Gill, Jonathan F. and Santos, Gesa and Schnyder, Svenia and Handschin, Christoph. (2018) PGC-1α affects aging-related changes in muscle and motor function by modulating specific exercise-mediated changes in old mice. Aging Cell, 17 (1). e12697.
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Abstract
The age-related impairment in muscle function results in a drastic decline in motor coordination and mobility in elderly individuals. Regular physical activity is the only efficient intervention to prevent and treat this age-associated degeneration. However, the mechanisms that underlie the therapeutic effect of exercise in this context remain unclear. We assessed whether endurance exercise training in old age is sufficient to affect muscle and motor function. Moreover, as muscle peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator 1α (PGC-1α) is a key regulatory hub in endurance exercise adaptation with decreased expression in old muscle, we studied the involvement of PGC-1α in the therapeutic effect of exercise in aging. Intriguingly, PGC-1α muscle-specific knockout and overexpression, respectively, precipitated and alleviated specific aspects of aging-related deterioration of muscle function in old mice, while other muscle dysfunctions remained unchanged upon PGC-1α modulation. Surprisingly, we discovered that muscle PGC-1α was not only involved in improving muscle endurance and mitochondrial remodeling, but also phenocopied endurance exercise training in advanced age by contributing to maintaining balance and motor coordination in old animals. Our data therefore suggest that the benefits of exercise, even when performed at old age, extend beyond skeletal muscle and are at least in part mediated by PGC-1α.
Faculties and Departments: | 03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Associated Research Groups > Pharmakologie (Handschin) 05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Growth & Development > Growth & Development (Handschin) |
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UniBasel Contributors: | Handschin, Christoph |
Item Type: | Article, refereed |
Article Subtype: | Research Article |
Publisher: | Wiley |
ISSN: | 1474-9718 |
e-ISSN: | 1474-9726 |
Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Last Modified: | 18 Sep 2018 11:35 |
Deposited On: | 24 Jan 2018 15:21 |
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