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Series GSE68915 Query DataSets for GSE68915
Status Public on Dec 11, 2015
Title mRNA Sequencing of skeletal muscle genes in wildtype and BCATm (BCAT2) KO mice
Organism Mus musculus
Experiment type Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing
Summary Consumption of a protein containing meal by a fasted animal promotes protein accretion in skeletal muscle, in part through leucine stimulation of protein synthesis and indirectly through repression of protein degradation mediated by its metabolite, α-ketoisocaproate. Mice lacking the mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase (BCATm/Bcat2), that interconverts leucine and α-ketoisocaproate, exhibit elevated protein turnover. Here, the transcriptomes of gastrocnemius muscle from BCATm knockout (KO) and wildtype mice were compared using Next Generation RNA-Sequencing (RNA-Seq) to identify potential adaptations associated with their persistently altered nutrient signaling. Statistically significant changes in the abundance of 1486/~39,010 genes were identified. Bioinformatics analysis of the RNA-Seq data indicated that pathways involved in protein synthesis (eIF2, mTOR, eIF4 and p70S6K pathways including 40S and 60S ribosomal proteins), protein breakdown (e.g., ubiquitin mediated), and muscle degeneration (apoptosis, atrophy, myopathy and cell death) were up-regulated. Also in agreement with our previous observations, the abundance of mRNAs associated with reduced body size, glycemia, plasma insulin, and lipid signaling pathways were observed in BCATm KO mice. Consistently, genes encoding anaerobic and/or oxidative metabolism of carbohydrate, fatty acids and BCAAs were modestly but systematically reduced. Although there was no indication that muscle fiber type was different between KO and wildtype mice, a difference in the abundance of mRNAs associated with a muscular dystrophy phenotype was observed, consistent with the published exercise intolerance of these mice. The results suggest transcriptional adaptations occur in BCATm KO mice that along with altered nutrient signaling may contribute to their previously reported protein turnover, metabolic and exercise phenotypes.
 
Overall design Comparison of wildtype and BCATm KO gastrocnemius biological replicates
 
Contributor(s) Lynch CJ, Kimbal SR, Xu Y, Salzberg AC, Kawasawa YI
Citation(s) 26351290
Submission date May 14, 2015
Last update date May 15, 2019
Contact name Yuka Imamura Kawasawa
E-mail(s) yui102@psu.edu
Organization name Penn State University
Department College of Medicine, Pharmacology
Street address 500 University Dr.
City Hershey
State/province PA
ZIP/Postal code 17033
Country USA
 
Platforms (1)
GPL17021 Illumina HiSeq 2500 (Mus musculus)
Samples (8)
GSM1686397 Wildtype 1
GSM1686398 Wildtype 2
GSM1686399 Wildtype 3
Relations
BioProject PRJNA284008
SRA SRP058363

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