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ArticleCell and tissue research2020

Substrate oxidation in primary human skeletal muscle cells is influenced by donor age.

Vigdis Aas, G Hege Thoresen, Arild C Rustan, Jenny Lund

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Article in Cell and tissue research, 2020. 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, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vigdis AasDepartment of Life Sciences and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
G Hege ThoresenSection for Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Department of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Blindern, P.O. Box 1068, 0316, Oslo, Norway.
Arild C RustanSection for Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Department of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Blindern, P.O. Box 1068, 0316, Oslo, Norway.
Jenny LundSection for Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Department of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Blindern, P.O. Box 1068, 0316, Oslo, Norway. jenny.lund@farmasi.uio.no.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0744-8268
University of Oslo · NOOsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University · NO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary human myotubes represent an alternative system to intact skeletal muscle for the study of human diseases related to changes in muscle energy metabolism. This work aimed to study if fatty acid and glucose metabolism in human myotubes in vitro were related to muscle of origin, donor gender, age, or body mass index (BMI). Myotubes from a total of 82 donors were established from three different skeletal muscles, i.e., musculus vastus lateralis, musculus obliquus internus abdominis, and musculi interspinales, and cellular energy metabolism was evaluated. Multiple linear regression analyses showed that donor age had a significant effect on glucose and oleic acid oxidation after correcting for gender, BMI, and muscle of origin. Donor BMI was the only significant contributor to cellular oleic acid uptake, whereas cellular glucose uptake did not rely on any of the variables examined. Despite the effect of age on substrate oxidation, cellular mRNA expression of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 (PDK4) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 alpha (PPARGC1A) did not correlate with donor age. In conclusion, donor age significantly impacts substrate oxidation in cultured human myotubes, whereas donor BMI affects cellular oleic acid uptake.

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AdultAge FactorsEnergy MetabolismHumansMiddle AgedMuscle, SkeletalOxidation-ReductionTissue DonorsAgeBody mass index (BMI)Energy metabolismGenderMuscle of originSkeletal muscle cells

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PMID32897419
PMCPMC7683494
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