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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism2025

Human skeletal muscle disuse atrophy has profound and negative effects on the muscle metabolome and lipidome.

Sean P Kilroe, Zachary D Von Ruff, Emily J Arentson-Lantz, Trevor B Romsdahl, Jennifer J Linares, Hanna Kalenta, Erik D Marchant, Elena Volpi, Douglas Paddon-Jones, William K Russell and 1 more

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Article in American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Sean P KilroeDepartment of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.ORCID 0009-0000-9382-3783
Zachary D Von RuffGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States.
Emily J Arentson-LantzDepartment of Nutrition & Metabolism, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7303-8067
Trevor B RomsdahlDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9075-9771
Jennifer J LinaresDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States.
Hanna KalentaDepartment of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.ORCID 0009-0000-7965-4733
Erik D MarchantDepartment of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2222-7594
Elena VolpiBarshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, Center for Metabolic Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8776-0384
Douglas Paddon-JonesDepartment of Nutrition & Metabolism, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States.
William K RussellDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1931-4555
Blake B RasmussenDepartment of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7854-5375

Funding

San Antonio OAIC - Research Education Component (REC)P30AG044271 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Adam Salmon, Elena Volpi · 2015 to 2026
$14.1M
Sex-specific determinants of early-phase recovery from skeletal muscle disuse.R01AG064386 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI RASMUSSEN, BLAKE B · 2019 to 2022
$2.0M
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) RP190682HHS | NIH | National Institute on Aging (NIA) P3004427HHS | NIH | National Institute on Aging (NIA) R01AG064683NIA NIH HHS P30 AG044271NIA NIH HHS R01 AG064386
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated how short-term muscle disuse altered the skeletal muscle metabolome, lipidome, and transcriptome in middle-aged adults. We report that the energy metabolism pathways: nicotinate and nicotinamide metabolism, glycolysis, and TCA cycle, were reduced after 7 days of muscle disuse. These changes in the metabolome were reflected by changes in the transcriptome where multiple genes involved in glycolysis and TCA pathways were reduced after short-term disuse. Phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan metabolism pathways showed the same response and were reduced after short-term disuse. The skeletal muscle lipidome showed a decrease in phosphatidylinositols but an increase in phosphatidylglycerols and diacylglycerols after short-term muscle disuse. We conclude that short-term muscle disuse in humans has profound and negative effects on the muscle metabolome and lipidome. These include significant downregulation of muscle glycolytic, amino acid, and TCA cycle intermediates. In contrast, skeletal muscle lipids had a divergent response to disuse (e.g., increased phosphatidylglycerols and diacylglycerols, but reduced phosphatidylinositols).

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Lipid MetabolismMetabolomeMuscle, SkeletalMuscular AtrophyAdultCitric Acid CycleEnergy MetabolismFemaleGlycolysisHumansLipidomicsMaleMiddle AgedTranscriptomedisuse atrophyhuman skeletal musclelipidomicsmetabolomicstranscriptomics

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PMID40298387
PMCPMC12285900

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