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ArticleScientific reports2021

Differential response of oxidative and glycolytic skeletal muscle fibers to mesterolone.

Hasan A Asfour, Emad I Shaqoura, Raed S Said, Ayman G Mustafa, Bright Starling Emerald, Mohammed Z Allouh

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Hasan A AsfourDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Emad I ShaqouraDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Raed S SaidDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Ayman G MustafaBasic Medical Science Department, College of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
Bright Starling EmeraldDepartment of Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE.
Mohammed Z AllouhDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. m_allouh@uaeu.ac.ae.
Jordan University of Science and Technology · JOHandicap neuromusculaire : Physiopathologie, Biothérapie et Pharmacologie appliquées · FRQatar University · QAUnited Arab Emirates University · AE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oxidative and glycolytic muscle fibers differ in their ultrastructure, metabolism, and responses to physiological stimuli and pathological insults. We examined whether these fibers respond differentially to exogenous anabolic androgenic steroids (AASs) by comparing morphological and histological changes between the oxidative anterior latissimus dorsi (ALD) and glycolytic pectoralis major (PM) fibers in adult avian muscles. Adult female White Leghorn chickens (Gallus gallus) were randomly divided into five groups: a vehicle control and four mesterolone treatment groups (4, 8, 12, and 16 mg/kg). Mesterolone was administered orally every three days for four weeks. Immunocytochemical techniques and morphometric analyses were employed to measure the changes in muscle weight, fiber size, satellite cell (SC) composition, and number of myonuclei. Mesterolone increased both body and muscle weights and induced hypertrophy in glycolytic PM fibers but not in oxidative ALD fibers. Mesterolone induced SC proliferation in both muscles; however, the myonuclear accretion was noticeable only in the PM muscle. In both muscles, the collective changes maintained a constant myonuclear domain size and the changes were dose independent. In conclusion, mesterolone induced distinct dose-independent effects in avian oxidative and glycolytic skeletal muscle fibers; these findings might be clinically valuable in the treatment of age-related sarcopenia.

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Anabolic AgentsAndrogensAnimalsChickensGlycolysisMesteroloneMuscle Fibers, SkeletalOxidative StressSatellite Cells, Skeletal MuscleSteroidsSuperficial Back MusclesAnabolic AgentsAndrogensMesteroloneSteroids

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PMID34112889
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