Leucine Supplementation Improves Skeletal Muscle Regeneration after Cryolesion in Rats

Autor(es)

Pereira, Marcelo G. ^[1] ; Baptista, Igor L. ^[1] ; Carlassara, Eduardo O. C. ^[1] ; Moriscot, Anselmo S. ^[1] ; Aoki, Marcelo S. ^[2] ; Miyabara, Elen H. ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biomed Sci, Dept Anat, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Arts Sci & Humanities, Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: PLoS One; v. 9, n. 1 JAN 8 2014.
• Citações Web of Science: 29

Resumo

This study was undertaken in order to provide further insight into the role of leucine supplementation in the skeletal muscle regeneration process, focusing on myofiber size and strength recovery. Young (2-month-old) rats were subjected or not to leucine supplementation (1.35 g/kg per day) started 3 days prior to cryolesion. Then, soleus muscles were cryolesioned and continued receiving leucine supplementation until 1, 3 and 10 days later. Soleus muscles from leucine-supplemented animals displayed an increase in myofiber size and a reduction in collagen type III expression on post-cryolesion day 10. Leucine was also effective in reducing FOXO3a activation and ubiquitinated protein accumulation in muscles at post-cryolesion days 3 and 10. In addition, leucine supplementation minimized the cryolesion-induced decrease in tetanic strength and increase in fatigue in regenerating muscles at post-cryolesion day 10. These beneficial effects of leucine were not accompanied by activation of any elements of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt/mechanistic target of rapamycin signalling pathway in the regenerating muscles. Our results show that leucine improves myofiber size gain and strength recovery in regenerating soleus muscles through attenuation of protein ubiquitination. In addition, leucine might have therapeutic effects for muscle recovery following injury and in some muscle diseases. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 12/15276-9 - Plasticidade muscular esquelética após lesão em ratos idosos: efeito da suplementação com leucina
• Beneficiário: Elen Haruka Miyabara
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 10/52520-0 - Efeito da suplementacao com leucina no processo de regeneracao muscular esqueletica.
• Beneficiário: Marcelo Gomes Pereira
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado