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KMID : 0613820150250030293
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Journal of Life Science
2015 Volume.25 No. 3 p.293 ~ p.298
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Ethanol Extract of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. Reduces AICAR-induced Muscle Atrophy in C2C12 Myotubes
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Kang Young-Soon
Han Min-Ho
Park Cheol
Hong Su-Hyun
Hwang Hye-Jin
Kim Byung-Woo
Kim Cheol-Min
Choi Yung-Hyun
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Abstract
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Muscle atrophy, known as a sarcopenia, is defined as a loss of muscle mass resulting from a reduction in the muscle fiber area or density due to a decrease in muscle protein synthesis and an increase in protein breakdown. Schisandrae fructus (SF) extract of the fruits of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz) Baillon has been used as a tonic in traditional medicine for thousands of years. Although a great deal of work has been carried out on the therapeutic potential of SF, its pharmacological mechanisms of action in muscle diseases actions remain unclear. In the present study, we investigated the inhibitory effects of SF ethanol extracts on the production of muscle atrophy factors in C2C12 myotubes stimulated with 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-ribonucleotide (AICAR), an AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) activator, and sought to determine the underlying mechanisms of action. AICAR upregulated atrophy-related ubiquitin ligase muscle RING finger-1 (MuRF-1) and stimulated the levels of the forkhead box O3a (FoxO3a) transcription factor in the C2C12 myotubes. SF supplementation effectively and concentration-dependently counteracted AICAR-induced muscle cell atrophy and reversed the increased expression of MuRF-1 and FoxO3a. Our study demonstrates that SF can reverse the muscle cell atrophy caused by AICAR through regulation of the AMPK and FoxO3a signaling pathways, followed by inhibition of MuRF-1.
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KEYWORD
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AICAR (5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-ribonucleotide), FoxO3a (forkhead box O3a), muscle atrophy, MuRF-1 (muscle RING finger-1), Schisandrae Fructus
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