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ArticleBiomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie2019

Reduced sucrose nonfermenting AMPK-related kinase (SNARK) activity aggravates cancer-induced skeletal muscle wasting.

Christiano R R Alves, Tara L MacDonald, Pasquale Nigro, Prerana Pathak, Michael F Hirshman, Laurie J Goodyear, Sarah J Lessard

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Article in Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Christiano R R AlvesResearch Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Tara L MacDonaldResearch Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Pasquale NigroResearch Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Prerana PathakResearch Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Michael F HirshmanResearch Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Laurie J GoodyearResearch Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: laurie.goodyear@joslin.harvard.edu.
Sarah J LessardResearch Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: sarah.lessard@joslin.harvard.edu.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · USJoslin Diabetes Center · US

Funding

SPECIAL ASSAY COREP30DK036836 · NIDDK · JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER · PI JEAN E. SCHAFFER · 1986 to 2026
$50.5M
Exercise Regulation of Glucose Homeostasis Administrative SupplementR01DK101043 · NIDDK · JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER · PI LAURIE J GOODYEAR · 2013 to 2026
$7.3M
Novel Mechanisms of Exercise Training Effects on Glucose HomeostasisR01DK099511 · NIDDK · JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER · PI LAURIE J GOODYEAR · 2014 to 2026
$6.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK036836NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK099511NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK101043
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sucrose nonfermenting AMPK-related kinase (SNARK) is a member of the AMPK family of kinases and has been implicated in the regulation of critical metabolic processes. Recent findings demonstrate that SNARK has an important role in the maintenance of muscle mass with age. Loss of skeletal muscle mass (cachexia) is a key problem for cancer patients. Thus, based on our previous findings with aging, we hypothesized that SNARK would play a role in regulating muscle mass under conditions of cancer cachexia. To test this hypothesis, Lewis Lung Carcinoma tumor cells or vehicle were injected subcutaneously in the right flank of wild type mice, muscle-specific transgenic mice expressing inactive SNARK mutant (SDN) or muscle-specific transgenic mice overexpressing wild-type SNARK (SWT). All tumor-bearing mice presented muscle wasting compared to vehicle-injected mice. However, SDN tumor-bearing mice had more pronounced atrophy compared to wild-type and SWT tumor-bearing mice. Histological analysis confirmed muscle atrophy in tumor-bearing mice, and SDN tumor-bearing mice exhibited a significantly smaller skeletal muscle cross-sectional area than wild-type and SWT tumor-bearing mice. Moreover, SDN tumor-bearing mice had increased skeletal muscle BAX protein expression, a marker of apoptosis, compared to other groups.Thus, lack of SNARK in skeletal muscle aggravates cancer-induced skeletal muscle wasting. These findings uncover a role for SNARK in the maintenance of skeletal muscle mass under cachexia conditions.

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AMP-Activated Protein KinasesAnimalsApoptosisCachexiaCarcinoma, Lewis LungMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMuscle, SkeletalMuscular AtrophyProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSucroseAMP-Activated Protein KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSNARK protein, mouseSucroseAgingAMPKCancer cachexiaMuscle atrophy

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PMID31387190
PMCPMC6686878
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