Peripheral effect of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone on fatty acid oxidation in skeletal muscle

  • Juan Ji An
  • , Yumie Rhee
  • , Hwa Kim Se
  • , Mi Kim Dol
  • , Dong He Han
  • , Hee Hwang Jung
  • , Young Jun Jin
  • , Soo Cha Bong
  • , Ja Hyun Baik
  • , Tae Lee Won
  • , Sung Kil Lim*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

To study the peripheral effects of melanocortin on fuel homeostasis in skeletal muscle, we assessed palmitate oxidation and AMP kinase activity in α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH)-treated muscle cells. After α-MSH treatment, carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 and fatty acid oxidation (FAO) increased in a dose-dependent manner. A strong melanocortin agonist, NDP-MSH, also stimulated FAO in primary culture muscle cells and C2C12 cells. However, [Glu6]α-MSH-ND, which has ample MC4R and MC3R agonistic activity, stimulated FAO only at high concentrations (10-5 M). JKC-363, a selective MC4R antagonist, did not suppress α-MSH-induced FAO. Meanwhile, SHU9119, which has both antagonistic activity on MC3R and MC4R and agonistic activity on both MC1R and MC5R, increased the effect of α-MSH on FAO in both C2C12 and primary muscle cells. Small interference RNA against MC5R suppressed the α-MSH-induced FAO effectively. cAMP analogues mimicked the effect of α-MSH on FAO, and the effects of both α-MSH and cAMP analogue-mediated FAO were antagonized by a protein kinase A inhibitor (H89) and a cAMP antagonist ((Rp)-cAMP). Acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity was suppressed by α-MSH and cAMP analogues by phosphorylation through AMP-activated protein kinase activation in C2C12 cells. Taken together, these results suggest that α-MSH increases FAO in skeletal muscle, in which MC5R may play a major role. Furthermore, these results suggest that α-MSH-induced FAO involves cAMP-protein kinase A-mediated AMP-activated protein kinase activation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2862-2870
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume282
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007 Jan 2

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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