PMID- 20708680 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110217 LR - 20210319 IS - 1873-4596 (Electronic) IS - 0891-5849 (Linking) VI - 49 IP - 10 DP - 2010 Nov 30 TI - Dysfunctional Nrf2-Keap1 redox signaling in skeletal muscle of the sedentary old. PG - 1487-93 LID - 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.08.010 [doi] AB - The role of nuclear factor-erythroid 2 p45-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1) redox signaling has not been characterized in human skeletal muscle despite an extensive delineation of oxidative stress in the etiology of aging and sarcopenia. We assessed whether the age-associated decline in antioxidant response is due, at least in part, to dysfunction in Nrf2-Keap1 redox signaling. We also evaluated whether an active lifestyle can conserve skeletal muscle cellular redox status via activation of Nrf2-Keap1 signaling. Here we show that a recreationally active lifestyle is associated with the activation of upstream modulators that induce the Nrf2-mediated antioxidant response cascade in skeletal muscle of the elderly. Conversely, a sedentary lifestyle is negatively associated with these adaptations mainly because of dysregulation of Nrf2-Keap1 redox signaling that renders the intracellular environment prone to reactive oxygen species-mediated toxicity. Our results indicate that an active lifestyle is an important determinant of cellular redox status. We propose that the metabolic induction of Nrf2-Keap1 redox signaling promises to be a viable therapy for attenuating oxidative stress-mediated damage in skeletal muscle associated with physical inactivity. CI - Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Safdar, Adeel AU - Safdar A AD - Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada. FAU - deBeer, Justin AU - deBeer J FAU - Tarnopolsky, Mark A AU - Tarnopolsky MA LA - eng GR - Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100811 PL - United States TA - Free Radic Biol Med JT - Free radical biology & medicine JID - 8709159 RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (KEAP1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Kelch-Like ECH-Associated Protein 1) RN - 0 (NF-E2-Related Factor 2) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/*physiology MH - Kelch-Like ECH-Associated Protein 1 MH - Lipid Peroxidation MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Middle Aged MH - Muscle, Skeletal/*metabolism MH - NF-E2-Related Factor 2/*physiology MH - Osteoarthritis, Knee/physiopathology MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - *Sedentary Behavior MH - Signal Transduction/*physiology EDAT- 2010/08/17 06:00 MHDA- 2011/02/18 06:00 CRDT- 2010/08/17 06:00 PHST- 2010/01/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/06/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2010/08/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/08/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/08/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/02/18 06:00 [medline] AID - S0891-5849(10)00478-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.08.010 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Free Radic Biol Med. 2010 Nov 30;49(10):1487-93. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.08.010. Epub 2010 Aug 11.