title: Effect of prolonged undernutrition on rat diaphragm mitochondrial respiration.
abstract: Previous studies have shown that undernutrition induces an impairment of the respiratory muscle function in patients with chronic lung disease. To explain this, we hypothesized that undernutrition could decrease oxidative metabolism in the diaphragm. We therefore examined the effect of prolonged undernutrition on diaphragm mitochondrial oxygen uptake with pyruvate and palmitate as substrates in adult rats. Ten rats served as controls (CTL). Ten nutritionally deprived rats (ND) received 40% of their estimated daily nutrition. Five weeks of undernutrition induced a 33% decrease in state 3 respiration with pyruvate plus malate as substrate (993 +/- 171 versus 1488 +/- 167 nmol atomic O/mg/min, P < 0.01) and a 39% decrease with palmitate plus malate (516 +/- 89 versus 850 +/- 165 nmol atomic O/mg/min, P < 0.05). With succinate plus rotenone, there was no significant difference in the respiratory rate between groups. In the ND group, we found a significant decrease in citrate synthase activity (P < 0.01), and also in reduced nicotinamine adenine dinucleotide (NADH) dehydrogenase activity (P < 0.05), which cannot alone induce such a state 3 respiratory decrease. This showed that undernutrition in rat diaphragm does not induce an alteration in protein complexes I, II, III, and IV, or the F complex containing the mitochondrial ATPase of the electron transport chain. In conclusion, the main result of this study was that prolonged undernutrition induced a decrease in mitochondrial respiration secondary to a significant reduction in NADH generation by the Krebs cycle, which may affect respiratory muscle function with implications for patient care.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie des Interactions, Service Central de Physiologie Clinique, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. smatecki@aol.com
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matecki
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Py
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: Christelle
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peyreigne
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mercier
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prefaut
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramonatxo
mesh_terms: D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D019069:Cell Respiration / Q000502:physiology*; D002950:Citrate (si)-Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains / Q000378:metabolism; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D009929:Organ Size; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010168:Palmitates / Q000378:metabolism; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000378:metabolism; D019289:Pyruvic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D010168:Palmitates; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D019289:Pyruvic Acid; D006003:Glycogen; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase; D002950:Citrate (si)-Synthase; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains; D010100:Oxygen