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Oxidative and glycolytic skeletal muscles deploy protective mechanisms to avoid atrophy under pathophysiological iron overload
Author(s) -
Martin David,
Nay Kévin,
Robin François,
Rebillard Amélie,
Orfila Luz,
Martin Brice,
Leroyer Patricia,
Guggenbuhl Pascal,
Dufresne Suzanne,
Noirez Philippe,
Ropert Martine,
Loréal Olivier,
Derbré Frédéric
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.803
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 2190-6009
pISSN - 2190-5991
DOI - 10.1002/jcsm.12897
Subject(s) - myogenesis , skeletal muscle , endocrinology , medicine , atrophy , ferritin , muscle atrophy , pathophysiology , chemistry , glycolysis , in vivo , transferrin receptor , oxidative phosphorylation , transferrin , biology , biochemistry , metabolism , microbiology and biotechnology
Background Iron excess has been proposed as an essential factor in skeletal muscle wasting. Studies have reported correlations between muscle iron accumulation and atrophy, either through ageing or by using experimental models of secondary iron overload. However, iron treatments performed in most of these studies induced an extra‐pathophysiological iron overload, more representative of intoxication or poisoning. The main objective of this study was to determine the impact of iron excess closer to pathophysiological conditions on structural and metabolic adaptations (i) in differentiated myotubes and (ii) in skeletal muscle exhibiting oxidative (i.e. the soleus) or glycolytic (i.e. the gastrocnemius) metabolic phenotypes. Methods The impact of iron excess was assessed in both in vitro and in vivo models. Murine differentiated myotubes were exposed to ferric ammonium citrate (FAC) (i.e. 10 and 50 μM) for the in vitro component. The in vivo model was achieved by a single iron dextran subcutaneous injection (1 g/kg) in mice. Four months after the injection, soleus and gastrocnemius muscles were harvested for analysis. Results In vitro , iron exposure caused dose‐dependent increases of iron storage protein ferritin ( P  < 0.01) and dose‐dependent decreases of mRNA TfR1 levels ( P  < 0.001), which support cellular adaptations to iron excess. Extra‐physiological iron treatment (50 μM FAC) promoted myotube atrophy ( P  = 0.018), whereas myotube size remained unchanged under pathophysiological treatment (10 μM FAC). FAC treatments, whatever the doses tested, did not affect the expression of proteolytic markers (i.e. NF‐κB, MurF1, and ubiquitinated proteins). In vivo , basal iron content and mRNA TfR1 levels were significantly higher in the soleus compared with the gastrocnemius (+130% and +127%; P  < 0.001, respectively), supporting higher iron needs in oxidative skeletal muscle. Iron supplementation induced muscle iron accumulation in the soleus and gastrocnemius muscles (+79%, P  < 0.001 and +34%, P  = 0.002, respectively), but ferritin protein expression only increased in the gastrocnemius (+36%, P  = 0.06). Despite iron accumulation, muscle weight, fibre diameter, and myosin heavy chain distribution remained unchanged in either skeletal muscle. Conclusions Together, these data support that under pathophysiological conditions, skeletal muscle can protect itself from the related deleterious effects of excess iron.

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