ICEECE2012 Poster Presentations Cardiovascular Endocrinology and Lipid Metabolism (74 abstracts)
Recombinant erythropoietin treatment enhances mitochondrial function in human skeletal muscle
U. Plenge 1 , A. Guadeloupe-Grau 2 , P. Andersen 2 , L. Carsten 3 , F. Dela 2 , F. Pott 1 , H. Jørn 2 , B. Belhage 1 & R. Boushel 1,
1Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; 2University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; 3University of Zurich Institute of Physiology, Zurich, Switzerland.
Erythropoietin (Epo) treatment has been shown to induce mitochondrial biogenesis in cardiac muscle along with enhanced mitochondrial capacity in mice. We hypothesized that recombinant human Epo (rhEpo) treatment enhances skeletal muscle mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) capacity in humans. In six healthy volunteers rhEpo was administered by s.c. injection over eight weeks with oral iron (100 mg) supplementation taken daily. Mitochondrial OXPHOS was quantified by high-resolution respirometry in saponin-permeabilized muscle fibers obtained from biopsies of the vastus lateralis before and after rhEpo treatment. OXPHOS was determined with the mitochondrial complex I substrates malate, glutamate, pyruvate and complex II substrate succinate in the presence of saturating ADP concentrations, while maximal electron transport capacity (ETS) was assessed by addition of an uncoupler. rhEpo treatment increased OXPHOS (from 92±5 to 113±7 pmol/s per mg) and ETS (107±4 to 143±14 pmol/s per mg, P<0.05), demonstrating that Epo treatment induces an upregulation of OXPHOS and ETS in human skeletal muscle.
Declaration of interest: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest that could be perceived as prejudicing the impartiality of the research project.
Funding: This work was supported, however funding details unavailable.
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