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Roland CB, Knudsen SDP, Alomairah SA, Andersen AD, Bendix J, Clausen TD, Molsted S, Jensen AK, Teilmann G, Jespersen AP, Larsen JE, Hall GV, Andersen E, Barrès R, Mortensen OH, Maindal HT, Tarnow L, Løkkegaard ECL, Stallknecht B. Structured supervised exercise training or motivational counselling during pregnancy on physical activity level and health of mother and offspring: FitMum study protocol. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e043671. [PMID: 33741668 PMCID: PMC7986889 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION A physically active lifestyle during pregnancy improves maternal and offspring health but can be difficult to follow. In Denmark, less than 40% of pregnant women meet physical activity (PA) recommendations. The FitMum study aims to explore strategies to increase PA during pregnancy among women with low PA and assess the health effects of PA. This paper presents the FitMum protocol, which evaluates the effects of structured supervised exercise training or motivational counselling supported by health technology during pregnancy on PA level and health of mother and offspring. METHODS AND ANALYSIS A single-site three-arm randomised controlled trial that aims to recruit 220 healthy, pregnant women with gestational age (GA) no later than week 15 and whose PA level does not exceed one hour/week. Participants are randomised to one of three groups: structured supervised exercise training consisting of three weekly exercise sessions, motivational counselling supported by health technology or a control group receiving standard care. The interventions take place from randomisation until delivery. The primary outcome is min/week of moderate-to-vigorous intensity PA (MVPA) as determined by a commercial activity tracker, collected from randomisation until GA of 28 weeks and 0-6 days, and the secondary outcome is gestational weight gain (GWG). Additional outcomes are complementary measures of PA; clinical and psychological health parameters in participant, partner and offspring; analyses of blood, placenta and breastmilk samples; process evaluation of interventions; and personal understandings of PA. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The study is approved by the Danish National Committee on Health Research Ethics (# H-18011067) and the Danish Data Protection Agency (# P-2019-512). Findings will be disseminated via peer-reviewed publications, at conferences, and to health professionals via science theatre performances. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT03679130. PROTOCOL VERSION This paper was written per the study protocol version 8 dated 28 August 2019.
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- Caroline Borup Roland
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hillerod, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hillerod, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Public Health, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hillerod, Denmark
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hillerod, Denmark
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hillerod, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Research, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hillerod, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Research, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hillerod, Denmark
- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Paediatrics, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hillerod, Denmark
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- The Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen, Centre for Health Research in the Humanities, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Clinical Metabolomics Core Facility, Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus, Denmark
- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark
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- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Holbaek, Denmark
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hillerod, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Larsen LH, Sandø-Pedersen S, Ørstrup LKH, Grunnet N, Quistorff B, Mortensen OH. Gestational Protein Restriction in Wistar Rats; Effect of Taurine Supplementation on Properties of Newborn Skeletal Muscle. Adv Exp Med Biol 2018; 975 Pt 1:413-433. [PMID: 28849472 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-1079-2_34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Taurine ameliorates changes occurring in newborn skeletal muscle as a result of gestational protein restriction in C57BL/6 mice, but taurine supplementation effects may be exaggerated in C57BL/6 mice due to their inherent excessive taurinuria.We examined if maternal taurine supplementation could ameliorate changes in gene expression levels, properties of mitochondria, myogenesis, and nutrient transport and sensing, in male newborn skeletal muscle caused by a maternal low protein (LP) diet in Wistar rats.LP diet resulted in an 11% non-significant decrease in birth weight, which was not rescued by taurine supplementation (LP-Tau). LP-Tau offspring had significantly lower birth weight compared to controls. Gene expression profiling revealed 895 significantly changed genes, mainly an LP-induced down-regulation of genes involved in protein translation. Taurine fully or partially rescued 32% of these changes, but with no distinct pattern as to which genes were rescued.Skeletal muscle taurine content in LP-Tau offspring was increased, but no changes in mRNA levels of the taurine synthesis pathway were observed. Taurine transporter mRNA levels, but not protein levels, were increased by LP diet.Nutrient sensing signaling pathways were largely unaffected in LP or LP-Tau groups, although taurine supplementation caused a decrease in total Akt and AMPK protein levels. PAT4 amino acid transporter mRNA was increased by LP, and normalized by taurine supplementation.In conclusion, gestational protein restriction in rats decreased genes involved in protein translation in newborn skeletal muscle and led to changes in nutrient transporters. Taurine partly rescued these changes, hence underscoring the importance of taurine in development.
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- Lea Hüche Larsen
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark.
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Gam CMBF, Mortensen OH, Larsen LH, Poulsen SS, Qvortrup K, Mathiesen ER, Damm P, Quistorff B. Diabetes, myometrium, and mitochondria in pregnant women at term. Acta Diabetol 2018; 55:999-1010. [PMID: 29931421 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-018-1171-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2017] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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AIMS Poor myometrial contractility has been demonstrated in women at term with diabetes and decreased muscular mitochondrial content and/or function has been extensively implicated in the progression of type 2 diabetes. Alterations of the uterine mitochondrial phenotype in pregnant women with diabetes have yet to be investigated as a causal link to decreased myometrial contractility. METHODS Observational study of 18 women with diabetes (type 2 and gestational) scheduled for an elective Caesarean section at term with matching controls. A uterine biopsy and fasting blood samples were taken on the day of delivery. RESULTS Respiration rates in isolated mitochondria and myometrial mRNA levels of genes related to mitochondrial biogenesis were unaffected by diabetes. Mitochondrial quantity examined by quantification of the complexes of the respiratory chain and histology did not indicate alterations in mitochondrial quantity. Citrate syntase activity was higher (0.31 ± 0.02 vs. 0.24 ± 0.02 U/mg protein, P = 0.008), whereas protein content was lower in women with diabetes compared with the control group (94.6 ± 6.9 vs. 118.6 ± 7.4 mg/g wet wt, P = 0.027). Histological examinations did not support any structural alterations in the myometrium or its mitochondria. CONCLUSION No indication of decreased mitochondrial function, content, morphology, or localization in the myometrium at term in women with diabetes compared with controls was observed. The increase in citrate syntase activity in the myometrium could be explained by the lower protein content in the myometrium, which we suggest is due to alterations in tissue or cellular composition.
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- Christiane Marie Bourgin Folke Gam
- Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, Bygning 6.5, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark.
- Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen N, Denmark.
- Department of Obstetrics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, Bygning 6.5, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, Bygning 6.5, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Endocrinology Research Section, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Core Facility for Integrated Microscopy, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Departement of Endocrinology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen N, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen N, Denmark
- Department of Obstetrics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, Bygning 6.5, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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Lindegaard B, Hvid T, Wolsk Mygind H, Mortensen OH, Grøndal T, Abildgaard J, Gerstoft J, Klarlund Pedersen B, Baranowski M. Correction: Low expression of IL-18 and IL-18 receptor in human skeletal muscle is associated with systemic and intramuscular lipid metabolism-Role of HIV lipodystrophy. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0196241. [PMID: 29664933 PMCID: PMC5903638 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Gam CMBF, Larsen LH, Mortensen OH, Engelbrechtsen L, Poulsen SS, Qvortrup K, Mathiesen ER, Damm P, Quistorff B. Unchanged mitochondrial phenotype, but accumulation of lipids in the myometrium in obese pregnant women. J Physiol 2017; 595:7109-7122. [PMID: 29119568 DOI: 10.1113/jp274838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Obesity during pregnancy and childbirth is associated with labour dystocia leading to instrumental or operative delivery, but the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms remain unclear and insufficient uterine contractility has been suggested. This study examined whether reduced myometrial mitochondrial capacity or quantity could contribute as a pathophysiological mechanism to labour dystocia. Data did not support reduced myometrial mitochondrial capacity or quantity in the myometrium at term in obese women, but a reduced myocyte density with increased triglyceride content was demonstrated, which could lead to poorer uterine contractility. These results add to the understanding of systemic effects of obesity, placing also the myometrium at term as an affected non-adipose tissue. ABSTRACT Obesity is known to increase the risk of labour dystocia and insufficient energy supply, due to reduced mitochondrial capacity or quantity, could be a possible mechanism leading to reduced efficiency of uterine contractility during labour. In the present study of 36 women having an elective Caesarean section at term, obesity did not change mitochondrial phenotype in the myometrial myocyte obtained from uterine biopsies taken at delivery. Respiration rates in isolated mitochondria were unaffected by obesity. No indication of reduced content, investigated by quantification of the complexes of the respiratory chain, or altered regulation, examined by myometrial mRNA levels of genes related to mitochondrial biogenesis and inflammation, was detected. Yet we found increased myometrial triglyceride content in the obese group (2.39 ± 0.26 vs. 1.56 ± 0.20 mm, P = 0.024), while protein content and citrate synthase activity per gram wet weight myometrium were significantly lower in the obese (109.2 ± 7.2 vs. 139.4 ± 5.6 mg g-1 , P = 0.002, and 24.8 ± 1.0 vs. 29.6 ± 1.4 U g-1 wet wt, P = 0.008, respectively). These differences were substantiated by our histological findings where staining for nuclei, cytoplasm, glycogen and collagen supported the idea of a smaller muscle content in the myometrium in obese women. In conclusion no indication of myometrial mitochondrial dysfunction in the isolated state was found, but the observed increase of lipid content might play a role in the pathophysiological mechanisms behind labour dystocia in obese women.
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- Christiane Marie Bourgin Folke Gam
- Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2200.,Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100.,Department of Obstetrics, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100
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- Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2200
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- Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2200
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- Department of Obstetrics, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100
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- Endocrinology Research Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2200
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- Core Facility for Integrated Microscopy, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2200
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- Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100.,Department of Endocrinology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2200
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- Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100.,Department of Obstetrics, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2200
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- Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2200
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Ratner C, Madsen AN, Kristensen LV, Skov LJ, Pedersen KS, Mortensen OH, Knudsen GM, Raun K, Holst B. Impaired oxidative capacity due to decreased CPT1b levels as a contributing factor to fat accumulation in obesity. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2015; 308:R973-82. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00219.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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To characterize mechanisms responsible for fat accumulation we used a selectively bred obesity-prone (OP) and obesity-resistant (OR) rat model where the rats were fed a Western diet for 76 days. Body composition was assessed by magnetic resonance imaging scans, and as expected, the OP rats developed a higher degree of fat accumulation compared with OR rats. Indirect calorimetry showed that the OP rats had higher respiratory exchange ratio (RER) compared with OR rats, indicating an impaired ability to oxidize fat. The OP rats had lower expression of carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1b in intra-abdominal fat, and higher expression of stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 in subcutaneous fat compared with OR rats, which could explain the higher fat accumulation and RER values. Basal metabolic parameters were also examined in juvenile OP and OR rats before and during the introduction of the Western diet. Juvenile OP rats likewise had higher RER values, indicating that this trait may be a primary and contributing factor to their obese phenotype. When the adult obese rats were exposed to the orexigenic and adipogenic hormone ghrelin, we observed increased RER values in both OP and OR rats, while OR rats were more sensitive to the orexigenic effects of ghrelin as well as ghrelin-induced attenuation of activity and energy expenditure. Thus increased fat accumulation characterizing obesity may be caused by impaired oxidative capacity due to decreased carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1b levels in the white adipose tissue, whereas ghrelin sensitivity did not seem to be a contributing factor.
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- Cecilia Ratner
- Laboratory for Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Section for Metabolic Receptology and Enteroendocrinology, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Laboratory for Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Section for Metabolic Receptology and Enteroendocrinology, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Laboratory for Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Section for Metabolic Receptology and Enteroendocrinology, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Laboratory for Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Section for Metabolic Receptology and Enteroendocrinology, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, Symbion, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, Symbion, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Neurobiology Research Unit and Center for Integrated Molecular Brain Imaging, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; and
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- Novo Nordisk Diabetes Research Unit, Novo Nordisk A/S, Maaloev, Denmark
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- Laboratory for Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Section for Metabolic Receptology and Enteroendocrinology, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Larsen LH, Ørstrup LKH, Hansen SH, Grunnet N, Quistorff B, Mortensen OH. Fructose feeding changes taurine homeostasis in wistar rats. Adv Exp Med Biol 2015; 803:695-706. [PMID: 25833537 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15126-7_55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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- Lea Hüche Larsen
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Matthews VB, Åström MB, Chan MHS, Bruce CR, Krabbe KS, Prelovsek O, Åkerström T, Yfanti C, Broholm C, Mortensen OH, Penkowa M, Hojman P, Zankari A, Watt MJ, Bruunsgaard H, Pedersen BK, Febbraio MA. Erratum to: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is produced by skeletal muscle cells in response to contraction and enhances fat oxidation via activation of AMP-activated protein kinase. Diabetologia 2015; 58:854-5. [PMID: 25693750 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-015-3502-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- V B Matthews
- Cellular and Molecular Metabolism Laboratory, Diabetes and Metabolism Division, Baker Heart Research Institute, PO Box 6492, St Kilda Road Central, Melbourne, VIC, 8008, Australia
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Kotzé SR, Zinyama-Gutsire R, Kallestrup P, Benn CS, Gomo E, Gerstoft J, van Dam G, Mortensen OH, Ullum H, Erikstrup C. HIV and schistosomiasis in rural Zimbabwe: the association of retinol-binding protein with disease progression, inflammation and mortality. Int J Infect Dis 2015; 33:159-64. [PMID: 25619603 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Revised: 01/13/2015] [Accepted: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Vitamin A has widespread effects on immune function and is therefore interesting in HIV-infection. Retinol-binding protein (RBP or RBP4) is a negative acute-phase protein and a marker of vitamin A status. Our aim was to investigate the association of RBP with HIV progression, infection with schistosomiasis, inflammatory cytokines, and mortality. METHODS The study included 192 HIV-infected and 177 HIV-uninfected individuals from Mupfure in rural Zimbabwe. Of these, 208 were infected with Schistosoma haematobium, 27 with S. mansoni and 48 with both. Plasma RBP, HIV-RNA, CD4 cell count, haemoglobin, cytokines, clinical staging (CDC category), self-reported level of function (Karnoffsky Performance Score, KPS) and schistosomiasis status were assessed at baseline. Participants were followed up for survival 3-4 years post-enrolment. RESULTS RBP levels were lower in HIV-infected individuals(p<0.0001). Among HIV-infected individuals, multivariable analysis showed RBP to be positively correlated with CD4 cell count(p=0.050), KPS(p=0.003), and haemoglobin(p<0.0001) and negatively correlated with HIV-RNA(p<0.0001), CDC category(p<0.0001), tumor necrosis factor-receptor II(p<0.0001) and interleukin(IL)-6(p=0.004), as well as with IL-8(p=0.005) and IL-10(p=0.003) for HIV-infected men. Furthermore, among HIV-infected individuals RBP correlated negatively with schistosomiasis(p=0.038) and intensity of infection: circulating anodic antigen(p=0.014), circulating cathodic antigen(p<0.0001) and faecal egg output(p=0.004). CONCLUSIONS In HIV-infected individuals, RBP was negatively associated with levels of inflammatory markers, markers of HIV progression, infection with schistosomiasis and markers of schistosomal intensity.
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- Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe; Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Center for Global Health, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University
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- Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines, Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, and Cluster of International Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, the Netherlands
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- Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Mortensen OH, Jørgensen W, Frandsen L, Grunnet N, Quistorff B. Effects of a high fat diet and taurine supplementation on metabolic parameters and skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in rats. Adv Exp Med Biol 2015; 803:387-95. [PMID: 25833511 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15126-7_29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Ole Hartvig Mortensen
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark,
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Gam CMBF, Mortensen OH, Qvortrup K, Damm P, Quistorff B. Effect of high-fat diet on rat myometrium during pregnancy-isolated myometrial mitochondria are not affected. Pflugers Arch 2014; 467:1539-1549. [PMID: 25139192 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1599-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2014] [Revised: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Laboring women with elevated body mass index (BMI) have an increased risk of inefficient uterine labor contractions, and despite the significance of mitochondria in the production of energy to drive uterine contractions, mitochondrial function in the myometrium with reference to the BMI has not been explored. The objective of this study was to determine whether obesity prior to and during gestation affects oxidative capacity and/or morphology of mitochondria in the myometrium at term in an animal model. Rat dams were fed for 47 days prior to impregnation and during gestation with either (1) a regular chow diet, (2) a low-fat high-carbohydrate diet, or (3) a high-fat low-carbohydrate diet (n = 10 in each group). On day 20 of gestation, corresponding to term pregnancy, total hysterectomy was performed with subsequent examination of the function and morphology of myometrial mitochondria. Body composition was regularly assessed by quantitative magnetic resonance imaging, and blood sampling was done prior to diet assignment, impregnation, and hysterectomy. Dams on the high-fat low-carbohydrate diet achieved higher fat percentage compared to rats on the regular chow diet (p < 0.05). Maximal oxygen consumption, phosphate/oxygen ratio, or the amount of mitochondria per gram of myometrium did not differ between the three feeding groups. Electron microscopic examinations did not reveal any morphological differences in mitochondria between groups; however, a previously undescribed subsarcolemmal localization of the mitochondria in the myocyte was identified. We did not find evidence of altered myometrial mitochondrial function or morphology in this animal model of obesity prior to and during pregnancy.
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- Christiane Marie Bourgin Folke Gam
- Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark. .,Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Department of Obstetrics, Rigshospitalet, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Core Facility for Integrated Microscopy, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Department of Obstetrics, Rigshospitalet, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Larsen LH, Orstrup LKH, Hansen SH, Grunnet N, Quistorff B, Mortensen OH. The effect of long-term taurine supplementation and fructose feeding on glucose and lipid homeostasis in Wistar rats. Adv Exp Med Biol 2013; 776:39-50. [PMID: 23392869 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6093-0_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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The nonprotein amino acid taurine has been shown to counteract the negative effects of a high-fructose diet in rats with regard to insulin resistance and dyslipidemia. Here we examined the long-term (26 weeks) effects of oral taurine supplementation (2% in the drinking water) in fructose-fed Wistar rats.The combination of fructose and taurine caused a significant increase in fasting glucose compared to the control diet without changing hepatic phosphoenol pyruvate carboxykinase mRNA levels. The combination of fructose and taurine also improved glucose tolerance compared to control. Neither a high-fructose diet nor taurine supplementation induced significant changes in body weight, body fat or total calorie intake, fasting insulin levels, HOMA-IR, or insulin-induced Akt phosphorylation in skeletal muscle.Fructose alone caused a decrease in liver triglyceride content, with taurine supplementation preventing this. There was no effect of long-term fructose diet and/or taurine supplementation on plasma triglycerides, plasma nonesterified fatty acids, as well as plasma HDL, LDL, and total cholesterol.In conclusion, the study suggests that long-term taurine supplementation improves glucose tolerance and normalize hepatic triglyceride content following long-term fructose feeding. However, as the combination of taurine and fructose also increased fasting glucose levels, the beneficial effect of taurine supplementation towards amelioration of glucose intolerance and insulin resistance may be questionable.
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- Lea Hüche Larsen
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Abildgaard J, Pedersen AT, Green CJ, Harder-Lauridsen NM, Solomon TP, Thomsen C, Juul A, Pedersen M, Pedersen JT, Mortensen OH, Pilegaard H, Pedersen BK, Lindegaard B. Menopause is associated with decreased whole body fat oxidation during exercise. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013; 304:E1227-36. [PMID: 23548615 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00492.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to examine if fat oxidation was affected by menopausal status and to investigate if this could be related to the oxidative capacity of skeletal muscle. Forty-one healthy women were enrolled in this cross-sectional study [premenopausal (n = 19), perimenopausal (n = 8), and postmenopausal (n = 14)]. Estimated insulin sensitivity was obtained from an oral glucose tolerance test. Body composition was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and magnetic resonance imaging. Fat oxidation and energy expenditure were measured during an acute exercise bout of 45 min of ergometer biking at 50% of maximal oxygen consumption (Vo2 max). Muscle biopsies from the vastus lateralis of the quadriceps muscle were obtained before and immediately after the exercise bout. Postmenopausal women had 33% [confidence interval (CI) 95%: 12-55] lower whole body fat oxidation (P = 0.005) and 19% (CI 95%: 9-22) lower energy expenditure (P = 0.02) during exercise, as well as 4.28 kg lower lean body mass (LBM) than premenopausal women. Correction for LBM reduced differences in fat oxidation to 23% (P = 0.05), whereas differences in energy expenditure disappeared (P = 0.22). No differences between groups were found in mRNA [carnitine palmitoyltransferase I, β-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (β-HAD), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α, citrate synthase (CS), pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α)], protein [phosphorylated AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), vascular endothelial growth factor, pyruvate dehydrogenase-1Eα, cytochrome oxidase I], or enzyme activities (β-HAD, CS) in resting skeletal muscle, except for an increased protein level of cytochrome c in the post- and perimenopausal women relative to premenopausal women. Postmenopausal women demonstrated a trend to a blunted exercise-induced increase in phosphorylation of AMPK compared with premenopausal women (P = 0.06). We conclude that reduced whole body fat oxidation after menopause is associated with reduced LBM.
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- J Abildgaard
- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Infectious Diseases and CMRC, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Mortensen OH, Olsen HL, Frandsen L, Nielsen PE, Nielsen FC, Grunnet N, Quistorff B. A maternal low protein diet has pronounced effects on mitochondrial gene expression in offspring liver and skeletal muscle; protective effect of taurine. J Biomed Sci 2010; 17 Suppl 1:S38. [PMID: 20804614 PMCID: PMC2994375 DOI: 10.1186/1423-0127-17-s1-s38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background Low birth weight is associated with an increased risk of developing impaired glucose tolerance, and eventually type 2 diabetes in adult life. Gestational protein restriction in rodents gives rise to a low birth weight phenotype in the offspring. Results We examined gene expression changes in liver and skeletal muscle of mice subjected to gestational protein restriction (LP) or not (NP), with or without taurine supplementation in the drinking water. LP offspring had a 40% lower birth weight than NP offspring, with taurine preventing half the decrease. Microarray gene expression analysis of newborn mice revealed significant changes in 2012 genes in liver and 967 genes in skeletal muscle of LP offspring. Taurine prevented 30% and 46% of these expression changes, respectively. Mitochondrial genes, especially those involved with oxidative phosphorylation, were more abundantly changed than other genes. The mitochondrial genes were mainly upregulated in liver, but downregulated in skeletal muscle, despite no change in citrate synthase activity in either tissue. Taurine preferentially rescued genes concerned with fatty acid metabolism in liver and with oxidative phosphorylation and TCA cycle in skeletal muscle. A mitochondrial signature was seen in the liver of NP offspring with taurine supplementation, as gene sets for mitochondrial ribosome as well as lipid metabolism were over represented in 4-week-old offspring subjected to gestational taurine supplementation. Likewise, 11 mitochondrial genes were significantly upregulated by gestational taurine supplementation in 4-week-old NP offspring. Conclusions Gestational protein restriction resulted in lower birth weight associated with significant gene expression changes, which was different in liver and muscle of offspring. However, a major part of the birth weight decrease and the expression changes were prevented by maternal taurine supplementation, implying taurine is a key factor in determining expression patterns during development and in that respect also an important component in metabolic fetal programming.
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- Ole Hartvig Mortensen
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Mortensen OH, Olsen HL, Frandsen L, Nielsen PE, Nielsen FC, Grunnet N, Quistorff B. Gestational protein restriction in mice has pronounced effects on gene expression in newborn offspring's liver and skeletal muscle; protective effect of taurine. Pediatr Res 2010; 67:47-53. [PMID: 19823102 DOI: 10.1203/pdr.0b013e3181c4735c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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UNLABELLED We examined gene expression changes in liver and skeletal muscle of newborn mice subjected to a maternal low protein (LP) or normal protein (NP) diet during pregnancy, with or without taurine supplementation in the drinking water. LP offspring had a 40% lower birthweight than NP offspring, whereas it was reduced by only 20% with taurine supplementation. Microarray gene expression analysis revealed significant changes in 2012 genes in liver and 967 genes in skeletal muscle of LP offspring. By unknown mechanisms, taurine partially or fully prevented 30 and 46% of these expression changes, respectively. Mitochondrial genes, in particular genes associated with oxidative phosphorylation, were more abundantly changed in LP offspring, with primarily up-regulation in liver but down-regulation in skeletal muscle. In both tissues, citrate synthase activity remained unchanged. Taurine preferentially rescued changes in genes concerned with fatty acid metabolism in liver and with oxidative phoshorylation and tri carboxylic acid (TCA) cycle in skeletal muscle. ABBREVIATIONS Gestational protein restriction resulted in lower birthweight associated with significant gene expression changes, which was different in liver and muscle of offspring. However, a major part of the birthweight decrease and the expression changes were prevented by maternal taurine supplementation, implying taurine is a key component in metabolic fetal programming.
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- Ole Hartvig Mortensen
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Krogh-Madsen R, Thyfault JP, Broholm C, Mortensen OH, Olsen RH, Mounier R, Plomgaard P, van Hall G, Booth FW, Pedersen BK. A 2-wk reduction of ambulatory activity attenuates peripheral insulin sensitivity. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2009; 108:1034-40. [PMID: 20044474 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00977.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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US adults take between approximately 2,000 and approximately 12,000 steps per day, a wide range of ambulatory activity that at the low range could increase risk for developing chronic metabolic diseases. Dramatic reductions in physical activity induce insulin resistance; however, it is uncertain if and how low ambulatory activity would influence peripheral insulin sensitivity. We aimed to explore if healthy, nonexercising subjects who went from a normal to a low level of ambulatory activity for 2 wk would display metabolic alterations including reduced peripheral insulin sensitivity. To do this, ten healthy young men decreased their daily activity level from a mean of 10,501+/-808 to 1,344+/-33 steps/day for 2 wk. Hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamps with stable isotopes and muscle biopsies, maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max) tests, and blood samples were performed pre- and postintervention. A reduced number of daily steps induced a significant reduction of 17% in the glucose infusion rate (GIR) during the clamp. This reduction was due to a decline in peripheral insulin sensitivity with no effect on hepatic endogenous glucose production. The insulin-stimulated ratio of pAktthr308/total Akt decreased after step reduction, with a post hoc analysis revealing the most pronounced effect after 4 h of insulin infusion. In addition, the 2-wk period induced a 7% decline in VO2 max (ml/min; cardiovascular fitness). Lean mass of legs, but not arms and trunk, decreased concurrently. Taken together, one possible biological cause for the public health problem of Type 2 diabetes has been identified. Reduced ambulatory activity for 2 wk in healthy, nonexercising young men significantly reduced peripheral insulin sensitivity, cardiovascular fitness, and lean leg mass.
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- Rikke Krogh-Madsen
- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet-Section 7641, Blegdamsvej 9, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Jørgensen W, Gam C, Andersen JL, Schjerling P, Scheibye-Knudsen M, Mortensen OH, Grunnet N, Nielsen MO, Quistorff B. Changed mitochondrial function by pre- and/or postpartum diet alterations in sheep. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2009; 297:E1349-57. [PMID: 19826104 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00505.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In a sheep model, we investigated diet effects on skeletal muscle mitochondria to look for fetal programming. During pregnancy, ewes were fed normally (N) or were 50% food restricted (L) during the last trimester, and lambs born to these ewes received a normal (N) or a high-fat diet (H) for the first 6 mo of life. We examined mitochondrial function in permeabilized muscle fibers from the lambs at 6 mo of age (adolescence) and after 24 mo of age (adulthood). The postpartum H diet for the lambs induced an approximately 30% increase (P < 0.05) of mitochondrial VO(2max) and an approximately 50% increase (P < 0.05) of the respiratory coupling ratio (RCR) combined with lower levels of UCP3 and PGC-1alpha mRNA levels (P < 0.05). These effects proved to be reversible by a normal diet from 6 to 24 mo of age. However, at 24 mo, a long-term effect of the maternal gestational diet restriction (fetal programming) became evident as a lower VO(2max) (approximately 40%, P < 0.05), a lower state 4 respiration (approximately 40%, P < 0.05), and lower RCR ( approximately 15%, P < 0.05). Both PGC-1alpha and UCP3 mRNA levels were increased (P < 0.05). Two analyzed muscles were affected differently, and muscle rich in type I fibers was more susceptible to fetal programming. We conclude that fetal programming, seen as a reduced VO(2max) in adulthood, results from gestational undernutrition. Postnatal high-fat diet results in a pronounced RCR and VO(2max) increase in adolescence. However, these effects are reversible by diet correction and are not maintained in adulthood.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Biopsy
- DNA, Mitochondrial/chemistry
- DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics
- Female
- Fetal Development/physiology
- Malnutrition/metabolism
- Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena/physiology
- Mitochondria, Muscle/metabolism
- Mitochondria, Muscle/physiology
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/physiology
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/physiology
- Oxygen Consumption/physiology
- PPAR delta/genetics
- PPAR delta/metabolism
- Pregnancy
- RNA, Messenger/chemistry
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sheep/physiology
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/physiology
- Uncoupling Agents/metabolism
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- Wenche Jørgensen
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Mortensen OH, Nielsen AR, Erikstrup C, Plomgaard P, Fischer CP, Krogh-Madsen R, Lindegaard B, Petersen AM, Taudorf S, Pedersen BK. Calprotectin--a novel marker of obesity. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7419. [PMID: 19823685 PMCID: PMC2758581 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2009] [Accepted: 09/21/2009] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background The two inflammatory molecules, S100A8 and S100A9, form a heterodimer, calprotectin. Plasma calprotectin levels are elevated in various inflammatory disorders. We hypothesized that plasma calprotectin levels would be increased in subjects with low-grade systemic inflammation i.e. either obese subjects or subjects with type 2 diabetes. Methodology/Principal Findings Plasma calprotectin and skeletal muscle S100A8 mRNA levels were measured in a cohort consisting of 199 subjects divided into four groups depending on presence or absence of type 2 diabetes (T2D), and presence or absence of obesity. There was a significant interaction between obesity and T2D (p = 0.012). Plasma calprotectin was increased in obese relative to non-obese controls (p<0.0001), whereas it did not differ between obese and non-obese patients with T2D (p = 0.62). S100A8 mRNA levels in skeletal muscle were not influenced by obesity or T2D. Multivariate regression analysis (adjusting for age, sex, smoking and HOMA2-IR) showed plasma calprotectin to be strongly associated with BMI, even when further adjusted for fitness, CRP, TNF-α or neutrophil number. Conclusions/Significance Plasma calprotectin is a marker of obesity in individuals without type 2 diabetes.
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- Ole Hartvig Mortensen
- The Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Department of Infectious Diseases and Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Matthews VB, Aström MB, Chan MHS, Bruce CR, Krabbe KS, Prelovsek O, Akerström T, Yfanti C, Broholm C, Mortensen OH, Penkowa M, Hojman P, Zankari A, Watt MJ, Bruunsgaard H, Pedersen BK, Febbraio MA. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is produced by skeletal muscle cells in response to contraction and enhances fat oxidation via activation of AMP-activated protein kinase. Diabetologia 2009; 52:1409-18. [PMID: 19387610 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-009-1364-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 423] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2009] [Accepted: 03/16/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is produced in skeletal muscle, but its functional significance is unknown. We aimed to determine the signalling processes and metabolic actions of BDNF. METHODS We first examined whether exercise induced BDNF expression in humans. Next, C2C12 skeletal muscle cells were electrically stimulated to mimic contraction. L6 myotubes and isolated rat extensor digitorum longus muscles were treated with BDNF and phosphorylation of the proteins AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) (Thr(172)) and acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase beta (ACCbeta) (Ser(79)) were analysed, as was fatty acid oxidation (FAO). Finally, we electroporated a Bdnf vector into the tibialis cranialis muscle of mice. RESULTS BDNF mRNA and protein expression were increased in human skeletal muscle after exercise, but muscle-derived BDNF appeared not to be released into the circulation. Bdnf mRNA and protein expression was increased in muscle cells that were electrically stimulated. BDNF increased phosphorylation of AMPK and ACCbeta and enhanced FAO both in vitro and ex vivo. The effect of BDNF on FAO was AMPK-dependent, since the increase in FAO was abrogated in cells infected with an AMPK dominant negative adenovirus or treated with Compound C, an inhibitor of AMPK. Electroporation of a Bdnf expression vector into the tibialis cranialis muscle resulted in increased BDNF protein production and tropomyosin-related kinase B (TrkB(Tyr706/707)) and extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (p44/42 Thr(202)/Tyr(204)) phosphorylation in these muscles. In addition, phosphorylation of ACCbeta was markedly elevated in the Bdnf electroporated muscles. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION These data identify BDNF as a contraction-inducible protein in skeletal muscle that is capable of enhancing lipid oxidation in skeletal muscle via activation of AMPK.
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- V B Matthews
- Cellular and Molecular Metabolism Laboratory, Diabetes and Metabolism Division, Baker Heart Research Institute, St Kilda Road Central, Melbourne, Victoria 8008, Australia
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Erikstrup C, Mortensen OH, Nielsen AR, Fischer CP, Plomgaard P, Petersen AM, Krogh-Madsen R, Lindegaard B, Erhardt JG, Ullum H, Benn CS, Pedersen BK. RBP-to-retinol ratio, but not total RBP, is elevated in patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Obes Metab 2009; 11:204-12. [PMID: 19215278 DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2008.00901.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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AIM It was recently reported that serum retinol-binding protein (RBP), also known as retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4), was positively associated with systemic insulin resistance. We hypothesized that an imbalance between RBP and retinol might be the underlying cause for this association. METHODS We studied the ratio between RBP and retinol in 233 humans divided into groups depending on normal glucose tolerance (NGT), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and presence or absence of obesity. RESULTS Plasma RBP and retinol levels were lower in patients with T2DM than in individuals with NGT (p < 0.05 and p < 0.0001 respectively). In contrast, RBP-to-retinol ratio was higher in individuals with T2DM (p < 0.0001) and IGT (p < 0.05). Following multivariate adjustment, RBP and retinol correlated positively with low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and triglycerides (p < 0.0001, except retinol and LDL: p < 0.001). RBP-to-retinol ratio correlated positively with glucose 2 h after an oral glucose tolerance test (p < 0.0001) and with C-reactive protein (p < 0.001). Retinol, RBP and adipose tissue RBP messenger RNA (mRNA) levels shared an inverse relationship with plasma interleukin-6, and adipose tissue RBP mRNA levels correlated positively with plasma tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and skeletal muscle TNF-alpha mRNA levels. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that the excess of RBP relative to retinol, assessed as the RBP-to-retinol ratio, is more indicative of T2DM than RBP itself. Hence, the previously reported insulin resistance in mice induced by overexpression or injection of RBP could be because of higher levels of RBP relative to retinol rather than higher total levels of RBP. Moreover, TNF-alpha may have a role in RBP-mediated adipose to muscle crosstalk.
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- C Erikstrup
- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Rigshospitalet and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Nielsen AR, Hojman P, Erikstrup C, Fischer CP, Plomgaard P, Mounier R, Mortensen OH, Broholm C, Taudorf S, Krogh-Madsen R, Lindegaard B, Petersen AMW, Gehl J, Pedersen BK. Association between interleukin-15 and obesity: interleukin-15 as a potential regulator of fat mass. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2008; 93:4486-93. [PMID: 18697873 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-2561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE IL-15 decreases lipid deposition in preadipocytes and decreases the mass of white adipose tissue in rats, indicating that IL-15 may take part in regulating this tissue. IL-15 is expressed in human skeletal muscle and skeletal muscle may be a source of plasma IL-15 and in this way regulate adipose tissue mass. DESIGN The relation between skeletal muscle IL-15 mRNA expression, plasma IL-15, and adipose tissue mass was studied in 199 humans divided into four groups on the basis of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, using a DNA electrotransfer model, we assessed the effect of IL-15 overexpression in skeletal muscle of mice. RESULTS In humans, multiple regression analysis showed a negative association between plasma IL-15 and total fat mass (P<0.05), trunk fat mass (P<0.01), and percent fat mass (P<0.05), independent of type 2 diabetes. Negative associations were also found between muscle IL-15 mRNA and obesity parameters. IL-15 overexpression in skeletal muscle of mice reduced trunk fat mass but not sc fat mass. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that IL-15 may be a regulator of trunk fat mass.
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- Anders Rinnov Nielsen
- Department of Infectious Diseases Rigshospitalet, Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, University of Copenhagen, Section 7641, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Mortensen OH, Andersen K, Fischer C, Nielsen AR, Nielsen S, Akerström T, Aastrøm MB, Borup R, Pedersen BK. Calprotectin is released from human skeletal muscle tissue during exercise. J Physiol 2008; 586:3551-62. [PMID: 18511485 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.153551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Skeletal muscle has been identified as a secretory organ. We hypothesized that IL-6, a cytokine secreted from skeletal muscle during exercise, could induce production of other secreted factors in skeletal muscle. IL-6 was infused for 3 h into healthy young males (n = 7) and muscle biopsies obtained at time points 0, 3 and 6 h in these individuals and in resting controls. Affymetrix microarray analysis of gene expression changes in skeletal muscle biopsies identified a small set of genes changed by IL-6 infusion. RT-PCR validation confirmed that S100A8 and S100A9 mRNA were up-regulated 3-fold in skeletal muscle following IL-6 infusion compared to controls. Furthermore, S100A8 and S100A9 mRNA levels were up-regulated 5-fold in human skeletal muscle following cycle ergometer exercise for 3 h at approximately 60% of in young healthy males (n = 8). S100A8 and S100A9 form calprotectin, which is known as an acute phase reactant. Plasma calprotectin increased 5-fold following acute cycle ergometer exercise in humans, but not following IL-6 infusion. To identify the source of calprotectin, healthy males (n = 7) performed two-legged dynamic knee extensor exercise for 3 h with a work load of approximately 50% of peak power output and arterial-femoral venous differences were obtained. Arterial plasma concentrations for calprotectin increased 2-fold compared to rest and there was a net release of calprotectin from the working muscle. In conclusion, IL-6 infusion and muscle contractions induce expression of S100A8 and S100A9 in skeletal muscle. However, IL-6 alone is not a sufficient stimulus to facilitate release of calprotectin from skeletal muscle.
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- Ole Hartvig Mortensen
- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism at Department of Infectious, Diseases and Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Broholm C, Mortensen OH, Nielsen S, Akerstrom T, Zankari A, Dahl B, Pedersen BK. Exercise induces expression of leukaemia inhibitory factor in human skeletal muscle. J Physiol 2008; 586:2195-201. [PMID: 18292129 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.149781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) belongs to the interleukin (IL)-6 cytokine superfamily and is constitutively expressed in skeletal muscle. We tested the hypothesis that LIF expression in human skeletal muscle is regulated by exercise. Fifteen healthy young male volunteers performed either 3 h of cycle ergometer exercise at approximately 60% of VO2,max(n = 8) or rested (n = 7). Muscle biopsies were obtained from the vastus lateralis prior to exercise, immediately after exercise, and at 1.5, 3, 6 and 24 h post exercise. Control subjects had biopsy samples taken at the same time points as during the exercise trial. Skeletal muscle LIF mRNA increased immediately after the exercise and declined gradually during recovery. However, LIF protein was unchanged at the investigated time points. Moreover, we tested the hypothesis that LIF mRNA and protein expressions are modulated by calcium (Ca(2+)) in primary human skeletal myocytes. Treatment of myocytes with the Ca(2+) ionophore, ionomycin, for 6 h resulted in an increase in both LIF mRNA and LIF protein levels. This finding suggests that Ca(2+) may be involved in the regulation of LIF in endurance-exercised skeletal muscle. In conclusion, primary human skeletal myocytes have the capability to produce LIF in response to ionomycin stimulation and LIF mRNA levels increase in skeletal muscle following concentric exercise. The finding that the increase in LIF mRNA levels is not followed by a similar increase in skeletal muscle LIF protein suggests that other exercise stimuli or repetitive stimuli are necessary in order to induce a detectable accumulation of LIF protein.
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- Christa Broholm
- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Rigshospitalet - Section 7641, Tagensvej 20, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Plomgaard P, Nielsen AR, Fischer CP, Mortensen OH, Broholm C, Penkowa M, Krogh-Madsen R, Erikstrup C, Lindegaard B, Petersen AMW, Taudorf S, Pedersen BK. Associations between insulin resistance and TNF-alpha in plasma, skeletal muscle and adipose tissue in humans with and without type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia 2007; 50:2562-71. [PMID: 17928988 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-007-0834-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2007] [Accepted: 08/15/2007] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Clear evidence exists that TNF-alpha inhibits insulin signalling and thereby glucose uptake in myocytes and adipocytes. However, conflicting results exist with regard to the role of TNF-alpha in type 2 diabetes. METHODS We obtained blood and biopsy samples from skeletal muscle and subcutaneous adipose tissue in patients with type 2 diabetes (n = 96) and healthy controls matched for age, sex and BMI (n = 103). RESULTS Patients with type 2 diabetes had higher plasma levels of fasting insulin (p < 0.0001) and glucose (p < 0.0001) compared with controls, but there was no difference between groups with regard to fat mass. Plasma levels of TNF-alpha (p = 0.0009) and soluble TNF receptor 2 (sTNFR2; p = 0.002) were elevated in diabetic patients. Insulin sensitivity was correlated with quartiles of plasma TNF-alpha after adjustment for age, sex, obesity, WHR, neutrophils, IL-6 and maximum O(2) uptake (VO2/kg) in the diabetes group (p < 0.05). The TNF mRNA content of adipose or muscle tissue did not differ between the groups, whereas muscle TNF-alpha protein content, evaluated by western blotting, was higher in type 2 diabetic patients. Immunohistochemistry revealed more TNF-alpha protein in type 2 than in type 1 muscle fibres. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION After adjustment for multiple confounders, plasma TNF-alpha is associated with insulin resistance. This supports the idea that TNF-alpha plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of chronic insulin resistance in humans. However, findings on the TNF-alpha protein levels in plasma and skeletal muscle indicate that measurement of TNF mRNA content in adipose or muscle tissue provides no information with regard to the degree of insulin resistance.
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- P Plomgaard
- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Mortensen OH, Plomgaard P, Fischer CP, Hansen AK, Pilegaard H, Pedersen BK. PGC-1β is downregulated by training in human skeletal muscle: no effect of training twice every second day vs. once daily on expression of the PGC-1 family. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2007; 103:1536-42. [PMID: 17690194 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00575.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We hypothesized that the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1 (PGC-1) family of transcriptional coactivators (PGC-1α, PGC-1β, and PRC) is differentially regulated by training once daily vs. training twice daily every second day and that this difference might be observed in the acute response to endurance exercise. Furthermore, we hypothesized that expression levels of the PGC-1 family differ with muscular fiber-type composition. Thus, before and after 10 wk of knee extensor endurance training, training one leg once daily and the other leg twice daily every second day, keeping the total amount of training for the legs equal, skeletal muscle mRNA expression levels of PGC-1α, PGC-1β, and PRC were determined in young healthy men ( n = 7) in response to 3 h of acute exercise. No significant difference was found between the two legs, suggesting that regulation of the PGC-1 family is independent of training protocol. Training decreased PGC-1β in both legs, whereas PGC-1α was increased, but not significantly, in the leg training once daily. PRC did not change with training. Both PGC-1α and PRC were increased by acute exercise both before and after endurance training, whereas PGC-1β did not change. The mRNA levels of the PGC-1 family were examined in different types of human skeletal muscle (triceps, soleus, and vastus lateralis; n = 7). Only the expression level of PGC-1β differed and correlated inversely with percentage of type I fibers. In conclusion, there was no difference between training protocols on the acute exercise and training response of the PGC-1 family. However, training caused a decrease in PGC-1β mRNA levels.
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- Ole Hartvig Mortensen
- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet 7641, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Nielsen AR, Mounier R, Plomgaard P, Mortensen OH, Penkowa M, Speerschneider T, Pilegaard H, Pedersen BK. Expression of interleukin-15 in human skeletal muscle effect of exercise and muscle fibre type composition. J Physiol 2007; 584:305-12. [PMID: 17690139 PMCID: PMC2277063 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.139618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The cytokine interleukin-15 (IL-15) has been demonstrated to have anabolic effects in cell culture systems. We tested the hypothesis that IL-15 is predominantly expressed by type 2 skeletal muscle fibres, and that resistance exercise regulates IL-15 expression in muscle. Triceps brachii, vastus lateralis quadriceps and soleus muscle biopsies were obtained from normally physically active, healthy, young male volunteers (n = 14), because these muscles are characterized by having different fibre-type compositions. In addition, healthy, normally physically active male subjects (n = 8) not involved in any kind of resistance exercise underwent a heavy resistance exercise protocol that stimulated the vastus lateralis muscle and biopsies were obtained from this muscle pre-exercise as well as 6, 24 and 48 h post-exercise. IL-15 mRNA levels were twofold higher in the triceps (type 2 fibre dominance) compared with the soleus muscle (type 1 fibre dominance), but Western blotting and immunohistochemistry revealed that muscle IL-15 protein content did not differ between triceps brachii, quadriceps and soleus muscles. Following resistance exercise, IL-15 mRNA levels were up-regulated twofold at 24 h of recovery without any changes in muscle IL-15 protein content or plasma IL-15 at any of the investigated time points. In conclusion, IL-15 mRNA level is enhanced in skeletal muscles dominated by type 2 fibres and resistance exercise induces increased muscular IL-15 mRNA levels. IL-15 mRNA levels in skeletal muscle were not paralleled by similar changes in muscular IL-15 protein expression suggesting that muscle IL-15 may exist in a translationally inactive pool.
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- Anders Rinnov Nielsen
- Department of Infectious Diseases Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Mortensen OH, Dichmann DS, Abrahamsen N, Grunnet N, Nishimura E. Identification of a novel human glucagon receptor promoter: regulation by cAMP and PGC-1alpha. Gene 2007; 393:127-36. [PMID: 17374560 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2006] [Revised: 01/26/2007] [Accepted: 01/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Previously we have demonstrated that glucagon receptor mRNA expression in cultured rat hepatocytes and pancreatic islets can be regulated by various factors, including cAMP; however, the regulation of the human glucagon receptor gene has not been well-defined. Here we have characterized the promoter regions of the human glucagon receptor gene. Primer extension studies yielded multiple products in both liver and pancreas, corresponding to transcription start sites situated at -166 and -477 relative to the start of translation, indicating two putative promoters. Both transcription start sites were found to be active, when sequence immediately upstream of the start sites were cloned into luciferase reporter constructs. The transcriptional activity of the proximal promoter, but not the distal promoter, could be inhibited approximately 50% by cAMP, indicating that the previously observed inhibitory effects of cAMP on glucagon receptor mRNA expression is mediated at the level of gene transcription. The cAMP-mediated downregulation of the proximal promoter was examined by deletion analysis in the human hepatoma cell line HepG2 and the cAMP responsiveness was found to be located in a region between 1051 and 1016 base pairs upstream of the transcription start site, which contains several putative cAMP responsive elements. Expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1alpha (PGC-1alpha), known to be upregulated in the liver by fasting, was found to abolish the cAMP-dependent downregulation of glucagon receptor mRNA expression in vitro, whereas overexpression of PGC-1beta had no effect.
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- Ole Hartvig Mortensen
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Mortensen OH, Frandsen L, Schjerling P, Nishimura E, Grunnet N. PGC-1alpha and PGC-1beta have both similar and distinct effects on myofiber switching toward an oxidative phenotype. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2006; 291:E807-16. [PMID: 16720625 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00591.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-1alpha and -1beta (PGC-1alpha and PGC-1beta) were overexpressed by adenovirus-mediated gene transfer in cultures of primary rat skeletal muscle cells derived from neonatal myoblasts. Effects on muscle fiber type transition and metabolism were studied from days 5 to 22 of culture. PGC-1alpha and PGC-1beta overexpression caused a three- to fourfold increase in mRNA level, a doubling of enzymatic activity of citrate synthase, a slight increase in short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase mRNA, a doubling of the mRNA level, and a 30-50% increase in enzymatic activity of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Lactate dehydrogenase or creatine kinase activity was unchanged. PGC-1alpha enhanced glycogen buildup twofold at 5 or 25 mM glucose, whereas PGC-1beta caused a decrease. Both PGC-1alpha and PGC-1beta overexpression caused a faster maturation of myotubes, as seen by mRNA downregulation of the immature embryonal and perinatal myosin heavy-chain (MHC) isoforms. PGC-1alpha or PGC-1beta overexpression enhanced mRNA of the slow oxidative-associated MHC isoform MHCIb and downregulated mRNA levels of the fast glycolytic-associated MHC isoforms MHCIIX and MHCIIB. Only PGC-1beta overexpression caused an increase in mRNA of the intermediary fast oxidative-associated MHC isoform MHCIIA. PGC-1alpha or PGC-1beta overexpression upregulated GLUT4 mRNA and downregulated myocyte enhancer factor 2C transcription factor mRNA; only PGC-1alpha overexpression caused an increase in the mRNA expression of TRB3, a negative regulator of insulin signaling. These results show that both PGC-1alpha and PGC-1beta are involved in the regulation of skeletal muscle fiber transition and metabolism and that they have both overlapping and differing effects.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Blotting, Northern
- Cells, Cultured
- Energy Metabolism/physiology
- Glucose Transporter Type 4/biosynthesis
- Glucose Transporter Type 4/genetics
- Glycogen/metabolism
- MEF2 Transcription Factors
- Muscle Contraction/physiology
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/enzymology
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/enzymology
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Myogenic Regulatory Factors/biosynthesis
- Myogenic Regulatory Factors/genetics
- Myosin Heavy Chains/genetics
- Myosin Heavy Chains/metabolism
- Oxidation-Reduction
- Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha
- Protein Kinases/biosynthesis
- Protein Kinases/genetics
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis
- RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Transcription Factors/biosynthesis
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Ole Hartvig Mortensen
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, Bldg. 6.5, DK-2200 N, Denmark
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Andersen JN, Mortensen OH, Peters GH, Drake PG, Iversen LF, Olsen OH, Jansen PG, Andersen HS, Tonks NK, Møller NP. Structural and evolutionary relationships among protein tyrosine phosphatase domains. Mol Cell Biol 2001; 21:7117-36. [PMID: 11585896 PMCID: PMC99888 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.21.21.7117-7136.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 526] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- J N Andersen
- Signal Transduction, Novo Nordisk, Måløv, Denmark
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Egeblad M, Mortensen OH, Jäättelä M. Truncated ErbB2 receptor enhances ErbB1 signaling and induces reversible, ERK-independent loss of epithelial morphology. Int J Cancer 2001; 94:185-91. [PMID: 11668496 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.1459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Shedding of the extracellular domain of the ErbB2 tyrosine kinase receptor and expression of the remaining NH(2)-terminally truncated ErbB2 correlates with lymph node metastases and adverse outcome in human breast cancer. To study the possible signaling from such a truncated receptor, MCF-7 human breast cancer cells expressing NH(2)-terminally truncated ErbB2 (DeltaNErbB2) were compared with cells overexpressing wild-type ErbB2. Expression of DeltaNErbB2 in MCF-7 cells resulted in sustained activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK) 1/2, extensive loss of the epithelial morphology, appearance of vesicles and long protrusions as well as pronounced scattering of the cells. Similar alterations were observed upon ErbB2 overexpression but at much lower levels. Employing cell clones with inducible expression of DeltaNErbB2, it was revealed that the morphological changes were fully reversible and depended on continuous expression of DeltaNErbB2 but not on the activation of the ERK1/2 pathway. Interestingly, the expression of DeltaNErbB2 resulted also in the increased expression and phosphorylation of ErbB1 as well as in the prolonged ligand-induced activation of the ErbB1 signaling pathway. In conclusion, constitutive signaling upon expression of the truncated ErbB2 receptor in human breast cancer cells promotes morphological changes indicative of a more motile and aggressive phenotype.
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- M Egeblad
- Apoptosis Laboratory, Institute of Cancer Biology, Danish Cancer Society, Denmark
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Egeblad M, Mortensen OH, van Kempen LC, Jäättelä M. BIBX1382BS, but not AG1478 or PD153035, inhibits the ErbB kinases at different concentrations in intact cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 281:25-31. [PMID: 11178955 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The activation of ErbB tyrosine kinase receptors (ErbB1, -2, -3, and -4) by ligand-induced homo- or heterodimerization regulates cell growth, death, and differentiation. AG1478 and PD153035 (also know as AG1517) have been adopted as specific ErbB1 inhibitors based on their high specificity for ErbB1 as compared to ErbB2 in in vitro kinase assays. We compared their ability to inhibit ErbB receptor signaling in intact cells to that of a novel ErbB receptor kinase inhibitor, BIBX1382BS. Neither AG1478 nor PD153035 displayed any specificity for ErbB1-mediated signaling induced by transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha) as compared to signaling initiated through the other ErbB kinases. In contrast, BIBX1382BS was more potent at inhibiting signaling induced by TGF-alpha than that induced by neuregulin1-beta1 or anti-ErbB2 agonist antibodies. Interestingly, this compound blocked antibody-induced ErbB4 homodimer activation at even lower concentrations than ErbB1-triggered signaling. Thus, BIBX1382BS, but not AG1478 and PD153035, can be employed to differentiate between the ErbB kinases in intact cells when used at appropriate concentrations.
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- M Egeblad
- Apoptosis Laboratory, Institute of Cancer Biology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
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