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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 287, Issue 1, Pages R218-R227Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00377.2003
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nutrient partitioning; lipids; gene expression
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01-DK-58855-01, T32-DK07052] Funding Source: Medline
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Sterol regulatory element binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c), a transcription factor that is important for mediating insulin effects on metabolic gene expression in liver during the fasted-to-fed transition, is also expressed in skeletal muscle. However, the regulation and role of SREBP-1c in skeletal muscle are poorly understood. The present study compared the effects of nutritional status, physiological hyperinsulinemic clamps, and adenovirus-mediated hyperleptinemia (HLEP) in rats on expression of SREBP-1c and other metabolic genes in skeletal muscle. Three-and 6-h refeeding of 18-h-fasted animals increased levels of SREBP-1c mRNA and the SREBP-1 protein (full length and mature) in gastrocnemius muscle (P < 0.05). Fatty acid synthase (FAS) and hexokinase II (HKII) mRNA levels were also increased by refeeding, and uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) mRNA level was decreased (all P < 0.05). Surprisingly, 3-h hyperinsulinemic clamps did not increase gastrocnemius muscle SREBP-1c and FAS mRNA levels or SREBP-1 protein levels but did increase HKII mRNA levels and decrease UCP3 mRNA levels (P < 0.05). HLEP reduced refeeding-induced increases of SREBP-1c and FAS mRNA levels but did not reduce the level of SREBP-1 protein. We conclude that 1) skeletal muscle SREBP-1c gene expression is regulated by nutritional status in a fashion similar to that observed in liver and adipose tissue, 2) physiological hyperinsulinemia is not sufficient to imitate the effects of refeeding on SREBP-1c gene expression, and 3) leptin suppresses refeeding effects on SREBP-1c mRNA levels.
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