%0 Generic %A P.B., Tisdale %A A.J., Bennett %A N., Seevaratnam %A I.A., Macdonald %A K., Tsintzas %D 2017 %T Erratum: Skeletal Muscle Metabolic Gene Expression Is Not Affected by Dichloroacetate-Mediated Modulation of Substrate Utilisation %U https://karger.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Erratum_Skeletal_Muscle_Metabolic_Gene_Expression_Is_Not_Affected_by_Dichloroacetate-Mediated_Modulation_of_Substrate_Utilisation/5241259 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.5241259.v1 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/8955862 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/8955865 %K Akt/PI3K signalling %K Skeletal muscle %K Carbohydrate oxidation %K Dichloroacetate %K Metabolism %K PPARS %X Aim: This study investigated whether changing fuel use, by increasing pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) flux, independently of plasma substrate availability and insulin signalling, would alter metabolic gene expression. Methods: The PDC activator, dichloroacetate (DCA), was administered as an intravenous infusion in healthy male subjects at a rate of 50 mg kg–1 min–1, for 90 min. Saline was infused as a control (CON) on a separate occasion in a randomised sequence. Muscle biopsies were taken from the vastus lateralis at 0 and 30 min into the infusion and 90 min after infusion. Gene expression was quantified using RT-qPCR, and immunoblotting was used to confirm that there were no changes in insulin signalling via the PI3K/Akt pathway. Results: Blood glucose concentrations fell during both trials but 3 h after the start of the infusion they were lower in DCA (p < 0.05) than CON. Blood lactate concentrations also declined in both trials (p < 0.01), however, this decrease was also more pronounced in DCA than CON (p < 0.001). Carbohydrate oxidation was increased by DCA, 0.037 ± 0.017 g min–1 (p < 0.05) at 3 h with no change observed in CON. UCP3 and PGC1α mRNA expression were induced in CON (as a response to continued fasting) but this was attenuated by DCA. Akt phosphorylation and the expression of other metabolic genes and transcription factors were unchanged throughout the intervention. Conclusion: It is concluded that PDC flux can be increased independently of plasma substrate availability, without causing downstream alterations to metabolic gene expression in the short term. %I Karger Publishers