The incorporation of labelled leucine was measured in protein fractions of muscle in intact control and dystrophic female hamsters and also in cell-free preparations obtained from these animals. The labelling of the soluble sarcoplasmic protein fraction, the microsomal protein fraction and the sarcolemma protein fraction was increased in the dystrophic hindleg muscle. The specific radioactiviti...

Background: Rhabdomyolysis is a clinical syndrome that results in releasing myoglobin content from damaged muscle cells into circulation and often causes acute kidney injury (1). Different mechanisms are considered to be responsible in rhabdomyolysis and renal failure. However, free radical generation is the most important mechanism resulting in kidney injury. Thus, the effect ...

In this study we compared the content of muscle free [Mg2+] assessed by 31P MRS to that of serum total Mg assessed by routine colorimetric assays in 15 patients affected by Chronic Intestinal Failure (CIF) on long-term Home Parenteral Nutrition (HPN) or who had undergone isolated intestinal transplantation. We also investigated in the same cohort of patients the relationship of muscle free [Mg2...

Objectives- To assess the ectopic bone formation in canine masseter muscle following the implantation of the natural bovine bone minerals (NBM) loaded with canine mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs).Design- Experimental study.Animals- four mongrel dogs.Procedures- Tripotent MSCs isolated from the canine bone marrow were loaded onto the NBM sponges and allowed to adhere. The cell-loaded scaffolds were...

The contractile response of turtle oviduct smooth muscle to acetylcholine after 30 min of incubation of muscles in Ca-free, 4 mM ethylene (bis) oxyethylenenitrilotetraacetic acid (EGTA) solutions at room temperature was greater than the contractile response after 30 min of incubation in the Ca-free medium at 37 degrees C. Incubation in Ca-free solution at 37 degrees C before stimulation with ac...

Extracellular matrix and costamere proteins transmit the concentric, isometric, and eccentric forces produced by active muscle contraction. The expression of these proteins after application of passive tension stimuli to muscle remains unknown. This study investigated the expression of laminin and dystrophin in the soleus muscle of rats immobilized with the right ankle in plantar flexion for 10...

A free radical-scavenging preparation (pollen extract) or the corresponding placebo was given to 50 volunteers over a period of 4 weeks to test the hypothesis that muscle soreness is associated with the generation of free radicals. The increase in malonyldialdehyde and lactate immediately after exercise both in blood and in muscle tissue was significantly lower after treatment with the scavengi...

In the present study, we identified free amino acid (FAA) contents and chemical composition in four populations of Salmo trutta macrostigma living in Mediterranean region of Turkey. In addition, taste impacts of FAAs were evaluated by taste active values. Moisture, protein, fat and ash content were found in the ranges of 75.49 - 79.59 %, 16.94 - 19.97 %, 1.58 - 3.75 % and, 1.39 - 1.56 %, respec...

The purpose of the present study was to determine whether contour abnormalities of the abdomen after breast reconstruction with abdominal flaps are related to the harvest of the rectus abdominis muscle. Abdominal contour was analyzed in 155 women who had breast reconstruction with abdominal flaps; 108 women had free transverse rectus abdominis muscle (TRAM) flaps, 37 had pedicled TRAM flaps, an...