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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-6-4
pubmed:abstractText
Animal and clinical studies have shown respiratory muscle dysfunction caused by treatment with glucocorticoids. The present study was designed to investigate whether anabolic steroids are able to antagonize the loss of diaphragm force induced by long-term low-dose methylprednisolone (MP) administration. Male adult rats were randomized to receive saline or MP (0.2 mg . kg-1 .day-1 sc) during 9 mo, with or without nandrolone decanoate (ND; 1 mg . kg-1 . wm -1 im) during the last 3 mo. The approximately 10% reduction in force generation of isolated diaphragm bundles induced by MP was completely abolished by addition of ND. The MP-induced decrease in number of fibers expressing type IIb myosin heavy chains was not reversed by ND. MP slightly reduced type I, IIa, and IIx fiber cross-sectional areas (CSA), but not type IIb fiber CSA. Addition of ND abolished the reduction in IIa and IIx fiber CSA. The MP-induced alterations in glycogenolytic activity and fatty acid oxidation capacity were not reversed by ND. In conclusion, the marked reduction in diaphragm force caused by long-term low-dose MP was completely abolished by addition of ND. ND in part also antagonized the effects of MP on diaphragm morphology but showed no beneficial effects on biochemical changes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
8750-7587
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
84
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1492-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9572790-3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Anabolic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Citrate (si)-Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Diaphragm, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Fatty Acids, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Glucocorticoids, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Glycogen, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Methylprednisolone, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Muscle Contraction, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Muscle Fibers, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Myosin Heavy Chains, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Nandrolone, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Phosphorylases, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:9572790-Respiration
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Anabolic steroids in part reverse glucocorticoid-induced alterations in rat diaphragm.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Hospital Nijmegen, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't