Ubiquitin gene expression is increased in skeletal muscle of tumour-bearing rats

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dc.contributor.authorLlovera i Tomàs, Marta
dc.contributor.authorGarcía Martínez, Celia
dc.contributor.authorAgell, Neus
dc.contributor.authorMarzábal, Marc
dc.contributor.authorLópez-Soriano, Francisco J.
dc.contributor.authorArgilés, Josep M.
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-02T09:57:25Z
dc.date.embargoEndDate2025-01-01
dc.date.issued1994
dc.description.abstractRats bearing the fast-growing AH-130 Yoshida ascites hepatoma showed a marked cachectic response which has been previously reported [Tessitore et al. (1987) Biochem. J. 241, 153-159]. Thus tumour-bearing animals showed significant decreases in body and muscle weight (soleus and gastrocnemius) as compared to both pair-fed and ad libitum-fed animals. These decreases were related to an enhanced proteolytic rate in the muscles of the tumour-bearing animals as measured by the tyrosine released in in vitro assays. In an attempt to elucidate which proteolytic system is directly responsible for the decrease in muscle mass, we have studied both lysosomal and non-lysosomal (ATP-dependent) proteolytic systems in this animal model. While the enzymatic activities of the main cathepsin (B and B + L) systems were actually decreased in gastrocnemius muscles of tumour-bearing rats, thus indicating that lysosomal proteolysis was not involved, the ubiquitin pools (both free and conjugated) were markedly altered as a result of tumour burden. These were associated with an increased ubiquitin gene expression in muscle of tumour-bearing rats, over 500% in relation to non-tumour bearers, thus suggesting that the ATP-dependent proteolytic system may be responsible for the muscle proteolysis and wastage observed in this animal tumour model. The fact that we have previously shown that TNF enhances the ubiquitinization of muscle proteins [García-Martínez et al. (1993) FEBS Lett. 323, 211-214], together with the high circulating levels of TNF detected in rats bearing the Yoshida hepatoma allows us to suggest that the cytokine may be responsible, most probably indirectly, for the activation of the referred proteolytic system in tumour-bearing rats.ca_ES
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(94)80290-4
dc.identifier.idgrec008536
dc.identifier.issn0014-5793
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/56933
dc.language.isoengca_ES
dc.publisherElsevierca_ES
dc.relation.isformatofReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(94)80290-4ca_ES
dc.relation.ispartofFebs Letter, 1994, vol. 338, núm. 3, p. 311-318ca_ES
dc.rights(c) Federation of European Biochemical Societies, 1994ca_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessca_ES
dc.subjectMuscle wastingca_ES
dc.subjectTumour growthca_ES
dc.subjectTNFca_ES
dc.subjectCaquexiaca_ES
dc.titleUbiquitin gene expression is increased in skeletal muscle of tumour-bearing ratsca_ES
dc.typearticleca_ES
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionca_ES
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