Proteolytic and lipolytic responses to starvation

Proteolytic and lipolytic responses to starvation

Finn PF; Dice JF

Nutrition (burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)

2006

Humans; Muscle; Starvation/metabolism; Triglycerides/metabolism; Fatty Acids; Acyl Coenzyme A/metabolism; Autophagy; Enzyme Activation; Ketone Bodies/metabolism; Lipolysis; Lysosomes/metabolism; Molecular Chaperones/physiology; Muscle Proteins/metabolism; Nonesterified/metabolism; Peptide Hydrolases/metabolism; Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolism; Skeletal/chemistry; Ubiquitin/metabolism

Mammals survive starvation by activating proteolysis and lipolysis in many different tissues. These responses are triggered, at least in part, by changing hormonal and neural statuses during starvation. Pathways of proteolysis that are activated during starvation are surprisingly diverse, depending on tissue type and duration of starvation. The ubiquitin-proteasome system is primarily responsible for increased skeletal muscle protein breakdown during starvation. However, in most other tissues, lysosomal pathways of proteolysis are stimulated during fasting. Short-term starvation activates macroautophagy, whereas long-term starvation activates chaperone-mediated autophagy. Lipolysis also increases in response to starvation, and the breakdown of triacylglycerols provides free fatty acids to be used as an energy source by skeletal muscle and other tissues. In addition, glycerol released from triacylglycerols can be converted to glucose by hepatic gluconeogenesis. During long-term starvation, oxidation of free fatty acids by the liver leads to the production of ketone bodies that can be used for energy by skeletal muscle and brain. Tissues that cannot use ketone bodies for energy respond to these small molecules by activating chaperone-mediated autophagy. This is one form of interaction between proteolytic and lipolytic responses to starvation.

2006

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