• JoomlaWorks Simple Image Rotator
  • JoomlaWorks Simple Image Rotator
  • JoomlaWorks Simple Image Rotator
  • JoomlaWorks Simple Image Rotator
  • JoomlaWorks Simple Image Rotator
  • JoomlaWorks Simple Image Rotator
  • JoomlaWorks Simple Image Rotator
  • JoomlaWorks Simple Image Rotator
  • JoomlaWorks Simple Image Rotator
  • JoomlaWorks Simple Image Rotator
 
  Bookmark and Share
 
 
Doctoral Thesis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/T.42.2013.tde-14032014-142258
Document
Author
Full name
Frederico Gerlinger Romero
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2013
Supervisor
Committee
Nunes, Maria Tereza (President)
Festuccia, William Tadeu Lara
Hirabara, Sandro Massao
Ramires, Paulo Rizzo
Silveira, Leonardo dos Reis
Title in Portuguese
Efeitos do beta hidroxi beta metilbutirato sobre a expressão de ubiquitina-ligases e vias de síntese protéica na musculatura esquelética de ratos alimentados e jejuados e suas repercussões funcionais.
Keywords in Portuguese
Aminoácidos
Atividade física
Jejuno de animal
Músculo esquelético
Ratos Wistar
Abstract in Portuguese
Um metabólito do aminoácido leucina, o HMB, vem sendo utilizado por promover aumento da síntese e/ou redução da degradação protéica. O objetivo do presente estudo avaliou os mecanismos moleculares envolvidos no efeito do HMB sobre o metabolismo proteico na musculatura esquelética frente a um modelo de proteólise, bem como suas consequências funcionais. Ratos Wistar (~250 g) foram tratados com HMB (320 mg/Kg de peso corporal), ou salina (controle), por gavagem, durante 28 dias. Após esse período, uma parcela de ambos os grupos sofreu jejum de 24 horas. Após os tratamentos, parte dos animais foi submetida a ensaios funcionais in vivo. A outra parcela foi sacrificada, os músculos gastrocnêmio (GASTRO) removidos e pesados; sóleo (SOL) e extensor digital longo (EDL), bem como parte do fígado, retirados para avaliação da expressão gênica (real-time PCR) e protéica (Western Blotting) de diversas proteínas envolvidas na síntese e degradação protéica na musculatura esquelética (IGF-I/Akt/mTOR/4E-BP1 e Ub-ligases). Não detectamos alterações na expressão dos atrogenes em ambos os músculos (SOL/EDL) com o tratamento; no entanto observamos um indicativo de atenuação dos animais jejuados com o tratamento no jejum no EDL. Com relação à fosforilação da Akt não houve alteração da mesma com o jejum e nem com o tratamento com HMB no músculo SOL. Já no EDL, encontramos elevação da pAkt no grupo jejuado tratado comparado ao jejuado controle. Contudo, surpreendentemente não detectamos alteração nas demais vias de síntese. Os dados funcionais revelaram apenas uma melhora no tempo de sustentação de isometria e na taxa de resistência à fadiga no EDL dos animais jejuados tratados, sem qualquer alteração na AST. Esta, no entanto, apresentou-se reduzida no SOL. Os resultados obtidos sugerem que o tratamento crônico com HMB não resultou em alterações nas vias de síntese e degradação protéica nos animais submetidos ao jejum. Contudo, eles apontam respostas músculo-específicas direcionadas ao EDL, com aumento da atividade da Akt e uma melhora funcional, sugerindo que o HMB atue protegendo esse músculo do efeito deletério do jejum, sem adicional ganho de massa muscular.
Title in English
Effects of beta hydroxy beta methylbutyrate on expression of ubiquitin ligases and the pathway of protein synthesis in skeletal muscle of fed and fasted rats and their functional consequences.
Keywords in English
Amino Acids
Animal jejunum
Physical activity
Skeletal muscle
Wistar rats
Abstract in English
The HMB, a leucine metabolite, has been used for provide muscle mass gain by increasing protein synthesis and / or diminishing its degradations. The aims of this study is to explore the molecular mechanisms involved of the HMB effects over the protein metabolic on skeletal muscle compared to a proteolysis model, as well as their further functional consequences on muscle. Wistar rats (250 g) were treated with HMB (320 mg/kg body weight/mL of saline-0, 9%), or only saline (control) daily by gavage for 28 days along. After it, a group of animals were subjected to 24-hour fast. After the specified treatments, another portion of these animals were submitted to performances test in vivo. Another portion of animals were sacrificed, and their gastrocnemius (GASTRO) removed and weighed; furthermore, the soleus (SOL), extensor digitorum longus (EDL) and a piece of the liver were removed for evaluation of several genes expression (real-time PCR) and their proteins expression (Western Blotting). Those proteins were involved on protein synthesis and degradation of skeletal muscle (IGF-I/Akt/mTOR/4E-BP1 and Ub ligases). After treatment, no changes were detected on the atrogenes expression in both muscles (SOL / EDL); however it can be observed an indicative attenuation of fasted control animals compared HMB treatment fasted on EDL. In relation of Akt phosphorylation, on soleus muscle, it was not altered by fasting, neither by HMB treatment. We found the pAkt elevated on the EDLs muscle of the HMB group fasted compared to the control fasted. However, surprisingly we detected no changes in the other synthesis pathway, as well on IGF-I expressions and its proteins content. Functional data revealed an improvement on sustained time of the isometric force and the fatigue resistance rate on EDL of animals fasted and HMB treated, without any change on cross-sectional area (CSA). On the other hand, it appeared to be reduced in SOL. Those data suggesting that chronic HMB treatment have no change in the synthesis pathways and protein degradations in animals subjected to fasting. Nevertheless, they indicated responses of muscle-specific, mainly the EDL, in which was observed an increase of Akt activity, followed by a functional improvement, suggesting that this metabolite acts as a muscle protector of the deleterious fasting effects, without any additional muscle mass gain.
 
WARNING - Viewing this document is conditioned on your acceptance of the following terms of use:
This document is only for private use for research and teaching activities. Reproduction for commercial use is forbidden. This rights cover the whole data about this document as well as its contents. Any uses or copies of this document in whole or in part must include the author's name.
Publishing Date
2014-03-29
 
WARNING: Learn what derived works are clicking here.
All rights of the thesis/dissertation are from the authors
CeTI-SC/STI
Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations of USP. Copyright © 2001-2024. All rights reserved.