title: The effects of age and muscle contraction on AMPK activity and heterotrimer composition.
abstract: Sarcopenia is characterized by increased skeletal muscle atrophy due in part to alterations in muscle metabolism. AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a master regulator of skeletal muscle metabolic pathways which regulate many cellular processes that are disrupted in old-age. Functional AMPK is a heterotrimer composed of α, β and γ subunits, and each subunit can be represented in the heterotrimer by one of two (α1/α2, β1/β2) or three (γ1/γ2/γ3) isoforms. Altered isoform composition affects AMPK localization and function. Previous work has shown that overall AMPK activation with endurance-type exercise is blunted in old vs. young skeletal muscle. However, details regarding the activation of the specific isoforms of AMPK, as well as the heterotrimeric composition of AMPK in old skeletal muscle, are unknown. Our purpose here, therefore, was to determine the effect of old-age on 1) the activation of the α1 and α2 catalytic subunits of AMPK in skeletal muscle by a continuous contraction bout, and 2) the heterotrimeric composition of skeletal muscle AMPK. We studied gastrocnemius (GAST) and tibialis anterior (TA) muscles from young adult (YA; 8months old) and old (O; 30months old) male Fischer344×Brown Norway F1 hybrid rats after an in situ bout of endurance-type contractions produced via electrical stimulation of the sciatic nerve (STIM). AMPKα phosphorylation and AMPKα1 and α2 activities were unaffected by age at rest. However, AMPKα phosphorylation and AMPKα2 protein content and activity were lower in O vs. YA after STIM. Conversely, AMPKα1 content was greater in O vs. YA muscle, and α1 activity increased with STIM in O but not YA muscles. AMPKγ3 overall concentration and its association with AMPKα1 and α2 were lower in O vs. YA GAST. We conclude that activation of AMPKα1 is enhanced, while activation of α2 is suppressed immediately after repeated skeletal muscle contractions in O vs. YA skeletal muscle. These changes are associated with changes in the AMPK heterotrimer composition. Given the known roles of AMPK α1, α2 and γ3, this may contribute to sarcopenia and associated muscle metabolic dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, USA.
authors.forename: Shalene E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Hardman
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, USA.
authors.forename: Derrick E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, USA.
authors.forename: Alyssa J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Cabrera
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, USA.
authors.forename: Chad R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Hancock
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, USA. Electronic address: david_thomson@byu.edu.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Thomson
mesh_terms: D000091162:AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000502:physiology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000502:physiology; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000502:physiology; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D055948:Sarcopenia / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C488755:Stk11 protein, rat; D000091162:AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase
keywords: AMPK; Aging; Exercise; Sarcopenia; Skeletal muscle
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