An increase in murine skeletal muscle peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) mRNA in response to exercise is mediated by β-adrenergic receptor activation
An increase in murine skeletal muscle peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) mRNA in response to exercise is mediated by β-adrenergic receptor activation
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10.1210/en.2006-1646
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发表时间:
2007-07-01
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4.8
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Ezaki, Osamu
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Miura, Shinji;Kawanaka, Kentaro;Ezaki, Osamu
A single bout of exercise increases expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator (PGC)-1 alpha mRNA, which may promote mitochondrial biogenesis in skeletal muscle. In brown adipose tissue, cold exposure up-regulates PGC-1 alpha expression via adrenergic receptor (AR) activation. Because exercise also activates the sympathetic nervous system, we examined whether exercise-induced increase in PGC-1 alpha mRNA expression in skeletal muscle was mediated via AR activation. In C57BL/6J mice, injection of the beta 2-AR agonist clenbuterol, but not alpha-, beta 1-, or beta 3-AR agonists, increased PGC-1 alpha mRNA expression more than 30-fold in skeletal muscle. The clenbuterol-induced increase in PGC-1 alpha mRNA expression in mice was inhibited by pretreatment with the beta-AR antagonist propranolol. In ex vivo experiments, direct exposure of rat epitrochlearis to beta 2-AR agonist, but not alpha-, beta 1-, and beta 3-AR agonist, led to an increase in levels of PGC-1 alpha mRNA. Injection of beta 2-AR agonist did not increase PGC-1 alpha mRNA expression in beta 1-, beta 2-, and beta 3-AR knockout mice (beta-less mice). PGC-1 alpha mRNA in gastrocnemius was increased 3.5-fold in response to running on a treadmill for 45 min. The exercise-induced increase in PGC-1 alpha mRNA was inhibited by approximately 70% by propranolol or the beta 2-AR-specific inhibitor ICI 118,551. The exercise-induced increase in PGC-1 alpha mRNA in beta-less mice was also 36% lower than that in wild-type mice. These data indicate that up-regulation of PGC-1 alpha expression in skeletal muscle by exercise is mediated, at least in part, by beta-ARs activation. Among ARs, beta 2-AR may mediate an increase in PGC-1 alpha by exercise.