PMID- 31083497 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191101 LR - 20211204 IS - 1660-3397 (Electronic) IS - 1660-3397 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 5 DP - 2019 May 11 TI - Protective Effect of Pyropia yezoensis Peptide on Dexamethasone-Induced Myotube Atrophy in C2C12 Myotubes. LID - 10.3390/md17050284 [doi] LID - 284 AB - Dexamethasone (DEX), a synthetic glucocorticoid, causes skeletal muscle atrophy. This study examined the protective effects of Pyropia yezoensis peptide (PYP15) against DEX-induced myotube atrophy and its association with insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and the Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-forkhead box O (FoxO) signaling pathway. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of PYP15 on DEX-induced myotube atrophy, C2C12 myotubes were treated for 24 h with 100 muM DEX in the presence or absence of 500 ng/mL PYP15. Cell viability assays revealed no PYP15 toxicity in C2C12 myotubes. PYP15 activated the insulin-like growth factor-I receptor (IGF-IR) and Akt-mTORC1 signaling pathway in DEX-induced myotube atrophy. In addition, PYP15 markedly downregulated the nuclear translocation of transcription factors FoxO1 and FoxO3a, and inhibited 20S proteasome activity. Furthermore, PYP15 inhibited the autophagy-lysosomal pathway in DEX-stimulated myotube atrophy. Our findings suggest that PYP15 treatment protected against myotube atrophy by regulating IGF-I and the Akt-mTORC1-FoxO signaling pathway in skeletal muscle. Therefore, PYP15 treatment appears to exert protective effects against skeletal muscle atrophy. FAU - Lee, Min-Kyeong AU - Lee MK AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7292-8743 AD - Institute of Fisheries Sciences, Pukyong National University, Busan 46041, Korea. 3633234@hanmail.net. FAU - Choi, Jeong-Wook AU - Choi JW AD - Institute of Fisheries Sciences, Pukyong National University, Busan 46041, Korea. wook8309@naver.com. FAU - Choi, Youn Hee AU - Choi YH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0091-7893 AD - Institute of Fisheries Sciences, Pukyong National University, Busan 46041, Korea. unichoi@pknu.ac.kr. AD - Department of Marine Bio-Materials & Aquaculture, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea. unichoi@pknu.ac.kr. FAU - Nam, Taek-Jeong AU - Nam TJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5954-6935 AD - Institute of Fisheries Sciences, Pukyong National University, Busan 46041, Korea. namtj@pknu.ac.kr. AD - Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea. namtj@pknu.ac.kr. LA - eng GR - 2012R1A6A1028677/National Research Foundation of Korea/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190511 PL - Switzerland TA - Mar Drugs JT - Marine drugs JID - 101213729 RN - 0 (Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins) RN - 0 (Irs1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Plant Proteins) RN - 0 (insulin-like growth factor-1, mouse) RN - 67763-96-6 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor I) RN - 7S5I7G3JQL (Dexamethasone) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (mTOR protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Autophagy/drug effects MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Dexamethasone/pharmacology/*toxicity MH - Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins/metabolism MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/metabolism MH - Lysosomes/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/*drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Muscle, Skeletal/drug effects MH - Muscular Atrophy/chemically induced/*drug therapy/metabolism/pathology MH - Peptides/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Plant Proteins/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Rhodophyta/*chemistry MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism PMC - PMC6563069 OTO - NOTNLM OT - PYP15 OT - Pyropia yezoensis peptide OT - dexamethasone OT - myotube atrophy OT - protein synthesis OT - proteolytic system COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2019/05/15 06:00 MHDA- 2019/11/02 06:00 PMCR- 2019/05/01 CRDT- 2019/05/15 06:00 PHST- 2019/04/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/05/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/05/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/05/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/05/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/11/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - md17050284 [pii] AID - marinedrugs-17-00284 [pii] AID - 10.3390/md17050284 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Mar Drugs. 2019 May 11;17(5):284. doi: 10.3390/md17050284.