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Valini GADC, Méthot S, Pomar C, Hauschild L, Remus A. Size matters: lower body weight pigs have a different response to immune challenge and amino acids supplementation above the estimated requirement compared to heavy pigs. J Anim Sci 2024; 102:skae255. [PMID: 39207124 PMCID: PMC11439151 DOI: 10.1093/jas/skae255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2024] [Accepted: 08/27/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024] Open
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The immune response varies between pigs, as not all pigs have the same response to a stressor. This variation may exist between individuals due to body weight (BW) or body composition, which may impact the capacity for coping with an immune challenge (IC). Tryptophan (Trp), threonine (Thr), and methionine (Met) requirements might also play a considerable part in supporting immune system activation while reducing variation between pigs; however, the latter has yet to be reported. This exploratory study investigated the effect of initial BW (light vs. heavy-weight) and supplementation of Trp, Thr, and Met above National Research Council (NRC) requirements on feeding behavior and the coping capacity of growing pigs under an IC. Eighty gilts were categorized into 2 groups according to BW: light-weight (LW, 22.5 kg) and heavy-weight pigs (HW, 28.5 kg). Both BW groups were group-housed for a 28-d trial in a good or poor sanitary condition (SC). Pigs within a poor SC were orally inoculated with 2 × 109 colony units of Salmonella Typhimurium, and fresh manure from a pig farm was spread on the floor. Pigs within good SC were not inoculated, nor was manure spread. Two diets were provided within each SC: control (CN) or supplemented (AA+) with Trp, Thr, and Met at 120% of NRC recommended levels. A principal component analysis was performed in R, and a feeding behavior index was calculated in SAS. Results showed that LW and HW pigs were clustered separately on day 0, where LW pigs had a positive correlation with body lipid percentage (r = 0.83), and HW pigs had a positive correlation with body protein percentage (r = 0.75). After the IC, the cluster configuration changed, with diets influencing LW more than HW pigs within poor SC. On day 14, LW fed AA + diet in poor SC was clustered separately from LW pigs fed CN diet, whereas LW fed AA + and CN diets in good SC were clustered together. For feeding behavior, in both analyzed periods (period 1: days 7 to 14; period 2: days 21 to 28), LW had lower total feed intake and shorter meals than HW pigs (P < 0.10), independent of the SC. Furthermore, LW pigs fed AA + diet had a more regular feed intake pattern than those fed CN diet, while a more irregular pattern was observed for HW pigs fed AA + diet than CN diet at period 2. These findings suggest that supplementing Trp, Thr, and Met above requirements may be a nutritional strategy for LW pigs under IC by improving feed intake regularity and reducing the probability of being susceptible to IC.
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- Graziela Alves da Cunha Valini
- Department of Animal Science, School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
- Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1M 0C8
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- Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1M 0C8
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- Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1M 0C8
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- Department of Animal Science, School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
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- Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1M 0C8
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Haberecht-Müller S, Krüger E, Fielitz J. Out of Control: The Role of the Ubiquitin Proteasome System in Skeletal Muscle during Inflammation. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11091327. [PMID: 34572540 PMCID: PMC8468834 DOI: 10.3390/biom11091327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The majority of critically ill intensive care unit (ICU) patients with severe sepsis develop ICU-acquired weakness (ICUAW) characterized by loss of muscle mass, reduction in myofiber size and decreased muscle strength leading to persisting physical impairment. This phenotype results from a dysregulated protein homeostasis with increased protein degradation and decreased protein synthesis, eventually causing a decrease in muscle structural proteins. The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is the predominant protein-degrading system in muscle that is activated during diverse muscle atrophy conditions, e.g., inflammation. The specificity of UPS-mediated protein degradation is assured by E3 ubiquitin ligases, such as atrogin-1 and MuRF1, which target structural and contractile proteins, proteins involved in energy metabolism and transcription factors for UPS-dependent degradation. Although the regulation of activity and function of E3 ubiquitin ligases in inflammation-induced muscle atrophy is well perceived, the contribution of the proteasome to muscle atrophy during inflammation is still elusive. During inflammation, a shift from standard- to immunoproteasome was described; however, to which extent this contributes to muscle wasting and whether this changes targeting of specific muscular proteins is not well described. This review summarizes the function of the main proinflammatory cytokines and acute phase response proteins and their signaling pathways in inflammation-induced muscle atrophy with a focus on UPS-mediated protein degradation in muscle during sepsis. The regulation and target-specificity of the main E3 ubiquitin ligases in muscle atrophy and their mode of action on myofibrillar proteins will be reported. The function of the standard- and immunoproteasome in inflammation-induced muscle atrophy will be described and the effects of proteasome-inhibitors as treatment strategies will be discussed.
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- Stefanie Haberecht-Müller
- Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany;
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany;
- Correspondence: (E.K.); (J.F.)
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- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine B, Cardiology, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
- Correspondence: (E.K.); (J.F.)
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Duttlinger AW, Kpodo KR, Lay DC, Richert BT, Johnson JS. Replacing dietary antibiotics with 0.20% l-glutamine in swine nursery diets: impact on health and productivity of pigs following weaning and transport1,2,3. J Anim Sci 2019; 97:2035-2052. [PMID: 30924491 DOI: 10.1093/jas/skz098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Antibiotic use has been limited in U.S. swine production. Therefore, the objective was to determine whether supplementing l-glutamine at cost-effective levels can replace dietary antibiotics to improve piglet welfare and productivity following weaning and transport. Based on previous research, we hypothesized that withholding dietary antibiotics would negatively affect pigs while diet supplementation with 0.20% l-glutamine (GLN) would have similar effects on pig performance and health as antibiotics. Mixed sex piglets (N = 480; 5.62 ± 0.06 kg BW) were weaned (18.4 ± 0.2 d of age) and transported for 12 h in central Indiana, for 2 replicates, during the summer of 2016 and the spring of 2017. Pigs were blocked by BW and allotted to 1 of 3 dietary treatments (n = 10 pens/dietary treatment/replicate [8 pigs/pen]); antibiotics (A; chlortetracycline [441 ppm] + tiamulin [38.6 ppm]), no antibiotics (NA), or GLN fed for 14 d. On days 15 to 34, pigs were provided common antibiotic-free diets in 2 phases. Data were analyzed using PROC MIXED in SAS 9.4. Day 14 BW and days 0 to 14 ADG were greater (P = 0.01) for A (5.6% and 18.5%, respectively) and GLN pigs (3.8% and 11.4%, respectively) compared with NA pigs, with no differences between A and GLN pigs. Days 0 to 14 ADFI increased for A (P < 0.04; 9.3%) compared with NA pigs; however, no differences were detected when comparing GLN with A and NA pigs. Once dietary treatments ceased, no differences (P > 0.05) in productivity between dietary treatments were detected. On day 13, plasma tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) was reduced (P = 0.02) in A (36.7 ± 6.9 pg/mL) and GLN pigs (40.9 ± 6.9 pg/mL) vs. NA pigs (63.2 ± 6.9 pg/mL). Aggressive behavior tended to be reduced overall (P = 0.09; 26.4%) in GLN compared with A pigs, but no differences were observed between A and GLN vs. NA pigs. Huddling, active, and eating/drinking behaviors were increased overall (P < 0.02; 179%, 37%, and 29%, respectively) in the spring replicate compared with the summer replicate. When hot carcass weight (HCW) was used as a covariate, loin depth and lean percentage were increased (P = 0.01; 4.0% and 1.1%, respectively) during the spring replicate compared with the summer replicate. In conclusion, GLN supplementation improved pig performance and health after weaning and transport similarly to A across replicates; however, the positive effects of A and GLN were diminished when dietary treatments ceased.
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- Alan W Duttlinger
- Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.,USDA-ARS Livestock Behavior Research Unit, West Lafayette, IN
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.,USDA-ARS Livestock Behavior Research Unit, West Lafayette, IN
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- USDA-ARS Livestock Behavior Research Unit, West Lafayette, IN
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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- USDA-ARS Livestock Behavior Research Unit, West Lafayette, IN
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Bresnahan KA, Tanumihardjo SA. Undernutrition, the acute phase response to infection, and its effects on micronutrient status indicators. Adv Nutr 2014; 5:702-11. [PMID: 25398733 PMCID: PMC4224207 DOI: 10.3945/an.114.006361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Infection and undernutrition are prevalent in developing countries and demonstrate a synergistic relation. Undernutrition increases infection-related morbidity and mortality. The acute phase response (APR) is an innate, systemic inflammatory reaction to a wide array of disruptions in a host's homeostasis, including infection. Released from immune cells in response to deleterious stimuli, proinflammatory cytokines act on distant tissues to induce behavioral (e.g., anorexia, weakness, and fatigue) and systemic effects of the APR. Cytokines act to increase energy and protein requirements to manifest fever and support hepatic acute phase protein (APP) production. Blood concentrations of glucose and lipid are augmented to provide energy to immune cells in response to cytokines. Additionally, infection decreases intestinal absorption of nutrients and can cause direct loss of micronutrients. Traditional indicators of iron, zinc, and vitamin A status are altered during the APR, leading to inaccurate estimations of deficiency in populations with a high or unknown prevalence of infection. Blood concentrations of APPs can be measured in nutrition interventions to assess the time stage and severity of infection and correct for the APR; however, standardized cutoffs for nutrition applications are needed. Protein-energy malnutrition leads to increased gut permeability to pathogens, abnormal immune cell populations, and impaired APP response. Micronutrient deficiencies cause specific immune impairments that affect both innate and adaptive responses. This review describes the antagonistic interaction between the APR and nutritional status and emphasizes the need for integrated interventions to address undernutrition and to reduce disease burden in developing countries.
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Resveratrol prevents TNF-α-induced muscle atrophy via regulation of Akt/mTOR/FoxO1 signaling in C2C12 myotubes. Int Immunopharmacol 2014; 19:206-13. [PMID: 24534773 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2014.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2013] [Revised: 01/26/2014] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Muscle atrophy poses a serious concern to patients inflicted with inflammatory diseases. There is now increasing evidence which suggests a vital role for tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) in muscle pathology associated with impairment of differentiation and muscle wasting. Resveratrol has been an ascribed inhibitory effect on glucocorticoid-induced muscle atrophy in vitro, but the influence of resveratrol on the growth of C2C12 myotubes exposed to TNF-α remains unclear. The present study aimed to investigate the involvement of TNF-α in the regulation of skeletal muscle hypertrophy and atrophy, and the possibility to interfere with such modulations by means of resveratrol supplementation. For this purpose, C2C12 myotubes were treated with TNF-α in the presence or absence of resveratrol. Myotube treatment with TNF-α contributes to both hyperexpression of the muscle-specific ubiquitin ligase MAFbx and MuRF1, and these alterations are linked to a decrease of anabolic targets (Akt, mTOR, p70S6k and 4E-BP1) and an increase of catabolic targets (FoxO1, FoxO3a, MAFbx and MuRF1). Resveratrol supplementation effectively counteracts TNF-α induced muscle protein loss and reverses declining expression of Akt, mTOR, p70S6K, 4E-BP1and FoxO1, but exerts no influence of FoxO3a expression. Our study demonstrates that resveratrol can reverse the muscle cell atrophy caused by TNF-α through regulation of the Akt/mTOR/FoxO1 signaling pathways, followed by inhibition of the atrophy-related ubiquitin ligase. Our findings suggested that resveratrol could represent a possible strategy to improve muscle mass.
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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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Muscle wasting is a serious complication of various clinical conditions that significantly worsens the prognosis of the illnesses. Clinically relevant models of muscle wasting are essential for understanding its pathogenesis and for selective preclinical testing of potential therapeutic agents. The data presented here indicate that muscle wasting has been well characterized in rat models of sepsis (endotoxaemia, and caecal ligation and puncture), in rat models of chronic renal failure (partial nephrectomy), in animal models of intensive care unit patients (corticosteroid treatment combined with peripheral denervation or with administration of neuromuscular blocking drugs) and in murine and rat models of cancer (tumour cell transplantation). There is a need to explore genetically engineered mouse models of cancer. The degree of protein degradation in skeletal muscle is not well characterized in animal models of liver cirrhosis, chronic heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The major difficulties with all models are standardization and high variation in disease progression and a lack of reflection of clinical reality in some of the models. The translation of the information obtained by using these models to clinical practice may be problematic.
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- Milan Holecek
- Department of Physiology, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
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Braun TP, Zhu X, Szumowski M, Scott GD, Grossberg AJ, Levasseur PR, Graham K, Khan S, Damaraju S, Colmers WF, Baracos VE, Marks DL. Central nervous system inflammation induces muscle atrophy via activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 208:2449-63. [PMID: 22084407 PMCID: PMC3256966 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20111020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Systemic and CNS-delimited inflammation triggers skeletal muscle catabolism in a manner dependent on glucocorticoid signaling. Skeletal muscle catabolism is a co-morbidity of many chronic diseases and is the result of systemic inflammation. Although direct inflammatory cytokine action on muscle promotes atrophy, nonmuscle sites of action for inflammatory mediators are less well described. We demonstrate that central nervous system (CNS)–delimited interleukin 1β (IL-1β) signaling alone can evoke a catabolic program in muscle, rapidly inducing atrophy. This effect is dependent on hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis activation, as CNS IL-1β–induced atrophy is abrogated by adrenalectomy. Furthermore, we identified a glucocorticoid-responsive gene expression pattern conserved in models of acute and chronic inflammatory muscle atrophy. In contrast with studies suggesting that the direct action of inflammatory cytokines on muscle is sufficient to induce catabolism, adrenalectomy also blocks the atrophy program in response to systemic inflammation, demonstrating that glucocorticoids are requisite for this process. Additionally, circulating levels of glucocorticoids equivalent to those produced under inflammatory conditions are sufficient to cause profound muscle wasting. Together, these data suggest that a significant component of inflammation-induced muscle catabolism occurs indirectly via a relay in the CNS.
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- Theodore P Braun
- Papé Family Pediatric Research Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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Lang CH, Lynch CJ, Vary TC. BCATm deficiency ameliorates endotoxin-induced decrease in muscle protein synthesis and improves survival in septic mice. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2010; 299:R935-44. [PMID: 20554928 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00297.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Endotoxin (LPS) and sepsis decrease mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) activity in skeletal muscle, thereby reducing protein synthesis. Our study tests the hypothesis that inhibition of branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) catabolism, which elevates circulating BCAA and stimulates mTOR, will blunt the LPS-induced decrease in muscle protein synthesis. Wild-type (WT) and mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase (BCATm) knockout mice were studied 4 h after Escherichia coli LPS or saline. Basal skeletal muscle protein synthesis was increased in knockout mice compared with WT, and this change was associated with increased eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF)-4E binding protein-1 (4E-BP1) phosphorylation, eIF4E.eIF4G binding, 4E-BP1.raptor binding, and eIF3.raptor binding without a change in the mTOR.raptor complex in muscle. LPS decreased muscle protein synthesis in WT mice, a change associated with decreased 4E-BP1 phosphorylation as well as decreased formation of eIF4E.eIF4G, 4E-BP1.raptor, and eIF3.raptor complexes. In BCATm knockout mice given LPS, muscle protein synthesis only decreased to values found in vehicle-treated WT control mice, and this ameliorated LPS effect was associated with a coordinate increase in 4E-BP1.raptor, eIF3.raptor, and 4E-BP1 phosphorylation. Additionally, the LPS-induced increase in muscle cytokines was blunted in BCATm knockout mice, compared with WT animals. In a separate study, 7-day survival and muscle mass were increased in BCATm knockout vs. WT mice after polymicrobial peritonitis. These data suggest that elevating blood BCAA is sufficient to ameliorate the catabolic effect of LPS on skeletal muscle protein synthesis via alterations in protein-protein interactions within mTOR complex-1, and this may provide a survival advantage in response to bacterial infection.
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- Charles H Lang
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and Surgery, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Mansoor O, Breuillé D, Béchereau F, Buffière C, Pouyet C, Beaufrère B, Vuichoud J, Van't-Of M, Obled C. Effect of an enteral diet supplemented with a specific blend of amino acid on plasma and muscle protein synthesis in ICU patients. Clin Nutr 2006; 26:30-40. [PMID: 16996660 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2006.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2006] [Revised: 07/12/2006] [Accepted: 07/29/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIM Polytrauma patients are characterized by a negative nitrogen balance and muscle wasting. Standard nutrition is relatively inefficient to improve muscle protein turnover. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of enteral nutrition (EN) supplemented with specific amino acids on protein metabolism in polytrauma patients. METHODS In a double blind study, 12 polytrauma patients were randomized to receive EN supplemented with either a mixture of cysteine, threonine, serine and aspartate (AA patients) or alanine at isonitrogenous levels (Ala patients). An intravenous infusion of l-[1-(13)C]-leucine was performed in the fed state between day 9 and 12 post-injury (Df) in patients and in a group of healthy volunteers (n=8) (EN+Ala) to measure whole body leucine kinetics, plasma and muscle protein synthesis rates. Nitrogen balance, 3-methyl histidine excretion were measured from day 3 to Df. RESULTS The contribution of total plasma proteins to whole body protein synthesis was greatly increased, from 11% in healthy volunteers to about 25% in polytrauma patients. AA supplementation had no effect on nitrogen balance, leucine kinetics or plasma protein synthesis in patients. In contrast, the urinary excretion of 3-methyl histidine tended to decrease along the study in the AA supplemented group compared to an increase in the Ala group. Muscle protein synthesis tended to be higher in the AA group than in the Ala group (46%, P=0.065). CONCLUSION During injury, an increased supply of cysteine, threonine, serine and aspartate could be able to better cover the specific amino requirements, thus resulting in improved muscle protein synthesis without impairment of acute phase protein synthesis.
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- Odile Mansoor
- RCO Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, CHU, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Even apparently healthy patients on dialysis have significant loss of lean body mass. Patients with chronic renal failure without coexisting metabolic acidosis or inflammation have decreased protein turnover, with balanced reduction in protein synthesis and breakdown. However, regional and whole-body protein kinetic studies indicate that hemodialysis (HD) induces net increase in protein breakdown. Whole-body protein turnover studies show that HD is associated with decreased protein synthesis, but proteolysis is not increased. Muscle protein kinetics studies, however, identify enhanced muscle protein breakdown with inadequate compensatory increases in synthesis as the cause of the catabolism. Transmembrane amino acid-transport kinetics studies show that the outward transport is increased more than the inward transport of amino acids during HD. Altered intracellular amino acid transport kinetics and protein turnover during HD could be caused by the loss of amino acids in the dialysate or cytokine activation. Cytokines may be released from peripheral blood mononuclear cells and skeletal muscle during HD. Preliminary evidence indicates that intradialytic increase in cytokines activates the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. An intradialytic increase in albumin and fibrinogen synthesis is facilitated by interleukin-6 and the constant supply of amino acids derived from skeletal muscle catabolism. Protein anabolism can be induced in end-stage renal disease patients by repletion of amino acids, and perhaps treatment with recombinant human insulin-like growth factor.
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- Dominic S C Raj
- Division of Nephrology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
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Modifications of protein and amino acid metabolism during inflammation and immune system activation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2003.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Madibally SV, Solomon V, Mitchell RN, Van De Water L, Yarmush ML, Toner M. Influence of insulin therapy on burn wound healing in rats. J Surg Res 2003; 109:92-100. [PMID: 12643849 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-4804(02)00036-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Insulin is proposed as a therapy for suppressing muscle wasting after burn trauma although the long-term effects of this therapy on wound healing are not yet known. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of systemically administered insulin therapy on burn wound healing. MATERIALS AND METHODS Young rats weighing 80-150 g were subjected to 15-20% total body surface area burn injury on their shaved dorsum. The insulin dosage was increased over the first 3 days in each rat from 0.25 U (Day 1), 0.5 U (Day 2), and 1.0 U (Day 3) per 100 g body wt. The rats were euthanized at the fourth or fifteenth day postinjury. Skin sections were analyzed by histochemistry and quantitative polarization microscopy. RESULTS Histology showed a decreased number of inflammatory cells and increased vasodilation in the insulin-treated animals at Day 4 relative to untreated rats; at Day 15 there was increased reepithelialization. Quantitative analysis using polarization microscopy and picrosirius red staining showed an increased collagen deposition in wounds by Day 4 in insulin-treated rats relative to untreated burn controls. CONCLUSION These results indicate that insulin induces accelerated wound healing associated with diminished inflammation and increased collagen deposition.
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- Sundararajan V Madibally
- Shriners Burns Hospital, Surgical Services and the Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Wray CJ, Mammen JMV, Hasselgren PO. Catabolic response to stress and potential benefits of nutrition support. Nutrition 2002; 18:971-7. [PMID: 12431720 DOI: 10.1016/s0899-9007(02)00985-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The catabolic response to sepsis, severe injury, and burn is characterized by whole-body protein loss, mainly reflecting increased breakdown of muscle proteins, in particular myofibrillar proteins. Glucocorticoids and various proinflammatory cytokines are important regulators of muscle proteolysis in stressed patients. There is evidence that breakdown of proteins by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway plays an important role in muscle cachexia, although other mechanisms may participate, such as calcium- and calpain-dependent release of myofilaments from the sarcomere. Three types of treatments have been used to reduce or prevent the catabolic response to injury and sepsis: 1). nutritional, 2). hormonal, and 3). pharmacologic. With regard to nutrition support, it is generally believed that enteral feeding is superior to parenteral feeding and that early feeding is better than late feeding. Although "immune-enhancing" enteral nutrition has been shown in several recent studies to improve outcome in critically ill patients, the specific effects of these treatments on the catabolic response in muscle are not known. In addition to nutrition support, various hormones, including insulin, growth hormone, and insulin-like growth factor-1, may blunt the catabolic response in patients with stress. Experimental studies have indicated that other treatments may become available in the future, including cytokine antibodies, calcium antagonists, and induction of heat shock response. Methods to prevent or reduce the catabolic response to stress are important considering the significant clinical consequences of muscle cachexia.
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- Curtis J Wray
- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Wray CJ, Tomkinson B, Robb BW, Hasselgren PO. Tripeptidyl-peptidase II expression and activity are increased in skeletal muscle during sepsis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 296:41-7. [PMID: 12147224 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(02)00834-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ubiquitin-proteasome-dependent protein degradation plays a central role in sepsis-induced muscle wasting. Because the proteasome degrades proteins into small peptides rather than free amino acids, it is likely that additional mechanisms downstream of the proteasome are involved in sepsis-induced muscle proteolysis. Recent studies suggest that the extralysosomal peptidase tripeptidyl-peptidase II (TPP II) degrades peptides generated by the proteasome. We hypothesized that TPP II expression and activity are increased in skeletal muscle during sepsis. Sepsis was induced in rats by cecal ligation and puncture. Control rats were sham-operated. TPP II activity was determined by using the specific substrate Ala-Ala-Phe-7-amido-4-methylcoumarin (AAF-AMC). TPP II protein and gene expression were determined by Western blot and real-time PCR, respectively. Sepsis resulted in increased activity and protein and gene expression of TPP II in extensor digitorum longus muscles. This result was blunted by the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist RU 38486, indicating that glucocorticoids participate in the upregulation of TPP II in skeletal muscle during sepsis. The results suggest that proteolytic mechanisms downstream of the proteasome may be important for the complete degradation of muscle proteins during sepsis.
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- Curtis J Wray
- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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OBJECTIVE To review present knowledge of intracellular mechanisms and molecular regulation of muscle cachexia. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Muscle cachexia, mainly reflecting degradation of myofibrillar proteins, is an important clinical feature in patients with severe injury, sepsis, and cancer. The catabolic response in skeletal muscle may result in muscle wasting and weakness, delaying or preventing ambulation and rehabilitation in these patients and increasing the risk for pulmonary complications. RESULTS Muscle cachexia, induced by severe injury, sepsis, and cancer, is associated with increased gene expression and activity of the calcium/calpain- and ubiquitin/proteasome-proteolytic pathways. Calcium/calpain-regulated release of myofilaments from the sarcomere is an early, and perhaps rate-limiting, component of the catabolic response in muscle. Released myofilaments are ubiquitinated in the N-end rule pathway, regulated by the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2(14k) and the ubiquitin ligase E3 alpha, and degraded by the 26S proteasome. CONCLUSIONS An understanding of the mechanisms regulating muscle protein breakdown is important for the development of therapeutic strategies aimed at treating or preventing muscle cachexia in patients with severe injury, sepsis, cancer, and perhaps other catabolic conditions as well.
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- P O Hasselgren
- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0558, USA.
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Protein Metabolism in Surgery. Surgery 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-57282-1_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Luo GJ, Sun X, Hasselgren PO. Hyperthermia stimulates energy-proteasome-dependent protein degradation in cultured myotubes. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2000; 278:R749-56. [PMID: 10712297 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.278.3.r749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Previous studies suggest that elevated temperature stimulates protein degradation in skeletal muscle, but the intracellular mechanisms are not fully understood. We tested the role of different proteolytic pathways in temperature-dependent degradation of long- and short-lived proteins in cultured L6 myotubes. When cells were cultured at different temperatures from 37 to 43 degrees C, the degradation of both classes of proteins increased, with a maximal effect noted at 41 degrees C. The effect of high temperature was more pronounced on long-lived than on short-lived protein degradation. By using blockers of individual proteolytic pathways, we found evidence that the increased degradation of both long-lived and short-lived proteins at high temperature was independent of lysosomal and calcium-mediated mechanisms but reflected energy-proteasome-dependent degradation. mRNA levels for enzymes and other components of different proteolytic pathways were not influenced by high temperature. The results suggest that hyperthermia stimulates the degradation of muscle proteins and that this effect of temperature is regulated by similar mechanisms for short- and long-lived proteins. Elevated temperature may contribute to the catabolic response in skeletal muscle typically seen in sepsis and severe infection.
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- G J Luo
- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, and Shriners Hospital for Children, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267, USA
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Fischer D, Sun X, Gang G, Pritts T, Hasselgren PO. The gene expression of ubiquitin ligase E3alpha is upregulated in skeletal muscle during sepsis in rats-potential role of glucocorticoids. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 267:504-8. [PMID: 10631091 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Muscle protein breakdown during sepsis is associated with upregulated expression and activity of the ubiquitin-proteasome proteolytic pathway. Previous studies suggest that ubiquitination of proteins in skeletal muscle is regulated by the ubiquitin ligase E3alpha together with the 14 kDa ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2(14k). The E3alpha gene was cloned only recently. The influence of sepsis on the gene expression of E3alpha in skeletal muscle has not been reported. In the present study, induction of sepsis in rats by cecal ligation and puncture resulted in increased mRNA levels for E3alpha in white, fast-twitch but not in red slow-twitch muscle. Treatment with the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist RU38486 (10 mg/kg) prevented the sepsis-induced increase in E3alpha and E2(14k) mRNA levels. The present study is the first report of increased E3alpha expression in skeletal muscle during sepsis. The results lend further support to the concept that glucocorticoid-mediated upregulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome proteolytic pathway is involved in sepsis-induced muscle cachexia. Increased expression of both E3alpha and E2(14k) suggests that muscle proteins are degraded in the N-end rule pathway during sepsis.
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- D Fischer
- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267, USA
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Breuille D, Voisin L, Contrepois M, Arnal M, Rose F, Obled C. A sustained rat model for studying the long-lasting catabolic state of sepsis. Infect Immun 1999; 67:1079-85. [PMID: 10024546 PMCID: PMC96432 DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.3.1079-1085.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Most animal models of sepsis induced high mortality or early recovery and do not mimic the long-lasting catabolic state observed in patients. The purpose of this study is to develop a model of sepsis which reproduces these disorders, especially the long-lasting muscle wasting. This report summarizes our observations in a series of seven experiments using this model with rats to study the route of live Escherichia coli administration, dose of bacteria, reproducibility of the model, bacterial count in tissues, comparison of injection of live or dead bacteria, metabolic perturbations linked to infection, and potential role of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in muscle wasting. After intravenous infection, animals were anorexic and the catabolic state was long-lasting: body weight loss for 2 to 3 days followed by a chronic wasting state for several days. Liver, spleen, lung protein content, and plasma concentration of alpha2-macroglobulin were increased 2 and 6 days after infection. At 6 days, muscle protein content was substantially (-40%) reduced. The plasma TNF-alpha level measured 1.5 h after infection correlated with body weight loss observed 9 days later. The inhibition of TNF-alpha secretion by administration of pentoxifylline 1 h before infection reduced muscle wasting and activation of proteolysis at day 2 and abolished them at day 6. This septic model mimics in rats the prolonged protein metabolism alterations and muscle atrophy characteristics of infected patients and thus is useful for studying the impact of nutritional support on outcome.
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- D Breuille
- Clintec Technologies, 78140 Vélizy-Villacoublay, INRA Theix, 63122 Ceyrat, France.
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Hasselgren PO, Fischer JE. Counter-regulatory hormones and mechanisms in amino acid metabolism with special reference to the catabolic response in skeletal muscle. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 1999; 2:9-14. [PMID: 10453324 DOI: 10.1097/00075197-199901000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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There is evidence that both counter-regulatory hormones, in particular glucocorticoids, and cytokines influence amino acid and protein metabolism in skeletal muscle, and that these two groups of regulators interact in the development of muscle catabolism. Glucocorticoids stimulate muscle proteolysis during sepsis and also in other catabolic conditions. In addition, glucocorticoids regulate muscle glutamine metabolism, resulting in increased glutamine release and reduced glutamine concentrations in skeletal muscle. Glucocorticoids inhibit the glutamine transporter in skeletal muscle and stimulate glutamine synthetase activity. Proinflammatory cytokines, in particular tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-1, inhibit muscle amino acid transport by system A, and these cytokine effects are probably indirect. Most of the catabolic effects of tumor necrosis factor in skeletal muscle, including stimulated protein degradation and inhibited amino acid uptake, are mediated by glucocorticoids.
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- P O Hasselgren
- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, OH 45267-0558, USA.
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Williams A, Wang JJ, Wang L, Sun X, Fischer JE, Hasselgren PO. Sepsis in mice stimulates muscle proteolysis in the absence of IL-6. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 275:R1983-91. [PMID: 9843888 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.6.r1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We tested the role of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in sepsis-induced muscle proteolysis by determining ubiquitin mRNA levels and protein breakdown rates in incubated extensor digitorum longus muscles from septic and sham-operated IL-6 knockout and wild-type mice. In addition, the effect of treatment of mice with human recombinant IL-6 on muscle protein breakdown rates was determined. Finally, protein breakdown rates were measured in myotubes treated for up to 48 h with different concentrations of IL-6. Sepsis in wild-type mice resulted in an approximately ninefold increase in plasma IL-6 levels, whereas IL-6 was not detectable in plasma of sham-operated or septic IL-6 knockout mice. Total and myofibrillar muscle protein breakdown rates were increased by approximately 30% and threefold, respectively, in septic IL-6 wild-type mice with an almost identical response noted in septic IL-6 knockout mice. Ubiquitin mRNA levels determined by dot blot analysis were increased during sepsis in muscles from both IL-6 knockout and wild-type mice, although the increase was less pronounced in IL-6 knockout than in wild-type mice. Treatment of normal mice or of cultured L6 myotubes with IL-6 did not influence protein breakdown rates. The present results suggest that IL-6 does not regulate muscle proteolysis during sepsis.
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- A Williams
- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, and Shriners Hospital for Children, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267, USA
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Voisin L, Breuillé D, Ruot B, Rallière C, Rambourdin F, Dalle M, Obled C. Cytokine modulation by PX differently affects specific acute phase proteins during sepsis in rats. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 275:R1412-9. [PMID: 9791055 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.5.r1412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To explore the regulation of the acute phase response in vivo, the effects of pentoxifylline (PX) treatment (100 mg/kg ip 1 h before infection) were investigated in infected and pair-fed rats 2 and 6 days after an intravenous injection of live bacteria (Escherichia coli). PX treatment prevented the increase in plasma tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha (peak 1.5 h after the infection) and resulted in an 84 and 61% inhibition of plasma interleukin (IL)-1beta and IL-6, respectively (peaks at 3 h). Plasma corticosterone kinetics were not modified by the treatment. Infection increased alpha1-acid glycoprotein (AGP), alpha2-macroglobulin (A2M), and fibrinogen plasma concentrations and decreased albumin levels. PX significantly reduced AGP plasma concentration as early as day 2 in infected animals but reduced A2M and fibrinogen plasma levels only at day 6. The treatment had no effect on the albumin plasma concentration. Hepatic AGP and fibrinogen mRNA levels increased in infected rats, whereas those of A2M were unchanged and those of albumin were decreased. Two days after infection, AGP and fibrinogen mRNA levels were reduced in treated infected animals. PX was ineffective in modifying those of A2M and albumin. These data demonstrate, in vivo, that different acute phase proteins are individually regulated in sepsis. The in vivo effects of PX treatment support the hypothesis that TNF-alpha plays an important role in the regulation of AGP production, whereas other factors seem to be involved in the regulation of A2M, fibrinogen, and albumin expression.
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- L Voisin
- Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine et Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité d'Etude du Métabolisme Azoté, 63122 Ceyrat, France
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There is now a large literature implicating cytokines in the development of wasting and cachexia commonly observed in a variety of pathophysiologic conditions. In the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), cytokines elicited by primary and secondary infections seem to exert subtle and sustained effects on behavioral, hormonal, and metabolic axes, and their combined effects on appetite and metabolism have been postulated to drive wasting. However, correlations of increased blood levels of a particular cytokine with wasting in AIDS have not been consistent observations, perhaps because cytokines act principally as paracrine and autocrine hormones, as well as indirectly by activating other systems. A better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the catabolic effects of cytokines in clearly needed if more efficacious strategies are to be developed for the prevention and treatment of wasting in AIDS. In this review we first examine the interacting factors contributing to the AIDS wasting syndrome. We then analyze the complex and overlapping role of cytokines in the pathophysiology of this condition, and put forward a number of hypotheses to explain some of the most important features of this syndrome.
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- Hernan R. Chang
- Laboratory of Nutrition/Infection, Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Centre Médical Universitaire, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Nutrition/Infection, Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Kuhl DA, Mouser JF, Methvin JT, Hak EB, Hak LJ, Dickerson RN. Alterations in N-acetylation of 3-methylhistidine in endotoxemic parenterally fed rats. Nutrition 1998; 14:678-82. [PMID: 9760587 DOI: 10.1016/s0899-9007(98)00067-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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N-methylhistidine (3-meH) is endogenously released during muscle catabolism and serves as a marker of protein turnover. In rats > 85% of 3-meH is excreted in the urine as the N-acetyl derivative. It has been reported that the percent of non-acetylated 3-meH (NA-3-meH) varies minimally with stress. To further evaluate these reports we randomized 39 male Sprague-Dawley rats (157-213 g) to receive parenteral nutrition only (PN) or PN plus continuous infusion of Escherichia coli 026:B6 lipopolysaccharide at 6 (LPS-6) or 12 (LPS-12) mg.kg-1.d-1 for 48 h. All animals received isocaloric and isonitrogenous PN 24 h before and throughout the study with water ad libitum. Total 3-meH excretion was significantly increased (P < 0.05) in the LPS-6 (470 +/- 136 micrograms/48 h) and LPS-12 (557 +/- 171 micrograms/48 h) groups versus the PN (331 +/- 126 micrograms/48 h) group. NA-3-meH differed significantly between the LPS-12 (218 /+- 89 micrograms/48 h, LPS-6 (94 +/- 48 micrograms/48 h), and PN (39 +/- 12 micrograms/48 h) groups (P < 0.05). Percent NA-3-meH increased significantly from 12.7 +/- 3.9% in the PN group to 19.8 +/- 8.0 and 39.9 +/- 12.8% in the LPS-6 and LPS-12 groups, respectively (P < 0.05). No significant changes in acetyl 3-meH were found between groups. These data suggest that either saturation or inhibition of acetylation pathways occurs with increasing levels of stress. Due to the disproportionate increases in NA-3-meH and percent NA-3-meH during endotoxemia, only total 3-meH should be used as an indicator of protein turnover in rats.
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- D A Kuhl
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee 38163, USA.
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Chang HR, Bistrian B. The role of cytokines in the catabolic consequences of infection and injury. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 1998; 22:156-66. [PMID: 9586794 DOI: 10.1177/0148607198022003156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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During infection and injury a series of metabolic events are activated that leads to a state of negative nitrogen balance and significant loss of lean body mass. This process is characterized by marked anorexia, net whole body protein breakdown, and liver anabolism. This host response initially is beneficial to the body because it helps it to fight disease and enhance healing. However, if such imbalance is maintained for long periods, it will invariably produce significant loss of lean body mass that may lead to a series of untoward clinical events. The role of the proximate cytokines, tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin-1 (IL-1), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) as well as glucocorticoids as important mediators of many pathophysiological manifestations of infection and injury has been studied extensively. However, the involvement of other mediators, at least in skeletal muscle proteolysis during sepsis has been hypothesized, because blockade of glucocorticoids, TNF, IL-1, and IL-6 reduces but does not normalize protein breakdown rates nor does the direct application of these mediators to skeletal muscle in vitro enhance proteolysis. Furthermore other studies have suggested that the lymphokine, interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma, type II interferon or immune interferon), produces fever and enhances thermogenesis, body weight loss, and skeletal muscle depletion in rodents in a manner similar to that seen with TNF and IL-1. Cytokines appear to be major components of the host metabolic response during infection and injury. However, neither all the cytokines involved nor the exact mechanisms underlying their metabolic effects are completely understood. The regulation of muscle protein synthesis and breakdown, which largely determines the development of cachexia, appears to depend on the delicate balance between a number of regulatory substances including cytokines, glucocorticoids, catecholamines, insulin, and insulin-like growth factors.
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- H R Chang
- Cancer Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, West Campus, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215-5310, USA
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Deconinck N, Van Parijs V, Beckers-Bleukx G, Van den Bergh P. Critical illness myopathy unrelated to corticosteroids or neuromuscular blocking agents. Neuromuscul Disord 1998; 8:186-92. [PMID: 9631400 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-8966(98)00003-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Acute myopathy occurs in critically ill patients, receiving neuromuscular blocking agents or corticosteroids during intensive care hospitalisation. We report three patients with acute quadriplegic myopathy, two of whom were not exposed to corticosteroids or neuromuscular blocking agents. The first of these latter two patients had a history of generalised anoxia with coma related to surgery, complicated by multiple organ failure and sepsis. The second patient, suffering from acute leukaemia, developed sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome with the need for mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit. Electrophysiological studies and muscle biopsy findings were consistent with the diagnosis of critical illness myopathy with loss of myosin filaments. Selective loss of myosin was confirmed by biochemical analysis of muscle. These findings demonstrate that acute myopathy with loss of myosin filaments may occur in patients with severe systemic illness without exposure to corticosteroids or neuromuscular blocking agents.
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- N Deconinck
- Département de Physiologie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- W E Mitch
- Renal Division, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Grzelak I, Olszewski WL, Zaleska M, Durlik M, Lagiewska B, Muszynski M, Rowinski W. Blood cytokine levels rise even after minor surgical trauma. J Clin Immunol 1996; 16:159-64. [PMID: 8734359 DOI: 10.1007/bf01540914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The exact changes in cytokine production and clinical implications of the increased cytokine levels following operative trauma remain unclear. In this study, systemic production of a spectrum of cytokines, including IL1 alpha, IL1 beta, IL6, IL8, IL10, and IFN gamma, was examined in patients undergoing minor elective operative trauma. The levels of IL1 receptor antagonist (ra) and IL6 soluble receptor (sR) were also determined. Although there were no changes in IL1 alpha and IL1 beta plasma levels during the entire observation period, there was a significant rise in IL1 ra level in all patients between postoperative day 1 and postoperative day 14. A significant increase in the IL6 plasma level was seen on days 1, 3, and 7 after surgery and an increase in the IL6 sR level was observed on postoperative days 10 and 14. Interestingly, the IL8 plasma values had risen significantly on days 1 and 3 following the operation. In some patients, an elevation in IL10 plasma level was noted on days 1 and 3 postsurgery. Results demonstrated that even a minor surgical procedure such as cholecystectomy with uneventful wound healing was followed by an appearance in the blood circulation of significant levels of cytokines between day 1 and day 14 after surgery. These observations point to the necessity of searching for methods of down-regulating the systemic cytokine effects after surgical trauma for the routine postoperative management.
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- I Grzelak
- Surgical Research and Transplantation Department, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
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Thompson MG, Palmer RM, Thom A, Mackie SC, Morrison KS, Harris CI. Measurement of protein degradation by release of labelled 3-methylhistidine from skeletal muscle and non-muscle cells. J Cell Physiol 1996; 166:506-11. [PMID: 8600154 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4652(199603)166:3<506::aid-jcp5>3.0.co;2-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The rates of [3H]N(tau)-methylhistidine (3-MH) accumulation in the medium, following pulse labelling of cells for 48 h with [3H]methionine, were used to measure myofibrillar protein degradation. In fused C2C12 myotubes, incubation for 24 or 48 h after the labelling period gave rates of myofibrillar degradation of 38 and 42%/day. In a leucine free medium, these rates were similar; 40 and 47%/day, respectively. Using identical conditions +/- leucine, but in the absence of [3H]-methionine, rates of protein accretion and synthesis over 24-48 h were measured. From these data, rates of total protein degradation were calculated by difference and were similar to myofibrillar degradation rates. We have used the same pulse labelling protocol to assess whether the method is applicable to non-muscle cell lines based on the knowledge that 3T3 fibroblasts contain actin in the cytoskeleton. 3-MH was detected both in protein and upon its release into the medium. Actin degradation measured over a 48 h period gave a value half that obtained for total degradation, but the results suggest that the release of 3-MH by fibroblasts in vivo could be appreciable. The development of this methodology should provide a useful tool to investigate signalling mechanisms regulating actin degradation in a variety of cell types.
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- M G Thompson
- Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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