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01-02-2017 | Original Contribution

Effects of chronic sugar consumption on lipid accumulation and autophagy in the skeletal muscle

Authors: Daniela De Stefanis, Raffaella Mastrocola, Debora Nigro, Paola Costelli, Manuela Aragno

Published in: European Journal of Nutrition | Issue 1/2017

Abstract

Purpose

In recent years, the increasing consumption of soft drinks containing high-fructose corn syrup or sucrose has caused a rise in fructose intake, which has been related to the epidemic of metabolic diseases. As fructose and glucose intake varies in parallel, it is still unclear what the effects of the increased consumption of the two single sugars are. In the present study, the impact of chronic consumption of glucose or fructose on skeletal muscle of healthy mice was investigated.

Methods

C57BL/6J male mice received water (C), 15 % fructose (ChF) or 15 % glucose (ChG) to drink for up to 7 months. Lipid metabolism and markers of inflammation and autophagy were assessed in gastrocnemius muscle.

Results

Increased body weight and gastrocnemius muscle mass, as well as circulating glucose, insulin, and lipid plasma levels were observed in sugar-drinking mice. Although triglycerides increased in the gastrocnemius muscle of both ChF and ChG mice (+32 and +26 %, vs C, respectively), intramyocellular lipids accumulated to a significantly greater extent in ChF than in ChG animals (ChF +10 % vs ChG). Such perturbations were associated with increased muscle interleukin-6 levels (threefold of C) and with the activation of autophagy, as demonstrated by the overexpression of LC3B-II (ChF, threefold and ChG, twofold of C) and beclin-1 (ChF, sevenfold and ChG, tenfold of C).

Conclusions

The present results suggest that intramyocellular lipids and the pro-inflammatory signaling could contribute to the onset of insulin resistance and lead to the induction of autophagy, which could be an adaptive response to lipotoxicity.

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Title: Effects of chronic sugar consumption on lipid accumulation and autophagy in the skeletal muscle
Authors: Daniela De Stefanis
Raffaella Mastrocola
Debora Nigro
Paola Costelli
Manuela Aragno
Publication date: 01-02-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Nutrition / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 1436-6207
Electronic ISSN: 1436-6215
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-015-1086-8

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