PMID- 29446045 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181031 LR - 20211204 IS - 1573-4919 (Electronic) IS - 0300-8177 (Linking) VI - 448 IP - 1-2 DP - 2018 Nov TI - Effects of extracellular orotic acid on acute contraction-induced adaptation patterns in C2C12 cells. PG - 251-263 LID - 10.1007/s11010-018-3330-z [doi] AB - Dietary administration of orotic acid (OA), an intermediate in the pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway, is considered to provide a wide range of beneficial effects, including cardioprotection and exercise adaptation. Its mechanisms of action, when applied extracellularly, however, are barely understood. In this study, we evaluated potential effects of OA on skeletal muscle using an in vitro contraction model of electrically pulse-stimulated (EPS) C2C12 myotubes. By analyzing a subset of genes representing inflammatory, metabolic, and structural adaptation pathways, we could show that OA supplementation diminishes the EPS-provoked expression of inflammatory transcripts (interleukin 6, Il6; chemokine (C-X-C Motif) ligand 5, Cxcl5), and attenuated transcript levels of nuclear receptor subfamily 4 group A member 3 (Nr4A3), early growth response 1 (Egr1), activating transcription factor 3 (Atf3), and fast-oxidative MyHC-IIA isoform (Myh2). By contrast, OA had no suppressive effect on the pathogen-provoked inflammatory gene response in skeletal muscle cells, as demonstrated by stimulation of C2C12 myotubes with bacterial LPS. In addition, we observed a suppressive effect of OA on EPS-induced phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), whereas EPS-triggered phosphorylation/activation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) was not affected. Finally, we demonstrate that OA positively influences glycogen levels in EP-stimulated myotubes. Taken together, our results suggest that in skeletal muscle cells, OA modulates both the inflammatory and the metabolic reaction provoked by acute contraction. These results might have important clinical implications, specifically in cardiovascular and exercise medicine. FAU - Beiter, Thomas AU - Beiter T AD - Medical Clinic, Department of Sports Medicine, University Hospital Tubingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 6, 72076, Tubingen, Germany. FAU - Hudemann, Jens AU - Hudemann J AD - Medical Clinic, Department of Sports Medicine, University Hospital Tubingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 6, 72076, Tubingen, Germany. FAU - Burgstahler, Christof AU - Burgstahler C AD - Medical Clinic, Department of Sports Medicine, University Hospital Tubingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 6, 72076, Tubingen, Germany. FAU - Niess, Andreas M AU - Niess AM AD - Medical Clinic, Department of Sports Medicine, University Hospital Tubingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 6, 72076, Tubingen, Germany. FAU - Munz, Barbara AU - Munz B AD - Medical Clinic, Department of Sports Medicine, University Hospital Tubingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 6, 72076, Tubingen, Germany. barbara.munz@med.uni-tuebingen.de. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180214 PL - Netherlands TA - Mol Cell Biochem JT - Molecular and cellular biochemistry JID - 0364456 RN - 0 (Activating Transcription Factor 3) RN - 0 (Atf3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokine CXCL5) RN - 0 (Cxcl5 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Early Growth Response Protein 1) RN - 0 (Egr1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Nr4a3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Receptors, Steroid) RN - 0 (Receptors, Thyroid Hormone) RN - 0 (interleukin-6, mouse) RN - 61H4T033E5 (Orotic Acid) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (mTOR protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Activating Transcription Factor 3/biosynthesis MH - Animals MH - Chemokine CXCL5/biosynthesis MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis MH - Early Growth Response Protein 1/biosynthesis MH - Electric Stimulation MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Interleukin-6/biosynthesis MH - Mice MH - Muscle Contraction/*drug effects MH - Myoblasts, Skeletal/cytology/*metabolism MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/biosynthesis MH - Orotic Acid/*pharmacology MH - Receptors, Steroid/biosynthesis MH - Receptors, Thyroid Hormone/biosynthesis MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/biosynthesis OTO - NOTNLM OT - Electrical pulse stimulation OT - Orotic acid OT - Skeletal muscle contraction EDAT- 2018/02/16 06:00 MHDA- 2018/11/01 06:00 CRDT- 2018/02/16 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/02/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/02/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/11/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/02/16 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11010-018-3330-z [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11010-018-3330-z [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell Biochem. 2018 Nov;448(1-2):251-263. doi: 10.1007/s11010-018-3330-z. Epub 2018 Feb 14.