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Aleixo PH, Castoldi RC, Souza FLAD, Mariano TB, Ozaki GAT, Garcia TA, Santos LS, Pacagnelli FL, Camargo RCT, Camargo Filho JCS. Effect of high-intensity interval training on the skeletal muscle of spontaneously hypertensive rats. MOTRIZ: REVISTA DE EDUCACAO FISICA 2021. [DOI: 10.1590/s1980-65742021020921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Yu Z, Li Q, An Y, Chen X, Liu Z, Li Z, Gao J, Aung LHH, Li P. Role of apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain (ARC) in cancer. Oncol Lett 2019; 18:5691-5698. [PMID: 31788041 PMCID: PMC6865693 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2019.10981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain (ARC) is a potent inhibitor of apoptosis. Under physiological conditions, ARC is abundantly expressed in terminally differentiated cells, including cardiomyocytes, skeletal muscles and neurons. ARC serves a key role in determining cell fate, and abnormal ARC expression has been demonstrated to be associated with abnormal cell growth. Previous studies have revealed that ARC was upregulated in several different types of solid tumor, where it suppressed tumor cell apoptosis. Furthermore, the increased expression levels of ARC in cancer cells contributed to the development of therapeutic resistance and adverse clinical outcomes in patients with leukemia. However, the exact role of ARC, as well as the underlying molecular mechanisms involved, remain poorly understood. The present review summarizes the characteristics of ARC and its cytoprotective role under different conditions and describes the potential ARC as a new target for cancer therapy.
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- Zhongjie Yu
- Center for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Translational Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China.,School of Basic Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Center for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Translational Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Center for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Translational Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Center for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Translational Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Center for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Translational Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Center for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Translational Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Center for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Translational Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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Yu Z, Li Q, An Y, Chen X, Liu Z, Li Z, Gao J, Aung LHH, Li P. Role of apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain (ARC) in cancer. Oncol Lett 2019. [PMID: 31788041 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2019.10981/abstract] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2023] Open
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Apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain (ARC) is a potent inhibitor of apoptosis. Under physiological conditions, ARC is abundantly expressed in terminally differentiated cells, including cardiomyocytes, skeletal muscles and neurons. ARC serves a key role in determining cell fate, and abnormal ARC expression has been demonstrated to be associated with abnormal cell growth. Previous studies have revealed that ARC was upregulated in several different types of solid tumor, where it suppressed tumor cell apoptosis. Furthermore, the increased expression levels of ARC in cancer cells contributed to the development of therapeutic resistance and adverse clinical outcomes in patients with leukemia. However, the exact role of ARC, as well as the underlying molecular mechanisms involved, remain poorly understood. The present review summarizes the characteristics of ARC and its cytoprotective role under different conditions and describes the potential ARC as a new target for cancer therapy.
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- Zhongjie Yu
- Center for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Translational Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
- School of Basic Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Center for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Translational Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Center for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Translational Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Center for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Translational Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Center for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Translational Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Center for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Translational Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Center for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Translational Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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Fiorenza M, Gunnarsson TP, Ehlers TS, Bangsbo J. High-intensity exercise training ameliorates aberrant expression of markers of mitochondrial turnover but not oxidative damage in skeletal muscle of men with essential hypertension. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2019; 225:e13208. [PMID: 30339318 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Revised: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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AIM To examine whether hypertensive individuals exhibit altered muscle mitochondrial turnover and redox homeostasis compared with healthy normotensive counterparts, and whether the antihypertensive effect of high-intensity exercise training is associated with improved mitochondrial quality and enhanced anti-oxidant defence. METHODS In a cross-sectional and longitudinal parallel design, 24 essential hypertensive (HYP) and 13 healthy normotensive (NORM) men completed 6 weeks of high-intensity interval training (HIIT). Twenty four-hour ambulatory blood pressure, body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, exercise capacity and skeletal muscle characteristics were examined before and after HIIT. Expression of markers of mitochondrial turnover, anti-oxidant protection and oxidative damage was determined in vastus lateralis muscle biopsies. Muscle protein levels of eNOS and VEGF, and muscle capillarity were also evaluated. RESULTS At baseline, HYP exhibited lower expression of markers of mitochondrial volume/biogenesis, mitochondrial fusion/fission and autophagy along with depressed eNOS expression compared with NORM. Expression of markers of anti-oxidant protection was similar in HYP and NORM, whereas oxidative damage was higher in HYP than in NORM. In HYP, HIIT lowered blood pressure, improved body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness and exercise capacity, up-regulated markers of mitochondrial volume/biogenesis and autophagy and increased eNOS and VEGF protein content. Furthermore, in HYP, HIIT induced divergent responses in markers of mitochondrial fusion and anti-oxidant protection, did not affect markers of mitochondrial fission, and increased apoptotic susceptibility and oxidative damage. CONCLUSION The present results indicate aberrant muscle mitochondrial turnover and augmented oxidative damage in hypertensive individuals. High-intensity exercise training can partly reverse hypertension-related impairments in muscle mitochondrial turnover, but not redox imbalance.
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- Matteo Fiorenza
- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences University of Verona Verona Italy
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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Vorobej K, Mitchell AS, Smith IC, Donath S, Russell Tupling A, Quadrilatero J. The effect of ARC ablation on skeletal muscle morphology, function, and apoptotic signaling during aging. Exp Gerontol 2017; 101:69-79. [PMID: 29056555 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2017.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Revised: 10/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Augmented apoptotic signaling can result in degradation of skeletal muscle proteins and loss of myonuclei, ultimately contributing to muscle atrophy and contractile dysfunction. Apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain (ARC) is an anti-apoptotic protein highly expressed in skeletal muscle. Here we examined the role of ARC on age-related skeletal muscle apoptosis and wasting by utilizing an ARC-deficient mouse model. Aged mice displayed a number of morphological, phenotypic, and contractile alterations in both soleus and plantaris muscle with aging. Although no differences were found in proteolytic enzyme activity, ARC protein decreased while several anti-apoptotic proteins (e.g., BCL2, BCLXL, HSP70, and XIAP) and the release of mitochondrial housed protein (i.e., SMAC, AIF) increased in aged muscle. Importantly, ARC KO mice had low muscle weights and fewer fibers in soleus, with 2-year-old ARC KO mice displaying lower mitochondrial BCL2 protein along with augmented release of CYTC and SMAC in red/oxidative muscle. Overall, these results indicate that aged skeletal muscle undergoes atrophy as well as contractile and fiber type composition alterations despite an increase in anti-apoptotic protein expression. Although some mitochondrial-specific apoptotic alterations occurred in skeletal muscle due to ARC ablation over the lifespan, our data suggest that ARC may not have a large influence during skeletal muscle aging.
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- Kira Vorobej
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany; Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charite-University Medicine, Berlin, Germany; Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, HELIOS Clinics GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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Kam JH, Jeffery G. To unite or divide: mitochondrial dynamics in the murine outer retina that preceded age related photoreceptor loss. Oncotarget 2016; 6:26690-701. [PMID: 26393878 PMCID: PMC4694945 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.5614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 08/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial function declines with age and is associated with age-related disorders and cell death. In the retina this is critical as photoreceptor energy demands are the greatest in the body and aged cell loss large (~30%). But mitochondria can fuse or divide to accommodate changing demands. We explore ageing mitochondrial dynamics in young (1 month) and old (12 months) mouse retina, investigating changes in mitochondrial fission (Fis1) and fusion (Opa1) proteins, cytochrome C oxidase (COX III), which reflects mitochondrial metabolic status, and heat shock protein 60 (Hsp60) that is a mitochondrial chaperon for protein folding.Western blots showed each protein declined with age. However, within this, immunostaining revealed increases of around 50% in Fis1 and Opa1 in photoreceptor inner segments (IS). Electron microscope analysis revealed mitochondrial fragmentation with age and marked changes in morphology in IS, consistent with elevated dynamics. COX III declined by approximately 30% in IS, but Hsp60 reductions were around 80% in the outer plexiform layer.Our results are consistent with declining mitochondrial metabolism. But also with increased photoreceptor mitochondrial dynamics that differ from other retinal regions, perhaps reflecting attempts to maintain function. These changes are the platform for age related photoreceptor loss initiated after 12 months.
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- Jaimie Hoh Kam
- Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK
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McMillan EM, Paré MF, Baechler BL, Graham DA, Rush JWE, Quadrilatero J. Autophagic signaling and proteolytic enzyme activity in cardiac and skeletal muscle of spontaneously hypertensive rats following chronic aerobic exercise. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0119382. [PMID: 25799101 PMCID: PMC4370727 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2014] [Accepted: 01/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Hypertension is a cardiovascular disease associated with deleterious effects in skeletal and cardiac muscle. Autophagy is a degradative process essential to muscle health. Acute exercise can alter autophagic signaling. Therefore, we aimed to characterize the effects of chronic endurance exercise on autophagy in skeletal and cardiac muscle of normotensive and hypertensive rats. Male Wistar Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were assigned to a sedentary condition or 6 weeks of treadmill running. White gastrocnemius (WG) of hypertensive rats had higher (p<0.05) caspase-3 and proteasome activity, as well as elevated calpain activity. In addition, skeletal muscle of hypertensive animals had elevated (p<0.05) ATG7 and LC3I protein, LAMP2 mRNA, and cathepsin activity, indicative of enhanced autophagic signaling. Interestingly, chronic exercise training increased (p<0.05) Beclin-1, LC3, and p62 mRNA as well as proteasome activity, but reduced (p<0.05) Beclin-1 and ATG7 protein, as well as decreased (p<0.05) caspase-3, calpain, and cathepsin activity. Left ventricle (LV) of hypertensive rats had reduced (p<0.05) AMPKα and LC3II protein, as well as elevated (p<0.05) p-AKT, p-p70S6K, LC3I and p62 protein, which collectively suggest reduced autophagic signaling. Exercise training had little effect on autophagy-related signaling factors in LV; however, exercise training increased (p<0.05) proteasome activity but reduced (p<0.05) caspase-3 and calpain activity. Our results suggest that autophagic signaling is altered in skeletal and cardiac muscle of hypertensive animals. Regular aerobic exercise can effectively alter the proteolytic environment in both cardiac and skeletal muscle, as well as influence several autophagy-related factors in skeletal muscle of normotensive and hypertensive rats.
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- Elliott M. McMillan
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Liantonio A, Camerino GM, Scaramuzzi A, Cannone M, Pierno S, De Bellis M, Conte E, Fraysse B, Tricarico D, Conte Camerino D. Calcium homeostasis is altered in skeletal muscle of spontaneously hypertensive rats: cytofluorimetric and gene expression analysis. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2014; 184:2803-15. [PMID: 25084345 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2014.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Revised: 06/11/2014] [Accepted: 06/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hypertension is often associated with skeletal muscle pathological conditions related to function and metabolism. The mechanisms underlying the development of these pathological conditions remain undefined. Because calcium homeostasis is a biomarker of muscle function, we assessed whether it is altered in hypertensive muscles. We measured resting intracellular calcium and store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) in fast- and slow-twitch muscle fibers from normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) by cytofluorimetric technique and determined the expression of SOCE gene machinery by real-time PCR. Hypertension caused a phenotype-dependent dysregulation of calcium homeostasis; the resting intracellular calcium of extensor digitorum longus and soleus muscles of SHRs were differently altered with respect to the related muscle of normotensive animals. In addition, soleus muscles of SHR showed reduced activity of the sarcoplasmic reticulum and decreased sarcolemmal calcium permeability at rest and after SOCE activation. Accordingly, we found an alteration of the expression levels of some SOCE components, such as stromal interaction molecule 1, calcium release-activated calcium modulator 1, and transient receptor potential canonical 1. The hypertension-induced alterations of calcium homeostasis in the soleus muscle of SHRs occurred with changes of some functional outcomes as excitability and resting chloride conductance. We provide suitable targets for therapeutic interventions aimed at counterbalancing muscle performance decline in hypertension, and propose the reported calcium-dependent parameters as indexes to predict how the antihypertensive drugs could influence muscle function.
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- Antonella Liantonio
- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
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- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- INRA UMR703, LUNAM Université, Oniris, École Nationale Vétérinaire, Agro-Alimentaire et de l'Alimentation Nantes-Atlantique, Nantes, France
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- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Bloemberg D, McDonald E, Dulay D, Quadrilatero J. Autophagy is altered in skeletal and cardiac muscle of spontaneously hypertensive rats. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2014; 210:381-91. [PMID: 24119246 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Revised: 07/10/2013] [Accepted: 09/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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AIM Autophagy is a subcellular degradation mechanism important for muscle maintenance. Hypertension induces well-characterized pathological changes to the heart and is associated with impaired function and increased apoptotic signalling in skeletal muscle. We examined whether essential hypertension affects several autophagy markers in skeletal and cardiac muscle. METHODS Immunoblotting and qRT-PCR were used to measure autophagy-related proteins/mRNA in multiple skeletal muscles as well as left ventricle (LV) of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). RESULTS Skeletal muscles of hypertensive rats had decreased (P < 0.01) cross-sectional area of type I fibres (e.g. soleus WKY: 2952.9 ± 64.4 μm(2) vs. SHR: 2579.9 ± 85.8 μm(2)) and a fibre redistribution towards a 'fast' phenotype. Immunoblot analysis revealed that some SHR skeletal muscles displayed a decreased LC3II/I ratio (P < 0.05), but none showed differences in p62 protein. LC3 and LAMP2 mRNA levels were increased approx. 2-3-fold in all skeletal muscles (P < 0.05), while cathepsin activity, cathepsin L mRNA and Atg7 protein were increased 16-17% (P < 0.01), 2-3-fold (P < 0.05) and 29-49% (P < 0.01), respectively, in fast muscles of hypertensive animals. Finally, protein levels of BAG3, a marker of chaperone-assisted selective autophagy, were 18-25% lower (P < 0.05) in SHR skeletal muscles. In the LV of SHR, LC3I and p62 protein were elevated 34% (P < 0.05) and 47% (P < 0.01), respectively. Furthermore, p62 mRNA was 68% higher (P < 0.05), while LAMP2 mRNA was 45% lower (P < 0.05), in SHR cardiac muscle. There was no difference in Beclin1, Atg7, Bnip3 or BAG3 protein in the LV between strains. CONCLUSION These results suggest that autophagy is altered in skeletal and cardiac muscle during hypertension.
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- D. Bloemberg
- Department of Kinesiology; University of Waterloo; Waterloo ON Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology; University of Waterloo; Waterloo ON Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology; University of Waterloo; Waterloo ON Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology; University of Waterloo; Waterloo ON Canada
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Gomes P, Simão S, Lemos V, Amaral JS, Soares-da-Silva P. Loss of oxidative stress tolerance in hypertension is linked to reduced catalase activity and increased c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase activation. Free Radic Biol Med 2013; 56:112-22. [PMID: 23220262 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2012] [Revised: 11/12/2012] [Accepted: 11/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hypertension is accompanied by increased levels of reactive oxygen species, which may contribute to progressive renal injury and dysfunction. Here we tested the hypothesis that sensitivity to exogenous hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) is enhanced in immortalized renal proximal tubular epithelial cells from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) compared to normotensive control Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY). We found that SHR cells were more sensitive to H(2)O(2)-induced cell death than WKY cells. Lower survival in SHR cells correlated with increased DNA fragmentation, chromatin condensation, and caspase-3 activity, indicating apoptosis. H(2)O(2) degradation was slower in SHR than in WKY cells, suggesting that reduced antioxidant enzyme activity might be the basis for their increased sensitivity. In fact, catalase activity was downregulated in SHR cells, whereas glutathione peroxidase activity was similar in both cell types. We next examined whether MAPK signaling pathways contributed to H(2)O(2)-mediated apoptosis. Inhibition of c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK) with SP600125 partially rescued H(2)O(2)-induced apoptosis in WKY but not in SHR cells. In addition, p54 JNK2 isoform was robustly phosphorylated by H(2)O(2), this effect being more pronounced in SHR cells. Together, these results suggest that the survival disadvantage of SHR cells upon exposure to H(2)O(2) stems from impaired antioxidant mechanisms and activated JNK proapoptotic signaling pathways.
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- Pedro Gomes
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal.
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McMillan EM, Graham DA, Rush JWE, Quadrilatero J. Decreased DNA fragmentation and apoptotic signaling in soleus muscle of hypertensive rats following 6 weeks of treadmill training. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2012; 113:1048-57. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00290.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension are associated with a generalized skeletal myopathy including a proapoptotic phenotype. Current evidence suggests that exercise may alter apoptosis-related signaling in skeletal muscle; however, the effect of exercise on skeletal muscle DNA fragmentation and apoptotic signaling is unclear in hypertensive animals. Male normotensive Wistar Kyoto (WKY; n = 24) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR; n = 24) were assigned to a sedentary (SED) condition or exercise (EX) consisting of progressive treadmill running 5 days/wk for 6 wks. Consistent with our previous work we found that soleus muscle of hypertensive animals had significantly higher DNA fragmentation (a hallmark of apoptosis), elevated proapoptotic factors (Bax, caspase-3 activity), and lower antiapoptotic proteins (apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain, Bcl-2, X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein) compared with normotensive rats. In addition, soleus muscle of hypertensive animals displayed myosin accumulation and fragmentation, had elevated cytosolic cytochrome c, second mitochondrial-derived activator of caspase (Smac), apoptosis inducing factor (AIF), and endonuclease G protein levels, higher nuclear AIF content, and greater muscle reactive oxygen species generation compared with normotensive animals. Interestingly, exercise training significantly lowered DNA fragmentation and myosin accumulation/fragmentation in soleus muscle of hypertensive rats. Furthermore, exercise training significantly reduced cytosolic levels of cytochrome c as well as cytosolic and nuclear AIF in soleus muscle of hypertensive animals. This beneficial response is likely due to exercise-mediated elevations in Bcl-2, heat shock protein 70, and manganese superoxide dismutase protein content, as well as reductions in Bax protein levels and the Bax-to-Bcl-2 ratio. These results suggest that regular exercise training provides protection against skeletal muscle apoptosis by altering a number of apoptosis regulatory proteins and by influencing mitochondrial-mediated apoptotic signaling mechanisms.
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- Elliott M. McMillan
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Ludwig-Galezowska AH, Flanagan L, Rehm M. Apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain, a multifunctional modulator of cell death. J Cell Mol Med 2011; 15:1044-53. [PMID: 21129150 PMCID: PMC3822617 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2010.01221.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain (ARC) is a highly potent and multifunctional inhibitor of apoptosis that is physiologically expressed predominantly in post-mitotic cells such as cardiomyocytes, skeletal muscle cells and neurons. ARC was also found to be up-regulated in many forms of malignant tumours. ARC impairs the cellular apoptotic responsiveness to a wide range of stresses and insults, including extrinsic apoptosis initiation via death receptor ligands, dysregulation of cellular Ca2+ homeostasis and endoplasmatic reticulum (ER) stress, genotoxic drugs, ionizing radiation, oxidative stress and hypoxia. ARC is subject to both transcriptional and post-translational regulation and exhibits its function through a multitude of molecular interactions with upstream transducers of apoptosis signals. This review summarizes, structures and comments on the published knowledge regarding ARC and its roles in modulating apoptotic cell death responsiveness in physiological and pathophysiological contexts.
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Wang Y, Hao Y, Alway SE. Suppression of GSK-3β activation by M-cadherin protects myoblasts against mitochondria-associated apoptosis during myogenic differentiation. J Cell Sci 2011; 124:3835-47. [PMID: 22114306 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.086686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Apoptosis occurs concurrently with differentiation of muscle progenitor cells (MPCs) before they fuse to form myotubes. Dysregulated apoptosis in MPCs contributes to the low regeneration capability in aged muscle and decreases the survival rate of donor cells in stem cell-based therapies for muscular dystrophies. This study investigated the role of the M-cadherin/PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β signaling pathway in regulating apoptosis during differentiation of MPCs. Disruption of M-cadherin-dependent cell-cell adhesion by M-cadherin RNA interference in confluent C2C12 myoblasts sensitized the cells to mitochondria-associated intrinsic apoptosis induced by cell confluence or serum starvation. Further investigation of this pathway revealed that M-cadherin-mediated signaling suppressed GSK-3β activation by enhancing the PI3K/AKT-dependent inhibitory phosphorylation of Ser9 in GSK-3β. Overexpression of wild-type GSK-3β in confluent C2C12 myoblasts exacerbated the apoptosis, whereas chemical inhibition of GSK-3β using TDZD-8, or forced expression of constitutively active Akt (myrAkt), or a kinase-deficient GSK-3β mutant [GSK-3β(K85R)], attenuated apoptosis and rescued the impaired myogenic differentiation that is caused by M-cadherin RNA interference. These data suggest that M-cadherin-mediated signaling prevents acceleration of mitochondria-associated intrinsic apoptosis in MPCs by suppressing GSK-3β activation during myogenic differentiation.
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- Yan Wang
- Laboratory of Muscle Biology and Sarcopenia, Division of Exercise Physiology, and Center for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
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Hao Y, Jackson JR, Wang Y, Edens N, Pereira SL, Alway SE. β-Hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate reduces myonuclear apoptosis during recovery from hind limb suspension-induced muscle fiber atrophy in aged rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2011; 301:R701-15. [PMID: 21697520 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00840.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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β-Hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) is a leucine metabolite shown to reduce protein catabolism in disease states and promote skeletal muscle hypertrophy in response to loading exercise. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of HMB to reduce muscle wasting and promote muscle recovery following disuse in aged animals. Fisher 344×Brown Norway rats, 34 mo of age, were randomly assigned to receive either Ca-HMB (340 mg/kg body wt) or the water vehicle by gavage (n = 32/group). The animals received either 14 days of hindlimb suspension (HS, n = 8/diet group) or 14 days of unloading followed by 14 days of reloading (R; n = 8/diet group). Nonsuspended control animals were compared with suspended animals after 14 days of HS (n = 8) or after R (n = 8). HMB treatment prevented the decline in maximal in vivo isometric force output after 2 wk of recovery from hindlimb unloading. The HMB-treated animals had significantly greater plantaris and soleus fiber cross-sectional area compared with the vehicle-treated animals. HMB decreased the amount of TUNEL-positive nuclei in reloaded plantaris muscles (5.1% vs. 1.6%, P < 0.05) and soleus muscles (3.9% vs. 1.8%, P < 0.05). Although HMB did not significantly alter Bcl-2 protein abundance compared with vehicle treatment, HMB decreased Bax protein abundance following R, by 40% and 14% (P < 0.05) in plantaris and soleus muscles, respectively. Cleaved caspase-3 was reduced by 12% and 9% (P < 0.05) in HMB-treated reloaded plantaris and soleus muscles, compared with vehicle-treated animals. HMB reduced cleaved caspase-9 by 14% and 30% (P < 0.05) in reloaded plantaris and soleus muscles, respectively, compared with vehicle-treated animals. Although, HMB was unable to prevent unloading-induced atrophy, it attenuated the decrease in fiber area in fast and slow muscles after HS and R. HMB's ability to protect against muscle loss may be due in part to putative inhibition of myonuclear apoptosis via regulation of mitochondrial-associated caspase signaling.
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- Yanlei Hao
- Laboratory of Muscle Biology and Sarcopenia, Division of Exercise Physiology,West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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Teng BT, Tam EW, Benzie IF, Siu PM. Protective effect of caspase inhibition on compression-induced muscle damage. J Physiol 2011; 589:3349-69. [PMID: 21540338 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.209619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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There are currently no effective therapies for treating pressure-induced deep tissue injury. This study tested the efficacy of pharmacological inhibition of caspase in preventing muscle damage following sustained moderate compression. Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to prolonged moderate compression. Static pressure of 100 mm Hg compression was applied to an area of 1.5 cm2 in the tibialis region of the right limb of the rats for 6 h each day for two consecutive days. The left uncompressed limb served as intra-animal control. Rats were randomized to receive either vehicle (DMSO) as control treatment (n =8) or 6 mg kg⁻¹ of caspase inhibitor (z-VAD-fmk; n =8) prior to the 6 h compression on the two consecutive days.Muscle tissues directly underneath the compression region of the compressed limb and the same region of control limb were harvested after the compression procedure.Histological examination and biochemical/molecular measurement of apoptosis and autophagy were performed. Caspase inhibition was effective in alleviating the compression-induced pathohistology of muscle. The increases in caspase-3 protease activity, TUNEL index, apoptotic DNA fragmentation and pro-apoptotic factors (Bax, p53 and EndoG) and the decreases in anti-apoptotic factors (XIAP and HSP70) observed in compressed muscle of DMSO-treated animals were not found in animals treated with caspase inhibitor. The mRNA content of autophagic factors (Beclin-1, Atg5 and Atg12) and the protein content of LC3, FoxO3 and phospho-FoxO3 that were down-regulated in compressed muscle of DMSO-treated animals were all maintained at their basal level in the caspase inhibitor treated animals. Our data provide evidence that caspase inhibition attenuates compression-induced muscle apoptosis and maintains the basal autophagy level. These findings demonstrate that pharmacological inhibition of caspase/apoptosis is effective in alleviating muscle damage as induced by prolonged compression.
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- Bee T Teng
- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Quadrilatero J, Bombardier E, Norris SM, Talanian JL, Palmer MS, Logan HM, Tupling AR, Heigenhauser GJF, Spriet LL. Prolonged moderate-intensity aerobic exercise does not alter apoptotic signaling and DNA fragmentation in human skeletal muscle. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2010; 298:E534-47. [PMID: 19996388 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00678.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Apoptosis in skeletal muscle plays an important role in age- and disease-related tissue dysfunction. Physical activity can influence apoptotic signaling; however, this process has not been well studied in human skeletal muscle. The purpose of this study was to perform a comprehensive analysis of apoptosis-related proteins/enzymes, DNA fragmentation, and oxidative stress in skeletal muscle of humans during an acute bout of prolonged moderate-intensity exercise. Eight healthy, recreationally active individuals (age 20.8 +/- 0.5 yr, Vo(2peak) 51.2 +/- 0.9 ml . kg(-1) . min(-1), BMI 21.5 +/- 0.8 kg/m(2)) exercised on a cycle ergometer at approximately 60% Vo(2peak) for 2 h. Muscle biopsies were obtained at rest as well as at 60 and 120 min of exercise. Although exercise was associated with a significant whole body and muscle metabolic response, there were no significant changes in the content of antiapoptotic (ARC, Bcl-2, Hsp70, XIAP) and proapoptotic (AIF, Bax, Smac) proteins, activity of proteolytic enzymes (caspase-3, caspase-8, caspase-9), DNA fragmentation, or TUNEL-positive nuclei in skeletal muscle. Furthermore, the protein levels of several antioxidant enzymes (catalase, CuZnSOD, MnSOD), concentrations of GSH and GSSG, and degree of ROS generation in skeletal muscle were not altered by exercise. Fiber type-specific analysis also revealed that ARC (P < 0.001) and Hsp70 (P < 0.05) protein were significantly higher in type I compared with type IIA and type IIAX/X fibers; however, protein levels were not affected by exercise. These findings suggest that a single bout of prolonged moderate-intensity aerobic exercise is not sufficient to alter apoptotic signaling in skeletal muscle of healthy humans.
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Quadrilatero J, Bloemberg D. Apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain is dramatically reduced in cardiac, skeletal, and vascular smooth muscle during hypertension. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 391:1437-42. [PMID: 20026055 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.12.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2009] [Accepted: 12/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain (ARC) is a unique anti-apoptotic protein with a distinct tissue distribution. In addition, unlike most anti-apoptotic proteins which act on one pathway, ARC can inhibit apoptosis mediated by both the death-receptor and mitochondrial signaling pathways. In this study, we confirm previous reports showing high levels of ARC protein in rat heart and skeletal muscle, but demonstrate for the first time that ARC is also expressed in rat aorta. Immunoblot analysis on endothelium-denuded aorta as well as immunohistochemical analysis on intact aorta demonstrated that ARC was highly expressed in smooth muscle. Immunoblot analysis also found that ARC protein was severely downregulated in skeletal muscle (-82%; P<0.001), heart (-80%; P<0.001), and aorta (-71%; P<0.001) of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) compared to normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. Decreased ARC levels were also confirmed in tissues of hypertensive animals by immunohistochemical analysis. Collectively, this data suggests that ARC protein is expressed in vascular smooth muscle and is significantly reduced in several target tissues during hypertension.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Aorta/enzymology
- Aorta/metabolism
- Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/metabolism
- CARD Signaling Adaptor Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Caspases
- Down-Regulation
- Hypertension/enzymology
- Hypertension/metabolism
- Male
- Muscle Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Muscle Proteins/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/enzymology
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/enzymology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Myocardium/enzymology
- Myocardium/metabolism
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred SHR
- Rats, Inbred WKY
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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Affiliation(s)
- Joe Quadrilatero
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L3G1.
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