A study on the change of autophagy in skeletal muscle of patients with chronic kidney disease / 中华肾脏病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study skeletal muscle atrophy and the change of autophagy in skeletal muscle of patients with chronic kidney disease.Methods Mean muscle cross sectional area,mRNA and protein expression of autophagy markers Bcl-2-adenovirus E1B interacting protein 3 (LC3B),Bcl-2-adenovirus E1B interacting protein 3 (Bnip3),Beclin-1 were measured in rectus abdominis biopsies obtained from 22 consecutive patients with stage 5 CKD scheduled for peritoneal dialysis from 4 hospitals in Shanghai.Control biopsies were obtained from another 8 healthy subjects during elective surgery for adenomyosis and 6 subjects during elective surgery for abdominal wall hernias.Rectus abdominis muscles were obtained at the beginning of surgery.HE staining was performed and mean cross sectional area (CSA) was calculated.Electron microscopy was used to confirm the changes of autophagy.mRNA levels of LC3B,Beclin-1,Bnip3 were evaluated by RT-PCR and protein levels of those parameters were evaluated by Western blotting.Results Compared with control group,mean CSA of muscle fibers was decreased and the transcript levels of LC3B,Beclin-1,Bnip3 were up-regulated in CKD group.Similarly,protein levels of LC3BⅠ,LC3B Ⅱ,Beclin-1 and Bnip3 were increased in CKD group.Additionally,activation of autophagy was confirmed by the appearance of autophagosomes by electron microscopy.Conclusion Chronic kidney disease may cause skeletal muscle atrophy and lead to activation of autophagy,which may contribute to muscle atrophy.