PMID- 22653991 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130108 LR - 20211021 IS - 1522-1601 (Electronic) IS - 8750-7587 (Print) IS - 0161-7567 (Linking) VI - 113 IP - 3 DP - 2012 Aug TI - Diminished muscle growth in the obese Zucker rat following overload is associated with hyperphosphorylation of AMPK and dsRNA-dependent protein kinase. PG - 377-84 LID - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00397.2011 [doi] AB - Previous data have suggested that insulin-resistant skeletal muscle may exhibit a diminished ability to undergo hypertrophy and that this result may be mediated, at least in part, from decrements in mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling (Katta A, Kundla S, Kakarla SK, Wu M, Fannin J, Paturi S, Liu H, Addagarla HS, Blough ER. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 299: R1666-R1675, 2010). Herein, we attempt to extend these observations by determining if this attenuation in muscle growth is associated with alterations in AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) signaling, an upstream mediator of mTOR, and changes in the activation of dsRNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR), which functions as an inhibitor of protein synthesis and potential mediator of protein degradation. Compared with that observed in lean Zucker (LZ) rats, the phosphorylation of AMPKalpha at Thr172 was higher after 3 wk of overload in the insulin-resistant obese Zucker (OZ) soleus (P < 0.05). This change in AMPKalpha phosphorylation was accompanied by increases in the amount of phosphorylated PKR (Thr446), elevations in the PKR-dependent phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF)-2alpha (Ser51), augmented p38 MAP kinase (Thr180/Tyr182) phosphorylation, and increases in the amount of protein ubiquitination (P < 0.05). Taken together, these results suggest that the diminished hypertrophic response we observe in the OZ rat may be mediated, at least in part, by the hyperactivation of AMPK- and PKR-related signaling. FAU - Katta, Anjaiah AU - Katta A AD - Center for Diagnostic Nanosystems, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755-1090, USA. FAU - Kakarla, Sunil K AU - Kakarla SK FAU - Manne, Nandini D P K AU - Manne ND FAU - Wu, Miaozong AU - Wu M FAU - Kundla, Sudarsanam AU - Kundla S FAU - Kolli, Madhukar B AU - Kolli MB FAU - Nalabotu, Siva K AU - Nalabotu SK FAU - Blough, Eric R AU - Blough ER LA - eng GR - AG-027103-1/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20120531 PL - United States TA - J Appl Physiol (1985) JT - Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) JID - 8502536 RN - 2ZD004190S (Threonine) RN - 42HK56048U (Tyrosine) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (eIF-2 Kinase) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.31 (AMP-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/metabolism MH - Insulin Resistance/physiology MH - Male MH - Muscle, Skeletal/enzymology/*growth & development MH - Obesity/enzymology/*physiopathology MH - Phosphorylation MH - Rats MH - Rats, Zucker MH - Serine/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - Threonine/metabolism MH - Tyrosine/metabolism MH - Ubiquitination/physiology MH - eIF-2 Kinase/*metabolism PMC - PMC3426165 EDAT- 2012/06/02 06:00 MHDA- 2013/01/09 06:00 PMCR- 2013/08/01 CRDT- 2012/06/02 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/06/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/01/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - japplphysiol.00397.2011 [pii] AID - JAPPL-00397-2011 [pii] AID - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00397.2011 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Appl Physiol (1985). 2012 Aug;113(3):377-84. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00397.2011. Epub 2012 May 31.