Alteration of Cathepsin-D Expression in Atrophied Muscles and Apoptotic Myofibers by Hindlimb Unloading in a Low-temperature Environment

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Journal J Phys Ther Sci

Date 2015 Dec 24

PMID 26696743

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Katsuhito Nagano

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Abstract

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to elucidate the cathepsin-D involvement in signaling pathways for the survival and apoptosis of myofibers in rats with hindlimb-unloading in a low-temperature environment. [Subjects and Methods] Wistar rats were divided into two groups: a control group and a group that underwent hindlimb unloading in a low-temperature environment to induce muscle apoptosis. Cathepsin-D localization in the soleus and extensor digitorum longus muscles, along with the expression of cathepsin-D in apoptotic myofibers, was examined. Expression of the active and inactive forms of cathepsin-D was also analyzed. [Results] Cathepsin-D was mainly expressed in type I myofibers and was observed to have punctate patterns in the control group. In the hindlimb unloading in a low-temperature environment group, the type I myofiber composition ratio decreased, and caspase-3 activation and TUNEL-positive apoptotic myofibers were observed. In caspase-3-activated myofibers, cathepsin-D overexpression and leakage of it into the cytoplasm were observed. In the hindlimb unloading in a low-temperature environment group, the amount of inactive cathepsin-D decreased, whereas that of the active form increased. [Conclusion] Cathepsin-D was deduced to be indicative of a myofiber-type classification and a factor related to myofiber type maintenance. In addition, cathepsin-D leakage into the cytoplasm was appeared to be involved in caspase-3 activation in the hindlimb unloading in a low-temperature environment group.

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