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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59430-4
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- Cell Biology Core of the Yale Diabetes Research Center (NIH/NIDDK) [P30 DK045735]
- Yale O'Brien Center NIH (NIH/NIDDK) [P30DK079310]
- Yale Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Core (NIH/NIDDK) [U24 DK-059635, R01 DK116774]
- Swiss National Science Foundation [31003A_176125]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [J 3267]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [31003A_176125] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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Low blood phosphate (Pi) reduces muscle function in hypophosphatemic disorders. Which Pi transporters are required and whether hormonal changes due to hypophosphatemia contribute to muscle function is unknown. To address these questions we generated a series of conditional knockout mice lacking one or both house-keeping Pi transporters Pit1 and Pit2 in skeletal muscle (sm), using the postnatally expressed human skeletal actin-cre. Simultaneous conditional deletion of both transporters caused skeletal muscle atrophy, resulting in death by postnatal day P13. smPit1(-/-), smPit2(-/-) and three allele mutants are fertile and have normal body weights, suggesting a high degree of redundance for the two transporters in skeletal muscle. However, these mice show a gene-dose dependent reduction in running activity also seen in another hypophosphatemic model (Hyp mice). In contrast to Hyp mice, grip strength is preserved. Further evaluation of the mechanism shows reduced ERK1/2 activation and stimulation of AMP kinase in skeletal muscle from smPit1(-/-); smPit2(-/-) mice consistent with energy-stress. Similarly, C2C12 myoblasts show a reduced oxygen consumption rate mediated by Pi transport-dependent and ERK1/2-dependent metabolic Pi sensing pathways. In conclusion, we here show that Pit1 and Pit2 are essential for normal myofiber function and survival, insights which may improve management of hypophosphatemic myopathy.
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