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ArticleJournal of physiology and biochemistry2022

MSTN is an important myokine for weight-bearing training to attenuate bone loss in ovariectomized rats.

Liang Tang, Tingting Zhao, Yiting Kang, Shasha An, Xiushan Fan, Lijun Sun

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Article in Journal of physiology and biochemistry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Liang Tang *Institute of Sports Biology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China.
Tingting Zhao *Institute of Sports Biology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China.
Yiting KangInstitute of Sports Biology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China.
Shasha AnInstitute of Sports Biology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China.
Xiushan FanInstitute of Sports Biology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China.
Lijun SunInstitute of Sports Biology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China. sunlijun@snnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5116-8909
Shaanxi Normal University · CN

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities GK202103123National Natural Science Foundation of China 11502134National Natural Science Foundation of China 11974233, 11774213Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province 2018JM1022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Weight-bearing training, as one of resistance exercises, is beneficial to bone health. Myostatin (MSTN) is a negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth and development. Animals lacking MSTN show increased bone mineral density (BMD). The aim of this study was to investigate the preventive effect of weight-bearing training on bone loss in ovariectomized rats and whether it was related to MSTN. In this study, the rats were randomly assigned to three group: Sham-ovariectomized (Sham), ovariectomized (OVX), ovariectomized and weight-bearing training (OWT). The rats in the OWT group ran at 20-m/min bearing with 35% of their body weight for 6 days/week. After 10 weeks, compared with the OVX group, weight-bearing training increased the BMD of total femur and trabecular bone by 8.13% and 57.44%, respectively. The OVX-induced destruction of bone microarchitecture including the thickness and number of trabeculae and bone volume fraction was all significantly improved (9.26%, 47.68%, 63.03%) in the OWT group. The OVX-induced degradation of bone mechanical properties was significantly enhanced in the OWT group (maximum load increased by 35.46%, stiffness increased by 89.19%, energy absorption increased by 53.4%; elastic modulus increased by 26.3%). Ten-week weight-bearing training also significantly upregulated the mRNA and protein expression of Wnt1 and β-catenin, which is crucial in bone development. Compared with the Sham group, MSTN in serum and muscle increased in the OVX group, but it decreased in the OWT group compared with the OVX group. Its receptor ActRIIB and downstream molecules Smad2/3 in the OVX group were downregulated in bone by weight-bearing training. The results indicated that MSTN is an important myokine for weight-bearing training to attenuate bone loss in ovariectomized rats.

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Bone DensityMyostatinWeight-BearingAnimalsFemaleFemurOsteoporosisOvariectomyRatsMstn protein, ratMyostatinBone microstructureMechanical propertiesMyostatinOvariectomized ratsWeight-bearing trainingWnt1/β-catenin

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