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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 128, Issue 6, Pages 1666-1676Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00908.2019
Keywords
Apc(Min/+); cancer cachexia; eccentric contractions; inflammation; oxidative; metabolism; protein synthesis
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- National Institutes of Health [R01 CA-121249, P20 RR-017698]
- SPARC Graduate Research Grant from the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University of South Carolina
- ACSM Foundation Research Grant from the American College of Sports Medicine Foundation
- Donna and Andrew Sorensen Graduate Student Fellowship in Cancer Research (University of South Carolina, Center for Colon Cancer Research)
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Cancer-induced wasting is accompanied by disruptions to muscle oxidative metabolism and protein turnover that have been associated with systemic inflammation, whereas exercise and stimulated muscle contractions can positively regulate muscle protein synthesis and mitochondrial homeostasis. In preclinical cancer cachexia models, a single bout of eccentric contractions (ECCs) can induce protein synthesis and repeated ECC bouts prevent myofiber atrophy. The cellular mechanisms providing this protection from atrophy have not been resolved. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine whether repeated stimulated ECC bouts affect basal muscle oxidative metabolism and protein synthesis during cancer cachexia, and if these changes were associated with plasma IL-6 levels. Male Apc(Min/+) (MIN; n = 10) mice initiating cachexia and healthy C57BL/6 (B6; n = 11) control mice performed repeated ECC bouts over 2 wk. MIN mice exhibited body weight loss and elevated plasma IL-6 before and during repeated ECC bouts. Control MIN muscle demonstrated disrupted signaling related to inflammation, oxidative capacity, and protein synthesis regulation, which were all improved by repeated ECC bouts. With cachexia, plasma IL-6 levels were negatively correlated with myofiber cross-sectional area, oxidative capacity, and protein synthesis. Interestingly, ECC improvements in these outcomes were positively correlated with plasma IL-6 levels in MIN mice. There was also a positive relationship between muscle oxidative capacity and protein synthesis after repeated ECC bouts in MIN mice. Collectively, repeated ECC bouts altered the cachectic muscle phenotype independent of systemic wasting, and there was a strong association between muscle oxidative capacity and protein synthesis in this adaptive response. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Cancer-induced muscle wasting is accompanied by disruptions to muscle oxidative metabolism and protein turnover regulation, whereas exercise is a potent stimulator of muscle protein synthesis and mitochondrial homeostasis. In a preclinical model of cancer cachexia, we report that cachectic muscle retains anabolic and metabolic plasticity to repeated eccentric contraction bouts despite an overall systemic wasting environment. The attenuation of muscle atrophy is linked to improved oxidative capacity and protein synthesis during cancer cachexia progression.
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