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ArticleMolecular and cellular biochemistry2018

Muscle proteolytic system modulation through the effect of taurine on mice bearing muscular atrophy.

Rania M Khalil, Walied S Abdo, Ahmed Saad, Eman G Khedr

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Article in Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Taurine and Its Anticancer Functions: In Vivo and In Vitro Study.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2022
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  8. Taurine Attenuates the Hypotaurine-Induced Progression of CRCFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
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  11. Taurine administration ablates sepsis induced diaphragm weakness.Respiratory physiology & neurobiology · 2020
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rania M KhalilBiochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Delta University, P.O. Box: +11152, Gamasa, Egypt. rania742002@yahoo.com.
Walied S AbdoPathology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheik University, Kafrelsheik, Egypt.
Ahmed SaadPharmacological Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Delta University, Gamasa, Egypt.
Eman G KhedrBiochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Delta University for Science and Technology · EGKafrelsheikh University · EGTanta University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal muscle atrophy occurs in different catabolic conditions and mostly accompanied with upregulation of Muscle ring finger 1 (MuRF1) gene which is one of the master regulatory genes in muscle atrophy. Taurine amino acid is widely distributed in different tissues and has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. This study aimed to investigate the potential influence of taurine on muscle atrophy induced by reduced mechanical loading. Twenty-eight Albino mice were used, and divided equally into four groups: group I (control); group II (immobilization); group III (immobilization + taurine); and group IV (taurine). Quadriceps muscle sections were taken for histopathology, immunohistochemical analysis of caspase 3 expression, and qRT-PCR of MuRF1 gene. Our data revealed Zenker necrosis associated with axonal injury of the nerve trunk of the immobilized muscle together with increase of caspase 3 expression and upregulation of MuRF1 gene. While, taurine supplementation alleviated the muscular and neural tissues damage associated with disuse skeletal muscle atrophy through downregulation of MuRF1 gene and decrease of tissue caspase 3 expression. In conclusion, taurine may be helpful to counteract apoptosis and up-regulated MuRF1 gene expression related to muscle atrophy, which might be hopeful for a large number of patients.

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AnimalsApoptosisCaspase 3MaleMiceMuscle ProteinsMuscle, SkeletalMuscular AtrophyProteolysisTaurineTripartite Motif ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesUp-RegulationCasp3 protein, mouseCaspase 3Muscle ProteinsTaurineTrim63 protein, mouseTripartite Motif ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesCaspase 3MuRF1Muscle atrophyProteolysisTaurine

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