Endurance training increases LKB1 and MO25 protein but not AMP-activated protein kinase kinase activity in skeletal muscle.
LKB1 complexed with MO25 and STRAD has been identified as an AMP-activated protein kinase kinase (AMPKK). We measured relative LKB1 protein abundance and AMPKK activity in liver (LV), heart (HT), soleus (SO), red quadriceps (RQ), and white quadriceps (WQ) from sedentary and endurance-trained rats. We examined trained RQ for altered levels of MO25 protein and LKB1, STRAD, and MO25 mRNA. LKB1 protein levels normalized to HT (1 +/- 0.03) were LV (0.50 +/- 0.03), SO (0.28 +/- 0.02), RQ (0.32 +/- 0.01), and WQ (0.12 +/- 0.03). AMPKK activities in nanomoles per gram per minute were HT (79 +/- 6), LV (220 +/- 9), SO (22 +/- 2), RQ (29 +/- 2), and WQ (42 +/- 4). Training increased LKB1 protein in SO, RQ, and WQ (P < 0.05). LKB1 protein levels after training (%controls) were SO (158 +/- 17), RQ (316 +/- 17), WQ (191 +/- 27), HT (106 +/- 2), and LV (104 +/- 7). MO25 protein after training (%controls) was 595 +/- 71. Training did not affect AMPKK activity. MO25 but not LKB1 or STRAD mRNA increased with training (P < 0.05). Trained values (%controls) were MO25 (164 +/- 22), LKB1 (120 +/- 16), and STRAD (112 +/- 17). LKB1 protein content strongly correlated (r = 0.93) with citrate synthase activity in skeletal muscle (P < 0.05). In conclusion, endurance training markedly increased skeletal muscle LKB1 and MO25 protein without increasing AMPKK activity. LKB1 may be playing multiple roles in skeletal muscle adaptation to endurance training.
Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA.
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D000091162:AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal; D010807:Physical Endurance; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; C000622396:Cab39 protein, rat; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; C000603594:STRAD protein, rat; D011494:Protein Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C488755:Stk11 protein, rat; D000091162:AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases