Skeletal muscle and heart LKB1 deficiency causes decreased voluntary running and reduced muscle mitochondrial marker enzyme expression in mice
| Autor: | Jeffery R. Barrow, David M. Thomson, Brian B Porter, H-J. Kim, James H Tall, William W. Winder |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
congenital
hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities medicine.medical_specialty Physiology Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Citrate (si)-Synthase AMP-Activated Protein Kinases Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases Mitochondrion Biology Quadriceps Muscle Running Mice Multienzyme Complexes Hexokinase Physiology (medical) Internal medicine medicine Animals Citrate synthase Muscle Skeletal skin and connective tissue diseases Protein kinase A Mice Knockout Glucose Transporter Type 4 Kinase Myocardium Cytochromes c AMPK Skeletal muscle Adenosine Mitochondria Muscle Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure Organ Specificity Circulatory system biology.protein Biomarkers Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 292:E196-E202 |
| ISSN: | 1522-1555 0193-1849 |
| DOI: | 10.1152/ajpendo.00366.2006 |
| Popis: | LKB1 has been identified as a component of the major upstream kinase of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in skeletal muscle. To investigate the roles of LKB1 in skeletal muscle, we used muscle-specific LKB1 knockout (MLKB1KO) mice that exhibit low expression of LKB1 in heart and skeletal muscle, but not in other tissues. The importance of LKB1 in muscle physiology was demonstrated by the observation that electrical stimulation of the muscle in situ increased AMPK phosphorylation and activity in the wild-type (WT) but not in the muscle-specific LKB1KO mice. Likewise, phosphorylation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) was markedly attenuated in the KO mice. The LKB1KO mice had difficulty running on the treadmill and exhibited marked reduction in distance run in voluntary running wheels over a 3-wk period (5.9 ± 0.9 km/day for WT vs. 1.7 ± 0.7 km/day for MLKB1KO mice). The MLKB1KO mice anesthetized at rest exhibited significantly decreased phospho-AMPK and phospho-ACC compared with WT mice. KO mice exhibited lower levels of mitochondrial protein expression in the red and white regions of the quadriceps. These observations, along with previous observations from other laboratories, clearly demonstrate that LKB1 is the major upstream kinase in skeletal muscle and that it is essential for maintaining mitochondrial marker proteins in skeletal muscle. These data provide evidence for a critical role of LKB1 in muscle physiology, one of which is maintaining basal levels of mitochondrial oxidative enzymes. Capacity for voluntary running is compromised with muscle and heart LKB1 deficiency. |
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