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Activation of skeletal muscle calpain-3 by eccentric exercise in humans does not result in its translocation to the nucleus or cytosol.
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PMID:  21836041     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The skeletal muscle-specific calpain-3 protease is likely involved in muscle repair, although the mechanism is not known. Physiological activation of calpain-3 occurs 24h following eccentric exercise in humans. Functional consequences of calpain-3 activation are not known, however calpain-3 has been suggested to be involved in nuclear signaling via NFkB. To test this and help identify how/where calpain-3 acts, we investigated whether calpain-3 autolysis (and hence activation) following eccentric exercise results in translocation from its normal myofibrillar location to either the nucleus or cytosol. In resting human skeletal muscle, the majority (87%) of calpain-3 was present in myofibrillar fractions with only a small proportion (<10%) in an autolyzed state. Enriched nuclear fractions were found to contain ~8% of the total calpain-3, which was present in a predominantly autolyzed state (>80%). Using freshly dissected human muscle fibers to identify freely diffusible proteins, we showed that only ~5% of the total calpain-3 pool was cytosolic. Three and 24h following eccentric step exercise, there was ~1.7 fold increase in autolysis in whole muscle samples (n=11, p<0.05, one-way ANOVA with repeated measures, Newman Keuls post-hoc analyses). This exercise-induced autolysis was attributed to myofibrillar bound calpain-3 since neither the amount of calpain-3 nor the proportion autolyzed were significantly changed in either enriched nuclear or cytosolic fractions following the exercise intervention. We present a model for calpain-3 localization at rest and following activation in human skeletal muscle and suggest that the functional importance of calpain-3 remains predominantly tightly associated with its localization within the myofibrillar compartment.
Authors:
Robyn M Murphy; Kristian Vissing; Heidy Latchman; Cedric Lamboley; Michael John McKenna; Kristian Overgaard; Graham D Lamb
Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-8-11
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1522-1601     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-8-12     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8502536     Medline TA:  J Appl Physiol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
1La Trobe University.
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