Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Deletion of skeletal muscle Akt1/2 causes osteosarcopenia and reduces lifespan in mice

  • Takayoshi Sasako,
  • Toshihiro Umehara,
  • Kotaro Soeda,
  • Kazuma Kaneko,
  • Miho Suzuki,
  • Naoki Kobayashi,
  • Yukiko Okazaki,
  • Miwa Tamura-Nakano,
  • Tomoki Chiba,
  • Domenico Accili,
  • C. Ronald Kahn,
  • Tetsuo Noda,
  • Hiroshi Asahara,
  • Toshimasa Yamauchi,
  • Takashi Kadowaki,
  • Kohjiro Ueki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33008-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Sasako et al. show that disruption of the insulin/IGF-1 signaling by suppressing Akt activity in mouse skeletal muscle can accelerate osteosarcopenia and shortens lifespan, which is reversed by inactivation of FoxOs rather than activation of mTOR, suggesting FoxOs as therapeutic targets.