Metabolic and Transcriptional Changes in Cultured Muscle Stem Cells from Low Birth Weight Subjects

Autor: Jørgen F. P. Wojtaszewski, Ninna S. Hansen, Heidi S. Schultz, Brynjulf Mortensen, Allan Vaag, Maren Schrölkamp, Sine W. Jørgensen, Martin Friedrichsen, Linn Gillberg, Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Christa Broholm, Line Hjort
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 101:2254-2264
ISSN: 1945-7197
0021-972X
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2015-4214
Popis: Developmental programming of human muscle stem cells could in part explain why individuals born with low birth weight (LBW) have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) later in life. We hypothesized that immature muscle stem cell functions including abnormal differentiation potential and metabolic function could link LBW with the risk of developing T2D. Design/Settings/Participants: We recruited 23 young men with LBW and 16 age-matched control subjects with normal birth weight. Biopsies were obtained from vastus lateralis, and muscle stem cells were isolated and cultured into fully differentiated myotubes.We studied glucose uptake, glucose transporters, insulin signaling, key transcriptional markers of myotube maturity, selected site-specific DNA methylation, and mitochondrial gene expression.We found reduced glucose uptake as well as decreased levels of glucose transporter-1 and -4 mRNA and of the Akt substrate of 160-kDa mRNA and protein in myotubes from LBW individuals compared with normal birth weight individuals. The myogenic differentiation markers, myogenin and myosin heavy chain 1 and 2, were decreased during late differentiation in LBW myotubes. Additionally, mRNA levels of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α and cytochrome c oxidase polypeptide 7A were reduced in LBW myotubes. Decreased gene expression was not explained by changes in DNA methylation levels.We demonstrate transcriptional and metabolic alterations in cultured primary satellite cells isolated from LBW individuals after several cell divisions, pointing toward a retained intrinsic defect conserved in these myotubes.
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