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2897689 
Journal Article 
Acidosis and glucocorticoids concomitantly increase ubiquitin and proteasome subunit mRNAs in rat muscle 
Price, SR; England, BK; Bailey, JL; Van Vreede, K; Mitch, WE 
1994 
Yes 
American Journal of Physiology
ISSN: 0002-9513
EISSN: 2163-5773 
267 
4 Pt 1 
C955-C960 
English 
7943291 
In rat muscle metabolic acidosis increases ATP-dependent protein degradation and levels of mRNAs for ubiquitin (Ub) and proteasome subunits. Because adrenalectomy (ADX) abolishes the proteolytic response to acidosis in muscle, we examined whether glucocorticoids (GCs) are necessary for acidosis-induced changes in Ub and proteasome mRNAs in muscles. Total RNA content of the white fiber extensor digitorum longus or mixed fiber gastrocnemius muscles were lowest in muscles of ADX rats given acid plus GCs. In contrast, the abundance of Ub and C2 and C9 proteasome subunits mRNAs were increased in muscles from this group compared with untreated ADX rats or ADX rats given acid or GCs alone. Because total RNA is reduced, the increase in these mRNAs in muscles of ADX rats receiving acid plus GCs provides evidence for a specific activation of the ATP-dependent-Ub-proteasome pathway. Thus, GCs are required but not sufficient to produce the coordinated increase in mRNAs encoding ubiquitin and proteasome subunits occurring in muscles of acidotic rats.