PMID- 23204842 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130515 LR - 20211021 IS - 1178-1998 (Electronic) IS - 1176-9092 (Print) IS - 1176-9092 (Linking) VI - 7 DP - 2012 TI - Skeletal muscle molecular alterations precede whole-muscle dysfunction in NYHA Class II heart failure patients. PG - 489-97 LID - 10.2147/CIA.S37879 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF), a debilitating disease in a growing number of adults, exerts structural and neurohormonal changes in both cardiac and skeletal muscles. However, these alterations and their affected molecular pathways remain uncharacterized. Disease progression is known to transform skeletal muscle fiber composition by unknown mechanisms. In addition, perturbation of specific hormonal pathways, including those involving skeletal muscle insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-5 (IGFB-5) appears to occur, likely affecting muscle metabolism and regeneration. We hypothesized that changes in IGF-1 and IGFB-5 mRNA levels correlate with the transformation of single-skeletal muscle fiber myosin heavy chain isoforms early in disease progression, making these molecules valuable markers of skeletal muscle changes in heart failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To investigate these molecules during "early" events in HF patients, we obtained skeletal muscle biopsies from New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II HF patients and controls for molecular analyses of single fibers, and we also quantified isometric strength and muscle size. RESULTS: There were more (P < 0.05) single muscle fibers coexpressing two or more myosin heavy chains in the HF patients (30% +/- 7%) compared to the control subjects (13% +/- 2%). IGF-1 and IGFBP-5 expression was fivefold and 15-fold lower in patients with in HF compared to control subjects (P < 0.05), respectively. Strikingly, there was a correlation in IGF-1 expression and muscle cross-sectional area (P < 0.05) resulting in a decrease in whole-muscle quality (P < 0.05) in the HF patients, despite no significant decrease in isometric strength or whole-muscle size. CONCLUSION: These data indicate that molecular alterations in myosin heavy chain isoforms, IGF-1, and IGFB-5 levels precede the gross morphological and functional deficits that have previously been associated with HF, and may be used as a predictor of functional outcome in patients. FAU - Godard, Michael P AU - Godard MP AD - Department of Nutrition and Kinesiology, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO 64093, USA. godard@ucmo.edu FAU - Whitman, Samantha A AU - Whitman SA FAU - Song, Yao-Hua AU - Song YH FAU - Delafontaine, Patrice AU - Delafontaine P LA - eng GR - R01 HL080682/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20121112 PL - New Zealand TA - Clin Interv Aging JT - Clinical interventions in aging JID - 101273480 RN - 0 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 5) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 67763-96-6 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor I) RN - EC 3.6.4.1 (Myosin Heavy Chains) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Biopsy, Needle MH - Exercise MH - Female MH - Heart/*physiopathology MH - Heart Failure/*physiopathology MH - Humans MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 5/genetics/*metabolism MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/genetics/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Muscle Strength MH - Muscle, Skeletal/*physiopathology MH - Myosin Heavy Chains/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis PMC - PMC3508558 OTO - NOTNLM OT - IGF1 and IGFBP-5 OT - hybrid fibers OT - muscle quality EDAT- 2012/12/04 06:00 MHDA- 2013/05/17 06:00 PMCR- 2012/11/12 CRDT- 2012/12/04 06:00 PHST- 2012/12/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/12/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/05/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/11/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cia-7-489 [pii] AID - 10.2147/CIA.S37879 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Interv Aging. 2012;7:489-97. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S37879. Epub 2012 Nov 12.