Abstract:
:Beta,beta'-iminodipropionitrile (IDPN)-induced muscle weakness in rats is a model for motorneuropathy diseases. The effects of oral administration of branched-chain amino acids on the progression of muscle weakness and muscle atrophy induced by the administration of IDPN in the drinking water, were investigated in this study. The spontaneous motor activity of the animals, as measured with a running wheel, slowly declined after IDPN administration, reaching a steady and low level at approximately week 15. Progressive muscle weakness and muscle atrophy were observed beginning at approximately 15 weeks after the initiation of administration of IDPN. Administration of branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) as a dietary supplement did not improve the lowered spontaneous motor activity seen in IDPN animals, but it did significantly improve measures of postural weakness and muscle strength [range of F values (2, 24) = 4.1-9.5, p < 0.05]. Plasma creatinine of the IDPN-treated rats was markedly elevated, and BCAA administration also significantly suppressed this elevation [F(2, 24) = 41.2, p < 0.05]. Moreover, although BCAA in plasma were elevated in the rats administered BCAA [range of F values (2, 21) = 25.7-29.7, p < 0.05], skeletal muscle showed no differences (at the p < 0.05 level) in the amounts of BCAA, whether or not BCAA were administered. These data suggest that the BCAA taken up in the skeletal muscle were utilized in the muscle of motorneuropathic rats and improved muscle function, such as energy metabolism, and that the BCAA treatment is one important therapeutic approach for retarding the progression of muscle weakness seen in certain neuromuscular disorders.
journal_name
Physiol Behavjournal_title
Physiology & behaviorauthors
Kitahara Y,Maki T,Torii Kdoi
10.1016/s0031-9384(97)00154-6subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-09-01 00:00:00pages
453-62issue
3eissn
0031-9384issn
1873-507Xpii
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62pub_type
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