School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address:
Published: March 2015
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Article Abstract
Aerobic exercise training (AET) induces several skeletal muscle changes, improving aerobic exercise capacity and health. Conversely, to the positive effects of AET, the cachexia syndrome is characterized by skeletal muscle wasting. Cachexia is a multifactorial disorderassociated with other chronic diseases such as heart failure and cancer. In these diseases, an overactivation of ubiquitin-proteasome and autophagy systems associated with a reduction in protein synthesis culminates in severe skeletal muscle wasting and, in the last instance, patient's death. In contrast, AET may recycle and enhance many protein expression and enzyme activities, counteracting metabolism impairment and muscle atrophy. Therefore, the aim of the current review was to discuss the supposed therapeutic effects of AET on skeletal muscle wasting in both cardiac and cancer cachexia.
Background: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a devastating disease characterized by progressive muscle wasting that leads to diminished lifespan. In addition to the inherent weakness of dystrophin-deficient muscle, the dysfunction of resident muscle stem cells (MuSC) significantly contributes to disease progression.
Methods: Using the mdx mouse model of DMD, we performed an in-depth characterization of disease progression and MuSC function in dystrophin-deficient skeletal muscle using immunohistology, isometric force measurements, transcriptomic analysis and transplantation assays.
Background: Single-slice computed tomography (CT) body composition has been studied extensively for prognostication in patients with cancer. New software packages can also provide multi-slice volumetric measurements, but the clinical utility of these remains under explored. This study aimed to evaluate the agreement between single- and multi-slice body composition analyses in patients with oesophagogastric cancer and to explore the association between these measures and overall survival.
Background: Contradictory data are available on the possible association between sarcopenia and other clinical disorders in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing hemodialysis.
Objective: To determine the association between sarcopenia and markers associated with systemic inflammation, fasting glycemia, and quality of life in older people with CKD undergoing hemodialysis.
Methods: This was an analytical cross-sectional study.
Patients with pathogenic variants in the gene suffer from severe and recurrent rhabdomyolysis episodes precipitated by fasting. Autophagy functioning was analyzed , in primary skeletal myoblasts from TANGO2 patients, in basal and fasting conditions, and mutations were associated with reduced LC3-II levels upon starvation. In zebrafish larvae, inhibition induced locomotor defects which were exacerbated by exposure to atorvastatin, a compound known to cause rhabdomyolysis.
