Journal
COPD-JOURNAL OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Volume 5, Issue 2, Pages 75-84Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15412550801940457
Keywords
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; forkhead box O; insulin growth factor-1; mRNA expression; N-methyltransferase; quadriceps muscle
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- CIHR [MOP-84091, MOP-11011]
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Peripheral muscle wasting is a feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Potent therapeutic strategies are needed to improve peripheral muscle mass in these patients. We hypothesized that the evaluation of the mRNA expression profile of quadriceps muscle could be useful in identifying key biochemical pathways involved in the wasting process. We monitored mRNA expression profile of quadriceps muscle in four patients with COPD with muscle atrophy (age: 71.3 +/- 2.1 years, mean SD; FEV1 28.3 +/- 10.8% predicted) and four control subjects (age: 66.5 +/- 1.3 years) using HuU95v2 gene chips. Fifty-seven mRNAs transcripts (0.5%) were found to be differentially expressed in muscles of COPD patients (i.e., p < 0.01). Among them, forkhead box O -1 and -3 and insulin-like growth factor-1 expressions being significantly elevated in COPD subjects. Concomitantly, a significant reduction in mRNA expression of two myofilament proteins was observed. Energy production appears to be impaired as indicated by the significant rise in nicotinamide N-methyltransferase mRNA expression. This study provides for the first time evidence that genes are selectively expressed in limb muscles of COPD patients and further research need to focus on their functional roles in the pathogenesis of muscle dysfunction.
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