EFFECTS OF COMBINATION OF HEAT STRESS AND ASTAXANTHIN SUPPLEMENTATION ON DISUSE MUSCLE ATROPHY
- VernacularTitle:熱ストレス負荷とアスタキサンチン投与の組み合わせが廃用性筋萎縮に与える影響
- Author:
TOSHINORI YOSHIHARA
;
TAKAO SUGIURA
;
TSUBASA SIBAGUCHI
;
YUKI YAMAMOTO
;
KATSUMASA GOTO
;
TOMOMI ISOYAMA
;
HISASHI NAITO
;
DAIJIRO OHMORI
;
TOSHITADA YOSHIOKA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
hindlimb-suspension;
protein degradation;
heat stress;
anti-oxidative nutrient
- From:Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine
2010;59(3):303-312
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of combination of a heat stress and astaxanthin supplementation, known as a potent anti-oxidative nutrient, on muscle protein degradation and disuse muscle atrophy. Fifty-two male Wistar rats (261.7±1.17 g) were divided into five groups: control (Cont, n=10), suspension (Sus, n=11), heat stress and suspension (Heat, n=10), astaxanthin and suspension (Ax, n=10), and heat stress, astaxanthin and suspension (H+A, n=11). There were no significant differences in Cu,Zn-SOD, cathepsin L and caspase-3 levels among the Heat, Ax and H+A groups in the soleus and plantaris muscles. Although levels of calpain 2 and ubiquitinated protein in the myofibrillar fraction in the soleus muscle were not significantly different among the Heat, Ax and H+A groups, levels in the H+A group were significantly (p<0.05) lower than Sus. Concerning atrophied plantaris muscles, the H+A group significantly (p<0.05) suppressed the expression of calpain 1 in the myofibrillar fraction, but there were no marked changes of proteolytic indexes. These data indicate that the combination of the heat stress and astaxanthin supplementation could be effective in inhibiting muscle protein degradation in disuse atrophy of the soleus.
