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The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 61:663-674 (2006)
© 2006 The Gerontological Society of America

Atrogin-1/MAFbx and MuRF1 Are Downregulated in Aging-Related Loss of Skeletal Muscle

Erik Edström, Mikael Altun, Martin Hägglund and Brun Ulfhake

Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Address correspondence to Erik Edström, PhD, Karolinska Institutet, Neuroscience, Retzuis väg 8, A3:4, Stockholm, Sweden 17177. E-mail: erik.edstrom{at}ki.se

Muscle atrophy in many conditions share a common mechanism in the upregulation of the muscle-specific ubiquitin E3-ligases atrophy gene-1/muscle atrophy F-box (Atrogin-1/MAFbx) and muscle ring-finger protein 1 (MuRF1). E3-ligases are part of the ubiquitin proteasome pathway utilized for protein degradation during muscle atrophy. In this study, we provide new data to show that this is not the case in age-related loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia). On the contrary, Atrogin-1/MAFbx and MuRF1 are downregulated in skeletal muscle of 30-month-old rats, and our results suggest that AKT (protein kinase B)-mediated inactivation of forkhead box O 4 (FOXO4) underlies this suppression. The data also suggest that activation of AKT is mediated through the insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) receptor, signaling via ShcA-Grb2-GAB. Using dietary restriction, we find that it impedes sarcopenia as well as the effects of aging on AKT phosphorylation, FOXO4 phosphorylation, and Atrogin-1/MAFbx and MuRF1 transcript regulation. We conclude that sarcopenia is mechanistically different from acute atrophies induced by disuse, disease, and denervation.




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