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Transcription factor FoxO1, the dominant mediator of muscle wasting in chronic kidney disease, is inhibited by microRNA-486.

ABSTRACT: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) accelerates muscle protein degradation by stimulating the ubiquitin proteasome system through activation of the E3 ligases, Atrogin-1/MAFbx and MuRF-1. Forkhead transcription factors (FoxOs) can control the expression of these E3 ligases, but the contribution of individual FoxOs to muscle wasting is unclear. To study this we created mice with a muscle-specific FoxO1 deletion. The absence of FoxO1 blocked 70% of the increase in E3 ligase induction by CKD as well as the proteolysis and loss of muscle mass. Thus, FoxO1 has a role in controlling ubiquitin proteasome system-related proteolysis. As microRNA (miR)-486 reportedly dampens FoxO1 expression and its activity,we transfected a miR-486 mimic into primary cultures of myotubes and found this blocked dexamethasone-stimulated protein degradation without influencing protein synthesis.It also decreased FoxO1 protein translation and increased FoxO1 phosphorylation by downregulation of PTEN phosphatase, a negative regulator of p-Akt. To test its efficacy in vivo, we electroporated miR-486 into muscles and found that the expression of the E3 ligases was suppressed and muscle mass increased despite CKD. Thus, FoxO1 is a dominant mediator of CKD-induced muscle wasting, and miR-486 coordinately decreases FoxO1 and PTEN to protect against this catabolic response.

SUBMITTER: Xu J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3393843 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Transcription factor FoxO1, the dominant mediator of muscle wasting in chronic kidney disease, is inhibited by microRNA-486.

Xu Jing J Li Rongshan R Workeneh Biruh B Dong Yanlan Y Wang Xiaonan X Hu Zhaoyong Z

Kidney international 20120801 4

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) accelerates muscle protein degradation by stimulating the ubiquitin proteasome system through activation of the E3 ligases, Atrogin-1/MAFbx and MuRF-1. Forkhead transcription factors (FoxOs) can control the expression of these E3 ligases, but the contribution of individual FoxOs to muscle wasting is unclear. To study this we created mice with a muscle-specific FoxO1 deletion. The absence of FoxO1 blocked 70% of the increase in E3 ligase induction by CKD as well as th ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundChronic kidney disease (CKD) is commonly associated with cachexia, a condition that causes skeletal muscle wasting and an unfavourable prognosis. Although mechanisms leading to cachexia have been intensively studied, the advance of biological knowledges and technologies encourages us to make progress in understanding the pathogenesis of this disorder. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are defined as >200 nucleotides RNAs but lack the protein-coding potential. LncRNAs are involved in the pathogenesis of many diseases, but whether they functionally involve in muscle protein loss has not been investigated.MethodsWe performed lncRNA array and identified an lncRNA, which we named Atrolnc-1, remarkably elevated in atrophying muscles from mice with cachexia. We examined how overexpression or knockdown of Atrolnc-1 could influence muscle protein synthesis and degradation. We also examined whether inhibition of Atrolnc-1 ameliorates muscle wasting in mice with CKD.ResultsWe documented that Atrolnc-1 expression is continuously increased in muscles of mice with fasting (5.4 fold), cancer (2.0 fold), or CKD (5.1 fold). We found that depressed insulin signalling stimulates the transcription factor C/EBP-? binding to the promoter of Atrolnc-1 and promotes the expression of Atrolnc-1. In cultured C2C12 myotubes, overexpression of Atrolnc-1 increases protein degradation (0.45±0.03 vs. 0.64±0.02, *p<0.05); Atrolnc-1 knockdown significantly reduces the rate of protein degradation stimulated by serum depletion (0.61±0.03 vs. 0.47±0.02, *p<0.05). Using mass spectrometry and a lncRNA pull-down assay, we identified that Atrolnc-1 interacts with A20 binding inhibitor of NF-?B-1 (ABIN-1). The interaction impairs function, resulting in enhanced NF-?B activity plus MuRF-1 transcription. This response is counteracted by CRISPR/dCas9 mediated overexpression. In muscles from normal mice, overexpression of Atrolnc-1 stimulates a 2.7-fold increase in MuRF-1 expression leading to myofibers atrophy. In contrast, Atrolnc-1 knockdown attenuates muscle wasting by 42% in mice with CKD via suppression of NF-?B activity and MuRF-1 expression.ConclusionsOur findings provide evidence that lncRNAs initiates the pathophysiological process of muscle wasting. The interaction between Atrolnc-1 and NF-?B signalling modulates muscle mass and proteolysis in CKD and perhaps other catabolic conditions.

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Transcription factor FoxO1, the dominant mediator of muscle wasting in chronic kidney disease, is inhibited by microRNA-486.

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Transcription factor FoxO1, the dominant mediator of muscle wasting in chronic kidney disease, is inhibited by microRNA-486.

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