Reduced skeletal muscle function is associated with decreased fiber cross-sectional area in the Cy/+ rat model of progressive kidney disease

The combination of skeletal muscle wasting and compromised function plays a role in the health decline commonly observed in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, but the pathophysiology of muscle mass/strength changes remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to characterize muscle properties...

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Published in:	Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 223 - 230
Main Authors:	Organ, Jason M, Srisuwananukorn, Andrew, Price, Paige, Joll, Jeffery E, Biro, Kelly C, Rupert, Joseph E, Chen, Neal X, Avin, Keith G, Moe, Sharon M, Allen, Matthew R
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Oxford University Press 01-02-2016
Subjects:	Animals Disease Models, Animal Disease Progression Immunohistochemistry Male Muscle Contraction Muscle, Skeletal - metabolism Muscle, Skeletal - pathology Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology Muscular Atrophy - etiology Muscular Atrophy - metabolism Muscular Atrophy - prevention & control Myosin Heavy Chains - metabolism Original Rats Rats, Sprague-Dawley Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - complications Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - metabolism Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - physiopathology atrophy rat models muscle quality chronic kidney disease muscle function
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Summary:	The combination of skeletal muscle wasting and compromised function plays a role in the health decline commonly observed in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, but the pathophysiology of muscle mass/strength changes remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to characterize muscle properties in the Cy/+ rat model of spontaneously progressive CKD. Leg muscle function and serum biochemistry of male Cy/+ (CKD) rats and their nonaffected littermates (NLs) were assessed in vivo at 25, 30 and 35 weeks of age. Architecture and histology of extensor digitorum longus (EDL) and soleus (SOL) muscles were assessed ex vivo at the conclusion of the experiment. We tested the hypothesis that animals with CKD have progressive loss of muscle function, and that this functional deficit is associated with loss of muscle mass and quality. Thirty-five-week-old CKD rats produced significantly lower maximum torque in ankle dorsiflexion and shorter time to maximum torque, and longer half relaxation time in dorsiflexion and plantarflexion compared with NL rats. Peak dorsiflexion torque (but not plantarflexion torque) in CKD remained steady from 25 to 35 weeks, while in NL rats, peak torque increased. Mass, physiologic cross-sectional area (CSA) and fiber-type (myosin heavy chain isoform) proportions of EDL and SOL were not different between CKD and NL. However, the EDL of CKD rats showed reduced CSAs in all fiber types, while only MyHC-1 fibers were decreased in area in the SOL. The results of this study demonstrate that muscle function progressively declines in the Cy/+ rat model of CKD. Because whole muscle mass and architecture do not vary between CKD and NL, but CKD muscles show reduction in individual fiber CSA, our data suggest that the functional decline is related to increased muscle fiber atrophy.
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ISSN:	0931-0509 1460-2385
DOI:	10.1093/ndt/gfv352