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Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) injection in spinal cord transection stimulates Na+,K+-ATPase in skeletal muscle via β 1 subunit
Corresponding Author(s) : J. M. Maixent
jmmaixent@gmail.com
Cellular and Molecular Biology,
Vol. 60 No. 4: Issues 4
Abstract
Spinal cord injuries (SCI) induce a loss of skeletal muscle mass and functional capacity. The muscle excitability and contractility depend on the plasma membrane potential, regulated by transmembrane ion gradients, and thus necessarily on the Na+,K+-ATPase activity. The aim of this work was to evaluate the consequences of a spinal cord transection (SCT) on the skeletal muscle Na+,K+-ATPase and the impact of collateral GlyceroPhosphoLipids enriched in DocosaHexaenoic Acid (GPL-DHA) administration. The Na+,K+-ATPase activity and membrane expression of Na+,K+-ATPase α1, α2 and β1 isoforms were assessed by K+-stimulated paranitrophenyl phosphatase (pNPPase) measurements and Western Blotting, respectively. The results show that spinal cord transection increased significantly (p<0.05) Na+,K+-ATPase activity in muscle by 25% and decreased the amounts of α1 isoform and α2 isoform expressions by 50% (p<0.05) respectively compared to controls. The results also show that early injection of GPL-DHA after SCT decreases in membrane skeletal muscle the α1 and α2 isoforms expression but increases the membrane Na+,K+-ATPase activity. This treament partially restores the membrane expression of the β1 subunit of the Na+,K+-ATPase. These data suggest that the increase of β1 subunit expression is probably the main trigger to the membrane Na+,K+-ATPase activation following a trans-synaptic denervation.
Keywords
Na
K -ATPase
spinal cord transection
GPL-DHA
biceps femoris muscle
skeletal muscle
spinal cord injury
polyunsatuated fatty-acids.
Maixent, J. M., Fares, M., François, C., Delmotte, A., & Rigoard, P. (2014). Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) injection in spinal cord transection stimulates Na+,K+-ATPase in skeletal muscle via β 1 subunit. Cellular and Molecular Biology, 60(4), 22–29. Retrieved from http://mail.cellmolbiol.org/index.php/CMB/article/view/515
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