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Interactions between sustained contractile activity and beta-adrenergic receptors in regulation of gene expression in skeletal muscles

W. E. Kraus, T. S. Bernard and R. S. Williams
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.

Continuous electrical stimulation for 10-21 days of the motor nerve innervating the anterior compartment muscles of adult rabbits increased both the density of beta-adrenergic receptors (beta-AR) and tissue concentrations of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) by two to threefold. Changes in cAMP and in beta-AR occurred in parallel with stimulation-induced adaptations in the specific activity of mitochondrial enzymes (2- to 6-fold increases) and with changes in steady-state concentrations of mitochondrial RNA, beta-F1ATPase mRNA, and myoglobin mRNA (2- to 11-fold increases). These increases in muscle cAMP, in beta-AR, and in expression of protein and mRNA products of genes encoding proteins of oxidative metabolism occurred even in animals receiving high doses of propranolol during the period of electrical stimulation. In contrast to genes that encode proteins of oxidative metabolism, the direction and the time course of activity-induced changes in expression of the glycolytic enzyme aldolase A appeared to be unrelated to changes in muscle cAMP; suppression of steady-state concentrations of aldolase A mRNA was maximal (20-25% of control) at early time points preceding the maximal rise in cAMP. In addition, administration of propranolol attenuated the suppressive effect of continuous contractile activity on expression of aldolase A, even in the absence of an effect of this drug on cAMP in stimulated muscles. We conclude that activity-induced changes in cAMP, in beta-AR, and in expression of genes that encode proteins important for oxidative metabolism occur as a direct consequence of contractile activity and do not require concomitant stimulation of beta-AR.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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