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- Title
Regulation of human skeletal muscle gene expression by aging, resistance exercise, and IL-1β: identification of candidate mRNAs using a custom real-time PCR screening method.
- Authors
Dennis, Richard; Przybyla, Beata; Harvey, Jonathan; Kortebein, Patrick; Evans, William; Sullivan, Dennis; Peterson, Charlotte
- Abstract
Resistance exercise (RE) induces a cytokine response in muscle that is involved with repair and possibly adaptive processes that may be impaired by aging. Specifically, median IL-1β mRNA levels were elevated 72 hrs post-RE in v. lateralis from young (Y), but not elderly (E) males. The lack of a response in the E appeared due to chronic elevation of IL-1β (Exp Gerontol 41:3, 320-327). Under these circumstances, IL-1β was hypothesized to control genes expressed in the myofiber that are relevant to growth and atrophy. To identify candidate genes, 100 mRNAs were screened using a custom real-time PCR method of which 15 were chosen and quantified for Y (N=15, 31.7 ± 7.4 yrs) and E (N=16, 71.6 ± 4.6) pre- and post-RE. Between groups, the Y possessed greater (1.6 to 4.4-fold) IGF1, CNTF, MMP2, and IGFBP5 at both time points. Of these, MMP2 was the only one responsive to exercise and this 1.5-fold increase was exclusive to the E. Other mRNAs responded to exercise in both Y and E but the magnitudes and significances were greater for Y. In the Y, TIMP1 and ACTC1 increased 2-fold and 6.5-fold, whereas GDF8 decreased 50%. In the E, TIMP1 and ACTC1 expression only increased 1.2-fold and 2.9-fold, whereas GDF8 decreased 40%. Work is underway to determine the cellular source, response to IL-1β, and functional significance to aging and RE for these factors in muscle. Stated differences were significant at P<0.05.
- Subjects
GENETIC regulation; MUSCLES; AGING; ISOMETRIC exercise; INTERLEUKIN-1; MESSENGER RNA; CYTOKINES; MUSCULAR atrophy
- Publication
FASEB Journal, 2007, Vol 21, Issue 6, pA1309
- ISSN
0892-6638
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1096/fasebj.21.6.a1309