Project description:The circadian rhythm is the most general and important rhythm in biological organisms. In this study, continuous 24 h video recordings showed that the cumulative movement distance and duration of the abalone, Haliotis discus hannai reached their maximum values between 20:00–00:00, but both were significantly lower between 08:00–12:00 than at any other time of day or night (P < 0.05). To investigate the causes of these diel differences in abalone movement behavior, their cerebral ganglia were harvested at 00:00 (group D) and 12:00 (group L) to screen for differentially expressed proteins using tandem mass tagging (TMT) quantitative proteomics. Seventy-five significantly different proteins were identified in group D vs. group L. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) was found three times, and its expression levels differed significantly between day and night (P < 0.05). A cosine rhythm analysis found that the concentration of acetylcholine (Ach) and the expression levels of AchE tended to be low during the day and high at night, and high during the day and low at night, respectively.
Project description:Circadian misalignment, such as in shift work, has been associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes, however, direct effects of circadian misalignment on skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity and muscle molecular circadian clock have never been investigated in humans. Here we investigated insulin sensitivity and muscle metabolism in fourteen healthy young lean men (age 22.4 ± 2.8 years; BMI 22.3 ± 2.1 kg/m2 [mean ± SD]) after a 3-day control protocol and a 3.5-day misalignment protocol induced by a 12-h rapid shift of the behavioral cycle. We show that circadian misalignment results in a significant decrease in peripheral insulin sensitivity due to a reduced skeletal muscle non-oxidative glucose disposal (Rate of disappearance: 23.7 ± 2.4 vs. 18.4 ± 1.4 mg/kg/min; control vs. misalignment; p=0.024). Fasting glucose and FFA levels as well as sleeping metabolic rate were higher during circadian misalignment. Molecular analysis of skeletal muscle biopsies revealed that the molecular circadian clock was not aligned to the new behavourial rhythm, and microarray analysis revealed the human PPAR pathway as a key player in the disturbed energy metabolism upon circadian misallignement. Our findings may provide a mechanism underlying the increased risk of type 2 diabetes among shift workers.
Project description:The three estrogen related receptors (ERRs) are regulators of oxidative metabolism in many cell types, yet their roles in skeletal muscle have not been elucidated. To address the roles and significance of ERRs for skeletal muscle mitochondria and muscle function, we generated mice lacking combinations of ERRs specifically in skeletal muscle. We then compared the impact of ERR loss on the transcriptomes of EDL and soleus, i.e., muscles rich in glycolytic or oxidative fibers, respectively. Our findings highlight an essential role of ERRs for skeletal muscle oxidative metabolism and identify broad classes of ERR-dependent gene programs in muscle. They also suggest a high degree of functional redundancy among muscle ERR isoforms for the protection of oxidative capacity, with ERR isoform-specific phenotypes being driven primarily, but not exclusively, by their relative levels in different muscles. To compare the relative contributions of ERRs for oxidative capacity in glycolytic and oxidative skeletal muscles, we generated mice lacking one or two ERRs specifically in skeletal muscle. We then performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of soleus and EDL muscles of WT and ERR KO mice .
Project description:Oxidative posttranslational modifications (Ox-PTMs) regulate cellular homeostasis in several tissues, including skeletal and cardiac muscles. The putative relationship between Ox-PTMs and intrinsic components of oxidative energy metabolism has not been previously described. We determined the metabolic phenotype and the Ox-PTM profile in the skeletal and cardiac muscles of rats selected for low (LCR) or high (HCR) intrinsic aerobic capacity. The HCR rats have a pronounced increase in mitochondrial content and antioxidant capacity when compared to LCR rats in the skeletal muscle, but only modest changes in the cardiac muscle. Redox proteomics analysis reveals that HCR and LCR rats have different Ox-PTM of cysteine (Cys) residue profile in the skeletal and cardiac muscles. HCR rats have higher number of oxidized Cys residues in the skeletal muscle and conversely display higher number of reduced Cys residues in the cardiac muscle than LCR rats. Most of the proteins with differentially oxidized Cys residues in the skeletal muscle are important regulators of the oxidative metabolism. The most significantly oxidized protein in the skeletal muscle of HCR rats is malate dehydrogenase (MDH1). Interestingly, HCR rats show higher MDH1 activity in the skeletal muscle, but not in the cardiac muscle. Thus, this study uncovers an association between Ox-PTMs and intrinsic aerobic capacity, providing new insights into the role of Ox-PTMs as essential signaling to maintain metabolic homeostasis in different muscle types.
Project description:Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity are strongly associated with low natriuretic peptide (NP) plasma levels and impaired NP signaling with a down-regulation of NP guanylyl cyclase receptor-A (GCA) in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. However, no study has so far provided evidence for a causal link between ANP/GCA deficiency and T2D development. Here, we show that both ANP and GCA deficiency in mice promotes metabolic disturbances and prediabetes. In GCA haploinsufficient mice, skeletal muscle insulin resistance is associated with altered mitochondrial function and impaired endurance running capacity. Muscle RNA-seq analyses reveal down-regulation of various gene sets related to mitochondrial protein complexes and translation. Despite normal mitochondrial content, GCA haploinsufficient mice exhibit increased proton leak and reduced content of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) proteins. Using various clinical studies and cohorts, we further show that GCA is related to various metabolic traits in T2D and positively correlates with markers of oxidative capacity in human skeletal muscle. Altogether, these results indicate that ANP/GCA signaling controls muscle mitochondrial integrity and oxidative capacity in vivo and plays a causal role in the development of T2D.
Project description:Endurance-trained athletes have high oxidative capacity, enhanced insulin sensitivity, and high intracellular lipid accumulation in muscle. These characteristics are likely due to altered gene expression levels in muscle. We used microarrays to detect gene expression profile in endurance-trained athlete skeletal muscle.
Project description:Northern elephant seals (NES, Mirounga angustirostris) undergo an annual molt during which they spend ~40 days fasting on land with reduced activity and lose approximately one-quarter of their body mass. Reduced activity and muscle load in stereotypic terrestrial mammalian models results in decreased muscle mass and capacity for force production and aerobic metabolism. However, the majority of lost mass in fasting female NES is from fat while muscle mass is largely preserved. Although muscle mass is preserved, potential changes to the metabolic and contractile capacity are unknown. To assess potential changes in NES skeletal muscle during molt, we collected muscle biopsies from 6 adult female NES at the beginning of the molt and after ~30 days at the end of the molt. Skeletal muscle was assessed for respiratory capacity using high resolution respirometry, and RNA was extracted to assess changes in gene expression. Despite a month of reduced activity, fasting, and weight loss, skeletal muscle respiratory capacity was preserved with no change in OXPHOS respiratory capacity. Molt was associated with 162 upregulated genes including genes favoring lipid metabolism and regulating cell cycles. We identified 172 downregulated genes including those coding for ribosomal proteins and genes associated with skeletal muscle force transduction and glucose metabolism. Following ~30 days of molt, NES skeletal muscle metabolic capacity appears largely preserved although mechanotransduction may be compromised. In the absence of exercise stimulus, fasting-induced shifts in skeletal muscle lipid metabolism may stimulate lipid signaling pathways associated with preserving the mass and metabolic capacity of slow oxidative muscle.