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He Y, Zhao Z, Wu Y, Lu Z, Zhao C, Xiao J, Guo Z. Effects of Quality Enhancement of Frozen Tuna Fillets Using Ultrasound-Assisted Salting: Physicochemical Properties, Histology, and Proteomics. Foods 2024; 13:525. [PMID: 38397502 PMCID: PMC10887591 DOI: 10.3390/foods13040525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Salting pretreatment is an effective method to improve the quality of frozen fish. This study investigated the quality changes and proteomic profile differences of frozen yellowfin tuna fillets pretreated with ultrasound-assisted salting (UAS) and static salting (SS). This study was centered on three aspects: physicochemical indicators' determination, histological observation, and proteomic analysis. The results showed that UAS significantly increased yield, salt content, and water-holding capacity (WHC), decreased total volatile base nitrogen (TVBN) compared to SS (p < 0.05), and significantly increased water in the protein matrix within myofibrils. Histological observations showed that the tissue cells in the UAS group were less affected by frozen damage, with a more swollen structure and rougher surface of myofibrils observed. Furthermore, 4D label-free proteomics revealed 56 differentially abundant proteins (DAPs) in UAS vs. NT comparison, mainly structural proteins, metabolic enzymes, proteasomes, and their subunits, which are associated with metabolic pathways such as calcium signaling pathway, gap junction, actin cytoskeletal regulation, and necroptosis, which are intimately associated with quality changes in freeze-stored tuna fillets. In brief, UAS enhances the potential for the application of salting pretreatment to improve frozen meat quality, and 4D label-free proteomics provides knowledge to reveal the potential links between quality and molecular changes in processed frozen meat to optimize future UAS meat processing.
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- Yuke He
- Hainan Engineering Research Center of Aquatic Resources Efficient Utilization in South China Sea, Key Laboratory of Seafood Processing of Haikou, Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Food of Hainan Province, School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (Y.H.)
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- Hainan Engineering Research Center of Aquatic Resources Efficient Utilization in South China Sea, Key Laboratory of Seafood Processing of Haikou, Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Food of Hainan Province, School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (Y.H.)
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- Hainan Engineering Research Center of Aquatic Resources Efficient Utilization in South China Sea, Key Laboratory of Seafood Processing of Haikou, Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Food of Hainan Province, School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (Y.H.)
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- School of Marine Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Hainan Engineering Research Center of Aquatic Resources Efficient Utilization in South China Sea, Key Laboratory of Seafood Processing of Haikou, Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Food of Hainan Province, School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (Y.H.)
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- Hainan Engineering Research Center of Aquatic Resources Efficient Utilization in South China Sea, Key Laboratory of Seafood Processing of Haikou, Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Food of Hainan Province, School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (Y.H.)
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- School of Marine Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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Huang T, Zhou J, Wang B, Wang X, Xiao W, Yang M, Liu Y, Wang Q, Xiang Y, Lan X. Integrated Amino Acids and Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Arginine Transporter SLC7A2 Is a Novel Regulator of Myogenic Differentiation. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 25:95. [PMID: 38203268 PMCID: PMC10778648 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25010095] [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: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Skeletal muscle differentiation is a precisely coordinated process. While many of the molecular details of myogenesis have been investigated extensively, the dynamic changes and functions of amino acids and related transporters remain unknown. In this study, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of amino acid levels during different time points of C2C12 myoblast differentiation using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Our findings revealed that the levels of most amino acids exhibited an initial increase at the onset of differentiation, reaching their peak typically on the fourth or sixth day, followed by a decline on the eighth day. Particularly, arginine and branched-chain amino acids showed a prominent increase during this period. Furthermore, we used RNA-seq analysis to show that the gene encoding the arginine transporter, Slc7a2, is significantly upregulated during differentiation. Knockdown of Slc7a2 gene expression resulted in a significant decrease in myoblast proliferation and led to a reduction in the expression levels of crucial myogenic regulatory factors, hindering the process of myoblast differentiation, fusion, and subsequent myotube formation. Lastly, we assessed the expression level of Slc7a2 during aging in humans and mice and found an upregulation of Slc7a2 expression during the aging process. These findings collectively suggest that the arginine transporter SLC7A2 plays a critical role in facilitating skeletal muscle differentiation and may hold potential as a therapeutic target for sarcopenia.
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- Metabolic Control and Aging—Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Human Aging, Human Aging Research Institute (HARI), School of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China (Q.W.)
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- Metabolic Control and Aging—Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Human Aging, Human Aging Research Institute (HARI), School of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China (Q.W.)
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Cosentino M, Forcina L, Zouhair M, Apa L, Genovese D, Boccia C, Rizzuto E, Musarò A. Modelling three-dimensional cancer-associated cachexia and therapy: The molecular basis and therapeutic potential of interleukin-6 transignalling blockade. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2023; 14:2550-2568. [PMID: 37727078 PMCID: PMC10751446 DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.13329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Causes and mechanisms underlying cancer cachexia are not fully understood, and currently, no therapeutic approaches are available to completely reverse the cachectic phenotype. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been extensively described as a key factor in skeletal muscle physiopathology, exerting opposite roles through different signalling pathways. METHODS We employed a three-dimensional ex vivo muscle engineered tissue (X-MET) to model cancer-associated cachexia and to study the effectiveness of selective inhibition of IL-6 transignalling in counteracting the cachectic phenotype. Conditioned medium (CM) derived from C26 adenocarcinoma cells was used as a source of soluble factors contributing to the establishment of cancer cachexia in the X-MET model. A dose of 1.2 ng/mL of glycoprotein-130 fused chimaera (gp130Fc) was added to cachectic culture medium to neutralize IL-6 transignalling. RESULTS C26-conditioned medium induced a cachectic-like phenotype in the X-MET, leading to a decline of muscle mass (-60%; P < 0.001), a reduction in myosin expression (-92.4%; P < 0.005) and a reduction of the contraction frequency spectrum (-94%). C26-conditioned medium contains elevated amounts of IL-6 (8.61 ± 4.09 pg/mL) and IL6R (56.85 ± 10.96 pg/mL). These released factors activated the signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signalling in the C26_CM X-MET system (phosphorylated STAT3/TOTAL +54.6%; P < 0.005), which in turn promote an enhancement of Il-6 (+69.2%; P < 0.05) and Il6r (+43%; P < 0.05) gene expression, suggesting the induction of a feed-forward loop. The selective neutralization of IL-6 transignalling, by gp130Fc, in C26_CM X-MET prevented the hyperactivation of STAT3 (-55.8%; P < 0.005), countered the reduction of cross-sectional area (+28.2%; P < 0.05) and reduced the expression of proteolytic factors including muscle ring finger-1 (-88%; P < 0.005) and ATROGIN1 (-92%; P < 0.05), thus preserving the robustness and increasing the contractile force (+20%) of the three-dimensional muscle system. Interestingly, the selective inhibition of IL-6 transignalling modulated gene regulatory networks involved in myogenesis and apoptosis, normalizing the expression of pro-apoptotic miRNAs, including miR-31 (-53.2%; P < 0.05) and miR-34c (-65%; P < 0.005), and resulting in the reduction of apoptotic pathways highlighted by the sensible reduction of cleaved caspase 3 (-92.5%; P < 0.005) in gp130Fc-treated C26_CM X-MET. CONCLUSIONS IL-6 transignalling appeared as a promising target to counter cancer cachexia-related alterations. The X-MET model has proven to be a reliable drug-screening tool to identify novel therapeutic approaches and to test them in preclinical studies, significantly reducing the use of animal models.
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- Marianna Cosentino
- DAHFMO‐Unit of Histology and Medical EmbryologySapienza University of Rome, Laboratory affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia – Fondazione Cenci BolognettiRomeItaly
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- DAHFMO‐Unit of Histology and Medical EmbryologySapienza University of Rome, Laboratory affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia – Fondazione Cenci BolognettiRomeItaly
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- DAHFMO‐Unit of Histology and Medical EmbryologySapienza University of Rome, Laboratory affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia – Fondazione Cenci BolognettiRomeItaly
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringSapienza University of RomeRomeItaly
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- DAHFMO‐Unit of Histology and Medical EmbryologySapienza University of Rome, Laboratory affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia – Fondazione Cenci BolognettiRomeItaly
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- DAHFMO‐Unit of Histology and Medical EmbryologySapienza University of Rome, Laboratory affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia – Fondazione Cenci BolognettiRomeItaly
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringSapienza University of RomeRomeItaly
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- DAHFMO‐Unit of Histology and Medical EmbryologySapienza University of Rome, Laboratory affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia – Fondazione Cenci BolognettiRomeItaly
- Scuola Superiore di Studi Avanzati Sapienza (SSAS)Sapienza University of RomeRomeItaly
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Matei B, Winters-Stone KM, Raber J. Examining the Mechanisms behind Exercise's Multifaceted Impacts on Body Composition, Cognition, and the Gut Microbiome in Cancer Survivors: Exploring the Links to Oxidative Stress and Inflammation. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:1423. [PMID: 37507961 PMCID: PMC10376047 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12071423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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This review focuses on the effects of exercise on various health-related outcomes in cancer survivors, encompassing body composition, cognitive function (including sleep), and gut microbiome health. By analyzing multiple studies, we aimed to summarize the existing evidence and shed light on underlying mechanisms. The findings strongly suggest that exercise serves as a multifaceted non-pharmacological strategy, playing a significant role in improving the overall health of cancer survivors by effectively reducing inflammation and oxidative stress. Exercise plays a crucial role in preventing muscle wasting, diminishing the presence of reactive oxygen species and pro-inflammatory cytokines, and enhancing antioxidant systems. Furthermore, exercise displays notable benefits in terms of executive cognitive functioning and fatigue alleviation, largely attributed to its anti-inflammatory impact on the central nervous system and its ability to induce neurogenesis via growth factors. Additionally, exercise positively influences microbial diversity, reduces gut inflammation, and enhances neurogenesis through the gut-brain axis. Our key findings underscore the reduction of oxidative stress and inflammation as primary mechanisms by which exercise effectively enhances health outcomes in cancer survivors. By delving deeper into these candidate mechanisms, we aim to provide valuable guidance for future research and interventions targeting the symptoms experienced by cancer survivors.
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- Benjamin Matei
- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, L470, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Division of Oncological Sciences, School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
- Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, L470, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA
- Division of Oncological Sciences, School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
- Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
- College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
- Departments of Neurology and Radiation Medicine, Division of Neuroscience ONPRC, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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Astragaloside IV alleviates sepsis-induced muscle atrophy by inhibiting the TGF-β1/Smad signaling pathway. Int Immunopharmacol 2023; 115:109640. [PMID: 36586273 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2022.109640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Muscle atrophy occurs in patients with sepsis and increases mortality and disability. Remission of muscle atrophy may improve the quality of life in patients with sepsis. Astragaloside IV (ASIV) has been shown to have excellent anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic effects and to reduce organ damage caused by sepsis. However, the effect of ASIV on sepsis-induced muscle atrophy has not been reported. Therefore, this study explored the pharmacological effects and mechanisms of ASIV in sepsis-induced muscle atrophy. METHODS Cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) was used to establish a mouse model of sepsis and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated C2C12 myotubes. After administration of ASIV, the body weight, tibialis anterior (TA) and gastrocnemius muscle weight and fiber cross-sectional area of the mice were measured. The diameter of myotubes was observed by immunofluorescence staining. ELISA was used to assess inflammatory factors in plasma and cell culture supernatants. RT-PCR and Western blotting were used to detect the expression of MuRF1, Atrogin-1 and TGF-β1/Smad signaling pathway components in TA and C2C12 myotubes. RESULTS Our study found that ASIV reduced serum inflammatory factors and improved survival in septic mice. ASIV alleviated muscle mass reduction, myofiber cross-sectional area reduction, and C2C12 myotube atrophy by inhibiting the expression of the E3 ubiquitin ligases MuRF1 and atrogin-1. In addition, we observed that ASIV inhibited TGF-β1/Smad signaling. Inhibition of the TGF-β1/Smad signaling pathway partly blocked the anti-muscle atrophy effect of ASIV. CONCLUSION ASIV can alleviate sepsis-induced muscle atrophy, which may be related to the inhibition of the TGF-β1/Smad signaling pathway.
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Hah YS, Lee WK, Lee S, Seo JH, Kim EJ, Choe YI, Kim SG, Yoo JI. Coumestrol attenuates dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy via AMPK-FOXO1/3 signaling. J Funct Foods 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2022.105387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Beneficial Effect of H 2S-Releasing Molecules in an In Vitro Model of Sarcopenia: Relevance of Glucoraphanin. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23115955. [PMID: 35682634 PMCID: PMC9180606 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23115955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Sarcopenia is a gradual and generalized skeletal muscle (SKM) syndrome, characterized by the impairment of muscle components and functionality. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), endogenously formed within the body from the activity of cystathionine-γ-lyase (CSE), cystathionine- β-synthase (CBS), and mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase, is involved in SKM function. Here, in an in vitro model of sarcopenia based on damage induced by dexamethasone (DEX, 1 μM, 48 h treatment) in C2C12-derived myotubes, we investigated the protective potential of exogenous and endogenous sources of H2S, i.e., glucoraphanin (30 μM), L-cysteine (150 μM), and 3-mercaptopyruvate (150 μM). DEX impaired the H2S signalling in terms of a reduction in CBS and CSE expression and H2S biosynthesis. Glucoraphanin and 3-mercaptopyruvate but not L-cysteine prevented the apoptotic process induced by DEX. In parallel, the H2S-releasing molecules reduced the oxidative unbalance evoked by DEX, reducing catalase activity, O2− levels, and protein carbonylation. Glucoraphanin, 3-mercaptopyruvate, and L-cysteine avoided the changes in myotubes morphology and morphometrics after DEX treatment. In conclusion, in an in vitro model of sarcopenia, an impairment in CBS/CSE/H2S signalling occurs, whereas glucoraphanin, a natural H2S-releasing molecule, appears more effective for preventing the SKM damage. Therefore, glucoraphanin supplementation could be an innovative therapeutic approach in the management of sarcopenia.
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Cao Y, Li P, Wang Y, Liu X, Wu W. Diaphragm Dysfunction and Rehabilitation Strategy in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Front Physiol 2022; 13:872277. [PMID: 35586711 PMCID: PMC9108326 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.872277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects the whole body and causes many extrapulmonary adverse effects, amongst which diaphragm dysfunction is one of the prominent manifestations. Diaphragm dysfunction in patients with COPD is manifested as structural changes, such as diaphragm atrophy, single-fibre dysfunction, sarcomere injury and fibre type transformation, and functional changes such as muscle strength decline, endurance change, diaphragm fatigue, decreased diaphragm mobility, etc. Diaphragm dysfunction directly affects the respiratory efficiency of patients and is one of the important pathological mechanisms leading to progressive exacerbation of COPD and respiratory failure, which is closely related to disease mortality. At present, the possible mechanisms of diaphragm dysfunction in patients with COPD include systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, hyperinflation, chronic hypoxia and malnutrition. However, the specific mechanism of diaphragm dysfunction in COPD is still unclear, which, to some extent, increases the difficulty of treatment and rehabilitation. Therefore, on the basis of the review of changes in the structure and function of COPD diaphragm, the potential mechanism of diaphragm dysfunction in COPD was discussed, the current effective rehabilitation methods were also summarised in this paper. In order to provide direction reference and new ideas for the mechanism research and rehabilitation treatment of diaphragm dysfunction in COPD.
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- Yuanyuan Cao
- Department of Sports Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Sports Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Sports Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
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- School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Sports Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
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Kushwaha AD, Saraswat D. A Nanocurcumin and Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Formulation Prevents Hypobaric Hypoxia-Induced Skeletal Muscle Atrophy by Modulating NF-κB Signaling Pathway. High Alt Med Biol 2022; 23:249-263. [PMID: 35384739 DOI: 10.1089/ham.2021.0127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Kushwaha, Asha D., and Deepika Saraswat. A nanocurcumin and pyrroloquinoline quinone formulation prevents hypobaric hypoxia-induced skeletal muscle atrophy by modulating NF-κB signaling pathway. High Alt Med Biol 00:000-000, 2022. Background: Hypobaric hypoxia (HH)-induced deleterious skeletal muscle damage depends on exposure time and availability of oxygen at cellular level, which eventually can limit human work performance at high altitude (HA). Despite the advancements made in pharmacological (performance enhancer, antioxidants) and nonpharmacological therapeutics (acclimatization strategies), only partial success has been achieved in improving physical performance at HA. A distinctive combination of nanocurcumin (NC) and pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) has been formulated (named NCF [nanocurcumin formulation], Indian patent No. 302877) in our laboratory, and has proven very promising in improving cardiomyocyte adaptation to chronic HH. We hypothesized that NCF might improve skeletal muscle adaptation and could be a performance enhancer at HA. Material and Methods: Adult Sprague-Dawley rats (220 ± 10 g) were divided into five groups (n = 6/group): normoxia vehicle control, hypoxia vehicle control, hypoxia NCF, hypoxia NC, and hypoxia PQQ. All the animals (except those in normoxia) were exposed to simulated HH in a chamber at temperature 22°C ± 2°C, humidity 50% ± 5%, altitude 25,000 ft for 1, 3, or 7 days. After completion of the stipulated exposure time, gastrocnemius and soleus muscles were excised from animals for further analysis. Results: Greater lengths of hypoxic exposure caused progressively increased muscle ring finger-1 (MuRF-1; p < 0.01) expression and calpain activation (0.56 ± 0.05 vs. 0.13 ± 0.02 and 0.44 ± 0.03 vs. 0.12 ± 0.021) by day 7, respectively in the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles. Myosin heavy chain type I (slow oxidative) fibers significantly (p > 0.01) decreased in gastrocnemius (>50%) and soleus (>46%) muscles by the seventh day of exposure. NCF supplementation showed (p ≤ 0.05) tremendous improvement in skeletal muscle acclimatization through effective alleviation of oxidative damage, and changes in calpain activity and atrophic markers at HA compared with hypoxia control or treatment alone with NC/PQQ. Conclusion: Thus, NCF-mediated anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory effects lead to decreased proteolysis resulting in mitigated skeletal muscle atrophy under HH.
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- Asha D Kushwaha
- Experimental Biology Division, Defense Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Defense Research and Development Organization, Delhi, India
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- Experimental Biology Division, Defense Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Defense Research and Development Organization, Delhi, India
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Padilha CS, Figueiredo C, Deminice R, Krüger K, Seelaender M, Rosa‐Neto JC, Lira FS. Costly immunometabolic remodelling in disused muscle buildup through physical exercise. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2022; 234:e13782. [PMID: 34990078 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The mechanisms underlying the immunometabolic disturbances during skeletal muscle atrophy caused by a plethora of circumstances ranging from hospitalization to spaceflight missions remain unknown. Here, we outline the possible pathways that might be dysregulated in such conditions and assess the potential of physical exercise to mitigate and promote the recovery of muscle morphology, metabolism and function after intervals of disuse. Studies applying exercise to attenuate disuse-induced muscle atrophy have shown a pivotal role of circulating myokines in the activation of anabolic signalling pathways. These muscle-derived factors induce accretion of contractile proteins in the myofibers, and at the same time decrease protein breakdown and loss. Regular exercise plays a crucial role in re-establishing adequate immunometabolism and increasing the migration and presence in the muscle of macrophages with an anti-inflammatory phenotype (M2) and T regulatory cells (Tregs) after disease-induced muscle loss. Additionally, the switch in metabolic pathways (glycolysis to oxidative phosphorylation [OXPHOS]) is important for achieving rapid metabolic homeostasis during muscle regeneration. In this review, we discuss the molecular aspects of the immunometabolic response elicited by exercise during skeletal muscle regeneration. There is not, nevertheless, consensus on a single optimal intensity of exercise required to improve muscle strength, mass and functional capacity owing to the wide range of exercise protocols studied so far. Despite the absence of agreement on the specific strategy, physical exercise appears as a powerful complementary strategy to attenuate the harmful effects of muscle disuse in different scenarios.
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- Camila S. Padilha
- Exercise and Immunometabolism Research Group Post‐graduation Program in Movement Sciences Department of Physical Education Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Presidente Prudente Brazil
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- Exercise and Immunometabolism Research Group Post‐graduation Program in Movement Sciences Department of Physical Education Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Presidente Prudente Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry Exercise Department of Physical Education Faculty of Physical Education and Sport State University of Londrina Londrina Brazil
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- Institute of Sports Science Department of Exercise Physiology and Sports Therapy University of Giessen Giessen Germany
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- Cancer Metabolism Research Group Department of Surgery LIM26‐HC Medical School University of São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology University of São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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- Exercise and Immunometabolism Research Group Post‐graduation Program in Movement Sciences Department of Physical Education Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Presidente Prudente Brazil
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Sharma A, Khan H, Singh TG, Grewal AK, Najda A, Kawecka-Radomska M, Kamel M, Altyar AE, Abdel-Daim MM. Pharmacological Modulation of Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathways in Oncogenic Signaling. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222111971. [PMID: 34769401 PMCID: PMC8584958 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Revised: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) is involved in regulating several biological functions, including cell cycle control, apoptosis, DNA damage response, and apoptosis. It is widely known for its role in degrading abnormal protein substrates and maintaining physiological body functions via ubiquitinating enzymes (E1, E2, E3) and the proteasome. Therefore, aberrant expression in these enzymes results in an altered biological process, including transduction signaling for cell death and survival, resulting in cancer. In this review, an overview of profuse enzymes involved as a pro-oncogenic or progressive growth factor in tumors with their downstream signaling pathways has been discussed. A systematic literature review of PubMed, Medline, Bentham, Scopus, and EMBASE (Elsevier) databases was carried out to understand the nature of the extensive work done on modulation of ubiquitin-proteasome pathways in oncogenic signaling. Various in vitro, in vivo studies demonstrating the involvement of ubiquitin-proteasome systems in varied types of cancers and the downstream signaling pathways involved are also discussed in the current review. Several inhibitors of E1, E2, E3, deubiquitinase enzymes and proteasome have been applied for treating cancer. Some of these drugs have exhibited successful outcomes in in vivo studies on different cancer types, so clinical trials are going on for these inhibitors. This review mainly focuses on certain ubiquitin-proteasome enzymes involved in developing cancers and certain enzymes that can be targeted to treat cancer.
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- Anmol Sharma
- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, India; (A.S.); (H.K.); (A.K.G.)
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, India; (A.S.); (H.K.); (A.K.G.)
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, India; (A.S.); (H.K.); (A.K.G.)
- Correspondence: or (T.G.S.); (M.M.A.-D.); Tel.: +91-9815951171 (T.G.S.); +966-580192142 (M.M.A.-D.)
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, India; (A.S.); (H.K.); (A.K.G.)
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- Department of Vegetable Crops and Medicinal Plants, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 50A Doświadczalna Street, 20-280 Lublin, Poland; (A.N.); (M.K.-R.)
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- Department of Vegetable Crops and Medicinal Plants, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 50A Doświadczalna Street, 20-280 Lublin, Poland; (A.N.); (M.K.-R.)
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- Department of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza 12211, Egypt;
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80260, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy Program, Batterjee Medical College, P.O. Box 6231, Jeddah 21442, Saudi Arabia
- Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
- Correspondence: or (T.G.S.); (M.M.A.-D.); Tel.: +91-9815951171 (T.G.S.); +966-580192142 (M.M.A.-D.)
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Cao Y, Wang Z, Yu T, Zhang Y, Wang Z, Lu Z, Lu W, Yu J. Sepsis induces muscle atrophy by inhibiting proliferation and promoting apoptosis via PLK1-AKT signalling. J Cell Mol Med 2021; 25:9724-9739. [PMID: 34514712 PMCID: PMC8505846 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.16921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Sepsis and sepsis-induced skeletal muscle atrophy are common in patients in intensive care units with high mortality, while the mechanisms are controversial and complicated. In the present study, the atrophy of skeletal muscle was evaluated in sepsis mouse model as well as the apoptosis of muscle fibres. Sepsis induced atrophy of skeletal muscle and apoptosis of myofibres in vivo and in vitro. In cell-based in vitro experiments, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation also inhibited the proliferation of myoblasts. At the molecular level, the expression of polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) and phosphorylated protein kinase B (p-AKT) was decreased. Overexpression of PLK1 partly rescued LPS-induced apoptosis, proliferation suppression and atrophy in C2C12 cells. Furthermore, inhibiting the AKT pathway deteriorated LPS-induced atrophy in PLK1-overexpressing C2C12 myotubes. PLK1 was found to participate in regulating apoptosis and E3 ubiquitin ligase activity in C2C12 cells. Taken together, these results indicate that sepsis induces skeletal muscle atrophy by promoting apoptosis of muscle fibres and inhibiting proliferation of myoblasts via regulation of the PLK1-AKT pathway. These findings enhance understanding of the mechanism of sepsis-induced skeletal muscle atrophy.
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- Ying‐Ya Cao
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care MedicineTianjin Nankai HospitalTianjin Medical UniversityTianjinChina
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- Department of Intensive Care UnitThe First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical CollegeWuhuAnhuiChina
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- Department of NeurosurgeryThe First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical CollegeWuhuAnhuiChina
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care MedicineTianjin Nankai HospitalTianjin Medical UniversityTianjinChina
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- Department of Intensive Care UnitThe First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical CollegeWuhuAnhuiChina
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- College of Food Science and EngineeringNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShanxiChina
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- Department of Intensive Care UnitThe First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical CollegeWuhuAnhuiChina
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care MedicineTianjin Nankai HospitalTianjin Medical UniversityTianjinChina
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Webster JM, Kempen LJAP, Hardy RS, Langen RCJ. Inflammation and Skeletal Muscle Wasting During Cachexia. Front Physiol 2020; 11:597675. [PMID: 33329046 PMCID: PMC7710765 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.597675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Cachexia is the involuntary loss of muscle and adipose tissue that strongly affects mortality and treatment efficacy in patients with cancer or chronic inflammatory disease. Currently, no specific treatments or interventions are available for patients developing this disorder. Given the well-documented involvement of pro-inflammatory cytokines in muscle and fat metabolism in physiological responses and in the pathophysiology of chronic inflammatory disease and cancer, considerable interest has revolved around their role in mediating cachexia. This has been supported by association studies that report increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in some, but not all, cancers and in chronic inflammatory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In addition, preclinical studies including animal disease models have provided a substantial body of evidence implicating a causal contribution of systemic inflammation to cachexia. The presence of inflammatory cytokines can affect skeletal muscle through several direct mechanisms, relying on activation of the corresponding receptor expressed by muscle, and resulting in inhibition of muscle protein synthesis (MPS), elevation of catabolic activity through the ubiquitin-proteasomal system (UPS) and autophagy, and impairment of myogenesis. Additionally, systemic inflammatory mediators indirectly contribute to muscle wasting through dysregulation of tissue and organ systems, including GCs via the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, the digestive system leading to anorexia-cachexia, and alterations in liver and adipocyte behavior, which subsequently impact on muscle. Finally, myokines secreted by skeletal muscle itself in response to inflammation have been implicated as autocrine and endocrine mediators of cachexia, as well as potential modulators of this debilitating condition. While inflammation has been shown to play a pivotal role in cachexia development, further understanding how these cytokines contribute to disease progression is required to reveal biomarkers or diagnostic tools to help identify at risk patients, or enable the design of targeted therapies to prevent or delay the progression of cachexia.
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- Justine M. Webster
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Institute for Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- MRC Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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Sawicka AK, Renzi G, Olek RA. The bright and the dark sides of L-carnitine supplementation: a systematic review. J Int Soc Sports Nutr 2020; 17:49. [PMID: 32958033 PMCID: PMC7507632 DOI: 10.1186/s12970-020-00377-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background L-carnitine (LC) is used as a supplement by recreationally-active, competitive and highly trained athletes. This systematic review aims to evaluate the effect of prolonged LC supplementation on metabolism and metabolic modifications. Methods A literature search was conducted in the MEDLINE (via PubMed) and Web of Science databases from the inception up February 2020. Eligibility criteria included studies on healthy human subjects, treated for at least 12 weeks with LC administered orally, with no drugs or any other multi-ingredient supplements co-ingestion. Results The initial search retrieved 1024 articles, and a total of 11 studies were finally included after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria. All the selected studies were conducted with healthy human subjects, with supplemented dose ranging from 1 g to 4 g per day for either 12 or 24 weeks. LC supplementation, in combination with carbohydrates (CHO) effectively elevated total carnitine content in skeletal muscle. Twenty-four-weeks of LC supplementation did not affect muscle strength in healthy aged women, but significantly increased muscle mass, improved physical effort tolerance and cognitive function in centenarians. LC supplementation was also noted to induce an increase of fasting plasma trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) levels, which was not associated with modification of determined inflammatory nor oxidative stress markers. Conclusion Prolonged LC supplementation in specific conditions may affect physical performance. On the other hand, LC supplementation elevates fasting plasma TMAO, compound supposed to be pro-atherogenic. Therefore, additional studies focusing on long-term supplementation and its longitudinal effect on the cardiovascular system are needed.
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- Angelika K Sawicka
- Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Athletics, Strength and Conditioning, Poznan University of Physical Education, Krolowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871, Poznan, Poland.
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Silva DBS, Fonseca LFS, Pinheiro DG, Magalhães AFB, Muniz MMM, Ferro JA, Baldi F, Chardulo LAL, Schnabel RD, Taylor JF, Albuquerque LG. Spliced genes in muscle from Nelore Cattle and their association with carcass and meat quality. Sci Rep 2020; 10:14701. [PMID: 32895448 PMCID: PMC7477197 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71783-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Transcript data obtained by RNA-Seq were used to identify differentially expressed alternatively spliced genes in ribeye muscle tissue between Nelore cattle that differed in their ribeye area (REA) or intramuscular fat content (IF). A total of 166 alternatively spliced transcripts from 125 genes were significantly differentially expressed in ribeye muscle between the highest and lowest REA groups (p ≤ 0.05). For animals selected on their IF content, 269 alternatively spliced transcripts from 219 genes were differentially expressed in ribeye muscle between the highest and lowest IF animals. Cassette exons and alternative 3′ splice sites were the most frequently found alternatively spliced transcripts for REA and IF content. For both traits, some differentially expressed alternatively spliced transcripts belonged to myosin and myotilin gene families. The hub transcripts were identified for REA (LRRFIP1, RCAN1 and RHOBTB1) and IF (TRIP12, HSPE1 and MAP2K6) have an important role to play in muscle cell degradation, development and motility. In general, transcripts were found for both traits with biological process GO terms that were involved in pathways related to protein ubiquitination, muscle differentiation, lipids and hormonal systems. Our results reinforce the biological importance of these known processes but also reveal new insights into the complexity of the whole cell muscle mRNA of Nelore cattle.
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- Danielly B S Silva
- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil.
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil.,National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brasilia, DF, Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil.,National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brasilia, DF, Brazil
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- School of Veterinary and Animal Science, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil. .,National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
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Poplawski J, Radmilovic A, Montina TD, Metz GAS. Cardiorenal metabolic biomarkers link early life stress to risk of non-communicable diseases and adverse mental health outcomes. Sci Rep 2020; 10:13295. [PMID: 32764629 PMCID: PMC7413400 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69866-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Stress is one of the most critical determinants of lifetime health and increases the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases. To gain insight into underlying environment-gene interactions, we analyzed the cardiorenal metabolome of adult mice exposed to multidimensional early-life transportation stress. Using proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectroscopy, we show that early life stress permanently programs metabolic pathways in somatic organs linked to cardiorenal and mental health disorders in later life. Heart and kidneys of stressed mice revealed robust metabolic markers linked to abnormal energy metabolism, branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis and degradation, methylhistidine metabolism, arginine and proline metabolism, glycine and serine metabolism, and aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis. These markers were strongly associated with anxiety-like behaviours. Dysregulation of energy and protein metabolism suggests an increased risk of metabolic diseases like insulin resistance, cardiorenal syndrome, diabetes, and obesity. These findings provide novel insights into the direct effects of early life stress on cardiorenal metabolism and are consistent with prior observations of increased non-communicable disease risk in stressed populations. Thus, stress-associated metabolic signatures in somatic organs may provide early predictors of health risks in later life and reveal new candidates for peripheral biomarker detection with diagnostic value.
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- Janet Poplawski
- Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4, Canada.
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- Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4, Canada.
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Molecular changes in transcription and metabolic pathways underlying muscle atrophy in the CuZnSOD null mouse model of sarcopenia. GeroScience 2020; 42:1101-1118. [PMID: 32394347 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-020-00189-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Mice lacking the superoxide anion scavenger CuZn superoxide dismutase (Sod1-/- mice) develop a number of age-related phenotypes, including an early progression of muscle atrophy and weakness (sarcopenia) associated with loss of innervation. The purpose of this study was to delineate the early development of sarcopenia in the Sod1-/- mice and to measure changes in the muscle transcriptome, proteome, and eicosanoid profile at the stage when sarcopenia is markedly induced in this model (7-9 months of age). We found a strong correlation between muscle atrophy and mitochondrial state 1 hydroperoxide production, which was 40% higher in isolated mitochondria from Sod1-/- mouse gastrocnemius muscle by 2 months of age. The primary pathways showing altered gene expression in Sod1-/- mice identified by RNA-seq transcriptomic analysis are protein ubiquitination, synaptic long-term potentiation, calcium signaling, phospholipase C signaling, AMPK, and TWEAK signaling. Targeted proteomics shows elevated expression of mitochondrial proteins, fatty acid metabolism enzymes, tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle enzymes, and antioxidants, while enzymes involved in carbohydrate metabolism are downregulated in Sod1-/- mice. LC-MS analysis of lipids in gastrocnemius muscle detected 78 eicosanoids, of which 31 are significantly elevated in muscle from Sod1-/- mice. These data suggest that mitochondrial hydroperoxide generation is elevated prior to muscle atrophy and may be a potential driving factor of changes in the transcriptome, proteome, and eicosanoid profile of the Sod1-/- mice. Together, these analyses revealed important molecular events that occur during muscle atrophy, which will pave the way for future studies using new approaches to treat sarcopenia.
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Adams V, Bowen TS, Werner S, Barthel P, Amberger C, Konzer A, Graumann J, Sehr P, Lewis J, Provaznik J, Benes V, Büttner P, Gasch A, Mangner N, Witt CC, Labeit D, Linke A, Labeit S. Small-molecule-mediated chemical knock-down of MuRF1/MuRF2 and attenuation of diaphragm dysfunction in chronic heart failure. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2019; 10:1102-1115. [PMID: 31140761 PMCID: PMC6818456 DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Revised: 04/15/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Chronic heart failure (CHF) leads to diaphragm myopathy that significantly impairs quality of life and worsens prognosis. In this study, we aimed to assess the efficacy of a recently discovered small-molecule inhibitor of MuRF1 in treating CHF-induced diaphragm myopathy and loss of contractile function. METHODS Myocardial infarction was induced in mice by ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery. Sham-operated animals (sham) served as controls. One week post-left anterior descending coronary artery ligation animals were randomized into two groups-one group was fed control rodent chow, whereas the other group was fed a diet containing 0.1% of the compound ID#704946-a recently described MuRF1-interfering small molecule. Echocardiography confirmed development of CHF after 10 weeks. Functional and molecular analysis of the diaphragm was subsequently performed. RESULTS Chronic heart failure induced diaphragm fibre atrophy and contractile dysfunction by ~20%, as well as decreased activity of enzymes involved in mitochondrial energy production (P < 0.05). Treatment with compound ID#704946 in CHF mice had beneficial effects on the diaphragm: contractile function was protected, while mitochondrial enzyme activity and up-regulation of the MuRF1 and MuRF2 was attenuated after infarct. CONCLUSIONS Our murine CHF model presented with diaphragm fibre atrophy, impaired contractile function, and reduced mitochondrial enzyme activities. Compound ID#704946 rescued from this partially, possibly by targeting MuRF1/MuRF2. However, at this stage of our study, we refrain to claim specific mechanism(s) and targets of compound ID#704946, because the nature of changes after 12 weeks of feeding is likely to be complex and is not necessarily caused by direct mechanistic effects.
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- Volker Adams
- Laboratory of Molecular and Experimental Cardiology, TU Dresden, Heart Center Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- University Clinic of Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Experimental Cardiology, TU Dresden, Heart Center Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Scientific Service Group Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.,German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhine-Main, Rhine-Main, Germany
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- Scientific Service Group Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.,German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhine-Main, Rhine-Main, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- University Clinic of Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Experimental Cardiology, TU Dresden, Heart Center Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Myomedix GmbH, Neckargemünd, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Experimental Cardiology, TU Dresden, Heart Center Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Myomedix GmbH, Neckargemünd, Germany
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Li J, Hu Y, Li L, Wang Y, Li Q, Feng C, Lan H, Gu X, Zhao Y, Larsson M, Hu X, Li N. A Discovery of a Genetic Mutation Causing Reduction of Atrogin-1 Expression in Broiler Chicken Muscle. Front Genet 2019; 10:716. [PMID: 31475031 PMCID: PMC6704234 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Chickens are bred all over the world and have significant economic value as one of the major agricultural animals. The growth rate of commercial broiler chickens is several times higher than its Red Jungle fowl (RJF) ancestor. To further improve the meat production of commercial chickens, it is quite important to decipher the genetic mechanism of chicken growth traits. In this study, we found that broiler chickens exhibited lower levels of E3 ubiquitin ligase muscle atrophy F-box (MAFbx or Atrogin-1) relative to its RJF ancestor. As a ubiquitin ligase, Atrogin-1 plays a crucial role in muscle development in which its up-regulation often indicates the activation of muscle atrophic pathways. Here, we showed that the Atrogin-1 expression variance partly affects chicken muscle growth rates among different breeds. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the reduced expression of Atrogin-1 in broiler chickens was ascribed to a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), which inhibited the binding of transcription regulators and attenuated the enhancer activity. The decreased Atrogin-1 in broiler chickens suppresses the catabolism of muscle protein and preserves muscle mass. Our study facilitates the understanding of the molecular mechanism of chicken muscle development and has a high translational impact in chicken breeding.
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- Jinxiu Li
- State Key Laboratories of Agro-biotechnology, College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratories of Agro-biotechnology, College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratories of Agro-biotechnology, College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratories of Agro-biotechnology, College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratories of Agro-biotechnology, College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratories of Agro-biotechnology, College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratories of Agro-biotechnology, College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratories of Agro-biotechnology, College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratories of Agro-biotechnology, College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- State Key Laboratories of Agro-biotechnology, College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratories of Agro-biotechnology, College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,College of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
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Santos Silva DBD, Fonseca LFS, Magalhães AFB, Muniz MMM, Baldi F, Ferro JA, Chardulo LAL, Pinheiro DG, Albuquerque LGD. Transcriptome profiling of muscle in Nelore cattle phenotypically divergent for the ribeye muscle area. Genomics 2019; 112:1257-1263. [PMID: 31351181 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2019.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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This study aimed to use RNA-Seq to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in muscle of uncastrated Nelore males phenotypically divergent for ribeye muscle area (REA). A total of 80 animals were phenotyped for REA, and 15 animals each with the highest REA and the lowest REA were selected for analyses. DEGs found (N = 288) belonging to families related to muscle cell growth, development, motility and proteolysis, such as actin, myosin, collagen, integrin, solute carrier, ubiquitin and kelch-like. Functional analysis showed that many of the significantly enriched gene ontology terms were closely associated with muscle development, growth, and degradation. Through co-expression network analysis, we predicted three hub genes (PPP3R1, FAM129B and UBE2G1), these genes are involved in muscle growth, proteolysis and immune system. The genes expression levels and its biological process found this study may result in differences in muscle deposition, and therefore, Nelore animals with different REA proportions.
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- Danielly Beraldo Dos Santos Silva
- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil; National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil; National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brasilia, DF, Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil; National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brasilia, DF, Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil; National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brasilia, DF, Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil; National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
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Skeletal muscle atrophy is a common side effect of most human diseases. Muscle loss is not only detrimental for the quality of life but it also dramatically impairs physiological processes of the organism and decreases the efficiency of medical treatments. While hypothesized for years, the existence of an atrophying programme common to all pathologies is still incompletely solved despite the discovery of several actors and key regulators of muscle atrophy. More than a decade ago, the discovery of a set of genes, whose expression at the mRNA levels were similarly altered in different catabolic situations, opened the way of a new concept: the presence of atrogenes, i.e. atrophy-related genes. Importantly, the atrogenes are referred as such on the basis of their mRNA content in atrophying muscles, the regulation at the protein level being sometimes more complicate to elucidate. It should be noticed that the atrogenes are markers of atrophy and that their implication as active inducers of atrophy is still an open question for most of them. While the atrogene family has grown over the years, it has mostly been incremented based on data coming from rodent models. Whether the rodent atrogenes are valid for humans still remain to be established. An "atrogene" was originally defined as a gene systematically up- or down-regulated in several catabolic situations. Even if recent works often restrict this notion to the up-regulation of a limited number of proteolytic enzymes, it is important to keep in mind the big picture view. In this review, we provide an update of the validated and potential rodent atrogenes and the metabolic pathways they belong, and based on recent work, their relevance in human physio-pathological situations. We also propose a more precise definition of the atrogenes that integrates rapid recovery when catabolic stimuli are stopped or replaced by anabolic ones.
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- Daniel Taillandier
- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, CRNH Auvergne, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, CRNH Auvergne, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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dos Santos Silva DB, Fonseca LFS, Pinheiro DG, Muniz MMM, Magalhães AFB, Baldi F, Ferro JA, Chardulo LAL, de Albuquerque LG. Prediction of hub genes associated with intramuscular fat content in Nelore cattle. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:520. [PMID: 31238883 PMCID: PMC6591902 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-5904-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to use transcriptome RNA-Seq data from longissimus thoracis muscle of uncastrated Nelore males to identify hub genes based on co-expression network obtained from differentially expressed genes (DEGs) associated with intramuscular fat content. RESULTS A total of 30 transcriptomics datasets (RNA-Seq) obtained from longissimus thoracis muscle were selected based on the phenotypic value of divergent intramuscular fat content: 15 with the highest intramuscular fat content (HIF) and 15 with the lowest intramuscular fat content (LIF). The transcriptomics datasets were aligned with a reference genome and 65 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified, including 21 upregulated and 44 downregulated genes in HIF animals. The normalized count data from DEGs was then used for co-expression network construction. From the co-expression network, four modules were identified. The topological properties of the network were analyzed; those genes engaging in the most interactions (maximal clique centrality method) with other DEGs were predicted to be hub genes (PDE4D, KLHL30 and IL1RAP), which consequently may play a role in cellular and/or systemic lipid biology in Nelore cattle. Top modules screened from the gene co-expression network were identify. The two candidate modules had clear associated biological pathways related to fat development, cell adhesion, and muscle differentiation, immune system, among others. The hub genes belonged in top modules and were downregulated in HIF animals. PDE4D and IL1RAP have known effects on lipid metabolism and the immune system through the regulation of cAMP signaling. Given that cAMP is known to play a role in lipid systems, PDE4D and IL1RAP downregulation may contribute to increased levels of intracellular cAMP and thus may have effects on IF content differences in Nelore cattle. KLHL30 may have effects on muscle metabolism. Klhl protein families play a role in protein degradation. However, the downregulation of this gene and its role in lipid metabolism has not yet been clarified. CONCLUSIONS The results reported in this study indicate candidate genes and molecular mechanisms involved in IF content difference in Nelore cattle.
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- Danielly Beraldo dos Santos Silva
- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP Brazil
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brasilia, DF Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP Brazil
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brasilia, DF Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP Brazil
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brasilia, DF Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP Brazil
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brasilia, DF Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP Brazil
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brasilia, DF Brazil
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Fernando R, Drescher C, Deubel S, Jung T, Ost M, Klaus S, Grune T, Castro JP. Low proteasomal activity in fast skeletal muscle fibers is not associated with increased age-related oxidative damage. Exp Gerontol 2019; 117:45-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2018.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Fernando R, Drescher C, Nowotny K, Grune T, Castro JP. Impaired proteostasis during skeletal muscle aging. Free Radic Biol Med 2019; 132:58-66. [PMID: 30194981 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.08.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2018] [Revised: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 08/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Aging is a complex phenomenon that has detrimental effects on tissue homeostasis. The skeletal muscle is one of the earliest tissues to be affected and to manifest age-related changes such as functional impairment and the loss of mass. Common to these alterations and to most of tissues during aging is the disruption of the proteostasis network by detrimental changes in the ubiquitin-proteasomal system (UPS) and the autophagy-lysosomal system (ALS). In fact, during aging the accumulation of protein aggregates, a process mainly driven by increased levels of oxidative stress, has been observed, clearly demonstrating UPS and ALS dysregulation. Since the UPS and ALS are the two most important pathways for the removal of misfolded and aggregated proteins and also of damaged organelles, we provide here an overview on the current knowledge regarding the connection between the loss of proteostasis and skeletal muscle functional impairment and also how redox regulation can play a role during aging. Therefore, this review serves for a better understanding of skeletal muscle aging in regard to the loss of proteostasis and how redox regulation can impact its function and maintenance.
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- Raquel Fernando
- Department of Molecular Toxicology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke, 14558 Nuthetal, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Toxicology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke, 14558 Nuthetal, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Toxicology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke, 14558 Nuthetal, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Toxicology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke, 14558 Nuthetal, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), 85764 München-Neuherberg, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), 10117 Berlin, Germany; University of Potsdam, Institute of Nutritional Science, 14558 Nuthetal, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Toxicology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke, 14558 Nuthetal, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), 85764 München-Neuherberg, Germany; Faculty of Medicine, Department for Biomedicine, University of Porto, 4200-319, Portugal; Institute for Innovation and Health Research (I3S), Aging and Stress Group, R. Alfredo Allen, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.
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Hardee JP, Counts BR, Carson JA. Understanding the Role of Exercise in Cancer Cachexia Therapy. Am J Lifestyle Med 2019; 13:46-60. [PMID: 30627079 PMCID: PMC6311610 DOI: 10.1177/1559827617725283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Cachexia, the unintentional loss of body weight, is prevalent in many cancer types, and the associated skeletal muscle mass depletion increases patient morbidity and mortality. While anorexia can be present, cachexia is not reversible with nutritional therapies alone. Pharmacological agents have been proposed to treat this condition, but there are currently no approved treatments. Nonetheless, the hallmark characteristics associated with cancer cachexia remain viable foundations for future therapies. Regular physical activity holds a promising future as a nonpharmacological alternative to improve patient survival through cachexia prevention. Evidence suggests exercise training is beneficial during cancer treatment and survival. However, the mechanistic examination of cachectic skeletal muscle's response to exercise is both needed and justified. The primary objective of this review is to discuss the role of exercise for the prevention and treatment of cancer-associated muscle wasting. Initially, we provide an overview of systemic alterations induced by cancer and their role in the regulation of wasting processes during cachexia progression. We then discuss how exercise could alter disrupted regulatory pathways related to growth and metabolism during cancer-induced muscle atrophy. Last, we outline current exercise prescription guidelines and how exercise could be a potential behavioral therapy to curtail cachexia development in cancer patients.
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- Justin P. Hardee
- Department of Exercise Science (JPH, BRC, JAC), University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
- Center for Colon Cancer Research (JAC), University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
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- Department of Exercise Science (JPH, BRC, JAC), University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
- Center for Colon Cancer Research (JAC), University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
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- James A. Carson, PhD, Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly Street, Public Health Research Center, Rm 301, Columbia, SC 29208; e-mail:
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A Review of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies on Muscular Atrophy: A Literature Review of In Vivo/In Vitro Studies. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2018; 2018:8654719. [PMID: 30581489 PMCID: PMC6276427 DOI: 10.1155/2018/8654719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Revised: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Objective The objective of this review is to evaluate the recent treatment and study trends of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments on muscular atrophy by reviewing in vivo/in vitro studies. Materials and Methods The searches were conducted via electronic databases including PubMed, the Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang MED, and five Korean databases. Only in vivo and in vitro studies were included in this study. Results A total of 44 studies (27 in vivo studies, 8 in vitro studies, and 9 in vivo with in vitro) were included. No serious maternal or fetal complications occurred. There were various animal models induced with muscular atrophy through “hindlimb suspension”, “nerve damage”, ‘alcohol or dexamethasone treatment', “diabetes”, “CKD”, “stroke”, “cancer”, “genetic modification”, etc. In 28 of 36 articles measuring muscle mass, CAM significantly increased the mass. Additionally, 10 of them showed significant improvement in muscle function. In most in vitro studies, significant increases in both the diameter of myotubes and muscle cell numbers were reported. The mechanisms of action of protein synthesis, degradation, autophagy, and apoptotic markers were also investigated. Conclusions These results demonstrate that CAM could prevent muscular atrophy. Further studies about CAM on muscular atrophy are needed.
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UBE2E1 Is Preferentially Expressed in the Cytoplasm of Slow-Twitch Fibers and Protects Skeletal Muscles from Exacerbated Atrophy upon Dexamethasone Treatment. Cells 2018; 7:cells7110214. [PMID: 30453501 PMCID: PMC6262581 DOI: 10.3390/cells7110214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Revised: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Skeletal muscle mass is reduced during many diseases or physiological situations (disuse, aging), which results in decreased strength and increased mortality. Muscle mass is mainly controlled by the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), involving hundreds of ubiquitinating enzymes (E2s and E3s) that target their dedicated substrates for subsequent degradation. We recently demonstrated that MuRF1, an E3 ubiquitin ligase known to bind to sarcomeric proteins (telethonin, α-actin, myosins) during catabolic situations, interacts with 5 different E2 enzymes and that these E2-MuRF1 couples are able to target telethonin, a small sarcomeric protein, for degradation. Amongst the E2s interacting with MuRF1, E2E1 was peculiar as the presence of the substrate was necessary for optimal MuRF1-E2E1 interaction. In this work, we focused on the putative role of E2E1 during skeletal muscle atrophy. We found that E2E1 expression was restricted to type I and type IIA muscle fibers and was not detectable in type IIB fibers. This strongly suggests that E2E1 targets are fiber-specific and may be strongly linked to the contractile and metabolic properties of the skeletal muscle. However, E2E1 knockdown was not sufficient for preserving the protein content in C2C12 myotubes subjected to a catabolic state (dexamethasone treatment), suggesting that E2E1 is not involved in the development of muscle atrophy. By contrast, E2E1 knockdown aggravated the atrophying process in both catabolic C2C12 myotubes and the Tibialis anterior muscle of mice, suggesting that E2E1 has a protective effect on muscle mass.
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Upregulation of Heme Oxygenase-1 by Hemin Alleviates Sepsis-Induced Muscle Wasting in Mice. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2018; 2018:8927104. [PMID: 30533176 PMCID: PMC6250022 DOI: 10.1155/2018/8927104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Revised: 09/13/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Hemin, an inducer of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), can enhance the activation of HO-1. HO-1 exhibits a variety of activities, such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, and antiapoptotic functions. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of hemin on sepsis-induced skeletal muscle wasting and to explore the mechanisms by which hemin exerts its effects. Cecal ligation and perforation (CLP) was performed to create a sepsis mouse model. Mice were randomly divided into four groups: control, CLP, CLP plus group, and CLP-hemin-ZnPP (a HO-1 inhibitor). The weight of the solei from the mice was measured, and histopathology was examined. Cytokines were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and Western blotting were used to assess the expression levels of HO-1 and atrogin-1. Furthermore, we investigated the antioxidative effects of HO-1 by detecting malondialdehyde (MDA) levels and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity. CLP led to dramatic skeletal muscle weakness and atrophy, but pretreatment with hemin protected mice against CLP-mediated muscle atrophy. Hemin also induced high HO-1 expression, which resulted in suppressed proinflammatory cytokine and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. The expression of MuRF1 and atrogin-1, two ubiquitin ligases of the ubiquitin-proteasome system- (UPS-) mediated proteolysis, was also inhibited by increased HO-1 levels. Hemin-mediated increases in HO-1 expression exert protective effects on sepsis-induced skeletal muscle atrophy at least partly by inhibiting the expression of proinflammatory cytokines, UPS-mediated proteolysis, and ROS activation. Therefore, hemin might be a new treatment target against sepsis-induced skeletal muscle atrophy.
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Brown JL, Lee DE, Rosa-Caldwell ME, Brown LA, Perry RA, Haynie WS, Huseman K, Sataranatarajan K, Van Remmen H, Washington TA, Wiggs MP, Greene NP. Protein imbalance in the development of skeletal muscle wasting in tumour-bearing mice. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2018; 9:987-1002. [PMID: 30328290 PMCID: PMC6204589 DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cancer cachexia occurs in approximately 80% of cancer patients and is a key contributor to cancer-related death. The mechanisms controlling development of tumour-induced muscle wasting are not fully elucidated. Specifically, the progression and development of cancer cachexia are underexplored. Therefore, we examined skeletal muscle protein turnover throughout the development of cancer cachexia in tumour-bearing mice. METHODS Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) was injected into the hind flank of C57BL6/J mice at 8 weeks age with tumour allowed to develop for 1, 2, 3, or 4 weeks and compared with PBS injected control. Muscle size was measured by cross-sectional area analysis of haematoxylin and eosin stained tibialis anterior muscle. 2 H2 O was used to assess protein synthesis throughout the development of cancer cachexia. Immunoblot and RT-qPCR were used to measure regulators of protein turnover. TUNEL staining was utilized to measure apoptotic nuclei. LLC conditioned media (LCM) treatment of C2C12 myotubes was used to analyse cancer cachexia in vitro. RESULTS Muscle cross-sectional area decreased ~40% 4 weeks following tumour implantation. Myogenic signalling was suppressed in tumour-bearing mice as soon as 1 week following tumour implantation, including lower mRNA contents of Pax7, MyoD, CyclinD1, and Myogenin, when compared with control animals. AchRδ and AchRε mRNA contents were down-regulated by ~50% 3 weeks following tumour implantation. Mixed fractional synthesis rate protein synthesis was ~40% lower in 4 week tumour-bearing mice when compared with PBS controls. Protein ubiquitination was elevated by ~50% 4 weeks after tumour implantation. Moreover, there was an increase in autophagy machinery after 4 weeks of tumour growth. Finally, ERK and p38 MAPK phosphorylations were fourfold and threefold greater than control muscle 4 weeks following tumour implantation, respectively. Inhibition of p38 MAPK, but not ERK MAPK, in vitro partially rescued LCM-induced loss of myotube diameter. CONCLUSIONS Our findings work towards understanding the pathophysiological signalling in skeletal muscle in the initial development of cancer cachexia. Shortly following the onset of the tumour-bearing state alterations in myogenic regulatory factors are apparent, suggesting early onset alterations in the capacity for myogenic induction. Cancer cachexia presents with a combination of a loss of protein synthesis and increased markers of protein breakdown, specifically in the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Also, p38 MAPK may be a potential therapeutic target to combat cancer cachexia via a p38-FOX01-atrogene-ubiquitin-proteasome mechanism.
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- Jacob L Brown
- Integrative Muscle Metabolism Laboratory, Exercise Science Research Center, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA
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- Integrative Muscle Metabolism Laboratory, Exercise Science Research Center, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA
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- Integrative Muscle Metabolism Laboratory, Exercise Science Research Center, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA
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- Exercise Muscle Biology Laboratory, Exercise Science Research Center, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA.,Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Exercise Muscle Biology Laboratory, Exercise Science Research Center, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA
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- Exercise Muscle Biology Laboratory, Exercise Science Research Center, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 N.E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 N.E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 N.E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA.,Oklahoma City VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Exercise Muscle Biology Laboratory, Exercise Science Research Center, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA
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- Integrated Physiology and Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX, 75799, USA
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- Integrative Muscle Metabolism Laboratory, Exercise Science Research Center, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA
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Cole CL, Kleckner IR, Jatoi A, Schwarz E, Dunne RF. The Role of Systemic Inflammation in Cancer-Associated Muscle Wasting and Rationale for Exercise as a Therapeutic Intervention. JCSM CLINICAL REPORTS 2018. [DOI: 10.17987/jcsm-cr.v3i2.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Progressive skeletal muscle wasting in cancer cachexia involves a process of dysregulated protein synthesis and breakdown. This catabolism may be the result of mal-nutrition, and an upregulation of both pro-inflammatory cytokines and the ubiquitin proteasome pathway (UPP), which can subsequently increase myostatin and activin A release. The skeletal muscle wasting associated with cancer cachexia is clinically significant, it can contribute to treatment toxicity or the premature discontinuation of treatments resulting in increases in morbidity and mortality. Thus, there is a need for further investigation into the pathophysiology of muscle wasting in cancer cachexia to develop effective prophylactic and therapeutic interventions. Several studies have identified a central role for chronic-systemic inflammation in initiating and perpetuating muscle wasting in patients with cancer. Interestingly, while exercise has shown efficacy in improving muscle quality, only recently have investigators begun to assess the impact that exercise has on chronic-systemic inflammation. To put this new information into context with established paradigms, here we review several biological pathways (e.g. dysfunctional inflammatory response, hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis, and increased myostatin/activin A activity) that may be responsible for the muscle wasting in patients with cancer. Additionally, we discuss the potential impact that exercise has on these pathways in the treatment of cancer cachexia. Exercise is an attractive intervention for muscle wasting in this population, partially because it disrupts chronic-systemic inflammation mediated catabolism. Most importantly, exercise is a potent stimulator of muscle synthesis, and therefore this therapy may reverse muscle damage caused by cancer cachexia.
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Shu Y, Xia J, Yu Q, Wang G, Zhang J, He J, Wang H, Zhang L, Wu H. Integrated analysis of mRNA and miRNA expression profiles reveals muscle growth differences between adult female and male Chinese concave-eared frogs (Odorrana tormota). Gene 2018; 678:241-251. [PMID: 30103010 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2018.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2018] [Revised: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 08/02/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The Chinese concave-eared torrent frog (Odorrana tormota) is the first known non-mammalian vertebrate that can communicate using ultrasound. In this species, females are approximately four times as large as males, in which the female growth rate is obviously higher than that of male. Until now, the molecular mechanisms underlying muscle growth development differences between male and female frogs have not been reported. Here, we integrated mRNA and miRNA expression profiles to reveal growth differences in the hindlimb muscles of 2-year-old frogs. Among 569 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), 69 were associated with muscle growth and regeneration. Fifty-one up-regulated genes in females were potentially involved in promoting muscle growth and regeneration, whereas 18 up-regulated genes in males may lead to muscle growth inhibition and fast-twitch muscle fiber contraction. 244 DEGs were enriched in mTOR and other protein synthesis signaling pathways, and protein degradation pathways, including lysosomal protease, calpain, caspase, and ubiquitin-proteasome system pathways. It may interpret why female muscles grow faster than males. Based on expression differences of genes involved in glycolysis and oxidative metabolism, we speculated that the proportion of slow muscle fiber was higher and that of fast muscle fiber was lower in female compared with male muscle. Additionally, 767 miRNAs were identified, including 217 new miRNAs, and 6248 miRNA-negatively regulated mRNAs were predicted. The miRNA target genes were enriched in pathways related to muscle growth, protein synthesis, and degradation. Thus, in addition to the identified mRNA differential expressions, miRNAs may play other important roles in the differential regulation of hindlimb muscle growth between female and male O. tormota.
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- Yilin Shu
- Key Laboratory for the Conservation and Utilization of Important Biological Resources of Anhui Province, Wuhu 241000, China; College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Conservation and Utilization of Important Biological Resources of Anhui Province, Wuhu 241000, China; College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Conservation and Utilization of Important Biological Resources of Anhui Province, Wuhu 241000, China; College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Conservation and Utilization of Important Biological Resources of Anhui Province, Wuhu 241000, China; College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Conservation and Utilization of Important Biological Resources of Anhui Province, Wuhu 241000, China; College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Conservation and Utilization of Important Biological Resources of Anhui Province, Wuhu 241000, China; College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Conservation and Utilization of Important Biological Resources of Anhui Province, Wuhu 241000, China; College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, China; Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Occupational Hazard Identification and Control, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, China.
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- Key Laboratory for the Conservation and Utilization of Important Biological Resources of Anhui Province, Wuhu 241000, China; College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China.
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Platinum-induced muscle wasting in cancer chemotherapy: Mechanisms and potential targets for therapeutic intervention. Life Sci 2018; 208:1-9. [PMID: 30146014 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2018.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Revised: 07/01/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Platinum-based drugs are among the most effective anticancer therapies, integrating the standard of care for numerous human malignancies. However, platinum-based chemotherapy induces severe side-effects in cancer patients, such as cachexia. Weight loss, as well as fatigue and systemic inflammation are characteristics of this syndrome that adversely affects the survival and the quality of life of cancer patients. The signalling pathways involved in chemotherapy-induced cachexia are still to be fully understood, but the activity of several mediators associated with muscle wasting, such as myostatin and pro-inflammatory cytokines are increased by platinum-based drugs like cisplatin. Indeed, the molecular mechanisms behind chemotherapy-induced muscle wasting seem to be similar to the ones promoted by cancer in treatment-naive patients. Although some therapeutic agents are under investigation for treating muscle wasting in cancer patients, no effective treatment is yet available. Herein, we review the molecular mechanisms proposed to be involved in chemotherapy-related muscle wasting with a focus on the typical platinum-based drug cisplatin. Therapeutic strategies presently under investigation are also reviewed, providing an overview of the current efforts to preserve muscle mass and quality of life among cancer patients.
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Baumann CW, Kwak D, Ferrington DA, Thompson LV. Downhill exercise alters immunoproteasome content in mouse skeletal muscle. Cell Stress Chaperones 2018; 23:507-517. [PMID: 29124664 PMCID: PMC6045542 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-017-0857-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2017] [Revised: 09/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Content of the immunoproteasome, the inducible form of the standard proteasome, increases in atrophic muscle suggesting it may be associated with skeletal muscle remodeling. However, it remains unknown if the immunoproteasome responds to stressful situations that do not promote large perturbations in skeletal muscle proteolysis. The purpose of this study was to determine how an acute bout of muscular stress influences immunoproteasome content. To accomplish this, wild-type (WT) and immunoproteasome knockout lmp7 -/- /mecl1 -/- (L7M1) mice were run downhill on a motorized treadmill. Soleus muscles were excised 1 and 3 days post-exercise and compared to unexercised muscle (control). Ex vivo physiology, histology and biochemical analyses were used to assess the effects of immunoproteasome knockout and unaccustomed exercise. Besides L7M1 muscle being LMP7/MECL1 deficient, no other major biochemical, histological or functional differences were observed between the control muscles. In both strains, the downhill run shifted the force-frequency curve to the right and reduced twitch force; however, it did not alter tetanic force or inflammatory markers. In the days post-exercise, several of the proteasome's catalytic subunits were upregulated. Specifically, WT muscle increased LMP7 while L7M1 muscle instead increased β5. These findings indicate that running mice downhill results in subtle contractile characteristics that correspond to skeletal muscle injury, yet it does not appear to induce a significant inflammatory response. Interestingly, this minor stress activated the production of specific immunoproteasome subunits that if knocked out were replaced by components of the standard proteasome. These data suggest that the immunoproteasome may be involved in maintaining cellular homeostasis.
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- Cory W Baumann
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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Lee SG, Yim YS, Lee YH, Lee BW, Kim HS, Kim KS, Lee YW, Kim JH. Fasting serum amino acids concentration is associated with insulin resistance and pro-inflammatory cytokines. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2018; 140:107-117. [PMID: 29601913 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2018.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2018] [Revised: 03/10/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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AIMS We evaluated specific alterations in amino acids (AAs) profile in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) compared with healthy controls. In addition, we tried to find the mechanisms behind these AA alterations. METHODS Twenty AAs, TNF-α, and IL-6 were analyzed in fasting serum samples from a total of 198 individuals (56 drug-naïve patients with T2DM, 69 patients IFG, and 73 healthy controls). The C2C12 mouse myoblast cell lines were used to examine the changes of MAFbx and MuRF1 expressions, which are muscle specific E3 ligases acting as major mediators of skeletal muscle proteolysis, after development of insulin resistance induced by palmitate treatment. RESULTS In addition to branched chain amino acids BCAAs, fasting serum AAs such as glutamic acid, lysine, phenylalanine, arginine, alanine, tyrosine, aspartic acid, were higher in patients with T2DM and intermediately elevated in patients with IFG compared with normoglycemic controls. These serum AA concentrations positively correlated with fasting glucose, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), and pro-inflammatory cytokines. In addition, HOMA-IR and pro-inflammatory cytokines were two important independent predictors of serum AA levels. In vitro experiments showed that palmitate treatment in C2C12 myotubes induced insulin resistance, increased pro-inflammatory cytokine gene expression, and increased MAFbx gene and protein expression. CONCLUSIONS The increase in fasting serum AAs can be an early manifestation of insulin resistance. Increased muscle proteolysis induced by insulin resistance and inflammatory cytokines can be a possible mechanism for the rise in serum AA levels.
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- Sang-Guk Lee
- Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
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- Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Gerke I, Kaup FJ, Neumann S. Evaluation of serum insulin-like growth factor-1 and 26S proteasome concentrations in healthy dogs and dogs with chronic diseases depending on body condition score. Res Vet Sci 2018; 118:484-490. [PMID: 29751280 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2018.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Revised: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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In patients suffering from chronic diseases, the objective assessment of metabolic states could be of interest for disease prognosis and therapeutic options. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and 26S proteasome (26SP) in healthy dogs and dogs suffering from chronic diseases depending on their body condition score (BCS) and to examine their potential for objective assessment of anabolic and catabolic states. Serum concentrations of IGF-1, an anabolic hormone, and 26SP, a multiprotein complex which is part of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, by which the majority of endogenous proteins including the muscle proteins are degraded, were measured in 21 healthy dogs and 20 dogs with chronic diseases by canine ELISA. The concentrations of IGF-1, 26SP and their ratio (IGF-1/26SP) were set in relationship to the BCS of the dogs. When examining healthy and chronically diseased dogs separately, a positive correlation between IGF-1 and the BCS was observed in the healthy group and a negative correlation between 26SP and the BCS was noted in dogs with chronic diseases. Further, dogs suffering from chronic diseases showed higher 26SP concentrations and lower values for IGF-1/26SP than the healthy dogs. Overall, we detected a negative correlation between 26SP and the BCS and a positive correlation between IGF-1/26SP and the BCS. The results of our study indicate usability of IGF-1 for description of anabolic states, while 26SP could be useful for detection and description of catabolic states. Finally, the ratio IGF-1/26SP seems to be promising for assessment of metabolic states.
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- Ingrid Gerke
- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Georg August University of Goettingen, Burckhardtweg 2, Goettingen 37077, Germany.
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- Pathology Unit, German Primate Center, Leibniz-Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, Goettingen 37077, Germany.
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Georg August University of Goettingen, Burckhardtweg 2, Goettingen 37077, Germany.
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Peker N, Donipadi V, Sharma M, McFarlane C, Kambadur R. Loss of Parkin impairs mitochondrial function and leads to muscle atrophy. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2018; 315:C164-C185. [PMID: 29561660 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00064.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by tremors, muscle stiffness, and muscle weakness. Molecular genetic analysis has confirmed that mutations in PARKIN and PINK1 genes, which play major roles in mitochondrial quality control and mitophagy, are frequently associated with Parkinson's disease. PARKIN is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that translocates to mitochondria during loss of mitochondrial membrane potential to increase mitophagy. Although muscle dysfunction is noted in Parkinson's disease, little is known about the involvement of PARKIN in the muscle phenotype of Parkinson's disease. In this study, we report that the mitochondrial uncoupler CCCP promotes PINK1/PARKIN-mediated mitophagy in myogenic C2C12 cells. As a result of this excess mitophagy, we show that CCCP treatment of myotubes leads to the development of myotube atrophy in vitro. Surprisingly, we also found that siRNA-mediated knockdown of Parkin results in impaired mitochondrial turnover. In addition, knockdown of Parkin led to myotubular atrophy in vitro. Consistent with these in vitro results, Parkin knockout muscles showed impaired mitochondrial function and smaller myofiber area, suggesting that Parkin function is required for post-natal skeletal muscle growth and development.
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- Nesibe Peker
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University , Singapore
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- Cell and Molecular Biology Group, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences , Singapore
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- Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore , Singapore
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- Cell and Molecular Biology Group, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences , Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University , Singapore
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Alam K, Crowe A, Wang X, Zhang P, Ding K, Li L, Yue W. Regulation of Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptides (OATP) 1B1- and OATP1B3-Mediated Transport: An Updated Review in the Context of OATP-Mediated Drug-Drug Interactions. Int J Mol Sci 2018. [PMID: 29538325 PMCID: PMC5877716 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19030855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Organic anion transporting polypeptides (OATP) 1B1 and OATP1B3 are important hepatic transporters that mediate the uptake of many clinically important drugs, including statins from the blood into the liver. Reduced transport function of OATP1B1 and OATP1B3 can lead to clinically relevant drug-drug interactions (DDIs). Considering the importance of OATP1B1 and OATP1B3 in hepatic drug disposition, substantial efforts have been given on evaluating OATP1B1/1B3-mediated DDIs in order to avoid unwanted adverse effects of drugs that are OATP substrates due to their altered pharmacokinetics. Growing evidences suggest that the transport function of OATP1B1 and OATP1B3 can be regulated at various levels such as genetic variation, transcriptional and post-translational regulation. The present review summarizes the up to date information on the regulation of OATP1B1 and OATP1B3 transport function at different levels with a focus on potential impact on OATP-mediated DDIs.
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- Khondoker Alam
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73117, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73117, USA.
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- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana Institute of Personalized Medicine, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana Institute of Personalized Medicine, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73126, USA.
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- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana Institute of Personalized Medicine, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73117, USA.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Severe exercise intolerance and early fatigue are hallmarks of heart failure patients either with a reduced (HFrEF) or a still preserved (HFpEF) ejection fraction. This review, therefore, will provide a contemporary summary of the alterations currently known to occur in the skeletal muscles of both HFrEF and HFpEF, and provide some further directions that will be required if we want to improve our current understanding of this area. RECENT FINDINGS Skeletal muscle alterations are well documented for over 20 years in HFrEF, and during the recent years also data are presented that in HFpEF muscular alterations are present. Alterations are ranging from a shift in fiber type and capillarization to an induction of atrophy and modulation of mitochondrial energy supply. In general, the molecular alterations are more severe in the skeletal muscle of HFrEF when compared to HFpEF. The alterations occurring in the skeletal muscle at the molecular level may contribute to exercise intolerance in HFrEF and HFpEF. Nevertheless, the knowledge of changes in the skeletal muscle of HFpEF is still sparsely available and more studies in this HF cohort are clearly warranted.
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- Volker Adams
- Clinic of Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig, Strümpellstrasse 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany.
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- Clinic of Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig, Strümpellstrasse 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany
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- Clinic of Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig, Strümpellstrasse 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany
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ER stress and subsequent activated calpain play a pivotal role in skeletal muscle wasting after severe burn injury. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0186128. [PMID: 29028830 PMCID: PMC5640216 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Severe burns are typically followed by hypermetabolism characterized by significant muscle wasting, which causes considerable morbidity and mortality. The aim of the present study was to explore the underlying mechanisms of skeletal muscle damage/wasting post-burn. Rats were randomized to the sham, sham+4-phenylbutyrate (4-PBA, a pharmacological chaperone promoting endoplasmic reticulum (ER) folding/trafficking, commonly considered as an inhibitor of ER), burn (30% total body surface area), and burn+4-PBA groups; and sacrificed at 1, 4, 7, 14 days after the burn injury. Tibial anterior muscle was harvested for transmission electron microscopy, calcium imaging, gene expression and protein analysis of ER stress / ubiquitin-proteasome system / autophagy, and calpain activity measurement. The results showed that ER stress markers were increased in the burn group compared with the sham group, especially at post-burn days 4 and 7, which might consequently elevate cytoplasmic calcium concentration, promote calpain production as well as activation, and cause skeletal muscle damage/wasting of TA muscle after severe burn injury. Interestingly, treatment with 4-PBA prevented burn-induced ER swelling and altered protein expression of ER stress markers and calcium release, attenuating calpain activation and skeletal muscle damage/wasting after severe burn injury. Atrogin-1 and LC3-II/LC3-I ratio were also increased in the burn group compared with the sham group, while MuRF-1 remained unchanged; 4-PBA decreased atrogin-1 in the burn group. Taken together, these findings suggested that severe burn injury induces ER stress, which in turns causes calpain activation. ER stress and subsequent activated calpain play a critical role in skeletal muscle damage/wasting in burned rats.
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Ogawa M, Kitano T, Kawata N, Sugihira T, Kitakaze T, Harada N, Yamaji R. Daidzein down-regulates ubiquitin-specific protease 19 expression through estrogen receptor β and increases skeletal muscle mass in young female mice. J Nutr Biochem 2017; 49:63-70. [PMID: 28886438 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2017.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2017] [Revised: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 07/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Ubiquitin-specific protease 19 (USP19) is a key player in the negative regulation of muscle mass during muscle atrophy. Loss-of-function approaches demonstrate that 17β-estradiol (E2) increases USP19 expression through estrogen receptor (ER) α and consequently decreases soleus muscle mass in young female mice under physiological conditions. Daidzein is one of the main isoflavones in soy, and activates ERβ-dependent transcription. Here, we investigated the effects of daidzein on E2-increased USP19 expression and E2-decreased soleus muscle mass in young female mice. Daidzein stimulated the transcriptional activity of ERβ in murine C2C12 cells and down-regulated USP19 expression. Consistently, daidzein inhibited E2-induced USP19 expression in a reporter activity using a functional half-estrogen response element (hERE) from Usp19. Daidzein inhibited E2-induced recruitment of ERα and promoted recruitment of ERβ to the Usp19 hERE. Dietary daidzein down-regulated the expression of USP19 at the mRNA and protein levels and increased soleus muscle mass in female mice, but not in males. In soleus muscle from ovariectomized (OVX) female mice, dietary daidzein inhibited E2-increased USP19 mRNA expression and E2-decreased muscle mass. Furthermore, E2 induced the recruitment of ERα and ERβ to the hERE, whereas daidzein inhibited E2-induced recruitment of ERα, and enhanced E2-increased recruitment of ERβ, to the Usp19 hERE. These results demonstrate that dietary daidzein decreases USP19 mRNA expression through ERβ and increases soleus muscle mass in young female mice, but not in male mice, under physiological conditions.
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MESH Headings
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus
- Animals
- Animals, Outbred Strains
- Cell Line
- Dietary Supplements
- Endopeptidases
- Enzyme Repression
- Estrogen Receptor beta/agonists
- Estrogen Receptor beta/genetics
- Estrogen Receptor beta/metabolism
- Female
- Genes, Reporter
- Isoflavones/therapeutic use
- Male
- Mice
- Muscle, Skeletal/enzymology
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/pathology
- Myoblasts, Skeletal/cytology
- Myoblasts, Skeletal/enzymology
- Myoblasts, Skeletal/metabolism
- Myoblasts, Skeletal/pathology
- Ovariectomy/adverse effects
- Phytoestrogens/therapeutic use
- Random Allocation
- Response Elements
- Sarcopenia/etiology
- Sarcopenia/metabolism
- Sarcopenia/pathology
- Sarcopenia/prevention & control
- Sex Characteristics
- Signal Transduction
- Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases/genetics
- Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases/metabolism
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- Masahiro Ogawa
- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 5998531, Japan
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 5998531, Japan
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 5998531, Japan
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 5998531, Japan
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 5998531, Japan
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 5998531, Japan
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 5998531, Japan.
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Krause AR, Speacht TL, Zhang Y, Lang CH, Donahue HJ. Simulated space radiation sensitizes bone but not muscle to the catabolic effects of mechanical unloading. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0182403. [PMID: 28767703 PMCID: PMC5540592 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Deep space travel exposes astronauts to extended periods of space radiation and mechanical unloading, both of which may induce significant muscle and bone loss. Astronauts are exposed to space radiation from solar particle events (SPE) and background radiation referred to as galactic cosmic radiation (GCR). To explore interactions between skeletal muscle and bone under these conditions, we hypothesized that decreased mechanical load, as in the microgravity of space, would lead to increased susceptibility to space radiation-induced bone and muscle loss. We evaluated changes in bone and muscle of mice exposed to hind limb suspension (HLS) unloading alone or in addition to proton and high (H) atomic number (Z) and energy (E) (HZE) (16O) radiation. Adult male C57Bl/6J mice were randomly assigned to six groups: No radiation ± HLS, 50 cGy proton radiation ± HLS, and 50 cGy proton radiation + 10 cGy 16O radiation ± HLS. Radiation alone did not induce bone or muscle loss, whereas HLS alone resulted in both bone and muscle loss. Absolute trabecular and cortical bone volume fraction (BV/TV) was decreased 24% and 6% in HLS-no radiation vs the normally loaded no-radiation group. Trabecular thickness and mineral density also decreased with HLS. For some outcomes, such as BV/TV, trabecular number and tissue mineral density, additional bone loss was observed in the HLS+proton+HZE radiation group compared to HLS alone. In contrast, whereas HLS alone decreased muscle mass (19% gastrocnemius, 35% quadriceps), protein synthesis, and increased proteasome activity, radiation did not exacerbate these catabolic outcomes. Our results suggest that combining simulated space radiation with HLS results in additional bone loss that may not be experienced by muscle.
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- Andrew R. Krause
- Department of Orthopaedics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
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Adams V, Reich B, Uhlemann M, Niebauer J. Molecular effects of exercise training in patients with cardiovascular disease: focus on skeletal muscle, endothelium, and myocardium. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2017; 313:H72-H88. [PMID: 28476924 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00470.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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For decades, we have known that exercise training exerts beneficial effects on the human body, and clear evidence is available that a higher fitness level is associated with a lower incidence of suffering premature cardiovascular death. Despite this knowledge, it took some time to also incorporate physical exercise training into the treatment plan for patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). In recent years, in addition to continuous exercise training, further training modalities such as high-intensity interval training and pyramid training have been introduced for coronary artery disease patients. The beneficial effect for patients with CVD is clearly documented, and during the last years, we have also started to understand the molecular mechanisms occurring in the skeletal muscle (limb muscle and diaphragm) and endothelium, two systems contributing to exercise intolerance in these patients. In the present review, we describe the effects of the different training modalities in CVD and summarize the molecular effects mainly in the skeletal muscle and cardiovascular system.
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- Volker Adams
- Clinic of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany; and
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- University Institute of Sports Medicine, Prevention and Rehabilitation and Research Institute of Molecular Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Clinic of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany; and
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- University Institute of Sports Medicine, Prevention and Rehabilitation and Research Institute of Molecular Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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Baehr LM, West DWD, Marshall AG, Marcotte GR, Baar K, Bodine SC. Muscle-specific and age-related changes in protein synthesis and protein degradation in response to hindlimb unloading in rats. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2017; 122:1336-1350. [PMID: 28336537 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00703.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2016] [Revised: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 02/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Disuse is a potent inducer of muscle atrophy, but the molecular mechanisms driving this loss of muscle mass are highly debated. In particular, the extent to which disuse triggers decreases in protein synthesis or increases in protein degradation, and whether these changes are uniform across muscles or influenced by age, is unclear. We aimed to determine the impact of disuse on protein synthesis and protein degradation in lower limb muscles of varied function and fiber type in adult and old rats. Alterations in protein synthesis and degradation were measured in the soleus, medial gastrocnemius, and tibialis anterior (TA) muscles of adult and old rats subjected to hindlimb unloading (HU) for 3, 7, or 14 days. Loss of muscle mass was progressive during the unloading period, but highly variable (-9 to -38%) across muscle types and between ages. Protein synthesis decreased significantly in all muscles, except for the old TA. Atrophy-associated gene expression was only loosely associated with protein degradation as muscle RING finger-1, muscle atrophy F-box (MAFbx), and Forkhead box O1 expression significantly increased in all muscles, but an increase in proteasome activity was only observed in the adult soleus. MAFbx protein levels were significantly higher in the old muscles compared with adult muscles, despite the old having higher expression of microRNA-23a. These results indicate that adult and old muscles respond similarly to HU, and the greatest loss in muscle mass occurs in predominantly slow-twitch extensor muscles due to a concomitant decrease in protein synthesis and increase in protein degradation.NEW & NOTEWORTHY In this study, we showed that age did not intensify the atrophy response to unloading in rats, but rather that the degree of atrophy was highly variable across muscles, indicating that changes in protein synthesis and protein degradation occur in a muscle-specific manner. Our data emphasize the importance of studying muscles of varying fiber-type and physiological function at multiple time points to fully understand the molecular mechanisms responsible for disuse atrophy.
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- Leslie M Baehr
- Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System, Mather, California.,Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California; and
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- Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System, Mather, California.,Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California; and
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California; and
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- Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System, Mather, California
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- Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System, Mather, California.,Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California; and.,Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, California
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- Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System, Mather, California; .,Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California; and.,Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, California
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Wang W, Ding Z, Solares GJ, Choi SM, Wang B, Yoon A, Farrar RP, Ivy JL. Co-ingestion of carbohydrate and whey protein increases fasted rates of muscle protein synthesis immediately after resistance exercise in rats. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0173809. [PMID: 28296942 PMCID: PMC5351968 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The objective of the study was to investigate whether co-ingestion of carbohydrate and protein as compared with protein alone augments muscle protein synthesis (MPS) during early exercise recovery. Two months old rats performed 10 repetitions of ladder climbing with 75% of body weight attached to their tails. Placebo (PLA), whey protein (WP), or whey protein plus carbohydrate (CP) was then given to rats by gavage. An additional group of sedentary rats (SED) was used as controls. Blood samples were collected immediately and at either 1 or 2 h after exercise. The flexor hallucis longus muscle was excised at 1 or 2 h post exercise for analysis of MPS and related signaling proteins. MPS was significantly increased by CP compared with PLA (p<0.05), and approached significance compared with WP at 1 h post exercise (p = 0.08). CP yielded a greater phosphorylation of mTOR compared with SED and PLA at 1 h post exercise and SED and WP at 2 h post exercise. CP also increased phosphorylation of p70S6K compared with SED at 1 and 2 h post exercise. 4E-BP1 phosphorylation was inhibited by PLA at 1 h but elevated by WP and CP at 2 h post exercise relative to SED. The phosphorylation of AMPK was elevated by exercise at 1 h post exercise, and this elevated level was sustained only in the WP group at 2 h. The phosphorylation of Akt, GSK3, and eIF2Bε were unchanged by treatments. Plasma insulin was transiently increased by CP at 1 h post exercise. In conclusion, post-exercise CP supplementation increases MPS post exercise relative to PLA and possibly WP, which may have been mediated by greater activation of the mTOR signaling pathway.
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- Wanyi Wang
- Exercise Physiology and Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Exercise Physiology and Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Exercise Physiology and Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Athletic Training and Exercise Physiology, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas, United States of America
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- Sports Science College, Beijing Sports University, Beijing, China
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- Exercise Physiology and Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Muscle Physiology Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Exercise Physiology and Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Gigliotti D, Xu MC, Davidson MJ, Macdonald PB, Leiter JRS, Anderson JE. Fibrosis, low vascularity, and fewer slow fibers after rotator-cuff injury. Muscle Nerve 2017; 55:715-726. [PMID: 27571286 DOI: 10.1002/mus.25388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2016] [Revised: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Rotator-cuff injury (RCI) represents 50% of shoulder injuries, and prevalence increases with age. Even with successful tendon repair, muscle and joint function may not return. METHODS To explore the dysfunction, supraspinatus and ipsilateral deltoid (control) muscles were biopsied during arthroscopic RCI repair for pair-wise histological and protein-expression studies. RESULTS Supraspinatus showed fiber atrophy (P < 0.0001), fibrosis (by Sirius Red, P = 0.05), reduced vascular density (P < 0.001), and a lower proportion of slow fibers (P < 0.0001) compared with the ipsilateral control muscle. There were also higher levels of atrogin-1 (P = 0.05), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF, P < 0.01), and dystrophin (P < 0.008, relative to fiber diameter) versus control. CONCLUSIONS Adaptive changes in vascular endothelial growth factor and dystrophin were likely associated with reduced vascular supply, fatigue resistance, and fibrosis, accompanied by disuse atrophy from mechanical unloading of supraspinatus after tendon tear. Treatment to promote growth and vascularity in atrophic supraspinatus muscle may help improve functional outcome after surgical repair. Muscle Nerve 55: 715-726, 2017.
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- Deanna Gigliotti
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba, 212 Biological Sciences Building, 50 Sifton Road, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences College of Medicine Departments of Surgery (Orthopedics) at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences College of Medicine Department of Radiology at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences College of Medicine Departments of Surgery (Orthopedics) at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.,Pan Am Clinic, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences College of Medicine Departments of Surgery (Orthopedics) at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.,Pan Am Clinic, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba, 212 Biological Sciences Building, 50 Sifton Road, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
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Kwon SS, Lee SG, Lee YH, Lim JB, Kim JH. Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance in a general adult population in Korea: additive association of sarcopenia and obesity with insulin resistance. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2017; 86:44-51. [PMID: 27623436 DOI: 10.1111/cen.13233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Revised: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 09/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Insulin resistance (IR) is a major factor associated with type 2 diabetes. Using homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), we aimed to elucidate the factors associated with IR risk, especially the cumulative effect of obesity and sarcopenia on IR. METHODS A total of 8,707 adults from the fourth and fifth Korean National Health and Examination Surveys were studied. Laboratory, anthropometric and lifestyle factors were analysed to reveal their association with HOMA-IR and IR risk. Subjects were divided into four groups according to the presence of obesity and sarcopenia to identify their effect on IR risk. RESULTS We found that high triglycerides and alanine aminotransferase, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, obesity and sarcopenia were independent risk factors for IR in both sexes. Obese men with sarcopenia had a significantly higher risk of IR than men who were obese or sarcopenic (but not both). The additive effect of sarcopenia with obesity on IR risk was not observed in women. Cut-offs of HOMA-IR for determining IR were calculated as 75 percentile value of young healthy subpopulation, 2·19 in men and 2·18 in women. These cut-offs could distinguish individuals with impaired fasting glucose from normal ones, with a sensitivity of 65·4% (men) and 73·3% (women), and a specificity of 68·8% (men) and 69·4% (women). CONCLUSION These data showed that obese men with sarcopenia exhibited a significantly higher IR risk than obese, nonsarcopenic men. In women, body composition did not affect IR if they were already obese.
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- Soon Sung Kwon
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Medicine, The graduate school, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Deval C, Capel F, Laillet B, Polge C, Béchet D, Taillandier D, Attaix D, Combaret L. Docosahexaenoic acid-supplementation prior to fasting prevents muscle atrophy in mice. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2016; 7:587-603. [PMID: 27239420 PMCID: PMC4864105 DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2015] [Revised: 11/13/2015] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Muscle wasting prevails in numerous diseases (e.g. diabetes, cardiovascular and kidney diseases, COPD,…) and increases healthcare costs. A major clinical issue is to devise new strategies preventing muscle wasting. We hypothesized that 8-week docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation prior to fasting may preserve muscle mass in vivo. METHODS Six-week-old C57BL/6 mice were fed a DHA-enriched or a control diet for 8 weeks and then fasted for 48 h. RESULTS Feeding mice a DHA-enriched diet prior to fasting elevated muscle glycogen contents, reduced muscle wasting, blocked the 55% decrease in Akt phosphorylation, and reduced by 30-40% the activation of AMPK, ubiquitination, or autophagy. The DHA-enriched diet fully abolished the fasting induced-messenger RNA (mRNA) over-expression of the endocannabinoid receptor-1. Finally, DHA prevented or modulated the fasting-dependent increase in muscle mRNA levels for Rab18, PLD1, and perilipins, which determine the formation and fate of lipid droplets, in parallel with muscle sparing. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that 8-week DHA supplementation increased energy stores that can be efficiently mobilized, and thus preserved muscle mass in response to fasting through the regulation of Akt- and AMPK-dependent signalling pathways for reducing proteolysis activation. Whether a nutritional strategy aiming at increasing energy status may shorten recovery periods in clinical settings remains to be tested.
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- Christiane Deval
- INRA, UMR 1019 UNH, CRNHF-63000 Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand France; Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne Unité de Nutrition Humaine BP 10448 F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand France
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- INRA, UMR 1019 UNH, CRNHF-63000 Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand France; Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne Unité de Nutrition Humaine BP 10448 F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand France
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- INRA, UMR 1019 UNH, CRNHF-63000 Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand France; Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne Unité de Nutrition Humaine BP 10448 F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand France
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- INRA, UMR 1019 UNH, CRNHF-63000 Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand France; Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne Unité de Nutrition Humaine BP 10448 F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand France
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- INRA, UMR 1019 UNH, CRNHF-63000 Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand France; Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne Unité de Nutrition Humaine BP 10448 F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand France
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- INRA, UMR 1019 UNH, CRNHF-63000 Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand France; Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne Unité de Nutrition Humaine BP 10448 F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand France
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- INRA, UMR 1019 UNH, CRNHF-63000 Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand France; Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne Unité de Nutrition Humaine BP 10448 F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand France
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- INRA, UMR 1019 UNH, CRNHF-63000 Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand France; Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne Unité de Nutrition Humaine BP 10448 F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand France
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Sun R, Zhang S, Lu X, Hu W, Lou N, Zhao Y, Zhou J, Zhang X, Yang H. Comparative molecular analysis of early and late cancer cachexia-induced muscle wasting in mouse models. Oncol Rep 2016; 36:3291-3302. [PMID: 27748895 DOI: 10.3892/or.2016.5165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Cancer-induced muscle wasting, which commonly occurs in cancer cachexia, is characterized by impaired quality of life and poor patient survival. To identify an appropriate treatment, research on the mechanism underlying muscle wasting is essential. Thus far, studies on muscle wasting using cancer cachectic models have generally focused on early cancer cachexia (ECC), before severe body weight loss occurs. In the present study, we established models of ECC and late cancer cachexia (LCC) and compared different stages of cancer cachexia using two cancer cachectic mouse models induced by colon-26 (C26) adenocarcinoma or Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC). In each model, tumor-bearing (TB) and control (CN) mice were injected with cancer cells and PBS, respectively. The TB and CN mice, which were euthanized on the 24th day or the 36th day after injection, were defined as the ECC and ECC-CN mice or the LCC and LCC-CN mice. In addition, the tissues were harvested and analyzed. We found that both the ECC and LCC mice developed cancer cachexia. The amounts of muscle loss differed between the ECC and LCC mice. Moreover, the expression of some molecules was altered in the muscles from the LCC mice but not in those from the ECC mice compared with their CN mice. In conclusion, the molecules with altered expression in the muscles from the ECC and LCC mice were not exactly the same. These findings may provide some clues for therapy which could prevent the muscle wasting in cancer cachexia from progression to the late stage.
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- Rulin Sun
- Department of Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Tonji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Tonji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Tonji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Tonji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Tonji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Tonji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Tonji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, P.R. China
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Cisterna BA, Vargas AA, Puebla C, Sáez JC. Connexin hemichannels explain the ionic imbalance and lead to atrophy in denervated skeletal muscles. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2016; 1862:2168-2176. [PMID: 27580092 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2016.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Revised: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Denervated fast skeletal muscles undergo atrophy, which is associated with an increase in sarcolemma permeability and protein imbalance. However, the mechanisms responsible for these alterations remain largely unknown. Recently, a close association between de novo expression of hemichannels formed by connexins 43 and 45 and increase in sarcolemma permeability of denervated fast skeletal myofibers was demonstrated. However, it remains unknown whether these connexins cause the ionic imbalance of denervates fast myofibers. To elucidate the latter and the role of hemichannels formed by connexins (Cx HCs) in denervation-induced atrophy, skeletal myofibers deficient in Cx43 and Cx45 expression (Cx43fl/flCx45fl/fl:Myo-Cre mice) and control (Cx43fl/flCx45fl/fl mice) were denervated and several muscle features were systematically analyzed at different post-denervation (PD) times (1, 3, 5, 7 and 14days). The following sequence of events was found in denervated myofibers of Cx43fl/flCx45fl/fl mice: 1) from day 3 PD, increase in sarcolemmal permeability, 2) from day 5 PD, increases of intracellular Ca2+ and Na+ signals as well as a significant increase in protein synthesis and degradation, yielding a negative protein balance and 3) from day 7 PD, a fall in myofibers cross-section area. All the above alterations were either absent or drastically reduced in denervated myofibers of Cx43fl/flCx45fl/fl:Myo-Cre mice. Thus, the denervation-induced Cx HCs expression is an early event that precedes the electrochemical gradient dysregulation across the sarcolemma and critically contributes to the progression of skeletal muscle atrophy. Consequently, Cx HCs could be a therapeutic target to drastically prevent the denervation-induced atrophy of fast skeletal muscles.
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- Bruno A Cisterna
- Departamento de Fisiología, Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencias de Valparaíso, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Centro de Fisiología Celular e Integrativa, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencias de Valparaíso, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.
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