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Li Z, Chen Z, Zhao L, Sun J, Yin L, Jiang Y, Shi X, Song Z, Zhang L. Lack of T04C9.1, the Homologue of Mammalian APPL2, Leads to Premature Ageing and Shortens Lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genes (Basel) 2024; 15:659. [PMID: 38927595 PMCID: PMC11202736 DOI: 10.3390/genes15060659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2024] [Revised: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Ageing has been identified as an independent risk factor for various diseases; however, the physiological basis and molecular changes related to ageing are still largely unknown. Here, we show that the level of APPL2, an adaptor protein, is significantly reduced in the major organs of aged mice. Knocking down APPL2 causes premature ageing of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). We find that a lack of T04C9.1, the homologue of mammalian APPL2, leads to premature ageing, slow movements, lipid deposition, decreased resistance to stresses, and shortened lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), which are associated with decreased autophagy. Activating autophagy by rapamycin or inhibition of let-363 suppresses the age-related alternations, impaired motility, and shortened lifespan of C. elegans, which are reversed by knocking down autophagy-related genes. Our work provides evidence that APPL2 and its C. elegans homologue T04C9.1 decrease with age and reveals that a lack of T04C9.1 bridges autophagy decline and ageing in C. elegans.
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- College of Bioengineering, Henan University of Technology, 100 Lianhua Street, High-Tech Zone, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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Braunstein PW, Horovitz DJ, Hampton AM, Hollis F, Newman LA, Enos RT, McQuail JA. Daily fluctuations in blood glucose with normal aging are inversely related to hippocampal synaptic mitochondrial proteins. AGING BRAIN 2024; 5:100116. [PMID: 38596458 PMCID: PMC11002859 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbas.2024.100116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Revised: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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Defective brain glucose utilization is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD) while Type II diabetes and elevated blood glucose escalate the risk for AD in later life. Isolating contributions of normal aging from coincident metabolic or brain diseases could lead to refined approaches to manage specific health risks and optimize treatments targeted to susceptible older individuals. We evaluated metabolic, neuroendocrine, and neurobiological differences between young adult (6 months) and aged (24 months) male rats. Compared to young adults, blood glucose was significantly greater in aged rats at the start of the dark phase of the day but not during the light phase. When challenged with physical restraint, a potent stressor, aged rats effected no change in blood glucose whereas blood glucose increased in young adults. Tissues were evaluated for markers of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), neuronal glucose transport, and synapses. Outright differences in protein levels between age groups were not evident, but circadian blood glucose was inversely related to OXPHOS proteins in hippocampal synaptosomes, independent of age. The neuronal glucose transporter, GLUT3, was positively associated with circadian blood glucose in young adults whereas aged rats tended to show the opposite trend. Our data demonstrate aging increases daily fluctuations in blood glucose and, at the level of individual differences, negatively associates with proteins related to synaptic OXPHOS. Our findings imply that glucose dyshomeostasis may exacerbate metabolic aspects of synaptic dysfunction that contribute to risk for age-related brain disorders.
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- Paul W. Braunstein
- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Psychological Science, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Luo W, Zhou Y, Tang Q, Wang Y, Liu Y, Ai L. Downhill running and caloric restriction attenuate insulin resistance associated skeletal muscle atrophy via the promotion of M2-like macrophages through TRIB3-AKT pathway. Free Radic Biol Med 2024; 210:271-285. [PMID: 38036069 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 11/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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BACKGROUD Downhill running has recently become a promising exercise modality for metabolic syndrome, but the effect and precise mechanism of downhill running training on insulin resistance (IR) induced skeletal muscle atrophy remains unclear. The current study aimed to explore the benefits of downhill running training accompanied by a low-fat diet on skeletal muscle atrophy in IR mice and its possible mechanisms. METHODS For in vivo study, high fat diet (HFD) -induced IR mice were submitted to the downhill running training or/and caloric restriction for 8 weeks. In vitro study was performed using co-cultured RAW264.7 macrophages and C2C12 myoblasts model. Glucose tolerance test (GTT), insulin tolerance test (ITT), immunofluorescence staining, Western blot analysis, hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assays and glucose uptake assays were employed to explore the benefits and possible mechanisms of downhill running training accompanied by a low-fat diet on IR mice. RESULTS Our data revealed that HFD induces IR, which leading to skeletal muscle atrophy. Downhill running accompanied by caloric restriction mitigated HFD-induced IR and improve skeletal muscle atrophy. Further study suggested that descended TRIB3 mediated the favorable impact of downhill running on IR induced skeletal muscle atrophy by suppressing M1-like macrophages and promoting M2-like macrophages. Macrophages-specific knockdown of TRIB3 exerted similar effects on the macrophage polarization and IR related myogenesis to downhill running training accompanied by caloric restriction. In contrast, macrophages-specific overexpression of TRIB3 descended phosphorylation of AKT, further activated M1-like macrophages and aggravated IR related inhibition of myogenesis. CONCLUSIONS This finding demonstrated the beneficial effects of downhill running training and caloric restriction on IR related skeletal muscle atrophy by promoting M2-like macrophages through TRIB3-AKT pathway.
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- Wei Luo
- Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Exercise Physiology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Research Institute of Sports Science, Nanjing, China.
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Vega RB, Brouwers B, Parsons SA, Stephens NA, Pino MF, Hodges A, Yi F, Yu G, Pratley RE, Smith SR, Sparks LM. An improvement in skeletal muscle mitochondrial capacity with short-term aerobic training is associated with changes in Tribbles 1 expression. Physiol Rep 2021; 8:e14416. [PMID: 32562350 PMCID: PMC7305239 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2020] [Revised: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Exercise training and physical activity are known to be associated with high mitochondrial content and oxidative capacity in skeletal muscle. Metabolic diseases including obesity and insulin resistance are associated with low mitochondrial capacity in skeletal muscle. Certain transcriptional factors such as PGC-1α are known to mediate the exercise response; however, the precise molecular mechanisms involved in the adaptation to exercise are not completely understood. We performed multiple measurements of mitochondrial capacity both in vivo and ex vivo in lean or overweight individuals before and after an 18-day aerobic exercise training regimen. These results were compared to lean, active individuals. Aerobic training in these individuals resulted in a marked increase in mitochondrial oxidative respiratory capacity without an appreciable increase in mitochondrial content. These adaptations were associated with robust transcriptome changes. This work also identifies the Tribbles pseudokinase 1, TRIB1, as a potential mediator of the exercise response in human skeletal muscle.
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- Rick B Vega
- Translational Research Institute, AdventHealth, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Translational Research Institute, AdventHealth, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Translational Research Institute, AdventHealth, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Translational Research Institute, AdventHealth, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Translational Research Institute, AdventHealth, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Translational Research Institute, AdventHealth, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Translational Research Institute, AdventHealth, Orlando, FL, USA
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Luo W, Zhou Y, Tang Q, Ai L, Zhang Y. Modulation of TRIB3 and Macrophage Phenotype to Attenuate Insulin Resistance After Downhill Running in Mice. Front Physiol 2021; 12:637432. [PMID: 34177606 PMCID: PMC8220223 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.637432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Eccentric exercise training accompanied by a low-fat diet can prevent insulin resistance (IR) and is currently an effective method for the treatment of IR induced by high-fat diet (HFD)-associated obesity. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this improvement of IR in adipose tissue are still not completely clear. In this study, 5–6-week-old male mice were randomly divided into a standard control diet (SCD) group (SC, n = 12) and a HFD group (HF, n = 72). After 12 weeks, 12 mice in each group were randomly sacrificed. The remaining mice in the HF group were randomly submitted to one of the following experimental protocols for 8 weeks: obesity-HFD-sedentary (OHF-Sed, n = 14), obesity-HFD-exercise (OHF-Ex, n = 16), obesity-SCD-sedentary (OSC-Sed, n = 14), and obesity-SCD-exercise (OSC-Ex, n = 16). All obese mice in the exercise group were subjected to downhill running. Half of the mice in each group received an insulin injection (0.75 U/kg) before sample collection. Epididymal fat was removed and weighed. Adipocyte size and inflammatory cell infiltration were observed by H&E staining. Both basal and insulin-stimulated GLUT4 fluorescence and protein contents were detected by immunofluorescence and Western blot. Levels of IL-1β and IL-10 were detected by ELISA. Protein contents of iNOS, Arg-1, TRIB3, p-AKT, and AKT were determined by Western blot. CD86 and CD206 fluorescence were determined by immunofluorescence. The results showed that a HFD for 12 weeks induced IR accompanied by adipose tissue macrophages M1 polarization (increased iNOS protein content and CD86 fluorescence) and TRIB3-AKT activation. Downhill running accompanied by a low-fat diet attenuated IR (p < 0.01), reduced inflammation levels (increased IL-10 protein content and decreased IL-1β protein content), inhibited adipose tissue macrophages M1 polarization (decreased iNOS protein content and CD86 fluorescence) and promoted M2 polarization (increased Arg-1 protein content and CD206 fluorescence), and suppressed TRIB3-AKT signaling. We concluded that downhill running accompanied by dietary fat regulation attenuates HFD-related IR in mice, which may be associated with reduced TRIB3-AKT signaling and activated M2 macrophages in adipose tissue.
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- Wei Luo
- Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing, China.,Department of Exercise Physiology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Exercise Physiology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Research Institute of Sports Science, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing, China
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Gaspar RC, Muñoz VR, Nakandakari SCBR, Vieira RFL, da Conceição LR, de Oliveira F, Crisol BM, da Silva AS, Cintra DE, de Moura LP, Ropelle ER, Zaghloul I, Mekary RA, Pauli JR. Aging is associated with increased TRB3, ER stress, and hepatic glucose production in the liver of rats. Exp Gerontol 2020; 139:111021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2020.111021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Rezuş E, Burlui A, Cardoneanu A, Rezuş C, Codreanu C, Pârvu M, Rusu Zota G, Tamba BI. Inactivity and Skeletal Muscle Metabolism: A Vicious Cycle in Old Age. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21020592. [PMID: 31963330 PMCID: PMC7014434 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21020592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Aging is an inevitable and gradually progressive process affecting all organs and systems. The musculoskeletal system makes no exception, elderly exhibit an increased risk of sarcopenia (low muscle mass),dynapenia (declining muscle strength), and subsequent disability. Whereas in recent years the subject of skeletal muscle metabolic decline in the elderly has been gathering interest amongst researchers, as well as medical professionals, there are many challenges yet to be solved in order to counteract the effects of aging on muscle function efficiently. Noteworthy, it has been shown that aging individuals exhibit a decline in skeletal muscle metabolism, a phenomenon which may be linked to a number of predisposing (risk) factors such as telomere attrition, epigenetic changes, mitochondrial dysfunction, sedentary behavior (leading to body composition alterations), age-related low-grade systemic inflammation (inflammaging), hormonal imbalance, as well as a hypoproteic diet (unable to counterbalance the repercussions of the age-related increase in skeletal muscle catabolism). The present review aims to discuss the relationship between old age and muscle wasting in an effort to highlight the modifications in skeletal muscle metabolism associated with aging and physical activity.
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- Elena Rezuş
- Department of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iaşi, Romania; (E.R.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iaşi, Romania; (E.R.); (A.C.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iaşi, Romania; (E.R.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iaşi, Romania;
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- Center for Rheumatic Diseases, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania;
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- Department of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy,“George Emil Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, 540139 Târgu Mureş, Romania;
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- Department of Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Algesiology, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iaşi, Romania;
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- Advanced Center for Research and Development in Experimental Medicine (CEMEX), “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700454 Iaşi, Romania;
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