RGD Reference Report - Skeletal muscle protein synthesis and the abundance of the mRNA translation initiation repressor PDCD4 are inversely regulated by fasting and refeeding in rats. - Rat Genome Database

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Skeletal muscle protein synthesis and the abundance of the mRNA translation initiation repressor PDCD4 are inversely regulated by fasting and refeeding in rats.

Authors: Zargar, S  Moreira, TS  Samimi-Seisan, H  Jeganathan, S  Kakade, D  Islam, N  Campbell, J  Adegoke, OA 
Citation: Zargar S, etal., Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Jun;300(6):E986-92. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00642.2010. Epub 2011 Mar 15.
RGD ID: 9589089
Pubmed: PMID:21406616   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1152/ajpendo.00642.2010   (Journal Full-text)

Optimal skeletal muscle mass is vital to human health, because defects in muscle protein metabolism underlie or exacerbate human diseases. The mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 is critical in the regulation of mRNA translation and protein synthesis. These functions are mediated in part by the ribosomal protein S6 kinase 1 (S6K1) through mechanisms that are poorly understood. The tumor suppressor programmed cell death 4 (PDCD4) has been identified as a novel substrate of S6K1. Here, we examined 1) the expression of PDCD4 in skeletal muscle and 2) its regulation by feed deprivation (FD) and refeeding. Male rats (~100 g; n = 6) were subjected to FD for 48 h; some rats were refed for 2 h. FD suppressed muscle fractional rates of protein synthesis and Ser(67) phosphorylation of PDCD4 (-50%) but increased PDCD4 abundance (P < 0.05); refeeding reversed these changes (P < 0.05). Consistent with these effects being regulated by S6K1, activation of this kinase was suppressed by FD (-91%, P < 0.05) but was increased by refeeding. Gavaging rats subjected to FD with a mixture of amino acids partially restored muscle fractional rates of protein synthesis and reduced PDCD4 abundance relative to FD. Finally, when myoblasts were grown in amino acid- and serum-free medium, phenylalanine incorporation into proteins in cells depleted of PDCD4 more than doubled the values in cells with a normal level of PDCD4 (P < 0.0001). Thus feeding stimulates fractional protein synthesis in skeletal muscle in parallel with the reduction of the abundance of this mRNA translation inhibitor.

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Biological Process
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
regulation of protein metabolic process  IMP 9589089 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Pdcd4  (programmed cell death 4)


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