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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-11-10
pubmed:abstractText
Chronic arthritis is a catabolic state associated with an inhibition of the IGF system and a decrease in body weight. Cachexia and muscular wasting is secondary to protein degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. The aim of this work was to analyze the effect of adjuvant-induced arthritis on the muscle-specific ubiquitin ligases muscle ring finger 1 (MuRF1) and muscle atrophy F-box (MAFbx) as well as on IGF-I and IGF-binding protein-5 (IGFBP-5) gene expression in the skeletal muscle. We also studied whether the synthetic ghrelin receptor agonist, growth hormone releasing peptide-2 (GHRP-2), was able to prevent arthritis-induced changes in the skeletal muscle. Arthritis induced an increase in MuRF1, MAFbx (P < 0.01), and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha mRNA (P < 0.05) in the skeletal muscle. Arthritis decreased the serum IGF-I and its gene expression in the liver (P < 0.01), whereas it increased IGF-I and IGFBP-5 gene expression in the skeletal muscle (P < 0.01). Administration of GHRP-2 for 8 days prevented the arthritis-induced increase in muscular MuRF1, MAFbx, and TNF-alpha gene expression. GHRP-2 treatment increased the serum concentrations of IGF-I and the IGF-I mRNA in the liver and in the cardiac muscle and decreased muscular IGFBP-5 mRNA both in control and in arthritic rats (P < 0.05). GHRP-2 treatment increased muscular IGF-I mRNA in control rats (P < 0.01), but it did not modify the muscular IGF-I gene expression in arthritic rats. These data indicate that arthritis induces an increase in the activity of the ubiquitin-proteasome proteolytic pathway that is prevented by GHRP-2 administration. The parallel changes in muscular IGFBP-5 and TNF-alpha gene expression with the ubiquitin ligases suggest that they can participate in skeletal muscle alterations during chronic arthritis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fbxo32 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Muscle Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oligopeptides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Ghrelin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Rnf28 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/growth hormone-releasing peptide-2
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0193-1849
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
289
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
E1007-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16030067-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16030067-Arthritis, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:16030067-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:16030067-Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 5, pubmed-meshheading:16030067-Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, pubmed-meshheading:16030067-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:16030067-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16030067-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:16030067-Muscle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16030067-Oligopeptides, pubmed-meshheading:16030067-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16030067-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16030067-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:16030067-Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, pubmed-meshheading:16030067-Receptors, Ghrelin, pubmed-meshheading:16030067-SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases, pubmed-meshheading:16030067-Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Ghrelin receptor agonist GHRP-2 prevents arthritis-induced increase in E3 ubiquitin-ligating enzymes MuRF1 and MAFbx gene expression in skeletal muscle.
pubmed:affiliation
Dept Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't