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- Title
Effects of Fucoxanthin on the Inhibition of Dexamethasone-Induced Skeletal Muscle Loss in Mice.
- Authors
Yoshikawa, Maki; Hosokawa, Masashi; Miyashita, Kazuo; Nishino, Hoyoku; Hashimoto, Takeshi; Atherton, Philip J.
- Abstract
Fucoxanthin (Fx) has preventive effect against muscle atrophy and myotube loss in vitro, but it has not yet been examined in vivo. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the effect of Fx on dexamethasone (Dex)-induced muscle atrophy and fat mass in mice. ICR mice were fed with Fx diets from 2 weeks before Dex treatment to the end of the study. Muscle atrophy was induced in the mice by oral administration of Dex. Body weight was significantly lower by Dex treatment. Visceral fat mass in the Fx-treated group were significantly lower than those in the control group. The Dex-induced decrease in tibialis anterior muscle mass was ameliorated by Fx treatment. Fx treatment significantly attenuated muscle lipid peroxidation compared with the control and Dex-treated groups. The phosphorylation of AMPK was significantly higher in the Dex-treated group than in the control group. The expression of cytochrome c oxidase (COX) IV was significantly higher in the Fx-treated group than in the control group. These results suggest that Fx may be a beneficial material to prevent muscle atrophy in vivo, in addition to the effect of fat loss.
- Subjects
MUSCULAR atrophy; XANTHOPHYLLS; SKELETAL muscle; BODY weight; DEXAMETHASONE; ANIMAL experimentation; TIME; ORAL drug administration; HEALTH outcome assessment; ANTIOXIDANTS; TIBIALIS anterior; COMPARATIVE studies; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; OXIDOREDUCTASES; MICE; LIPID peroxidation (Biology); PHOSPHORYLATION
- Publication
Nutrients, 2021, Vol 13, Issue 4, p1079
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu13041079