bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/567297; this version posted March 4, 2019. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-ND 4.0 International license. 1 Induction of the nicotinamide riboside kinase NAD+ 2 salvage pathway in skeletal muscle of H6PDH KO mice 3 4 Craig L. Doig1,2, Agnieszka E. Zelinska1, Lucy A. Oakey1,2, Rachel S. Fletcher1,2, Yasir El 5 Hassan1,2, Antje Garten1, David Cartwright1,2, Silke Heising1,2, Daniel A Tennant1,2, David 6 Watson3, Jerzy Adamski4 & Gareth G. Lavery1,2. 7 8 1Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, 2nd Floor IBR Tower, University of 9 Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. 2Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and 10 Metabolism, Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham, B15 2TH. 3Strathclyde Institute of 11 Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Hamnett Wing John Arbuthnott Building, Glasgow G4 12 0RE. 4Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen GmbH, Ingolstadter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 13 Neuherberg. Germany. 14 15 Corresponding author: 16 Gareth G Lavery, PhD 17 Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow 18 Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research 19 University of Birmingham 20 Edgbaston 21 Birmingham, UK 22 B15 2TT 23 Tel: +44 121 414 3719 Fax: +44 121 415 8712 24 Email:
[email protected] 25 26 Disclosure statement: The authors have nothing to disclose. 27 Abbreviated title: NAD+ metabolism and ER stress in skeletal muscle myopathy 28 Word Count: 5504; 7 Figures (Inclusive of 3 Supplemental) 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/567297; this version posted March 4, 2019.