Metabolic remodeling of skeletal muscle in mitochondrial myopathies

项目摘要 线粒体疾病是由线粒体功能受损引起的异质性遗传病。 氧化磷酸化(OXPHOS)系统，影响能量旺盛的组织 依赖性的，经常表现为神经肌肉症状，伴随着各种 其他临床特征。尽管由遗传错误引起的能量缺陷 线粒体和核DNA通常是已知的，线粒体疾病的许多方面 发病机制尚不清楚。因此，由于缺乏明确的 新陈代谢的目标，没有被证明有效的治疗或治愈方法。我们最近出版的 研究表明，小鼠骨骼肌发生了戏剧性的代谢重塑。 线粒体肌病模型。我们发现一种类似饥饿的反应会促进肌肉 蛋白质分解和氨基酸分解代谢支持补偿性能量产生 氧化通量。在这个助熔剂中，谷氨酸通过TCA循环被氧化，并允许OXPHOS- 底物水平的独立ADP磷酸化。然而，这种补偿过程的结果是 肌肉萎缩和脂肪堆积。我们假设除了ATP的合成 损伤，OXPHOS缺陷组织必须面对一些由代谢障碍引起的问题 通过改变中间代谢的途径。重要的是，在初步研究中 对于这一应用，我们发现来自人类患者的骨骼肌 线粒体肌病表现出类似的代偿性代谢反应。我们的发现表明 这种代谢转变倾向于优先利用氨基酸而不是脂类来提供能量 目的是不适应效应的基础，有助于疾病的发病机制。 在本申请的目标1中，我们将深入研究 线粒体肌病小鼠模型OXPHOS缺陷肌肉中的代谢重联。 在目的2中，我们将研究人类线粒体肌病的肌肉代谢重构。 在目标3中，我们将在线粒体肌病小鼠身上测试代谢补充疗法。 在这项研究的结论中，我们将提高我们对致病机理的认识 线粒体疾病的机制，为人类建立了一个功能生物标志物小组 线粒体肌病，并评估代谢补充是否可以改善肌病 表型。

Project Summary Mitochondrial diseases are heterogeneous genetic disorders caused by the impairment of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system, affecting tissues that are heavily energy dependent, and often manifesting with neuromuscular symptoms accompanied by a variety of additional clinical features. Although the energetic defects arising from genetic errors in mitochondrial and nuclear DNA are often known, many aspects of mitochondrial disease pathogenesis are yet to be elucidated. As a consequence, because of the lack of defined metabolic targets, no proven effective treatments or cures are available. Our recently published studies indicate that a dramatic metabolic remodeling occurs in the skeletal muscle of a mouse model of mitochondrial myopathy. We found that a starvation-like response promotes muscle protein breakdown and amino acid catabolism to support a compensatory energy-generating oxidative flux. In this flux, glutamate is oxidized through the TCA cycle and allows for OXPHOS- independent substrate-level ADP phosphorylation. However, this compensatory process results in muscle wasting and lipids accumulation. We hypothesize that in addition to ATP synthesis impairment, OXPHOS-defective tissues must face a number of dysmetabolic problems caused by altered pathways of the intermediary metabolism. Importantly, in preliminary studies leading to this application, we have discovered that skeletal muscle from human patients with mitochondrial myopathy show similar compensatory metabolic responses. Our findings suggest that this metabolic shift towards preferred utilization of amino acids over lipids for energetic purposes underlies maladaptive effects, contributing to disease pathogenesis. In aim 1 of this application, we will investigate in depth the mechanisms and roles of the metabolic rewiring in OXPHOS-defective muscle of a mouse model of mitochondrial myopathy. In aim 2 we will investigate the muscle metabolic remodeling in human mitochondrial myopathy. In aim 3 we will test metabolic supplementation therapy in the mitochondrial myopathy mouse. At the conclusion of this study we will have improved our knowledge on the pathogenic mechanisms of mitochondrial diseases, established a functional biomarker panel for human mitochondrial myopathy, and assessed if metabolic supplementation can improve the myopathic phenotype.