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Total Skeletal Muscle PGC-1 Deficiency Uncouples Mitochondrial Derangements from Fiber Type Determination and Insulin Sensitivity

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Zechner, Christoph, Lai, Ling, Zechner, Juliet F., Geng, Tuoyu, Yan, Zhen, Rumsey, John W., Collia, Deanna, Chen, Zhouji +3 more·2010·Cell Metabolism

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Evidence is emerging that the PGC-1 coactivators serve a critical role in skeletal muscle metabolism, function, and disease. Mice with total PGC-1 deficiency in skeletal muscle (PGC-1α(-/-)β(f/f/MLC-Cre) mice) were generated and characterized. PGC-1α(-/-)β(f/f/MLC-Cre) mice exhibit a dramatic reduction in exercise performance compared to single PGC-1α- or PGC-1β-deficient mice and wild-type controls. The exercise phenotype of the PGC-1α(-/-)β(f/f/MLC-Cre) mice was associated with a marked diminution in muscle oxidative capacity, together with rapid depletion of muscle glycogen stores. In addition, the PGC-1α/β-deficient muscle exhibited mitochondrial structural derangements consistent with fusion/fission and biogenic defects. Surprisingly, the proportion of oxidative muscle fiber types (I, IIa) was not reduced in the PGC-1α(-/-)β(f/f/MLC-Cre) mice. Moreover, insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance were not altered in the PGC-1α(-/-)β(f/f/MLC-Cre) mice. Taken together, we conclude that PGC-1 coactivators are necessary for the oxidative and mitochondrial programs of skeletal muscle but are dispensable for fundamental fiber type determination and insulin sensitivity.

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  • Insulin-stimulated glucose sensitivity is increased in some mouse models of mitochondrial dysfunction.

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Zechner, C., Lai, L., Zechner, J. F., Geng, T., Yan, Z., Rumsey, J. W., Collia, D., Chen, Z., Wozniak, D. F., Leone, T. C., & Kelly, D. P.
Affiliations
  • Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (US)
  • University of Virginia Medical Center (US)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
Corresponding author
Kelly, Daniel P.
Venue
Cell Metabolism
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-12
Volume
12
Issue
6
Pages
633-642
ISSN
1550-4131 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2064754499
Cited by
274
References
45
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FWCI
14.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell Metabolism (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (DK45416, HL58427, P30 NS057105)
  • American Diabetes Association (AR050429)
  • Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (ZE 796/2-1)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Keywords
PGC-1α, PGC-1β, skeletal muscle, mitochondrial dysfunction, mitochondrial fission and fusion, oxidative capacity, muscle glycogen depletion, exercise performance, insulin sensitivity, glucose tolerance, muscle metabolism
MeSH terms
Analysis of Variance, Animals, Glucose Tolerance Test, Insulin Resistance, Microscopy, Electron, Mitochondria, Oxygen Consumption, Physical Conditioning, Animal, Transcription Factors, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Mice, Knockout, Muscle, Skeletal, Gene Expression Profiling, Mice

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