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TGFβ1 impairs the transcriptomic response to contraction in myotubes from women with polycystic ovary syndrome

ABSTRACT: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterised by a hormonal imbalance affecting the reproductive and metabolic health of reproductive-aged women. Exercise is often recommended as a first-line therapy for women with PCOS to help improve their overall health however, women with PCOS are resistant to the metabolic benefits of exercise training. Here, we aimed to gain insight into the mechanisms responsible for such resistance to exercise in PCOS. We employed an in vitro approach with electrical pulse stimulation (EPS) of cultured skeletal muscle cells to explore whether muscle cells from women with PCOS have an altered gene expression signature in response to muscle contraction. Following EPS, 4,719 genes were differentially expressed (FDR < 0.05) in myotubes from women with PCOS compared to only 173 in healthy control women. Both groups included genes involved in skeletal muscle contraction. We also determined the effect of two transforming growth factor-beta ligands that are elevated in plasma of women with PCOS, the transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGFβ1) and the anti-müllerian hormone (AMH), alone and on the EPS-induced response. While AMH (30 ng/ml) had no effect, TGFβ1 (5 ng/ml) induced the expression of extracellular matrix genes and impaired the exercise-like gene expression signature in myotubes from women with and without PCOS in response to EPS by interfering with key processes related to muscle contraction, calcium transport and actin filament. Collectively, our findings suggest that while the fundamental gene expression responses of skeletal muscle to contraction is intact in PCOS, elevated circulating factors like TGFβ1 may be responsible for the impaired adaptation to exercise intervention in women with PCOS.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE199225 | GEO | 2022/10/12

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Regular physical exercise evokes profound physiological responses which are strongly associated with many health benefits. However, the details of cellular networks and mechanisms underlying the adaptive responses to exercise remain to be elucidated. We have previously shown the usefulness of electrical pulse stimulation (EPS) to investigate metabolic effects of exercise in cultured human myotubes. The aim of the present study was to uncover networks of signaling pathways and regulatory molecules responsible for the metabolic effects of exercise in human skeletal muscle cells exposed to chronic EPS. Differentiated myotubes were subjected to two different EPS protocols (protocol 1; 2 ms, 10 V, 0.1 Hz for 24 h or protocol 2; 2 ms, 30 V, and 1 Hz for 48 h). Fuel handling was assessed using radiolabeled substrates. The transcriptome, cell proteome, and secreted proteins from EPS-treated and untreated myotubes were analyzed using a combination of high-throughput RNA sequencing, microarray, and high-resolution liquid chromatography mass spectrometry. Independent validation of selected putative myokines were measured using ELISA or multiplex assay. Oxidative metabolism was enhanced in human myotubes exposed to EPS protocol 1. A total of 81 differentially regulated proteins and 952 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were observed in the cells after EPS protocol 1. Gene ontology (GO) analysis indicated that significantly regulated proteins and genes were enriched in biological processes related to glycolytic pathways, positive regulation of fatty acid oxidation, and oxidative phosphorylation, as well as muscle contraction, autophagy/mitophagy, and oxidative stress. Moreover, proteomic identification of secreted proteins revealed extracellular levels of 137 proteins were changed in myotubes subjected to EPS protocol 1. We also found some degree of overlap between the DEGs found in myotubes submitted to EPS protocol 1 and protocol 2. Among these DEGs was a myokine, leukemia inhibitory factor, which showed to enhance the glucose uptake in skeletal muscle cells, indicating autocrine mechanism to maintain metabolic homeostasis. Collectively, our data provides new insight into the transcriptome, proteome and secreted proteins alterations following in vitro exercise and is a valuable resource for understanding the molecular mechanisms and regulatory molecules mediating the beneficial metabolic effects of exercise.

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TGFβ1 impairs the transcriptomic response to contraction in myotubes from women with polycystic ovary syndrome

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