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ArticleScientific reports2019

PGC-1α overexpression partially rescues impaired oxidative and contractile pathophysiology following volumetric muscle loss injury.

William M Southern, Anna S Nichenko, Kayvan F Tehrani, Melissa J McGranahan, Laxminarayanan Krishnan, Anita E Qualls, Nathan T Jenkins, Luke J Mortensen, Hang Yin, Amelia Yin and 3 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

William M SouthernDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Anna S NichenkoDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Kayvan F TehraniRegenerative Bioscience Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3766-616X
Melissa J McGranahanDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Laxminarayanan KrishnanParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
Anita E QuallsDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Nathan T JenkinsDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Luke J MortensenRegenerative Bioscience Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Hang YinCenter for Molecular Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9621-0138
Amelia YinCenter for Molecular Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Robert E GuldbergKnight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
Sarah M GreisingSchool of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Jarrod A CallDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA. call@uga.edu.

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN MUSCLE RESEARCHT32AR007612 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI JAMES M ERVASTI, DAWN A LOWE · 2001 to 2026
$11.3M
Technology Development P2CHD086843 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI AMBROSIO, FABRISIA · 2015 to 2024
$10.5M
Impacts of hypoxia and hypoxia-induced factors on skeletal muscle repair and muscle stem cellsR01AR070178 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI YIN, HANG · 2016 to 2020
$1.6M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR070178NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR007612NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD086843
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Volumetric muscle loss (VML) injury is characterized by a non-recoverable loss of muscle fibers due to ablative surgery or severe orthopaedic trauma, that results in chronic functional impairments of the soft tissue. Currently, the effects of VML on the oxidative capacity and adaptability of the remaining injured muscle are unclear. A better understanding of this pathophysiology could significantly shape how VML-injured patients and clinicians approach regenerative medicine and rehabilitation following injury. Herein, the data indicated that VML-injured muscle has diminished mitochondrial content and function (i.e., oxidative capacity), loss of mitochondrial network organization, and attenuated oxidative adaptations to exercise. However, forced PGC-1α over-expression rescued the deficits in oxidative capacity and muscle strength. This implicates physiological activation of PGC1-α as a limiting factor in VML-injured muscle's adaptive capacity to exercise and provides a mechanistic target for regenerative rehabilitation approaches to address the skeletal muscle dysfunction.

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Regenerative MedicineAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansMaleMiceMitochondriaMuscle ContractionMuscle Fibers, SkeletalMuscle, SkeletalMuscle StrengthMuscular DiseasesOxidative StressPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alphaRegenerationPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alphaPpargc1a protein, mouse

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PMID30858541
PMCPMC6411870

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