Author:
Gorski J.,Miller W. C.,Palmer W. K.,Oscai L. B.
Abstract
One purpose of this study was to determine if colchicine increased intracellular alkaline triglyceride (TG) lipase activity above control levels in rat skeletal muscle. The second aim was to determine the effects of colchicine treatment on the concentration of TG in skeletal muscle. The results show that colchicine was a potent inducer of alkaline TG lipase activity, increasing enzyme activity approximately twofold in slow-twitch red, fast-twitch red, and fast-twitch white muscle types. It was found that in slow-twitch red soleus and fast-twitch red vastus, the two muscle groups with the highest levels of enzyme activity, 76% or more of enzyme activity resides in the intracellular compartment. These results provide evidence that colchicine blocks the export of alkaline TG lipase from skeletal muscle cells similar to that seen in the heart. The finding that TG were reduced at a time when enzyme activity was elevated suggests that intracellular alkaline TG lipase may be playing a role in the hydrolysis of the intramuscular TG droplet.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Physiology (medical),Pharmacology,General Medicine,Physiology
Cited by
4 articles.
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