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ArticleExperimental gerontology

Effects of aging and calorie restriction on rat skeletal muscle glycogen synthase and glycogen phosphorylase.

Marta Montori-Grau, Robin Minor, Carles Lerin, Joanne Allard, Celia Garcia-Martinez, Rafael de Cabo, Anna M Gómez-Foix

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Article in Experimental gerontology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Marta Montori-GrauCIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, IBUB, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal, 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Robin Minor
Carles Lerin
Joanne Allard
Celia Garcia-Martinez
Rafael de Cabo
Anna M Gómez-Foix
National Institute on Aging · USUniversitat de Barcelona · ESCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas · ESJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

The Baltimore Longitudinal Study Of AgingZIAAG000015 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI SIMONSICK, ELEANOR MARIE · 2009 to 2025
$116.9M
THE BALTIMORE LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF HUMAN AGINGZ01AG000015 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI FERRUCCI, LUIGI · 1985 to 2008
$11.4M
Calorie restriction and agingZIAAG000368 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI DE CABO, RAFAEL · 2009 to 2025
$6.9M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AG000015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Calorie restriction's (CR) effects on age-associated changes in glycogen-metabolizing enzymes were studied in rat soleus (SOL) and tibialis anterior (TA) muscles. Old (24 months) compared to young (6 months) rats maintained ad libitum on a standard diet had reduced glycogen synthase (GS) activity, lower muscle GS protein levels, increased phosphorylation of GS at site 3a with less activation in SOL. Age-associated impairments in GS protein and activation-phosphorylation were also shown in TA. There was an age-associated reduction in glycogen phosphorylase (GP) activity level in SOL, while brain/muscle isoforms (B/M) of GP protein levels were higher. GP activity and protein levels were preserved, but GP was inactivated in TA with age. Glycogen content was unchanged in both muscles. CR did not alter GS or GP activity/protein levels in young rats. CR hindered age-related decreases in GS activity/protein, unrelated to GS mRNA levels, and GS inactivation-phosphorylation; not on GP. In older rats, CR enhanced glycogen accumulation in SOL. Short-term fasting did not recapitulate CR effects in old rats. Thus, the predominant age-associated impairments on skeletal muscle GS and GP activities occur in the oxidative SOL muscle of rats, and CR can attenuate the loss of GS activity/activation and stimulate glycogen accumulation.

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AgingAnimalsBlotting, WesternCaloric RestrictionGlycogen PhosphorylaseGlycogen SynthaseMaleMuscle, SkeletalRatsGlycogen PhosphorylaseGlycogen Synthase

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PMID19341787
PMCPMC5127239
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