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Plenge 2012 Endocrine Abstracts

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Plenge U, Guadeloupe-Grau A, Andersen P, Lundby C, Dela F, Pott F, Helge J, Belhage B, Boushel RC (2012) Recombinant erythropoietin treatment enhances mitochondrial function in human skeletal muscle. Endocrine Abstracts 29 P302 .

Link: European Society of Endocrinology

Plenge U, Guadeloupe-Grau A, Andersen P, Lundby C, Dela F, Pott F, Helge J, Belhage B, Boushel RC (2012)

Event: European Society of Endocrinology

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 (ET-pathway) was assessed by addition of an uncoupler. rhEpo treatment increased OXPHOS (from 92ยฑ5 to 113ยฑ7 pmol/s per mg) and ET-pathway (107ยฑ4 to 143ยฑ14 pmol/s per mg, P<0.05), demonstrating that Epo treatment induces an upregulation of OXPHOS and ET-pathway in human skeletal muscle.

โ€ข Keywords: Erythropoietin (Epo)

โ€ข O2k-Network Lab: SE Stockholm Boushel RC, DK Copenhagen Dela F, CA Vancouver Boushel RC, DK Copenhagen Lundby C, DK Copenhagen Larsen S


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Organism: Human  Tissue;cell: Skeletal muscle  Preparation: Permeabilized tissue  Enzyme: Complex I, Complex II;succinate dehydrogenase 

Coupling state: OXPHOS 

HRR: Oxygraph-2k