Myofiber-specific FoxP1 knockout protects against pancreatic cancer-induced muscle wasting in male but not female mice.

ABSTRACT: Cancer cachexia affects up to 80% of cancer patients and results in reduced quality of life and survival. We previously demonstrated that the transcriptional repressor Forkhead box P1 (FoxP1) is upregulated in skeletal muscle of cachectic mice and people with cancer, and when overexpressed in skeletal muscle is sufficient to induce pathological features characteristic of cachexia. However, the role of myofiber-derived FoxP1 in both normal muscle physiology and cancer-induced muscle wasting remains largely unexplored. To address this gap, we generated a conditional mouse line with myofiber-specific ablation of FoxP1 (FoxP1^SkmKO) and found that in cancer-free mice, deletion of FoxP1 in skeletal myofibers resulted in increased myofiber size in both males and females, with a signifi

SUBMITTER: Schonk MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11429864 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature