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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 268: E277-E281, 1995;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 268, Issue 2 E277-E281, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Increased muscle carnitine palmitoyltransferase II mRNA after increased contractile activity

Z. Yan, S. Salmons, J. Jarvis and F. W. Booth
Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, Houston 77030.

The capacity of skeletal muscle to oxidize fatty acids increases with endurance training. The oxidation of long-chain fatty acids occurs in mitochondria and is initiated by a carnitine-dependent transport step in which three enzymes help fatty acyl groups enter the matrix compartment. The purpose of this study was to determine whether pretranslational regulation of one of these three enzymes, carnitine palmitoyltransferase II (CPT II), as estimated from the level of CPT II mRNA, plays a role in the doubling of CPT activity in skeletal muscle of rats subjected to daily 2-h bouts of running on treadmills (P. A. Mole, L. B. Oscai, and J. O. Holloszy. J. Clin. Invest. 50: 2323-2330, 1971). After 100 min/day of running on motor-driven treadmills for 2 wk, CPT II mRNA in the plantaris muscle was unchanged when normalized per unit of extracted RNA but was 50% higher (P < 0.05) over sedentary controls when normalized per unit of muscle wet weight. To test whether additional contractile activity would make CPT II mRNA even higher, continuous indirect electrical stimulation was imposed on the tibialis anterior muscles. After 9 days of chronic stimulation, CPT II mRNA was 63, 221, and 137% greater than control (P < 0.001) when normalized to extracted RNA, muscle wet weight, and whole muscle, respectively, compared with the muscle in the control rats. These data indicate that pretranslational regulation of CPT II occurs in response to increased contractile activity in skeletal muscle.


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