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Ethanol Induces Skeletal Muscle Autophagy

Mechanisms of Skeletal Muscle Proteolysis With Ethanol Consumption: an Integrated Molecular Metabolic Approach


Sponsor

The Cleveland Clinic

Enrollment

40 participants

Start Date

May 18, 2015

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

In this study we plan to demonstrate that ethanol induces skeletal muscle autophagy to degrade MAA adducts.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 YearsMax Age: 65 Years

Inclusion Criteria7

  • Alcoholic liver disease:
  • clinical, biochemical, imaging criteria and liver biopsy where available
  • Age 18 - 65 years old
  • Controls:
  • Serum liver transaminases (i.e. ALT and AST) 40 IU/L
  • Normal liver ultrasound
  • Age 18 - 65 years old

Exclusion Criteria10

  • For both groups - alcoholic liver disease and controls:
  • Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (HbA1C>9.5 g/dl)
  • Untreated Hyper- / hypo- thyroidism
  • Patients on dialysis, renal disease with serum creatinine 1.5 mg/dL
  • Active intravenous drug use
  • History of bowel surgery or gastric bypass surgery
  • Medications known to alter muscle protein metabolism (i.e. corticosteroids, tamoxifen, high-dose estrogen, testosterone or anabolic steroids)
  • Metastatic disease, Advanced cardiac or pulmonary disease
  • Pregnancy
  • Coagulopathy- INR >1.4 and platelet count <80,000/ml.

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Interventions

OTHERBiopsies

Biopsy will be done on the Vastus Lateralis muscle in all groups


Locations(1)

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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