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CLINICAL NUTRITION
卷 26, 期 5, 页码 614-618出版社
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2007.06.005
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apoptosis; cancer cachexia; MyoD; PARP
Background Et aims: Previous studies of our research group have shown that apoptosis is present in skeletal muscle of tumour-bearing animals subject to cachexia. For this reason we decided to investigate the apoptosis in skeletal muscle of cancer patients. Methods and results: In the present study, muscle biopsies from weight-losing patients with upper gastro-intestinal cancer showed a significant increase in muscle DNA fragmentation (three-fold), as compared with control subjects. The increase in DNA laddering was associated with an increase in poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) cleavage (four-fold) as measured by western blotting. These two events indicate the presence of muscle apoptosis. These changes were associated with a decrease in MyoD protein content, suggesting important alterations in skeletal muscle physiology. Conclusions: The results presented therefore confirm that apoptosis is also present in human subjects undergoing cancer cachexia. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. All rights reserved.
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