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Akscyn RM, Franklin JL, Gavrikova TA, Messina JL. Skeletal muscle atrogene expression and insulin resistance in a rat model of polytrauma. Physiol Rep 2016; 4:4/2/e12659. [PMID: 26818585 PMCID: PMC4760393 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Polytrauma is a combination of injuries to more than one body part or organ system. Polytrauma is common in warfare, and in automobile and industrial accidents. The combination of injuries can include burn, fracture, hemorrhage, and trauma to the extremities or specific organ systems. Resistance to anabolic hormones, loss of muscle mass, and metabolic dysfunction can occur following injury. To investigate the effects of combined injuries, we have developed a highly reproducible rodent model of polytrauma. This model combines burn injury, soft tissue trauma, and penetrating injury to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Adult, male Sprague–Dawley rats were anesthetized with pentobarbital and subjected to a 15–20% total body surface area scald burn, or laparotomy and a single puncture of the cecum with a G30 needle, or the combination of both injuries (polytrauma). In the current studies, the inflammatory response to polytrauma was examined in skeletal muscle. Changes in skeletal muscle mRNA levels of the proinflammatory cytokines TNF‐α, IL‐1β, and IL‐6 were observed following single injuries and polytrauma. Increased expression of the E3 ubiquitin ligases Atrogin‐1/FBX032 and TRIM63/MuRF‐1 were measured following injury, as was skeletal muscle insulin resistance, as evidenced by decreased insulin‐inducible insulin receptor (IR) and AKT/PKB (Protein Kinase B) phosphorylation. Changes in the abundance of IR and insulin receptor substrate‐1 (IRS‐1) were observed at the protein and mRNA levels. Additionally, increased TRIB3 mRNA levels were observed 24 h following polytrauma, the same time when insulin resistance was observed. This may suggest a role for TRIB3 in the development of acute insulin resistance following injury.
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Affiliation(s)
- Robert M Akscyn
- Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama Vetrans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama
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Frost RA, Pereyra E, Lang CH. Ethyl pyruvate preserves IGF-I sensitivity toward mTOR substrates and protein synthesis in C2C12 myotubes. Endocrinology 2011; 152:151-63. [PMID: 21106878 PMCID: PMC3219047 DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Bacterial infection decreases skeletal muscle protein synthesis via inhibition of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a key regulator of translation initiation. To better define the mechanism by which muscle mTOR activity is decreased, we used an in vitro model of C2C12 myotubes treated with endotoxin [lipopolysaccharide (LPS)]and interferon (IFN)-γ to determine whether stable lipophilic pyruvate derivatives restore mTOR signaling. Myotubes treated with a combination of LPS and IFNγ down-regulated the phosphorylation of the mTOR substrates S6 kinase-1 and 4E binding protein-1. The phosphorylation of ribosomal protein S6 was decreased, whereas phosphorylation of elongation factor-2 was enhanced; all results consistent with defects in both translation initiation and elongation. LPS/IFNγ decreased protein synthesis 60% in myotubes. Treatment with methyl or ethyl pyruvate partially protected against the LPS/IFNγ-induced fall in mTOR signaling. The protective effect of ethyl and methyl pyruvate could not be replicated by an equimolar amount of sodium pyruvate. Although LPS/IFNγ treated myotubes were initially IGF-I responsive, prolonged exposure (≥ 17 h) resulted in IGF-I resistance at the level of mTOR despite normal IGF-I receptor phosphorylation. Ethyl pyruvate treatment restored IGF-I sensitivity as evidenced by the left shift in the IGF-I dose-response curve and maintained IGF-I responsiveness for a prolonged period of time. Ethyl pyruvate also restored IGF-I-stimulated protein synthesis in LPS/IFNγ-treated myotubes. Cotreatment with N-acetyl cysteine or ascorbic acid also preserved IGF-I sensitivity and mTOR activity. The data suggest that the combination of LPS and IFNγ inhibits mTOR activity and that prolonged exposure induces IGF-I resistance in myotubes. Lipophilic pyruvate derivatives and antioxidants show promise at rescuing mTOR activity and muscle protein synthesis by maintaining IGF-I sensitivity in this model.
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- Robert A Frost
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology (H166), Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA.
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Van Cromphaut S. Hyperglycaemia as part of the stress response: the underlying mechanisms. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol 2009; 23:375-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2009.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Hyperglycemia is commonplace in the critically ill patient and is associated with worse outcomes. It occurs after severe stress (e.g., infection or injury) and results from a combination of increased secretion of catabolic hormones, increased hepatic gluconeogenesis, and resistance to the peripheral and hepatic actions of insulin. The use of carbohydrate-based feeds, glucose containing solutions, and drugs such as epinephrine may exacerbate the hyperglycemia. Mechanisms by which hyperglycemia cause harm are uncertain. Deranged osmolality and blood flow, intracellular acidosis, and enhanced superoxide production have all been implicated. The net result is derangement of endothelial, immune and coagulation function and an association with neuropathy and myopathy. These changes can be prevented, at least in part, by the use of insulin to maintain normoglycemia.
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- David Brealey
- Bloomsbury Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Orellana RA, Suryawan A, Kimball SR, Wu G, Nguyen HV, Jefferson LS, Davis TA. Insulin signaling in skeletal muscle and liver of neonatal pigs during endotoxemia. Pediatr Res 2008; 64:505-10. [PMID: 18596577 PMCID: PMC2774270 DOI: 10.1203/pdr.0b013e318183fd4c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Sepsis has been associated with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and nitric oxide (NO) overproduction, insulin resistance, and a profound suppression of muscle protein synthesis. However, lesser suppression of muscle protein synthesis in neonatal pigs occurs in response to endotoxin (LPS) when glucose and amino acids are provided. We hypothesize that the LPS-induced TNF-alpha and NO overproduction down-regulates insulin signaling pathway activation in neonatal pigs in the presence of fed levels of insulin, glucose, and amino acids. In skeletal muscle, inducible NOS activity was increased in response to LPS infusion, but phosphorylation of the insulin receptor, insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1), p42/p44 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), and protein kinase B, the association of IRS-1 with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase), and constitutive NOS activity were not altered. In liver, activation of the insulin receptor, IRS-1, and PI 3-kinase were not affected by LPS, but p42 MAPK phosphorylation was increased. The absence of a down-regulation in the insulin signaling cascade in muscle despite the LPS-induced increase in TNF-alpha and muscle iNOS, may contribute to the near-maintenance of muscle protein synthesis rates in the presence of glucose and amino acids in LPS-infused neonatal pigs.
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- Renán A Orellana
- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Thompson LH, Kim HT, Ma Y, Kokorina NA, Messina JL. Acute, muscle-type specific insulin resistance following injury. Mol Med 2008; 14:715-23. [PMID: 19009015 DOI: 10.2119/2008-00081.thompson] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2008] [Accepted: 09/19/2008] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Acute insulin resistance can develop following critical illness and severe injury, and the mortality of critically ill patients can be reduced by intensive insulin therapy. Thus, compensating for the insulin resistance in the clinical care setting is important. However, the molecular mechanisms that lead to the development of acute injury/infection-associated insulin resistance are unknown, and the development of acute insulin resistance is much less studied than chronic disease-associated insulin resistance. An animal model of injury and blood loss was utilized to determine whether acute skeletal muscle insulin resistance develops following injury, and surgical trauma in the absence of hemorrhage had little effect on insulin-mediated signaling. However, following hemorrhage, there was an almost complete loss of insulin-induced Akt phosphorylation in triceps, and severely decreased tyrosine phosphorylation of the insulin receptor and insulin receptor substrate-1. The severity of insulin resistance was similar in triceps and extensor digitorum longus muscles, but was more modest in diaphragm, and there was little change in insulin signaling in cardiac muscle following hemorrhage. Since skeletal muscle is an important insulin target tissue and accounts for much of insulin-induced glucose disposal, it is important to determine its role in injury/infection-induced hyperglycemia. This is the first report of an acute development of skeletal muscle insulin signaling defects. The presented data indicates that the defects in insulin signaling occurred rapidly, were reversible and more severe in some skeletal muscles, and did not occur in cardiac muscle.
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- LaWanda H Thompson
- Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0019, USA
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Cardoso AR, Carvalho CRO, Velloso LA, Brenelli SL, Saad MJA, Carvalheira JBC. Effect of thiopental, pentobarbital and diethyl ether on early steps of insulin action in liver and muscle of the intact rat. Life Sci 2005; 76:2287-97. [PMID: 15748623 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.10.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2004] [Accepted: 10/04/2004] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A large number of experimental studies have investigated insulin signaling in rats. In these studies different anaesthetics have been used to anaesthetize rats. However, the direct effects of anaesthetics on the regulation of the early steps of insulin action are not known. In the present study, we investigated the effect of thiopental, pentobarbital and diethyl ether on the plasma glucose disappearance rate, IR, IRS-1 and IRS-2 tyrosine phosphorylation, IRSs association with PI 3-kinase, Akt and Erk phosphorylation, in liver and muscle of rats. Fasting plasma glucose levels were higher in animals anaesthetized with ether. No differences in plasma glucose disappearance rates were observed, however. Insulin-induced IR, IRS-1 and IRS-2 tyrosine phosphorylation, association of these substrates with PI 3-kinase and Akt and ERK phosphorylation were similar in the three groups of animals in both tissues. These data suggest that both thiopental and pentobarbital may be used in studies where changes in insulin signaling are being measured and where adequate general anaesthesia is required.
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- Adilson R Cardoso
- Departamento de Anestesia, FCM, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Barreiro GC, Prattali RR, Caliseo CT, Fugiwara FY, Ueno M, Prada PO, Velloso LA, Saad MJA, Carvalheira JBC. Aspirin inhibits serine phosphorylation of IRS-1 in muscle and adipose tissue of septic rats. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 320:992-7. [PMID: 15240146 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.06.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2004] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Whole body insulin resistance has been demonstrated in septic patients and in infected animals. In this study, we demonstrate that sepsis induces insulin resistance and that pretreatment with aspirin inhibits sepsis-induced insulin resistance. Sepsis was observed to lead to serine phosphorylation of IRS-1, a phenomenon which was reversed by aspirin in muscle and WAT, in parallel with a reduction in JNK activity. In addition, our data show an impairment of insulin activation of IR and IRS-1 tyrosine phosphorylation in septic rats and, consistent with the reduction of IRS-1 serine phosphorylation observed in septic animals pretreated with aspirin, there was an increase in IRS-1 protein levels and tyrosine phosphorylation in muscle and WAT. Overall, these results provide important new insights into the mechanism of sepsis-induced insulin resistance.
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- Guilherme C Barreiro
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, FCM, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Marik PE, Raghavan M. Stress-hyperglycemia, insulin and immunomodulation in sepsis. Intensive Care Med 2004; 30:748-56. [PMID: 14991101 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2167-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2003] [Accepted: 12/29/2003] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Stress-hyperglycemia and insulin resistance are exceedingly common in critically ill patients, particularly those with sepsis. Multiple pathogenetic mechanisms are responsible for this metabolic syndrome; however, increased release of pro-inflammatory mediators and counter-regulatory hormones may play a pivotal role. Recent data suggests that hyperglycemia may potentiate the pro-inflammatory response while insulin has the opposite effect. Furthermore, emerging evidence suggests that tight glycemic control will improve the outcome of critically ill patients. This paper reviews the pathophysiology of stress hyperglycemia in the critically ill septic patient and outlines a treatment strategy for the management of this disorder.
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- Paul E Marik
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 640A Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
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Basic understanding of the phenomenon remains elusive
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Affiliation(s)
- G L Carlson
- Injury Research Group, University of Manchester, Hope Hospital, Salford M6 8HD, UK.
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