Analysis of the Molecular Signaling Signatures of Muscle Protein Wasting Between the Intercostal Muscles and the Gastrocnemius Muscles in db/db Mice
- Authors
- Kim, Kun Woo; Baek, Mi-Ock; Choi, Ji-Young; Son, Kuk Hui; Yoon, Mee-Sup
- Issue Date
- Dec-2019
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- muscle atrophy; intercostal muscles; gastrocnemius muscle; mTOR; Akt; FoxO; Atrogin-1; MuRF1; autophagic flux
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, v.20, no.23
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
- Volume
- 20
- Number
- 23
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/17914
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijms20236062
- ISSN
- 1661-6596
- Abstract
- Type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients suffer from dyspnea, which contributes to disease-related morbidity. Although T2D has been reported to induce a catabolic state in skeletal muscle, whether T2D induces muscle wasting in respiratory muscles has not yet been investigated. In this study, we examine the difference in the molecular signaling signature of muscle wasting between the intercostal and gastrocnemius muscles using db/db mice, a well-known diabetic mouse model. Akt phosphorylation was significantly decreased in both the intercostal and gastrocnemius muscles of db/db mice and was accompanied by a decrease in mTORC1 activity. In addition, FoxO phosphorylation was suppressed, and ubiquitin-proteasome degradation, characterized by the level of Atrogin-1 and MuRF1, was subsequently enhanced in both muscle types of db/db mice. An increase in LC3BII levels and a decrease in p62 levels marked the occurrence of substantial autophagy in the gastrocnemius muscle but not in the intercostal muscles of db/db mice. Therefore, we suggest that the signaling events of muscle wasting in the intercostal muscles of db/db mice are different from those in the gastrocnemius muscle of db/db mice.
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