Skeletal Muscle HIF-1α Expression Is Dependent on Muscle Fiber Type

Didier Pisani (1) , Claude Dechesne (2)

1 LP2M - Laboratoire de PhysioMédecine Moléculaire
2 IBDC - Institut de signalisation, biologie du développement et cancer - Institute of Developmental Biology and Cancer

Oxygen homeostasis is an essential regulation system for cell energy production and survival. The oxygen-sensitive subunit α of the hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) complex is a key protein of this system. In this work, we analyzed mouse and rat HIF-1α protein and mRNA expression in parallel to energetic metabolism variations within skeletal muscle. Two physiological situations were studied using HIF-1α–specific Western blotting and semiquantitative RT-PCR. First, we compared HIF-1α expression between the predominantly oxidative soleus muscle and three predominantly glycolytic muscles. Second, HIF-1α expression was assessed in an energy metabolism switch model that was based on muscle disuse. These two in vivo situations were compared with the in vitro HIF-1α induction by CoCl2 treatment on C2C12 mouse muscle cells. HIF-1α mRNA and protein levels were found to be constitutively higher in the more glycolytic muscles compared with the more oxidative muscles. Our results gave rise to the hypothesis that the oxygen homeostasis regulation system depends on the fiber type.

Mots clés: HIF-1; skeletal muscle; oxidative fiber; glycolytic fiber; atrophy

Domaines: Génomique, Transcriptomique et Protéomique [q-bio.GN]

Didier Pisani, Claude Dechesne. Skeletal Muscle HIF-1α Expression Is Dependent on Muscle Fiber Type. Journal of General Physiology, 2005, 126 (2), pp.173-178. ⟨10.1085/jgp.200509265⟩. ⟨hal-03219829⟩