Physical exercise increases autophagic signaling through ULK1 in human skeletal muscle

Autor: Niels Møller, Jens Otto Lunde Jørgensen, Niels Jessen, Berthil F. Clasen, Britt Christensen, Ann Mosegaard Bak, Mikkel H. Vendelbo, Andreas Buch Møller
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Møller, A B, Vendelbo, M H, Christensen, B, Clasen, B F F, Bak, A M, Jørgensen, J O L, Møller, N & Jessen, N 2015, ' Physical exercise increases autophagic signaling through ULK1 in human skeletal muscle ', Journal of Applied Physiology, vol. 118, no. 8, pp. 971-9 . https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.01116.2014
ISSN: 1522-1601
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01116.2014
Popis: Data from transgenic animal models suggest that exercise-induced autophagy is critical for adaptation to physical training, and that Unc-51 like kinase-1 (ULK1) serves as an important regulator of autophagy. Phosphorylation of ULK1 at Ser555 stimulates autophagy, whereas phosphorylation at Ser757 is inhibitory. To determine whether exercise regulates ULK1 phosphorylation in humans in vivo in a nutrient-dependent manner, we examined skeletal muscle biopsies from healthy humans after 1-h cycling exercise at 50% maximal O2 uptake on two occasions: 1) during a 36-h fast, and 2) during continuous glucose infusion at 0.2 kg/h. Physical exercise increased ULK1 phosphorylation at Ser555 and decreased lipidation of light chain 3B. ULK1 phosphorylation at Ser555 correlated positively with AMP-activated protein kinase-α Thr172 phosphorylation and negatively with light chain 3B lipidation. ULK1 phosphorylation at Ser757 was not affected by exercise. Fasting increased ULK1 and p62 protein expression, but did not affect exercise-induced ULK1 phosphorylation. These data demonstrate that autophagy signaling is activated in human skeletal muscle after 60 min of exercise, independently of nutritional status, and suggest that initiation of autophagy constitutes an important physiological response to exercise in humans.
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