Alterations of Sirt1 and mTOR activity in gastrocnemius muscle of mice with sarcopenia
10.3969/j.issn.1001-6325.2018.07.005
- VernacularTitle:肌肉衰减综合征小鼠腓肠肌Sirt1和mTOR活性的变化
- Author:
Xiao-Ma JING
1
;
Quan-Quan WANG
;
Yan-Lei HAO
Author Information
1. 山东大学 齐鲁医学院
- Keywords:
sarcopenia;
Sirt1;
mTOR
- From:
Basic & Clinical Medicine
2018;38(7):922-927
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the alterations of Sirt1 and mTOR activity in gastrocnemius muscles of mice with sarcopenia. Methods Aged (26 months old) and young (6 months old) male C57BL/6J mice (n=16,respective-ly) were randomly arranged into 2 groups respectively, i. e. middle-aged control ( MC) , middle-aged suspension ( MS) , aged control( AC) and aged suspension( AS) . Aged mice were hindlimb suspended for two weeks to estab-lish a sarcopenic model. Kits and Western blot were used to detecte related factors and protein expression of Sirt1 and mTOR pathway. Results 1) the content of NAD+and the ratio of NAD+/NADH: AC group was significantly lower than MC group ( P<0.01 or P<0.05) , HLS group was significantly less than the control group ( P<0.01 or P<0.05) . 2) Sirt1 expression: AC group was significantly higher than MC group ( P<0.05) , and HLS group was significantly higher than that of the control group (P<0.05).3)Sirt1 downstream substrates (PGC-1α, FOXO1 and P53), NAMPT protein expression and Sirt1 activity: AC group was significantly lower than MC group ( P<0.05 or P<0.05 or P<0.01) , HLS group was significantly less than the control group ( P<0.05 or P<0.05 or P<0.05) . 4) phosphorylation of mTOR, p70S6K and 4E-BP1: AC group was significantly higher than MC group ( P<0.05) , HLS group was significantly less than the control group ( P<0.05) . Conclusions Sirt1 and mTOR are involved in the pathogenesis of mice with sarcopenia.