title: Transcriptional regulation of muscle fatty acid-binding protein.
abstract: Heart fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) is present in a wide variety of tissues but is found in the highest concentration in cardiac and red skeletal muscle. It has been proposed that the expression of H-FABP correlates directly with the fatty acid-oxidative capacity of the tissue. In the present study, the expression of H-FABP was measured in red and white skeletal muscle under two conditions in which fatty acid utilization is known to be increased: streptozotocin-induced diabetes and fasting. Protein concentration, mRNA concentration and transcription rate were measured under both conditions. The level of both protein and mRNA increased approximately 2-fold under each condition. The transcription rate was higher in red skeletal muscle than in white muscle, was increased 2-fold during fasting, but was unchanged by streptozotocin-induced diabetes. In addition to supporting the hypothesis that H-FABP is induced during conditions of increased fatty acid utilization, these findings demonstrate that the regulation of H-FABP expression may or may not be at the level of transcription depending on the stimulus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27858.
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Carey
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Neufer
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Farrar
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Veerkamp
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Dohm
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D005215:Fasting; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; C490174:Fabp7 protein, rat; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger