TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of chronic AICAR treatment on fiber composition, enzyme activity, UCP3, and PGC-1 in rat muscles
AU - Suwa, Masataka
AU - Nakano, Hiroshi
AU - Kumagai, Shuzo
PY - 2003/9/1
Y1 - 2003/9/1
N2 - This study was designed to determine the histological and metabolic effects of the administration of 5′-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activator 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-β-D-ribofuranoside (AICAR) for 14 successive days. AICAR treatment caused a significant decrease in the percentage of type IIB fibers and the concomitant increase in the percentage of type IIX fibers in extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle. The capillary density and the capillary-to-fiber ratio were not altered by AICAR. AICAR treatment increased the glycolytic and oxidative enzyme activities but not the antioxidant enzyme activities. The AICAR treatment increased the uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) level in EDL and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α protein level in the soleus and EDL muscles, whereas the myogenin level was not altered by AICAR. These results seem to imply that the chronic activation of AMPK alters such muscle histochemical and metabolic characteristics.
AB - This study was designed to determine the histological and metabolic effects of the administration of 5′-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activator 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-β-D-ribofuranoside (AICAR) for 14 successive days. AICAR treatment caused a significant decrease in the percentage of type IIB fibers and the concomitant increase in the percentage of type IIX fibers in extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle. The capillary density and the capillary-to-fiber ratio were not altered by AICAR. AICAR treatment increased the glycolytic and oxidative enzyme activities but not the antioxidant enzyme activities. The AICAR treatment increased the uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) level in EDL and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α protein level in the soleus and EDL muscles, whereas the myogenin level was not altered by AICAR. These results seem to imply that the chronic activation of AMPK alters such muscle histochemical and metabolic characteristics.
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U2 - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00349.2003
DO - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00349.2003
M3 - Article
C2 - 12777406
AN - SCOPUS:0042423598
SN - 8750-7587
VL - 95
SP - 960
EP - 968
JO - Journal of Applied Physiology
JF - Journal of Applied Physiology
IS - 3
ER -