Journal: Molecular metabolism
Article Title: PGC-1β modulates catabolism and fiber atrophy in the fasting-response of specific skeletal muscle beds.
doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2022.101643
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 7: Nfatc1 activity is increased in fasted MKO animals. (A) ISMARA predictions of enriched transcription factor binding motifs in the comparison of fed and fasted WT and MKO mice, and the fasting response in WT and MKO animals. (B) Nuclear factor of activated T-cells, cytoplasmic 1 (Nfatc1) is the top ISMARA predicted motif from the gene expression profiles obtained in Gastrocnemius muscle of 24 h fasted WT and MKO mice. (C) Gene expression of Nfatc1 and predicted Nfatc1 target genes PGC-1a, protein-O-mannose kinase (Pomk), membrane associated ring-CH-type finger 1 (March1), SH3 domain containing kinase binding protein 1 (Sh3kbp1), methyltransferase like 11B (Mettl11b) and nitric oxide synthase 1 (Nos1) relative to 18S in Gastrocnemius muscle of ad-libitum fed or 24 h fasted mice. (D) Reporter gene assay using a 3 NFAT-luc plasmid, and co-transfection of NFATC1 alone or together with PGC-1b overexpression plasmids. (E and F) Representative immunoblots of total and phosphorylated Ca2þ/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIa (CaMKIIa) protein levels in Gastrocnemius muscle of ad-libitum fed or 24 h fasted mice (E) and corresponding quantifications (F). As a loading control eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF2) was used. * indicates significant differences between WT and MKO mice; # indicates significant differences between fed and fasted conditions; n ¼ 3e6.
Article Snippet: Forskolin stimulation Forty-eight hours post-transduction with HA-Flag-PGC-1b adenovirus, cells were serum starved for 1 h and next incubated with DMSO alone (control) or 10 mM Forskolin (Sigma, #F3917) in DMSO for 6 h. Subsequently, cells were collected for immunoblot analysis as described, using the following antibodies: PGC-1b (Proteintech, #22378-I-AP), eEF2 (Cell Signaling Technology, #2332S), p-CREBS133 (Cell Signaling Technology, #9198S) and CREB (Cell Signaling Technology, #9197S).
Techniques: Activity Assay, Binding Assay, Comparison, Gene Expression, Membrane, Reporter Gene Assay, Plasmid Preparation, Cotransfection, Over Expression, Western Blot, Control