Physical exercise increases autophagic signaling through ULK1 in human skeletal muscle

Data from transgenic animal models suggest that exercise-induced autophagy is critical for adaptation to physical training, and that Unc-51 like kinase-1 (ULK1) serves as an important regulator of autophagy. Phosphorylation of ULK1 at Ser(555) stimulates autophagy, whereas phosphorylation at Ser(757) is inhibitory. To determine whether exercise regulates ULK1 phosphorylation in humans in vivo in a nutrient-dependent manner, we examined skeletal muscle biopsies from healthy humans after 1-h cycling exercise at 50% maximal O2 uptake on two occasions: 1) during a 36-h fast, and 2) during continuous glucose infusion at 0.2 kg/h. Physical exercise increased ULK1 phosphorylation at Ser(555) and decreased lipidation of light chain 3B. ULK1 phosphorylation at Ser(555) correlated positively with AMP-activated protein kinase-α Thr(172) phosphorylation and negatively with light chain 3B lipidation. ULK1 phosphorylation at Ser(757) was not affected by exercise. Fasting increased ULK1 and p62 protein expression, but did not affect exercise-induced ULK1 phosphorylation. These data demonstrate that autophagy signaling is activated in human skeletal muscle after 60 min of exercise, independently of nutritional status, and suggest that initiation of autophagy constitutes an important physiological response to exercise in humans..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:118

Enthalten in:

Journal of applied physiology - 118(2015), 8, Seite 971

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Møller, Andreas Buch [VerfasserIn]
Vendelbo, Mikkel Holm [Sonstige Person]
Christensen, Britt [Sonstige Person]
Clasen, Berthil Forrest [Sonstige Person]
Bak, Ann Mosegaard [Sonstige Person]
Jørgensen, Jens O L [Sonstige Person]
Møller, Niels [Sonstige Person]
Jessen, Niels [Sonstige Person]

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44.00

Themen:

Autophagy
Exercise
Kinases
Musculoskeletal system
Phosphorylation
Physiology

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RVK Klassifikation

doi:

10.1152/japplphysiol.01116.2014

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1962763226