenuous than the aerobic capacity of the muscle. Indeed, several studies suggest that the Burke test (Burke et al, 1973) or other fatiguing protocols might primarily test for other endurance-related properties as the excitation-contraction coupling (Kernell et al, 1987; Mayne et al, 1991b). Another explanation for the discrepancy in changes in oxidative capacity and fatigue resistance might be, that the mechanical responses of the motor units (which have different biochemical and contractile properties) during the fatigue test do not summate linearly during whole muscle contraction as was found by Gardiner and Olha (1987).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- H Degens
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Nielsen SU, Rump R, Højrup P, Roepstorff P, Spener F. Differentiational regulation and phosphorylation of the fatty acid-binding protein from rat mammary epithelial cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1994; 1211:189-97. [PMID: 8117746 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(94)90268-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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From the soluble protein fraction of lactating rat mammary epithelial cells, fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) was isolated by immunoaffinity chromatography. After digestion with trypsin, peptides were characterized with time-of-flight mass spectrometry and revealed identity with corresponding peptides derived from the heart-type FABP isolated from rat heart. In addition, by electrospray mass spectrometry the molecular mass has been determined to 14683.9 +/- 3 Da, further corroborating the identity. The content of FABP in mammary glands from virgin, pregnant and lactating rats was evaluated using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and a FABP-specific immunosorbent assay. In the two-dimensional gels FABP was the apparently most abundant cytosolic protein in mammary epithelial cells from rats in late pregnancy as well as from lactating rats. The content of FABP was 59 +/- 19 microgram/mg (n = 11) of soluble proteins from the fully differentiated lactating mammary gland as determined by ELISA. This value represented an 80-fold increase compared with the FABP content of mammary gland from virgin rats, and is comparable with the level found in rat heart. Upon stimulation with insulin a small fraction of FABP was phosphorylated in lactating mammary epithelial cells. In conclusion, these findings indicate that the FABPs from rat mammary gland and heart are identical and further suggest that in mammary gland this FABP may play a role in signal transduction downstream from the insulin receptor.
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- S U Nielsen
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Münster, Germany
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Veerkamp JH, van Kuppevelt TH, Maatman RG, Prinsen CF. Structural and functional aspects of cytosolic fatty acid-binding proteins. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 1993; 49:887-906. [PMID: 8140117 DOI: 10.1016/0952-3278(93)90174-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- J H Veerkamp
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Degens H, Veerkamp JH, van Moerkerk HT, Turek Z, Hoofd LJ, Binkhorst RA. Metabolic capacity, fibre type area and capillarization of rat plantaris muscle. Effects of age, overload and training and relationship with fatigue resistance. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 25:1141-8. [PMID: 8405655 DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(93)90592-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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1. The influences of age (5, 13 and 25-month-old rats), overload as obtained by denervation of synergists, and training on the metabolic capacity, relative muscle cross-sectional area occupied by each fibre type, capillarization and fatigue resistance of the rat m. plantaris were investigated. 2. Creatine kinase, phosphorylase and citrate synthase activities were lower in muscles of 25 than in those of 13-month-old rats (P < 0.001). 3. Overload resulted in an increased relative area of type I and IIa fibres at all ages (P = 0.001). 4. Capillary density decreased with overload and increasing age (P < 0.001). 5. Fatigue resistance was higher in muscles of 13 than in those of 5-month-old rats (P < 0.05), and increased with overload (P < 0.05) at all ages. 6. Fatigue resistance of the whole muscle was not closely related to its oxidative capacity in contrast to what is generally found for single fibres or motor units.
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- H Degens
- Department of Physiology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Veerkamp JH, van Moerkerk HT. Fatty acid-binding protein and its relation to fatty acid oxidation. Mol Cell Biochem 1993; 123:101-6. [PMID: 8232250 DOI: 10.1007/bf01076480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A relation between fatty acid oxidation capacity and cytosolic FABP content was found in heart and various muscles of the rat. Other tissues do not show such a relation, since they are involved in more or other pathways of fatty acid metabolism. At postnatal development FABP content and fatty acid oxidation capacity rise concomitantly in heart and quadriceps muscle in contrast to in liver and kidney. A dietary fat content of 40 en.% increased only the FABP content of liver and adipose tissue. Peroxisomal proliferators increased fatty acid oxidation in both liver and kidney, but only the FABP content of liver, and had no effect on heart and skeletal muscle. The FABP content of muscle did not show adaptation to various conditions. Only it increased in fast-twitch muscles upon chronic electrostimulation and endurance training.
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- J H Veerkamp
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Haunerland NH, Chen X, Andolfatto P, Chisholm JM, Wang Z. Developmental changes of FABP concentration, expression, and intracellular distribution in locust flight muscle. Mol Cell Biochem 1993; 123:153-8. [PMID: 8232258 DOI: 10.1007/bf01076487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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M-FABP from flight muscle of the locust, Schistocerca gregaria, is similar to mammalian H-FABP in its physical characteristics and amino acid sequence. We have studied developmental changes using ELISA, Northern Blotting, and EM/immuno-gold techniques. M-FABP is found in cytoplasm and nuclei, but not in mitochondria. It is the most abundant soluble muscle protein in fully developed adult locusts, comprising 18% of the total cytosolic protein. However, no FABP is detectable at the beginning of the adult stage. Its concentration rises dramatically during the next 10 days, after which it reaches its maximal value. Expression apparently is turned on after ecdysis and continues for 10 days; thereafter, FABP mRNA diminishes and reaches a constant, but low level, probably needed to maintain the current FABP level. From a series of experiments employing metamorphosis-controlling hormones and antihormones it is evident that the induction of FABP expression is directly linked to metamorphosis.
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- N H Haunerland
- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
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Simoneau JA, Kaufmann M, Pette D. Asynchronous increases in oxidative capacity and resistance to fatigue of electrostimulated muscles of rat and rabbit. J Physiol 1993; 460:573-80. [PMID: 8487208 PMCID: PMC1175229 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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1. The present study investigates to what extent increases in resistance to fatigue and aerobic oxidative capacity of energy metabolism are correlated in fast-twitch tibialis anterior muscles of rat and rabbit subjected to chronic low-frequency stimulation. 2. Changes in the aerobic oxidative capacity of the stimulated muscles were judged from increases in citrate synthase activity, representing the constant-proportion enzyme group of the citric acid cycle. 3. Resistance to fatigue reached maximal values in both rat and rabbit tibialis anterior muscles after stimulation periods of 14 days, whereas citrate synthase activity continued to increase with longer stimulation periods. 4. Different time courses of the changes in resistance to fatigue and citrate synthase activity were observed not only with prolonged stimulation periods but also during the first week, when pronounced increases in resistance to fatigue were accompanied by only moderate elevations in citrate synthase activity. 5. The dissociation between the changes of the two parameters studied suggests that factors other than elevated aerobic oxidative capacity contribute to enhanced resistance to fatigue.
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- J A Simoneau
- Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, FRG
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Weber JM. Pathways for oxidative fuel provision to working muscles: ecological consequences of maximal supply limitations. EXPERIENTIA 1992; 48:557-64. [PMID: 1612135 DOI: 10.1007/bf01920239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The study of metabolic fuel provision and its regulation has reached an exciting stage where specific molecular events can be correlated with parameters of the organism's ecology. This paper examines substrate supply pathways from storage sites to locomotory muscle mitochondria and discusses ecological implications of the limits for maximal flux through these pathways. The relative importance of the different oxidative fuels is shown to depend on aerobic capacity. Very aerobic, endurance-adapted animals such as long distance migrants favor the use of lipids and intramuscular fuels over carbohydrates and circulatory fuels. The hypothesis of functional co-adaptation between oxygen and metabolic fuel supply systems allows us to predict that the capacity of several biochemical processes should be scaled with maximal oxygen consumption. Key enzymes, transmembrane transporter proteins, glucose precursor supply and soluble fatty acid transport proteins must all be geared to support higher maximal glucose and fatty acid fluxes in aerobic than in sedentary species.
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- J M Weber
- University of Ottawa, Biology Department, Ontario, Canada
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Pette D, Vrbová G. Adaptation of mammalian skeletal muscle fibers to chronic electrical stimulation. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 1992; 120:115-202. [PMID: 1519018 DOI: 10.1007/bfb0036123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 356] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- D Pette
- Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, FRG
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Veerkamp JH, Peeters RA, Maatman RG. Structural and functional features of different types of cytoplasmic fatty acid-binding proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1991; 1081:1-24. [PMID: 1991151 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(91)90244-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 294] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- J H Veerkamp
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Veerkamp JH, Paulussen RJ, Peeters RA, Maatman RG, van Moerkerk HT, van Kuppevelt TH. Detection, tissue distribution and (sub)cellular localization of fatty acid-binding protein types. Mol Cell Biochem 1990; 98:11-8. [PMID: 2266952 DOI: 10.1007/bf00231362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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This overview of recent work on FABP types is focussed on their detection and expression in various tissues, their cellular and subcellular distribution and their binding properties. Besides the 3 well-known liver, heart and intestinal types, new types as the adipose tissue, myelin and (rat) renal FABPs have been described. Recent observations suggest the occurrence of more tissue-specific types, e.g. in placenta and adrenals. Heart FABP is widely distributed and present in skeletal muscles, kidney, lung, brain and endothelial cells. The cellular distribution of FABP types appears to be related to the function of the cells in liver, muscle and kidney. The presence of FABP in cellular organelles requires more evidence. The functional significance of the occurrence of more FABP types is unclear, in spite of the observed differences in their ligand-protein interaction.
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- J H Veerkamp
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Weber FE, Pette D. Changes in free and bound forms and total amount of hexokinase isozyme II of rat muscle in response to contractile activity. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1990; 191:85-90. [PMID: 2379506 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1990.tb19096.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Increased contractile activity as induced by chronic low-frequency stimulation evoked in rat fast-twitch muscle an almost immediate increase in the ratio between structure-bound and free hexokinase. In addition, an up to 14-fold rise in total hexokinase activity occurred after two weeks of stimulation indicating that glucose phosphorylation became a limiting step of glucose utilization under these conditions. The increase in hexokinase activity was transitory as prolonged stimulation led to a leveling off and steep decline with an apparent half-life of 2.5 days after three weeks of stimulation. The transient increase in glucose phosphorylating capacity can be explained by previous observations indicating that prolonged stimulation leads to a shift from a carbohydrate-based to a fatty-acid-based energy metabolism. Using an isozyme-specific sandwich ELISA, it was shown that both increases and decreases in total hexokinase activity were matched by corresponding changes in the amount of hexokinase isozyme II protein. Increases in both total hexokinase activity (3-4-fold) and hexokinase II protein content were also observed after denervation in rat fast-twitch muscle. In view of reports in the literature, it is suggested that the elevations in hexokinase II observed with increased contractile activity and denervation relate to enhanced glucose uptake and utilization.
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- F E Weber
- Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Federal Republic of Germany
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Cytosolic fatty acid binding proteins (FABP) belong to a gene family of which eight members have been conclusively identified. These 14-15 kDa proteins are abundantly expressed in a highly tissue-specific manner. Although the functions of the cytosolic FABP are not clearly established, they appear to enhance the transfer of long-chain fatty acids between artificial and native lipid membranes, and also to have a stimulatory effect on a number of enzymes of fatty acid metabolism in vitro. These findings, as well as the tissue expression, ligand binding properties, ontogeny and regulation of these proteins provide a considerable body of indirect evidence supporting a broad role for the FABP in the intracellular transport and metabolism of long-chain fatty acids. The available data also support the existence of structure- and tissue-specific specialization of function among different members of the FABP gene family. Moreover, FABP may also have a possible role in the modulation of cell growth and proliferation, possibly by virtue of their affinity for ligands such as prostaglandins, leukotrienes and fatty acids, which are known to influence cell growth activity. FABP structurally unrelated to the cytosolic gene family have also been identified in the plasma membranes of several tissues (FABPpm). These proteins have not been fully characterized to date, but strong evidence suggest that they function in the transport of long-chain fatty acids across the plasma membrane.
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- R M Kaikaus
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143
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Paulussen RJ, Veerkamp JH. Intracellular fatty-acid-binding proteins. Characteristics and function. Subcell Biochem 1990; 16:175-226. [PMID: 2238003 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1621-1_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- R J Paulussen
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Pette D, Staron RS. Cellular and molecular diversities of mammalian skeletal muscle fibers. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 1990; 116:1-76. [PMID: 2149884 DOI: 10.1007/3540528806_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- D Pette
- Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, FRG
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