title: N tau-methylhistidine turnover in skeletal muscle cells measured by GC-MS.
abstract: A method that employs gas chromatography-mass spectrometry has been developed to measure N tau-methylhistidine (3-methylhistidine; 3-MH) synthesis and release from skeletal muscle myotubes in vitro. It shows excellent linearity (0.9999) over the range studied (0-4 nmol), high recovery (92.6%), and low coefficient of variation (1.6%). 3-MH release from myotubes was essentially linear over a 96-h incubation, whereas the loss of 3-MH from cell protein accelerated with increasing time, an effect due, at lest in part, to decreasing rates of total protein synthesis. When incubated in either glutamine-free or methionine-free medium for 48 h, 3-MH in cell protein and appearing in the medium were greatly reduced compared with the 48-h controls, suggesting that hypertrophy was greatly reduced. Similar but lesser trends were observed with adenosine 3',5' -cyclic monophosphate. In contrast, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) appeared to both stimulate 3-MII synthesis and inhibit its release during a 48-h incubation. The development of this method facilitates detailed investigation into the mechanisms through which agents such as TPA regulate myofibrillar protein degradation.
authors.affiliation: Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thom
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Garden
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Lobley
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Calder
mesh_terms: D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D005973:Glutamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008715:Methionine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008762:Methylhistidines / Q000378:metabolism*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D008762:Methylhistidines; D005973:Glutamine; D003994:Bucladesine; D008715:Methionine; C028118:3-methylhistidine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate