We examined the effect of a combination of astaxanthin （AX） supplementation, repeated heat stress, and intermittent reloading （IR） on satellite cells in unloaded rat soleus muscles. Forty-nine male Wistar rats （8...We examined the effect of a combination of astaxanthin （AX） supplementation, repeated heat stress, and intermittent reloading （IR） on satellite cells in unloaded rat soleus muscles. Forty-nine male Wistar rats （8-week-old） were divided into control, hind-limb unweighting （HU）, IR during HU, IR with AX supplementation, IR with repeated heat stress （41.0-41.5 ℃ for 30 min）, and IR with AX supplementation and repeated heat stress groups. After the experimental period, the antigravitational soleus muscle was analyzed using an immunohistochemical technique. Our results revealed that the combination of dietary AX supplementation and heat stress resulted in protection against disuse muscle atrophy in the soteus muscle. This protective effect may be partially due to a higher satellite cell number in the atrophied soleus muscle in the IR/AX/heat stress group compared with the numbers found in the other groups. We concluded that the combination treatment with dietary AX supplementation and repeated heat stress attenuates soleus muscle atrophy, in part by increasing the number of satellite cells.展开更多
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文摘We examined the effect of a combination of astaxanthin （AX） supplementation, repeated heat stress, and intermittent reloading （IR） on satellite cells in unloaded rat soleus muscles. Forty-nine male Wistar rats （8-week-old） were divided into control, hind-limb unweighting （HU）, IR during HU, IR with AX supplementation, IR with repeated heat stress （41.0-41.5 ℃ for 30 min）, and IR with AX supplementation and repeated heat stress groups. After the experimental period, the antigravitational soleus muscle was analyzed using an immunohistochemical technique. Our results revealed that the combination of dietary AX supplementation and heat stress resulted in protection against disuse muscle atrophy in the soteus muscle. This protective effect may be partially due to a higher satellite cell number in the atrophied soleus muscle in the IR/AX/heat stress group compared with the numbers found in the other groups. We concluded that the combination treatment with dietary AX supplementation and repeated heat stress attenuates soleus muscle atrophy, in part by increasing the number of satellite cells.
