title: A null mutation in H-FABP only partially inhibits skeletal muscle fatty acid metabolism.
abstract: The low-molecular-mass, cytosolic heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) is thought to be required for shuttling FA through the cytosol. Therefore, we examined the effects of an H-FABP-null mutation on FA and carbohydrate metabolism in isolated soleus muscle at rest and during a period of increased metabolic demand (30-min contraction). There were lower concentrations of creatine phosphate (-41%), ATP (-22%), glycogen (-34%), and lactate (-31%) (P < 0.05) in H-FABP-null soleus muscles, but no differences in citrate synthase and beta-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase activities or in the intramuscular triacylglycerol (TAG) depots. There was a 43% increase in subsarcolemmal mitochondria in H-FABP-null solei. FA transport was reduced by 30% despite normal content of sarcolemmal long-chain fatty acid transporters fatty acid translocase/CD36 and plasma membrane-associated FABP transport proteins. Compared with wild-type soleus muscles, the H-FABP-null muscles at rest hydrolyzed less TAG (-22%), esterified less TAG (-49%), and oxidized less palmitate (-71%). The H-FABP-null soleus muscles retained a substantial capacity to increase FA metabolism during contraction (TAG esterification by +72%, CO2 production by +120%), although these rates remained lower (TAG esterification -26% and CO2 production -64%) than in contracting wild-type soleus muscles. Glycogen utilization during 30 min of contraction did not differ, whereas glucose oxidation was lower at rest (-24%) and during contraction (-32%) in H-FABP-null solei. Although these studies demonstrate that the absence of H-FABP alters rates of FA metabolism, it is also apparent that glucose oxidation is downregulated. The substantial increase in FA metabolism in contracting H-FABP-null muscle may indicate that other FABPs are also present, a possibility that we were not able to completely eliminate.
authors.affiliation: Deptartment of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A & M University, College Station 77843, USA.
authors.forename: Bert
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Binas
authors.forename: Xiao-Xia
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erol
authors.forename: Joost J F P
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Luiken
authors.forename: Jan F C
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Glatz
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Dyck
authors.forename: Rafat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Motazavi
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Adihetty
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hood
authors.forename: Arend
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004951:Esterification; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D006868:Hydrolysis; D051379:Mice; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010168:Palmitates / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; C082667:Fabp5 protein, mouse; C086936:Fabp7 protein, mouse; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010168:Palmitates; D014280:Triglycerides; D006003:Glycogen; D005947:Glucose