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Jollet M, Mariadassou M, Rué O, Pessemesse L, Ollendorff V, Ramdani S, Vernus B, Bonnieu A, Bertrand-Gaday C, Goustard B, Koechlin-Ramonatxo C. Insight into the Role of Gut Microbiota in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: An Age-Related Study in Mdx Mice. Am J Pathol 2024; 194:264-279. [PMID: 37981219 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2023.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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Dystrophin deficiency alters the sarcolemma structure, leading to muscle dystrophy, muscle disuse, and ultimately death. Beyond limb muscle deficits, patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy have numerous transit disorders. Many studies have highlighted the strong relationship between gut microbiota and skeletal muscle. The aims of this study were: i) to characterize the gut microbiota composition over time up to 1 year in dystrophin-deficient mdx mice, and ii) to analyze the intestine structure and function and expression of genes linked to bacterial-derived metabolites in ileum, blood, and skeletal muscles to study interorgan interactions. Mdx mice displayed a significant reduction in the overall number of different operational taxonomic units and their abundance (α-diversity). Mdx genotype predicted 20% of β-diversity divergence, with a large taxonomic modification of Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, Tenericutes, and Deferribacteres phyla and the included genera. Interestingly, mdx intestinal motility and gene expressions of tight junction and Ffar2 receptor were down-regulated in the ileum. Concomitantly, circulating inflammatory markers related to gut microbiota (tumor necrosis factor, IL-6, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1) and muscle inflammation Tlr4/Myd88 pathway (Toll-like receptor 4, which recognizes pathogen-associated molecular patterns) were up-regulated. Finally, in mdx mice, adiponectin was reduced in blood and its receptor modulated in muscles. This study highlights a specific gut microbiota composition and highlights interorgan interactions in mdx physiopathology with gut microbiota as the potential central metabolic organ.
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- Maxence Jollet
- DMEM, Université de Montpellier, INRAE, Montpellier, France.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, BioinfOmics, MIGALE Bioinformatics Facility, Jouy-en-Josas, France; Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, MaIAGE, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, BioinfOmics, MIGALE Bioinformatics Facility, Jouy-en-Josas, France; Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, MaIAGE, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- DMEM, Université de Montpellier, INRAE, Montpellier, France
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- DMEM, Université de Montpellier, INRAE, Montpellier, France
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Martin A, Castells J, Allibert V, Emerit A, Zolotoff C, Cardot-Ruffino V, Gallot YS, Vernus B, Chauvet V, Bartholin L, Schaeffer L, Durieux AC, Hourdé C, Favier FB, Mazelin L, Freyssenet D. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation and glucocorticoid-responsive gene expression in skeletal muscle and liver of Apc mice. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2022; 13:1686-1703. [PMID: 35277933 PMCID: PMC9178358 DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cancer patients at advanced stages experience a severe depletion of skeletal muscle compartment together with a decrease in muscle function, known as cancer cachexia. Cachexia contributes to reducing quality of life, treatment efficiency, and lifespan of cancer patients. However, the systemic nature of the syndrome is poorly documented. Here, we hypothesize that glucocorticoids would be important systemic mediators of cancer cachexia. METHODS To explore the role of glucocorticoids during cancer cachexia, biomolecular analyses were performed on several tissues (adrenal glands, blood, hypothalamus, liver, and skeletal muscle) collected from ApcMin/+ male mice, a mouse model of intestine and colon cancer, aged of 13 and 23 weeks, and compared with wild type age-matched C57BL/6J littermates. RESULTS Twenty-three-week-old Apc mice recapitulated important features of cancer cachexia including body weight loss (-16%, P < 0.0001), muscle atrophy (gastrocnemius muscle: -53%, P < 0.0001), and weakness (-50% in tibialis anterior muscle force, P < 0.0001), increased expression of atrogens (7-fold increase in MuRF1 transcript level, P < 0.0001) and down-regulation of Akt-mTOR pathway (3.3-fold increase in 4EBP1 protein content, P < 0.0001), together with a marked transcriptional rewiring of hepatic metabolism toward an increased expression of gluconeogenic genes (Pcx: +90%, Pck1: +85%), and decreased expression of glycolytic (Slc2a2: -40%, Gk: -30%, Pklr: -60%), ketogenic (Hmgcs2: -55%, Bdh1: -80%), lipolytic/fatty oxidation (Lipe: -50%, Mgll: -60%, Cpt2: -60%, Hadh: -30%), and lipogenic (Acly: -30%, Acacb: -70%, Fasn: -45%) genes. The hypothalamic pituitary-adrenal axis was activated, as evidenced by the increase in the transcript levels of genes encoding corticotropin-releasing hormone in the hypothalamus (2-fold increase, P < 0.01), adrenocorticotropic hormone receptor (3.4-fold increase, P < 0.001), and steroid biosynthesis enzymes (Cyp21a1, P < 0.0001, and Cyp11b1, P < 0.01) in the adrenal glands, as well as by the increase in corticosterone level in the serum (+73%, P < 0.05), skeletal muscle (+17%, P < 0.001), and liver (+24%, P < 0.05) of cachectic 23-week-old Apc mice. A comparative transcriptional analysis with dexamethasone-treated C57BL/6J mice indicated that the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in 23-week-old ApcMin/+ mice was significantly associated with the transcription of glucocorticoid-responsive genes in skeletal muscle (P < 0.05) and liver (P < 0.001). The transcriptional regulation of glucocorticoid-responsive genes was also observed in the gastrocnemius muscle of Lewis lung carcinoma tumour-bearing mice and in KPC mice (tibialis anterior muscle and liver). CONCLUSIONS These findings highlight the role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-glucocorticoid pathway in the transcriptional regulation of skeletal muscle catabolism and hepatic metabolism during cancer cachexia. They also provide the paradigm for the design of new therapeutic strategies.
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- Agnès Martin
- Univ Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, EA7424, F-42023, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Univ Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, EA7424, F-42023, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Univ Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, EA7424, F-42023, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Institut NeuroMyoGene (INMG), Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS UMR 5310, INSERM U 1217, Lyon, France
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- Univ Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, EA7424, F-42023, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Centre Léon Bérard, Centre de recherche en cancérologie de Lyon (CRCL), Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSERM 1052, CNRS 5286, Lyon, France
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- LBEPS, Univ Evry, IRBA, Université Paris Saclay, Evry, France
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- Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Univ Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier, France
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- Centre Léon Bérard, Centre de recherche en cancérologie de Lyon (CRCL), Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSERM 1052, CNRS 5286, Lyon, France
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- Centre Léon Bérard, Centre de recherche en cancérologie de Lyon (CRCL), Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSERM 1052, CNRS 5286, Lyon, France
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- Institut NeuroMyoGene (INMG), Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS UMR 5310, INSERM U 1217, Lyon, France
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- Univ Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, EA7424, F-42023, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Le Bourget du Lac, France
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- Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Univ Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier, France
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- Institut NeuroMyoGene (INMG), Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS UMR 5310, INSERM U 1217, Lyon, France
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- Univ Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, EA7424, F-42023, Saint-Etienne, France
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Nassar R, Vernus B, Carnac G, Fouret G, Goustard B, Casas F, Tintignac L, Cassar-Malek I, Picard B, Seiliez I, Brioche T, Koechlin-Ramonatxo C, Bertrand-Gaday C, Hamade A, Najjar F, Chabi B, Bonnieu A. Myostatin gene inactivation increases post-mortem calpain-dependent muscle proteolysis in mice. Meat Sci 2021; 185:108726. [PMID: 34973590 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2021.108726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Myostatin deficiency leads to extensive skeletal muscle hypertrophy, but its consequence on post-mortem muscle proteolysis is unknown. Here, we compared muscle myofibrillar protein degradation, and autophagy, ubiquitin-proteasome and Ca2+-dependent proteolysis relative to the energetic and redox status in wild-type (WT) and myostatin knock-out mice (KO) during early post-mortem storage. KO muscles showed higher degradation of myofibrillar proteins in the first 24 h after death, associated with preserved antioxidant status, compared with WT muscles. Analysis of key autophagy and ubiquitin-proteasome system markers indicated that these two pathways were not upregulated in post-mortem muscle (both genotypes), but basal autophagic flux and ATP content were lower in KO muscles. Proteasome and caspase activities were not different between WT and KO mice. Conversely, calpain activity was higher in KO muscles, concomitantly with higher troponin T and desmin degradation. Altogether, these results suggest that calpains but not the autophagy, proteasome and caspase systems, explain the difference in post-mortem muscle protein proteolysis between both genotypes.
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- Rim Nassar
- DMEM, University of Montpellier, INRAE, Montpellier, France; Laboratoire d'Innovation thérapeutique, Lebanese University, Beyrouth, Liban
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- DMEM, University of Montpellier, INRAE, Montpellier, France
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- PHYMEDEXP, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, CHRU, Montpellier, France
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- DMEM, University of Montpellier, INRAE, Montpellier, France
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- DMEM, University of Montpellier, INRAE, Montpellier, France
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- Département de Biomédecine, Basel University, Basel, Switzerland
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- University Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR Herbivores, F-63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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- University Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR Herbivores, F-63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, INRAE, UMR1419 Nutrition Métabolisme et Aquaculture, F-64310 Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, France
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- DMEM, University of Montpellier, INRAE, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation thérapeutique, Lebanese University, Beyrouth, Liban
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation thérapeutique, Lebanese University, Beyrouth, Liban
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- DMEM, University of Montpellier, INRAE, Montpellier, France
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- DMEM, University of Montpellier, INRAE, Montpellier, France.
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Roumanille R, Vernus B, Brioche T, Descossy V, Van Ba CT, Campredon S, Philippe AG, Delobel P, Bertrand-Gaday C, Chopard A, Bonnieu A, Py G, Fança-Berthon P. Acute and chronic effects of Rhaponticum carthamoides and Rhodiola rosea extracts supplementation coupled to resistance exercise on muscle protein synthesis and mechanical power in rats. J Int Soc Sports Nutr 2020; 17:58. [PMID: 33198764 PMCID: PMC7670727 DOI: 10.1186/s12970-020-00390-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Owing to its strength-building and adaptogenic properties, Rhaponticum carthamoides (Rha) has been commonly used by elite Soviet and Russian athletes. Rhodiola rosea (Rho) is known to reduce physical and mental fatigue and improve endurance performance. However, the association of these two nutritional supplements with resistance exercise performance has never been tested. Resistance exercise is still the best way to stimulate protein synthesis and induce chronic muscle adaptations. The aim of this study was to investigate the acute and chronic effects of resistance exercise coupled with Rha and Rho supplementation on protein synthesis, muscle phenotype, and physical performance. METHODS For the acute study, fifty-six rats were assigned to either a trained control group or one of the groups treated with specific doses of Rha and/or Rho. Each rats performed a single bout of climbing resistance exercise. The supplements were administered immediately after exercise by oral gavage. Protein synthesis was measured via puromycin incorporation. For the chronic study, forty rats were assigned to either the control group or one of the groups treated with doses adjusted from the acute study results. The rats were trained five times per week for 4 weeks with the same bout of climbing resistance exercise with additionals loads. Rha + Rho supplement was administered immediately after each training by oral gavage. RESULTS The findings of the acute study indicated that Rha and Rha + Rho supplementation after resistance exercise stimulated protein synthesis more than resistance exercise alone (p < 0.05). After 4 weeks of training, the mean power performance was increased in the Rha + Rho and Rha-alone groups (p < 0.05) without any significant supplementation effect on muscle weight or fiber cross-sectional area. A tendency towards an increase in type I/ type II fiber ratio was observed in Rha/Rho-treated groups compared to that in the trained control group. CONCLUSION Rhodiola and Rhaponticum supplementation after resistance exercise could synergistically improve protein synthesis, muscle phenotype and physical performance.
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- Rémi Roumanille
- DMEM, Université Montpellier, INRAE, INRA UMR 866 - 2 place Pierre Viala, Bat. 22, 34060, Montpellier, France.
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- DMEM, Université Montpellier, INRAE, INRA UMR 866 - 2 place Pierre Viala, Bat. 22, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- DMEM, Université Montpellier, INRAE, INRA UMR 866 - 2 place Pierre Viala, Bat. 22, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- DMEM, Université Montpellier, INRAE, INRA UMR 866 - 2 place Pierre Viala, Bat. 22, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- DMEM, Université Montpellier, INRAE, INRA UMR 866 - 2 place Pierre Viala, Bat. 22, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- DMEM, Université Montpellier, INRAE, INRA UMR 866 - 2 place Pierre Viala, Bat. 22, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- DMEM, Université Montpellier, INRAE, INRA UMR 866 - 2 place Pierre Viala, Bat. 22, 34060, Montpellier, France.,Université de Nîmes, Laboratoire CHROME, Nîmes, France
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- DMEM, Université Montpellier, INRAE, INRA UMR 866 - 2 place Pierre Viala, Bat. 22, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- DMEM, Université Montpellier, INRAE, INRA UMR 866 - 2 place Pierre Viala, Bat. 22, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- DMEM, Université Montpellier, INRAE, INRA UMR 866 - 2 place Pierre Viala, Bat. 22, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- DMEM, Université Montpellier, INRAE, INRA UMR 866 - 2 place Pierre Viala, Bat. 22, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- DMEM, Université Montpellier, INRAE, INRA UMR 866 - 2 place Pierre Viala, Bat. 22, 34060, Montpellier, France
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Bertrand-Gaday C, Letheule M, Blanchet E, Vernus B, Pessemesse L, Bonnet-Garnier A, Bonnieu A, Casas F. Transient Changes of Metabolism at the Pronuclear Stage in Mice Influences Skeletal Muscle Phenotype in Adulthood. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21197203. [PMID: 33003470 PMCID: PMC7582979 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21197203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Skeletal muscle has a remarkable plasticity, and its phenotype is strongly influenced by hormones, transcription factors, and physical activity. However, whether skeletal phenotype can be oriented or not during early embryonic stages has never been investigated. Here, we report that pyruvate as the only source of carbohydrate in the culture medium of mouse one cell stage embryo influenced the establishment of the muscular phenotype in adulthood. We found that pyruvate alone induced changes in the contractile phenotype of the skeletal muscle in a sexually dependent manner. For male mice, a switch to a more glycolytic phenotype was recorded, whereas, in females, the pyruvate induced a switch to a more oxidative phenotype. In addition, the influence of pyruvate on the contractile phenotypes was confirmed in two mouse models of muscle hypertrophy: the well-known myostatin deficient mouse (Mstn-/-) and a mouse carrying a specific deletion of p43, a mitochondrial triiodothyronine receptor. Finally, to understand the link between these adult phenotypes and the early embryonic period, we assessed the levels of two histone H3 post-translational modifications in presence of pyruvate alone just after the wave of chromatin reprogramming specific of the first cell cycle. We showed that H3K4 acetylation level was decreased in Mstn-/- 2-cell embryos, whereas no difference was found for H3K27 trimethylation level, whatever the genotype. These findings demonstrate for the first time that changes in the access of energy substrate during the very first embryonic stage can induce a precocious orientation of skeletal muscle phenotype in adulthood.
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- Christelle Bertrand-Gaday
- DMEM, Univ. Montpellier, INRAE, 34060 Montpellier, France; (C.B.-G.); (E.B.); (B.V.); (L.P.); (A.B.)
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- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France; (M.L.); (A.B.-G.)
- Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, BREED, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- DMEM, Univ. Montpellier, INRAE, 34060 Montpellier, France; (C.B.-G.); (E.B.); (B.V.); (L.P.); (A.B.)
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- DMEM, Univ. Montpellier, INRAE, 34060 Montpellier, France; (C.B.-G.); (E.B.); (B.V.); (L.P.); (A.B.)
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- DMEM, Univ. Montpellier, INRAE, 34060 Montpellier, France; (C.B.-G.); (E.B.); (B.V.); (L.P.); (A.B.)
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- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France; (M.L.); (A.B.-G.)
- Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, BREED, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France
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- DMEM, Univ. Montpellier, INRAE, 34060 Montpellier, France; (C.B.-G.); (E.B.); (B.V.); (L.P.); (A.B.)
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- DMEM, Univ. Montpellier, INRAE, 34060 Montpellier, France; (C.B.-G.); (E.B.); (B.V.); (L.P.); (A.B.)
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Nay K, Jollet M, Goustard B, Baati N, Vernus B, Pontones M, Lefeuvre-Orfila L, Bendavid C, Rué O, Mariadassou M, Bonnieu A, Ollendorff V, Lepage P, Derbré F, Koechlin-Ramonatxo C. Gut bacteria are critical for optimal muscle function: a potential link with glucose homeostasis. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2019; 317:E158-E171. [PMID: 31039010 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00521.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [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]
Abstract
Gut microbiota is involved in the development of several chronic diseases, including diabetes, obesity, and cancer, through its interactions with the host organs. It has been suggested that the cross talk between gut microbiota and skeletal muscle plays a role in different pathological conditions, such as intestinal chronic inflammation and cachexia. However, it remains unclear whether gut microbiota directly influences skeletal muscle function. In this work, we studied the impact of gut microbiota modulation on mice skeletal muscle function and investigated the underlying mechanisms. We determined the consequences of gut microbiota depletion after treatment with a mixture of a broad spectrum of antibiotics for 21 days and after 10 days of natural reseeding. We found that, in gut microbiota-depleted mice, running endurance was decreased, as well as the extensor digitorum longus muscle fatigue index in an ex vivo contractile test. Importantly, the muscle endurance capacity was efficiently normalized by natural reseeding. These endurance changes were not related to variation in muscle mass, fiber typology, or mitochondrial function. However, several pertinent glucose metabolism markers, such as ileum gene expression of short fatty acid chain and glucose transporters G protein-coupled receptor 41 and sodium-glucose cotransporter 1 and muscle glycogen level, paralleled the muscle endurance changes observed after treatment with antibiotics for 21 days and reseeding. Because glycogen is a key energetic substrate for prolonged exercise, modulating its muscle availability via gut microbiota represents one potent mechanism that can contribute to the gut microbiota-skeletal muscle axis. Taken together, our results strongly support the hypothesis that gut bacteria are required for host optimal skeletal muscle function.
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- Kevin Nay
- DMEM, University of Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier , France
- Laboratory "Movement Sport and Health Sciences" EA7470, University of Rennes/ENS Rennes , France
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- DMEM, University of Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier , France
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- DMEM, University of Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier , France
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- DMEM, University of Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier , France
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- DMEM, University of Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier , France
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- Laboratory "Movement Sport and Health Sciences" EA7470, University of Rennes/ENS Rennes , France
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- Institut NuMeCan, Inserm U1241/CHU Rennes/INRA, Université de Rennes , Rennes , France
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- MaIAGE, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay , Jouy-en-Josas , France
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- DMEM, University of Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier , France
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- MICALIS, AgroParisTech, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay , Jouy-en-Josas , France
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- Laboratory "Movement Sport and Health Sciences" EA7470, University of Rennes/ENS Rennes , France
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Baati N, Feillet-Coudray C, Fouret G, Vernus B, Goustard B, Jollet M, Bertrand-Gaday C, Coudray C, Lecomte J, Bonnieu A, Koechlin-Ramonatxo C. New evidence of exercise training benefits in myostatin-deficient mice: Effect on lipidomic abnormalities. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2019; 516:89-95. [PMID: 31200956 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Myostatin (Mstn) inactivation or inhibition is considered as a promising treatment for various muscle-wasting disorders because it promotes muscle growth. However, myostatin-deficient hypertrophic muscles show strong fatigability associated with abnormal mitochondria and lipid metabolism. Here, we investigated whether endurance training could improve lipid metabolism and mitochondrial membrane lipid composition in mice where the Mstn gene was genetically ablated (Mstn-/- mice). In Mstn-/- mice, 4 weeks of daily running exercise sessions (65-70% of the maximal aerobic speed for 1 h) improved significantly aerobic performance, particularly the endurance capacity (up to +280% compared with untrained Mstn-/- mice), to levels comparable to those of trained wild type (WT) littermates. The expression of oxidative and lipid metabolism markers also was increased, as indicated by the upregulation of the Cpt1, Ppar-δ and Fasn genes. Moreover, endurance training also increased, but far less than WT, citrate synthase level and mitochondrial protein content. Interestingly endurance training normalized the cardiolipin fraction in the mitochondrial membrane of Mstn-/- muscle compared with WT. These results suggest that the combination of myostatin inhibition and endurance training could increase the muscle mass while preserving the physical performance with specific effects on cardiolipin and lipid-related pathways.
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- Narjes Baati
- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire Et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, 34000, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire Et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, 34000, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire Et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, 34000, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire Et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, 34000, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire Et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, 34000, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire Et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, 34000, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire Et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, 34000, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire Et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, 34000, Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement)/SupAgro, UMR IATE, F-34398, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire Et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, 34000, Montpellier, France
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Baati N, Feillet-Coudray C, Fouret G, Vernus B, Goustard B, Coudray C, Lecomte J, Blanquet V, Magnol L, Bonnieu A, Koechlin-Ramonatxo C. Myostatin deficiency is associated with lipidomic abnormalities in skeletal muscles. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2017; 1862:1044-1055. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2017.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Revised: 06/19/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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El Haddad M, Notarnicola C, Evano B, El Khatib N, Blaquière M, Bonnieu A, Tajbakhsh S, Hugon G, Vernus B, Mercier J, Carnac G. Retinoic acid maintains human skeletal muscle progenitor cells in an immature state. Cell Mol Life Sci 2017; 74:1923-1936. [PMID: 28025671 PMCID: PMC11107588 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2445-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Revised: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
Muscle satellite cells are resistant to cytotoxic agents, and they express several genes that confer resistance to stress, thus allowing efficient dystrophic muscle regeneration after transplantation. However, once they are activated, this capacity to resist to aggressive agents is diminished resulting in massive death of transplanted cells. Although cell immaturity represents a survival advantage, the signalling pathways involved in the control of the immature state remain to be explored. Here, we show that incubation of human myoblasts with retinoic acid impairs skeletal muscle differentiation through activation of the retinoic-acid receptor family of nuclear receptor. Conversely, pharmacologic or genetic inactivation of endogenous retinoic-acid receptors improved myoblast differentiation. Retinoic acid inhibits the expression of early and late muscle differentiation markers and enhances the expression of myogenic specification genes, such as PAX7 and PAX3. These results suggest that the retinoic-acid-signalling pathway might maintain myoblasts in an undifferentiated/immature stage. To determine the relevance of these observations, we characterised the retinoic-acid-signalling pathways in freshly isolated satellite cells in mice and in siMYOD immature human myoblasts. Our analysis reveals that the immature state of muscle progenitors is correlated with high expression of several genes of the retinoic-acid-signalling pathway both in mice and in human. Taken together, our data provide evidences for an important role of the retinoic-acid-signalling pathway in the regulation of the immature state of muscle progenitors.
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- Marina El Haddad
- Inserm U1046-UMR CNRS 9214 «Physiologie et Médecine Expérimentale du cœur et des muscles-PHYMEDEXP», CHU A. De Villeneuve, Université de Montpellier, Bâtiment Crastes de Paulet, 371 avenue du doyen Giraud, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Inserm U1046-UMR CNRS 9214 «Physiologie et Médecine Expérimentale du cœur et des muscles-PHYMEDEXP», CHU A. De Villeneuve, Université de Montpellier, Bâtiment Crastes de Paulet, 371 avenue du doyen Giraud, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Stem Cells and Development, CNRS URA 2578, Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Pasteur Institute, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015, Paris, France
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- Inserm U1046-UMR CNRS 9214 «Physiologie et Médecine Expérimentale du cœur et des muscles-PHYMEDEXP», CHU A. De Villeneuve, Université de Montpellier, Bâtiment Crastes de Paulet, 371 avenue du doyen Giraud, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Inserm U1046-UMR CNRS 9214 «Physiologie et Médecine Expérimentale du cœur et des muscles-PHYMEDEXP», CHU A. De Villeneuve, Université de Montpellier, Bâtiment Crastes de Paulet, 371 avenue du doyen Giraud, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- INRA, UMR866, Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- Stem Cells and Development, CNRS URA 2578, Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Pasteur Institute, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015, Paris, France
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- Inserm U1046-UMR CNRS 9214 «Physiologie et Médecine Expérimentale du cœur et des muscles-PHYMEDEXP», CHU A. De Villeneuve, Université de Montpellier, Bâtiment Crastes de Paulet, 371 avenue du doyen Giraud, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- INRA, UMR866, Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- Inserm U1046-UMR CNRS 9214 «Physiologie et Médecine Expérimentale du cœur et des muscles-PHYMEDEXP», CHU A. De Villeneuve, Université de Montpellier, Bâtiment Crastes de Paulet, 371 avenue du doyen Giraud, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- Département de Physiologie Clinique, CHRU de Montpellier, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Inserm U1046-UMR CNRS 9214 «Physiologie et Médecine Expérimentale du cœur et des muscles-PHYMEDEXP», CHU A. De Villeneuve, Université de Montpellier, Bâtiment Crastes de Paulet, 371 avenue du doyen Giraud, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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Chabi B, Pauly M, Carillon J, Carnac G, Favier FB, Fouret G, Bonafos B, Vanterpool F, Vernus B, Coudray C, Feillet-Coudray C, Bonnieu A, Lacan D, Koechlin-Ramonatxo C. Protective effect of myostatin gene deletion on aging-related muscle metabolic decline. Exp Gerontol 2016; 78:23-31. [PMID: 26944368 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2016.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 06/29/2015] [Revised: 01/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
While myostatin gene deletion is a promising therapy to fight muscle loss during aging, this approach induces also skeletal muscle metabolic changes such as mitochondrial deficits, redox alteration and increased fatigability. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of aging on these features in aged wild-type (WT) and mstn knockout (KO) mice. Moreover, to determine whether an enriched-antioxidant diet may be useful to prevent age-related disorders, we orally administered to the two genotypes a melon concentrate rich in superoxide dismutase for 12 weeks. We reported that mitochondrial functional abnormalities persisted (decreased state 3 and 4 of respiration; p<0.05) in skeletal muscle from aged KO mice; however, differences with WT mice were attenuated at old age in line with reduced difference on running endurance between the two genotypes. Interestingly, we showed an increase in glutathione levels, associated with lower lipid peroxidation levels in KO muscle. Enriched antioxidant diet reduced the aging-related negative effects on maximal aerobic velocity and running limit time (p<0.05) in both groups, with systemic adaptations on body weight. The redox status and the hypertrophic phenotype appeared to be beneficial to KO mice, mitigating the effect of aging on the skeletal muscle metabolic remodeling.
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- B Chabi
- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- Inserm U1046, Université ́ Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- Bionov Sarl, Avignon, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier, F-34060, Montpellier, France.
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Britto FA, Begue G, Rossano B, Docquier A, Vernus B, Sar C, Ferry A, Bonnieu A, Ollendorff V, Favier FB. REDD1 deletion prevents dexamethasone-induced skeletal muscle atrophy. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2014; 307:E983-93. [PMID: 25315696 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00234.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [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: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
REDD1 (regulated in development and DNA damage response 1) has been proposed to inhibit the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) during in vitro hypoxia. REDD1 expression is low under basal conditions but is highly increased in response to several catabolic stresses, like hypoxia and glucocorticoids. However, REDD1 function seems to be tissue and stress dependent, and its role in skeletal muscle in vivo has been poorly characterized. Here, we investigated the effect of REDD1 deletion on skeletal muscle mass, protein synthesis, proteolysis, and mTORC1 signaling pathway under basal conditions and after glucocorticoid administration. Whereas skeletal muscle mass and typology were unchanged between wild-type (WT) and REDD1-null mice, oral gavage with dexamethasone (DEX) for 7 days reduced tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius muscle weights as well as tibialis anterior fiber size only in WT. Similarly, REDD1 deletion prevented the inhibition of protein synthesis and mTORC1 activity (assessed by S6, 4E-BP1, and ULK1 phosphorylation) observed in gastrocnemius muscle of WT mice following single DEX administration for 5 h. However, our results suggest that REDD1-mediated inhibition of mTORC1 in skeletal muscle is not related to the modulation of the binding between TSC2 and 14-3-3. In contrast, our data highlight a new mechanism involved in mTORC1 inhibition linking REDD1, Akt, and PRAS40. Altogether, these results demonstrated in vivo that REDD1 is required for glucocorticoid-induced inhibition of protein synthesis via mTORC1 downregulation. Inhibition of REDD1 may thus be a strategy to limit muscle loss in glucocorticoid-mediated atrophy.
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- Florian A Britto
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR 866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, F-34000 Montpellier, France; Université Montpellier 1, F-34000 Montpellier, France; Université Montpellier 2, F-34000 Montpellier, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR 866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, F-34000 Montpellier, France; Université Montpellier 1, F-34000 Montpellier, France; Université Montpellier 2, F-34000 Montpellier, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR 866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, F-34000 Montpellier, France; Université Montpellier 1, F-34000 Montpellier, France; Université Montpellier 2, F-34000 Montpellier, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR 866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, F-34000 Montpellier, France; Université Montpellier 1, F-34000 Montpellier, France; Université Montpellier 2, F-34000 Montpellier, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR 866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, F-34000 Montpellier, France; Université Montpellier 1, F-34000 Montpellier, France; Université Montpellier 2, F-34000 Montpellier, France
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- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) U 583, Institut de Neuroscience de Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Myologie, INSERM, U974, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 7215, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France; and Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR 866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, F-34000 Montpellier, France; Université Montpellier 1, F-34000 Montpellier, France; Université Montpellier 2, F-34000 Montpellier, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR 866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, F-34000 Montpellier, France; Université Montpellier 1, F-34000 Montpellier, France; Université Montpellier 2, F-34000 Montpellier, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR 866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, F-34000 Montpellier, France; Université Montpellier 1, F-34000 Montpellier, France; Université Montpellier 2, F-34000 Montpellier, France;
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Rodriguez J, Vernus B, Chelh I, Cassar-Malek I, Gabillard JC, Hadj Sassi A, Seiliez I, Picard B, Bonnieu A. Myostatin and the skeletal muscle atrophy and hypertrophy signaling pathways. Cell Mol Life Sci 2014; 71:4361-71. [PMID: 25080109 PMCID: PMC11113773 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1689-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2014] [Revised: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 07/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Myostatin, a member of the transforming growth factor-β superfamily, is a potent negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth and is conserved in many species, from rodents to humans. Myostatin inactivation can induce skeletal muscle hypertrophy, while its overexpression or systemic administration causes muscle atrophy. As it represents a potential target for stimulating muscle growth and/or preventing muscle wasting, myostatin regulation and functions in the control of muscle mass have been extensively studied. A wealth of data strongly suggests that alterations in skeletal muscle mass are associated with dysregulation in myostatin expression. Moreover, myostatin plays a central role in integrating/mediating anabolic and catabolic responses. Myostatin negatively regulates the activity of the Akt pathway, which promotes protein synthesis, and increases the activity of the ubiquitin-proteasome system to induce atrophy. Several new studies have brought new information on how myostatin may affect both ribosomal biogenesis and translation efficiency of specific mRNA subclasses. In addition, although myostatin has been identified as a modulator of the major catabolic pathways, including the ubiquitin-proteasome and the autophagy-lysosome systems, the underlying mechanisms are only partially understood. The goal of this review is to highlight outstanding questions about myostatin-mediated regulation of the anabolic and catabolic signaling pathways in skeletal muscle. Particular emphasis has been placed on (1) the cross-regulation between myostatin, the growth-promoting pathways and the proteolytic systems; (2) how myostatin inhibition leads to muscle hypertrophy; and (3) the regulation of translation by myostatin.
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- J. Rodriguez
- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire Et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier 2, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire Et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier 2, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France
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- INRA, VetAgro Sup, UMR1213 Herbivores, 63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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- INRA, VetAgro Sup, UMR1213 Herbivores, 63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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- INRA, UR1037, Fish Physiology and Genomics, Campus de Beaulieu, 35000 Rennes, France
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- INRA-USC2009, Université Bordeaux 1, Avenue des Facultés, 33405 Talence, France
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- INRA, UR1067 Nutrition, Métabolisme, Aquaculture, 64310 Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, France
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- INRA, VetAgro Sup, UMR1213 Herbivores, 63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire Et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier 2, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France
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Gallot YS, Durieux AC, Castells J, Desgeorges MM, Vernus B, Plantureux L, Rémond D, Jahnke VE, Lefai E, Dardevet D, Nemoz G, Schaeffer L, Bonnieu A, Freyssenet DG. Myostatin gene inactivation prevents skeletal muscle wasting in cancer. Cancer Res 2014; 74:7344-56. [PMID: 25336187 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-14-0057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [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: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Cachexia is a muscle-wasting syndrome that contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality of many patients with advanced cancers. However, little is understood about how the severe loss of skeletal muscle characterizing this condition occurs. In the current study, we tested the hypothesis that the muscle protein myostatin is involved in mediating the pathogenesis of cachexia-induced muscle wasting in tumor-bearing mice. Myostatin gene inactivation prevented the severe loss of skeletal muscle mass induced in mice engrafted with Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) cells or in Apc(Min) (/+) mice, an established model of colorectal cancer and cachexia. Mechanistically, myostatin loss attenuated the activation of muscle fiber proteolytic pathways by inhibiting the expression of atrophy-related genes, MuRF1 and MAFbx/Atrogin-1, along with autophagy-related genes. Notably, myostatin loss also impeded the growth of LLC tumors, the number and the size of intestinal polyps in Apc(Min) (/+) mice, thus strongly increasing survival in both models. Gene expression analysis in the LLC model showed this phenotype to be associated with reduced expression of genes involved in tumor metabolism, activin signaling, and apoptosis. Taken together, our results reveal an essential role for myostatin in the pathogenesis of cancer cachexia and link this condition to tumor growth, with implications for furthering understanding of cancer as a systemic disease.
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- Yann S Gallot
- Laboratoire de Physiologie de l'Exercice, Université de Lyon, Saint Etienne, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie de l'Exercice, Université de Lyon, Saint Etienne, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie de l'Exercice, Université de Lyon, Saint Etienne, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie de l'Exercice, Université de Lyon, Saint Etienne, France
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- INRA UMR 866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie de l'Exercice, Université de Lyon, Saint Etienne, France
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- INRA UMR 1019, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie de l'Exercice, Université de Lyon, Saint Etienne, France
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- INSERM U1060, INRA USC1235, CarMeN Laboratory, Université de Lyon, Oullins, France
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- INSERM U1060, INRA USC1235, CarMeN Laboratory, Université de Lyon, Oullins, France
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- CNRS UMR 5239, Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire de la Cellule, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- INRA UMR 866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie de l'Exercice, Université de Lyon, Saint Etienne, France.
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Brun C, Périé L, Baraige F, Vernus B, Bonnieu A, Blanquet V. Absence of hyperplasia in Gasp-1 overexpressing mice is dependent on myostatin up-regulation. Cell Physiol Biochem 2014; 34:1241-59. [PMID: 25277978 DOI: 10.1159/000366335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Overexpression of Gasp-1, an inhibitor of myostatin, leads to a hypermuscular phenotype due to hypertrophy rather than hyperplasia in mice. However to date, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying this phenotype are not investigated. METHODS Skeletal muscles of overexpressing Gasp-1 mice, called Tg(Gasp-1) mice, were analyzed by histological methods. Satellite cell-derived myoblasts from these mice were used to investigate the molecular mechanisms. RESULTS We demonstrated that hypertrophy in Tg(Gasp-1) mice was related to a myonuclear accretion during the first 3 postnatal weeks and an activation of the pro-hypertrophic Akt/mTORC/p70S6K signaling. In accordance with these results, we showed that overexpressing Gasp-1 primary myoblasts proliferated faster and myonuclei average per myotube was increased during differentiation. Molecular analysis revealed that Gasp-1 overexpression resulted in increased myostatin expression related to its auto-regulation. Despite its inhibition, myostatin led to Pax7 deregulation through its non-canonical Erk1/2 signaling pathway. Consistent with this, inhibition of Erk1/2 signaling pathway as well as neutralization of secreted myostatin rescue the Pax7 expression in overexpressing Gasp-1 myoblasts. CONCLUSION Our study shows that myostatin is able to act independently of its canonical pathway to regulate the Pax7 expression. Altogether, our results indicate that myostatin could regulate muscle development despite its protein inhibition.
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- Caroline Brun
- INRA, UMR 1061 Génétique Moléculaire Animale, Université de Limoges, FR 3503 GEIST, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Limoges, France
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Pauly M, Chabi B, Favier FB, Vanterpool F, Matecki S, Fouret G, Bonafos B, Vernus B, Feillet-Coudray C, Coudray C, Bonnieu A, Ramonatxo C. Combined Strategies for Maintaining Skeletal Muscle Mass and Function in Aging: Myostatin Inactivation and AICAR-Associated Oxidative Metabolism Induction. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2014; 70:1077-87. [PMID: 25227129 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [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: 03/30/2014] [Accepted: 07/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Myostatin (mstn) blockade, resulting in muscle hypertrophy, is a promising therapy to counteract age-related muscle loss. However, oxidative and mitochondrial deficit observed in young mice with myostatin inhibition could be detrimental with aging. The aim of this study was (a) to bring original data on metabolic and mitochondrial consequences of mstn inhibition in old mice, and (b) to examine whether 4-weeks of AICAR treatment, a pharmacological compound known to upregulate oxidative metabolism, may be useful to improve exercise capacity and mitochondrial deficit of 20-months mstn KO versus wild-type (WT) mice. Our results show that despite the enlarged muscle mass, the oxidative and mitochondrial deficit associated with reduced endurance running capacity is maintained in old mstn KO mice but not worsened by aging. Importantly, AICAR treatment induced a significant beneficial effect on running limit time only in old mstn KO mice, with a marked increase in PGC-1α expression and slight beneficial effects on mitochondrial function. We showed that AICAR effects were autophagy-independent. This study underlines the relevance of aged muscle remodelling by complementary approaches that impact both muscle mass and function, and suggest that mstn inhibition and aerobic metabolism activators should be co-developed for delaying age-related deficits in skeletal muscle.
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- Marion Pauly
- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060, Montpellier, France INSERM U1046, Physiology and Experimental Medicine Heart-Muscle Unit, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- INSERM U1046, Physiology and Experimental Medicine Heart-Muscle Unit, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060, Montpellier, France
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Douillard A, Galbes O, Begue G, Rossano B, Levin J, Vernus B, Bonnieu A, Candau R, Py G. Calpastatin overexpression in the skeletal muscle of mice prevents clenbuterol-induced muscle hypertrophy and phenotypic shift. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2012; 39:364-72. [PMID: 22300302 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2012.05677.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Accumulating evidence suggests that the calpain/calpastatin system is involved in skeletal muscle remodelling induced by β(2) -adrenoceptor agonist treatment. In addition to other pathways, the Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, controlling protein synthesis, and the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase 2 (CamK2) and AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) pathways, recently identified as calpain substrates, could be relevant in β(2) -adrenoceptor agonist-induced skeletal muscle remodelling. In the present study we investigated muscle hypertrophy and phenotypic shifts, as well as the molecular response of components of the Akt/mTOR pathway (i.e. Akt, eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1), ribosomal protein S6 (rpS6), CamK2 and AMPK), in response to calpastatin overexpression in the skeletal muscle of mice treated with 1 mg/kg per day clenbuterol for 21 days. Using gene electrotransfer of a calpastatin expression vector into the tibialis anterior of adult mice, we found that calpastatin overexpression attenuates muscle hypertrophy and phenotypic shifts induced by clenbuterol treatment. At the molecular level, calpastatin overexpression markedly decreased calpain activity, but was ineffective in altering the phosphorylation of Akt, 4E-BP1 and rpS6. In contrast, calpastatin overexpression increased the protein expression of both total AMPK and total CamK2. In conclusion, the results support the contention that the calpain/calpastatin system plays a crucial role in skeletal muscle hypertrophy and phenotypic shifts under chronic clenbuterol treatment, with AMPK and CamK2 probably playing a minor role. Moreover, the calpastatin-induced inhibition of hypertrophy under clenbuterol treatment was not related to a decreased mTOR-dependent initiation of protein translation.
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- Aymeric Douillard
- National Institute for Agronomical Research (INRA), Muscular Dynamic and Metabolism, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
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El Haddad M, Jean E, Turki A, Hugon G, Vernus B, Bonnieu A, Passerieux E, Hamade A, Mercier J, Laoudj-Chenivesse D, Carnac G. Glutathione peroxidase 3, a new retinoid target gene, is crucial for human skeletal muscle precursor cell survival. J Cell Sci 2012; 125:6147-56. [PMID: 23132926 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.115220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Protection of satellite cells from cytotoxic damages is crucial to ensure efficient adult skeletal muscle regeneration and to improve therapeutic efficacy of cell transplantation in degenerative skeletal muscle diseases. It is therefore important to identify and characterize molecules and their target genes that control the viability of muscle stem cells. Recently, we demonstrated that high aldehyde dehydrogenase activity is associated with increased viability of human myoblasts. In addition to its detoxifying activity, aldehyde dehydrogenase can also catalyze the irreversible oxidation of vitamin A to retinoic acid; therefore, we examined whether retinoic acid is important for myoblast viability. We showed that when exposed to oxidative stress induced by hydrogen peroxide, adherent human myoblasts entered apoptosis and lost their capacity for adhesion. Pre-treatment with retinoic acid reduced the cytotoxic damage ex vivo and enhanced myoblast survival in transplantation assays. The effects of retinoic acid were maintained in dystrophic myoblasts derived from facioscapulohumeral patients. RT-qPCR analysis of antioxidant gene expression revealed glutathione peroxidase 3 (Gpx3), a gene encoding an antioxidant enzyme, as a potential retinoic acid target gene in human myoblasts. Knockdown of Gpx3 using short interfering RNA induced elevation in reactive oxygen species and cell death. The anti-cytotoxic effects of retinoic acid were impaired in GPx3-inactivated myoblasts, which indicates that GPx3 regulates the antioxidative effects of retinoic acid. Therefore, retinoid status and GPx3 levels may have important implications for the viability of human muscle stem cells.
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- Marina El Haddad
- Inserm U1046, Université Montpellier 1, 34295 Montpellier, France
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Ploquin C, Chabi B, Fouret G, Vernus B, Feillet-Coudray C, Coudray C, Bonnieu A, Ramonatxo C. Lack of myostatin alters intermyofibrillar mitochondria activity, unbalances redox status, and impairs tolerance to chronic repetitive contractions in muscle. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012; 302:E1000-8. [PMID: 22318951 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00652.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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: 12/24/2022]
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Loss of myostatin (mstn) function leads to a decrease in mitochondrial content, a reduced expression of cytochrome c oxidase, and a lower citrate synthase activity in skeletal muscle. These data suggest functional or ultrastructural mitochondrial abnormalities that can impact on muscle endurance characteristics in such phenotype. To address this issue, we investigated subsarcolemmal and intermyofibrillar (IMF) mitochondrial activities, skeletal muscle redox homeostasis, and muscle fiber endurance quality in mstn-deficient mice [mstn knockout (KO)]. We report that lack of mstn induced a decrease in the coupling of IMF mitochondria respiration, with significantly higher basal oxygen consumption. No lysis of mitochondrial cristae or excessive swelling were observed in mstn KO mice compared with wild-type (WT) mice. Concerning redox status, mstn KO gastrocnemius exhibited a significant decrease in lipid peroxidation levels (-56%; P < 0.01 vs. WT) together with a significant upregulation of the antioxidant glutathione system. In contrast, superoxide dismutase and catalase activities were altered in mstn KO, gastrocnemius and soleus with a reduction of up to 80% compared with WT animals. The force production observed after contractile endurance test was significantly lower in extensor digitorum longus and soleus muscles of mstn KO mice compared with the controls (17 ± 3 and 36 ± 5% vs. 28 ± 4 and 56 ± 5%, respectively, P < 0.05). Together, these findings indicate that, besides an increased skeletal muscle mass, genetic mstn inhibition has differential effects on redox homeostasis and mitochondrial function that would have functional consequences on muscle response to endurance exercise.
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- Claire Ploquin
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Montpellier, France
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Rodriguez J, Vernus B, Toubiana M, Jublanc E, Tintignac L, Leibovitch S, Bonnieu A. Myostatin inactivation increases myotube size through regulation of translational initiation machinery. J Cell Biochem 2012; 112:3531-42. [PMID: 21769921 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.23280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Myostatin deficiency leads in skeletal muscle overgrowth but the precise molecular mechanisms underlying this hypertrophy are not well understood. In this study, to gain insight into the role of endogenous myostatin in the translational regulation, we used an in vitro model of cultured satellite cells derived from myostatin knock-out mice. Our results show that myostatin knock-out myotubes are larger than control myotubes and that this phenotype is associated with an increased activation of the Akt/mTOR signaling pathway, a known regulator of muscle hypertrophy. These results demonstrate that hypertrophy due to myostatin deficiency is preserved in vitro and suggest that myostatin deletion results in an increased protein synthesis. Accordingly, the rates of global RNA content, polysome formation and protein synthesis are all increased in myostatin-deficient myotubes while they are counteracted by the addition of recombinant myostatin. We furthermore demonstrated that genetic deletion of myostatin stimulates cap-dependent translation by positively regulating assembly of the translation preinitiation complex. Together the data indicate that myostatin controls muscle hypertrophy in part by regulating protein synthesis initiation rates, that is, translational efficiency.
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- Julie Rodriguez
- INRA, UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, Université Montpellier 1, F 34060 Montpellier, France
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Carnac G, Vernus B, Bonnieu A. Myostatin in the pathophysiology of skeletal muscle. Curr Genomics 2011; 8:415-22. [PMID: 19412331 PMCID: PMC2647158 DOI: 10.2174/138920207783591672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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] [Received: 09/14/2007] [Revised: 10/12/2007] [Accepted: 10/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Myostatin is an endogenous, negative regulator of muscle growth determining both muscle fiber number and size. The myostatin pathway is conserved across diverse species ranging from zebrafish to humans. Experimental models of muscle growth and regeneration have implicated myostatin as an important mediator of catabolic pathways in muscle cells. Inhibition of this pathway has emerged as a promising therapy for muscle wasting. Here we discuss the recent developments and the controversies in myostatin research, focusing on the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the actions of myostatin on skeletal muscle and the potential therapeutic role of myostatin on muscle-related disorders.
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- Gilles Carnac
- INSERM, ERI 25-Muscle et Pathologies, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Bât. A Craste de Paulet, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Douillard A, Galbes O, Rossano B, Vernus B, Bonnieu A, Candau R, Py G. Time course in calpain activity and autolysis in slow and fast skeletal muscle during clenbuterol treatment. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2011; 89:117-25. [DOI: 10.1139/y10-114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Calpains are Ca2+ cysteine proteases that have been proposed to be involved in the cytoskeletal remodeling and wasting of skeletal muscle. Cumulative evidence also suggests that β2-agonists can lead to skeletal muscle hypertrophy through a mechanism probably related to calcium-dependent proteolytic enzyme. The aim of our study was to monitor calpain activity as a function of clenbuterol treatment in both slow and fast phenotype rat muscles. For this purpose, for 21 days we followed the time course of the calpain activity and of the ubiquitous calpain 1 and 2 autolysis, as well as muscle remodeling in the extensor digitorum longus (EDL) and soleus muscles of male Wistar rats treated daily with clenbuterol (4 mg·kg–1). A slow to fast fiber shift was observed in both the EDL and soleus muscles after 9 days of treatment, while hypertrophy was observed only in EDL after 9 days of treatment. Soleus muscle but not EDL muscle underwent an early apoptonecrosis phase characterized by hematoxylin and eosin staining. Total calpain activity was increased in both the EDL and soleus muscles of rats treated with clenbuterol. Moreover, calpain 1 autolysis increased significantly after 14 days in the EDL, but not in the soleus. Calpain 2 autolysis increased significantly in both muscles 6 hours after the first clenbuterol injection, indicating that clenbuterol-induced calpain 2 autolysis occurred earlier than calpain 1 autolysis. Together, these data suggest a preferential involvement of calpain 2 autolysis compared with calpain 1 autolysis in the mechanisms underlying the clenbuterol-induced skeletal muscle remodeling.
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- Aymeric Douillard
- INRA, UMR866 Différenciation Cellulaire et Croissance, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060 Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Différenciation Cellulaire et Croissance, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060 Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Différenciation Cellulaire et Croissance, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060 Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Différenciation Cellulaire et Croissance, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060 Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Différenciation Cellulaire et Croissance, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060 Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Différenciation Cellulaire et Croissance, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060 Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UMR866 Différenciation Cellulaire et Croissance, Université Montpellier 1, F-34060 Montpellier, France
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Hayot M, Rodriguez J, Vernus B, Carnac G, Jean E, Allen D, Goret L, Obert P, Candau R, Bonnieu A. Myostatin up-regulation is associated with the skeletal muscle response to hypoxic stimuli. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2011; 332:38-47. [PMID: 20884321 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2010.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [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: 04/17/2010] [Revised: 09/16/2010] [Accepted: 09/16/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Myostatin and hypoxia signalling pathways are able to induce skeletal muscle atrophy, but whether a relationship between these two pathways exists is currently unknown. Here, we tested the hypothesis that a potential mechanism for hypoxia effect on skeletal muscle may be through regulation of myostatin. We reported an induction of myostatin expression in muscles of rats exposed to chronic hypoxia. Interestingly, we also demonstrated increased skeletal muscle myostatin protein expression in skeletal muscle of hypoxemic patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Parallel studies in human skeletal muscle cell cultures showed that induction of myostatin expression in myotubes treated with hypoxia-mimicking agent such as cobalt chloride (CoCl(2)) is associated with myotube atrophy. Furthermore, we demonstrated that inhibition of myostatin by means of genetic deletion of myostatin or treatment with blocking antimyostatin antibodies inhibits the CoCl(2)-induced atrophy in muscle cells. Finally, addition of recombinant myostatin restored the CoCl(2)-induced atrophy in myostatin deficient myotubes. These results strongly suggest that myostatin can play an essential role in the adaptation of skeletal muscle to hypoxic environment.
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- Maurice Hayot
- INSERM, ERI 25-Muscle et Pathologies, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Bât. A Craste de Paulet, F-34295 Montpellier, France
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Bernardi H, Gay S, Fedon Y, Vernus B, Bonnieu A, Bacou F. Wnt4 activates the canonical β-catenin pathway and regulates negatively myostatin: functional implication in myogenesis. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2011; 300:C1122-38. [PMID: 21248078 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00214.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Expression of Wnt proteins is known to be important for developmental processes such as embryonic pattern formation and determination of cell fate. Previous studies have shown that Wn4 was involved in the myogenic fate of somites, in the myogenic proliferation, and differentiation of skeletal muscle. However, the function of this factor in adult muscle homeostasis remains not well understood. Here, we focus on the roles of Wnt4 during C2C12 myoblasts and satellite cells differentiation. We analyzed its myogenic activity, its mechanism of action, and its interaction with the anti-myogenic factor myostatin during differentiation. Established expression profiles indicate clearly that both types of cells express a few Wnts, and among these, only Wnt4 was not or barely detected during proliferation and was strongly induced during differentiation. As attested by myogenic factors expression pattern analysis and fusion index determination, overexpression of Wnt4 protein caused a strong increase in satellite cells and C2C12 myoblast differentiation leading to hypertrophic myotubes. By contrast, exposure of satellite and C2C12 cells to small interfering RNA against Wnt4 strongly diminished this process, confirming the myogenic activity of Wnt4. Moreover, we reported that Wnt4, which is usually described as a noncanonical Wnt, activates the canonical β-catenin pathway during myogenic differentiation in both cell types and that this factor regulates negatively the expression of myostatin and the regulating pathways associated with myostatin. Interestingly, we found that recombinant myostatin was sufficient to antagonize the differentiation-promoting activities of Wnt4. Reciprocally, we also found that the genetic deletion of myostatin renders the satellite cells refractory to the hypertrophic effect of Wnt4. These results suggest that the Wnt4-induced decrease of myostatin plays a functional role during hypertrophy. We propose that Wnt4 protein may be a key factor that regulates the extent of differentiation in satellite and C2C12 cells.
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- Henri Bernardi
- Laboratoire de Génomique Fonctionnelle et Myogenèse, UMR866 Laboratoire Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, INRA, 2 place Viala, Montpellier Cedex, France.
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Myostatin is a negative regulator of muscle mass. Important advances in our understanding of the complex biology of this factor have revealed the therapeutic potential of antagonizing the myostatin pathway. Here we present the rationale for evaluating anti-myostatin therapies in human muscle-wasting disorders.
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- Gilles Carnac
- Adult stem cells and Facio Scapulo Humeral dystrophy, CRBM, CNRS FRE 2593, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Kitzmann M, Bonnieu A, Duret C, Vernus B, Barro M, Laoudj-Chenivesse D, Verdi JM, Carnac G. Inhibition of Notch signaling induces myotube hypertrophy by recruiting a subpopulation of reserve cells. J Cell Physiol 2006; 208:538-48. [PMID: 16741964 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 12/19/2022]
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During muscle differentiation, a population of quiescent undifferentiated myoblasts (reserve cells) emerges among mature muscle cells. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying such cell segregation and the characterization of this subpopulation of myoblasts remain to be determined. Notch is known to control the behavior and fate of murine muscle stem cells. In this study, we examined the role of Notch in myoblast segregation. We showed that inhibition of Notch activity by either overexpressing Numb or by using a pharmacological gamma-secretase inhibitor (DAPT) enhanced differentiation of murine and human myoblasts. This effect was not restricted to in vitro culture systems since DAPT-treated zebrafish embryos also showed increased differentiation. Using C2.7 myoblasts as a model, we showed that inhibition of Notch induced myotube hypertrophy by recruiting reserve cells that do not normally fuse. We further showed that endogenous Notch-signaling components were differentially expressed and activated in reserve cells with respect to Notch 1 and CD34 expression. We identified CD34 negative reserve cells as the subpopulation of myoblasts recruited to fuse into myotubes during differentiation in response to Notch inhibition. Therefore, we showed here that the activation of Notch 1 is important to maintain a subpopulation of CD34 negative reserve cells in an undifferentiated state.
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- Magali Kitzmann
- Adult stem cells and facioscapulohumeral dystrophy," CNRS FRE2593, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier 5, France
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Ricaud S, Vernus B, Bonnieu A. Response of human rhabdomyosarcoma cell lines to retinoic acid: relationship with induction of differentiation and retinoic acid sensitivity. Exp Cell Res 2005; 311:192-204. [PMID: 16236281 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2005.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2005] [Revised: 09/12/2005] [Accepted: 09/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The ability of retinoids to induce growth inhibition associated with differentiation of diverse cell types makes them potent anti-cancer agents. We examined the effect of retinoic acid (RA) in cell lines derived from rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), a malignant soft-tissue tumor committed to the myogenic lineage, but arrested prior to terminal differentiation. We showed that several RMS derived cell lines, including RD human rhabdomyosarcoma cells, are resistant to the growth-inhibitory and differentiation effects of RA. We established that this RA-resistance correlates with reduced expression and activity of RA-receptors in RD cells. We stably expressed either RARalpha, RARbeta, RARgamma, or RXRalpha expression vector into RD cells and found that only RARbeta or RARgamma induced a significant RA growth arrest without promoting differentiation indicating that changes in the amounts of RARs and RXRs are not sufficient to determine the RA myogenic response of rhabdomyosarcoma cells. Activation of RD cell differentiation by ectopic MRF4 expression enhanced RA-receptor activity and led to RA induction of differentiation. These studies demonstrate that RA-resistance of RD cells is linked to their lack of differentiation and suggest that the differentiation-promoting activity of RA requires factors other than RAR-RXR heterodimers.
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- Stéphanie Ricaud
- INRA, UMR 866-Différenciation Cellulaire et Croissance, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
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Ricaud S, Vernus B, Duclos M, Bernardi H, Ritvos O, Carnac G, Bonnieu A. Inhibition of autocrine secretion of myostatin enhances terminal differentiation in human rhabdomyosarcoma cells. Oncogene 2003; 22:8221-32. [PMID: 14614446 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1207177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Rhabdomyosarcomas (RMSs) are one of the most common solid tumor of childhood. Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) cells fail to both complete the skeletal muscle differentiation program and irreversibly exit the cell cycle as a consequence of an active repression exerted on the muscle-promoting factor MyoD. Myostatin is a negative regulator of normal muscle growth, we have thus studied its possible role in RMS cells. Here, we present evidence that overexpression of myostatin is a common feature of RMS since both subtypes of RMS (embryonal RD and alveolar Rh30 cells) express high levels of myostatin when compared to nontumoral skeletal muscle cells. Interestingly, we found that inactivation of myostatin through overexpression of antisense myostatin or of follistatin (a myostatin antagonist) constructs enhanced differentiation of RD cells. In addition, RD and Rh30 cells treated with blocking antimyostatin antibodies progress into the myogenic terminal differentiation program. Finally, our results suggest that high levels of myostatin could impair MyoD function in RMS cells. These results show that an autocrine myostatin loop contributes to maintain RMS cells in an undifferentiating stage and suggest that new therapeutic approaches could be exploited for the treatment of RMS based on inactivation of myostatin protein.
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- Stéphanie Ricaud
- INRA, UMR 866-Differenciation Cellulaire et Croissance, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
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Joulia D, Bernardi H, Garandel V, Rabenoelina F, Vernus B, Cabello G. Mechanisms involved in the inhibition of myoblast proliferation and differentiation by myostatin. Exp Cell Res 2003; 286:263-75. [PMID: 12749855 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4827(03)00074-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [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]
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Muscle growth results from a set of complex processes including myogenic transcription factor's expression and activity, cell cycle withdrawal, myoblast fusion in myotubes, and acquisition of an apoptosis-resistant phenotype. Myostatin, a member of the TGFbeta family, described as a strong regulator of myogenesis in vivo Nature 387 (1997), 83; FEBS Lett. 474 (2000), 71 is upregulated during in vitro differentiation Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 280 (2001), 561. To improve characterization of myostatin's myogenic influence, we stably transfected vectors expressing myostatin and myostatin antisense in C2C12 myoblasts. Here, we found that myostatin inhibits cell proliferation and differentiation. Our results also indicate that myogenin is an important target of myostatin. In addition, overexpressed but not endogenous myostatin decreases MyoD protein levels and induces changes in its phosphorylation pattern. We also established that myostatin overexpression reduces the frequency of G0/G1-arrested cells during differentiation. Conversely, inhibition of myostatin synthesis leads to enhanced cell cycle withdrawal and consequently stimulates myoblast differentiation. We examined the expression patterns of the pRb, E2F1, p53, and p21 proteins involved in cell cycle withdrawal. We found that myostatin overexpression increases p21 and p53 expression, as it does accumulation of hypophosphorylated Rb. Interestingly, myostatin overexpression strongly reduced low-mitogen-induced apoptosis, whereas antisense expression induced contrary changes. In conclusion, these data show the influence of overexpressed myostatin on myoblast proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis is extended to endogenous myostatin. Though some differences in overexpression or inhibition of endogenous myostatin were observed, it appears that myogenin and p21 are essential targets of this growth factor.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Apoptosis/genetics
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Division/genetics
- Cell Line
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21
- Cyclins/genetics
- Cyclins/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- E2F Transcription Factors
- E2F1 Transcription Factor
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/genetics
- Genes, cdc/physiology
- Interphase/genetics
- Mice
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/cytology
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/cytology
- Muscle, Skeletal/growth & development
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- MyoD Protein/genetics
- MyoD Protein/metabolism
- Myoblasts, Skeletal/cytology
- Myoblasts, Skeletal/metabolism
- Myogenin/genetics
- Myogenin/metabolism
- Myostatin
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense
- Phosphorylation
- Retinoblastoma Protein/genetics
- Retinoblastoma Protein/metabolism
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/deficiency
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/genetics
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism
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- Dominique Joulia
- Laboratoire Différenciation Cellulaire et Croissance, INRA, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
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