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Myobolites: muscle-derived metabolites with paracrine and systemic effects

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Ibrahim, Ayon, Neinast, Michael, Arany, Zoltan P·2017·Current Opinion in Pharmacology

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Intracellular metabolism in skeletal muscle has been studied for more than a century and is the stuff of textbooks. In contrast, the extracellular secretion of metabolites by muscle cells, and their effects on non-muscle cells near or far, has been investigated much less extensively. Here, we describe a number of cases in which striated muscle secretes a metabolite that elicits complex responses in other cells or tissues, with involvements in normal physiology as well as obesity, type II diabetes, and cardiac remodeling. We focus on two recently identified secreted catabolic products of branched chain amino acid breakdown, β-aminoisobutyric acid and 3-hydroxyisobutyrate, and discuss common themes of inter-cellular signaling pathways driven by secreted metabolites.

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Authors
Ibrahim, A., Neinast, M., & Arany, Z. P.
Affiliations
University of Pennsylvania (US)
Corresponding author
Arany, Zoltan P
Venue
Current Opinion in Pharmacology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-06
Volume
34
Pages
15-20
ISSN
1471-4892 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2606538849
Cited by
22
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2017: 3
FWCI
0.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Current Opinion in Pharmacology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL094499)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM007229)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (F31DK111091, R01DK107667)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Muscle metabolism and nutrition
Keywords
extracellular secretion, paracrine signaling, systemic effects, skeletal muscle metabolism, branched-chain amino acids, beta-aminoisobutyric acid, 3-hydroxyisobutyrate, obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiac remodeling, intercellular communication
MeSH terms
Adenosine, Cyclic AMP, Aminoisobutyric Acids, Animals, Fatty Acids, Fibrosis, Cardiomegaly, Humans, Liver, Myocardium, Vasodilation, Adipocytes, Muscle, Skeletal

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