Publication: Nitrate uptake and metabolism in human skeletal muscle cell cultures
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2020-01-01
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10898611
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Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry. Vol.94, (2020), 1-8
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Sirada Srihirun, Ji Won Park, Rujia Teng, Waritta Sawaengdee, Barbora Piknova, Alan N. Schechter Nitrate uptake and metabolism in human skeletal muscle cell cultures. Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry. Vol.94, (2020), 1-8. doi:10.1016/j.niox.2019.10.005 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/49548
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Nitrate uptake and metabolism in human skeletal muscle cell cultures
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© 2019 Several studies show that dietary nitrate enhances exercise performance, presumably by increasing muscle blood flow and improving oxygen utilization. These effects are likely mediated by nitrate metabolites, including nitrite and nitric oxide (NO). However, the mechanisms of nitrate production, storage, and metabolism to nitrite and NO in skeletal muscle cells are still unclear. We hypothesized that exogenous nitrate can be taken up and metabolized to nitrite/NO inside the skeletal muscle. We found rapid uptake of exogeneous nitrate in both myoblasts and myotubes, increasing nitrite levels in myotubes, but not myoblasts. During differentiation we found increased expression of molybdenum containing proteins, such as xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) and the mitochondrial amidoxime-reducing component (MARC); nitrate and nitrite reductases. Sialin, a known nitrate transporter, was detected in myoblasts; nitrate uptake decreased after sialin knockdown. Inhibition of chloride channel 1 (CLC1) also led to significantly decreased uptake of nitrate. Addition of exogenous nitrite, which resulted in higher intracellular nitrite levels, increased intracellular cGMP levels in myotubes. In summary, our results demonstrate for the first time the presence of the nitrate/nitrite/NO pathway in skeletal muscle cells, namely the existence of strong uptake of exogenous nitrate into cells and conversion of intracellular nitrate to nitrite and NO. Our results further support our previously formulated hypothesis about the importance of the nitrate to nitrite to NO intrinsic reduction pathways in skeletal muscles, which likely contributes to improved exercise tolerance after nitrate ingestion.