Antioxidant supplement inhibits skeletal muscle constitutive autophagy rather than fasting-induced autophagy in mice.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we tested the hypothesis that NAC administration leads to reduced oxidative stress and thus to decreased expression of autophagy markers in young mice. Our results reveal that NAC administration results in reduced muscle mRNA levels of several autophagy markers, including Beclin-1, Atg7, LC3, Atg9, and LAMP2. However, NAC supplement fails to block the activation of skeletal muscle autophagy in response to fasting, because fasting significantly increases the mRNA level of several autophagy markers and LC3 lipidation. We further examined the effects of NAC administration on mitochondrial antioxidant capacity in fed and 24-hour fasted mice. Our results clearly show that NAC administration depresses the expression of manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) and TP53-induced glycol

SUBMITTER: Qi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4084590 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature