Cited by 3,012Muscle Physiology and DisordersFOXO transcription factor regulationMuscle metabolism and nutrition

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Foxo transcription factors induce the atrophy-related ubiquitin ligase atrogin-1 and cause skeletal muscle atrophy.

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Skeletal muscle atrophy is a debilitating response to fasting, disuse, cancer, and other systemic diseases. In atrophying muscles, the ubiquitin ligase, atrogin-1 (MAFbx), is dramatically induced, and this response is necessary for rapid atrophy. Here, we show that in cultured myotubes undergoing atrophy, the activity of the PI3K/AKT pathway decreases, leading to activation of Foxo transcription factors and atrogin-1 induction. IGF-1 treatment or AKT overexpression inhibits Foxo and atrogin-1 expression. Moreover, constitutively active Foxo3 acts on the atrogin-1 promoter to cause atrogin-1 transcription and dramatic atrophy of myotubes and muscle fibers. When Foxo activation is blocked by a dominant-negative construct in myotubes or by RNAi in mouse muscles in vivo, atrogin-1 induction during starvation and atrophy of myotubes induced by glucocorticoids are prevented. Thus, forkhead factor(s) play a critical role in the development of muscle atrophy, and inhibition of Foxo factors is an attractive approach to combat muscle wasting.

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Authors
Sandri, M., Sandri, C., Gilbert, A., Skurk, C., Calabria, E., Picard, A., Walsh, K., Schiaffino, S., Lecker, S. H., & Goldberg, A. L.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine (IT)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
  • Boston University (US)
Corresponding author
  • Lecker, Stewart H
  • Goldberg, Alfred L
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2004-04
Volume
117
Issue
3
Pages
399-412
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2033797333
Cited by
3,012
References
41
Citations by year
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FWCI
33.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Space Biomedical Research Institute
  • European Commission (QLRT-2000-00530)
  • National Institutes of Health (DK02707, DK62307)
  • Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca
  • Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
  • Muscular Dystrophy Association
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › FOXO transcription factor regulation
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Muscle metabolism and nutrition
Keywords
FOXO transcription factors, atrogin-1, skeletal muscle atrophy, ubiquitin ligase, PI3K/Akt signaling, insulin-like growth factor I, FOXO3, forkhead transcription factor, starvation, glucocorticoids, myotubes, muscle atrophy, transcriptional regulation
MeSH terms
Adenoviridae, Animals, Cells, Cultured, Cloning, Molecular, Fasting, Gene Expression Regulation, Genetic Vectors, Glucocorticoids, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, Ligases, Models, Biological, Muscle Proteins, Muscular Atrophy, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Transcription Factors, Signal Transduction, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Muscle, Skeletal, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, Muscle Cells, RNA Interference, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, Mice

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