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PLOS ONE
卷 7, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029082
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [MOP 57808, IAO 84673]
- Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
- MRC [G0700718, G0800674, MC_G0802536] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0700718, MC_G0802536, G0601943B, G0800674, G0700718B] Funding Source: researchfish
Although denervation has long been implicated in aging muscle, the degree to which it is causes the fiber atrophy seen in aging muscle is unknown. To address this question, we quantified motoneuron soma counts in the lumbar spinal cord using choline acetyl transferase immunhistochemistry and quantified the size of denervated versus innervated muscle fibers in the gastrocnemius muscle using the in situ expression of the denervation-specific sodium channel, Nav(1.5), in young adult (YA) and senescent (SEN) rats. To gain insights into the mechanisms driving myofiber atrophy, we also examined the myofiber expression of the two primary ubiquitin ligases necessary for muscle atrophy (MAFbx, MuRF1). MN soma number in lumbar spinal cord declined 27% between YA (638+/-34 MNsxmm(-1)) and SEN (46+/-13 MNsxmm(-1)). Nav(1.5) positive fibers (1548+/-70 mu m(2)) were 35% smaller than Nav(1.5) negative fibers (2367+/-78 mu m(2); P<0.05) in SEN muscle, whereas Nav(1.5) negative fibers in SEN were only 7% smaller than fibers in YA (2553+/-33 mu m(2); P<0.05) where no Nav(1.5) labeling was seen, suggesting denervation is the primary cause of aging myofiber atrophy. Nav(1.5) positive fibers had higher levels of MAFbx and MuRF1 (P<0.05), consistent with involvement of the proteasome proteolytic pathway in the atrophy of denervated muscle fibers in aging muscle. In summary, our study provides the first quantitative assessment of the contribution of denervation to myofiber atrophy in aging muscle, suggesting it explains the majority of the atrophy we observed. This striking result suggests a renewed focus should be placed on denervation in seeking understanding of the causes of and treatments for aging muscle atrophy.
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