Project description:CMV-driven FAK overexpression in soleus muscle was compared vs empty transfection in contralateral muscle after unloading paired comparison in contralateral leg
Project description:CMV-driven FAK overexpression in soleus muscle was compared vs empty transfection in contralateral muscle paired comparison in contralateral leg
Project description:CMV-driven FAK overexpression in soleus muscle was compared vs empty transfection in contralateral muscle after 5 day of reloading paired comparison in contralateral leg
Project description:CMV-driven FAK overexpression in soleus muscle was compared vs empty transfection in contralateral muscle after 1 day of reloading paired comparison in contralateral leg
Project description:Rodent hind limb unloading was used as a model for reduced muscle activity and eventual atrophy. After a 10 day period of unloading, mice in this study were “reloaded” for 3 days and regained use of their hind limbs. We report the application of Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology for high-throughput profiling of mRNA in soleus muscle of adult (6 mo) and aged (22-24 mo) mice. Our goal was to determine the effects of hind limb unloading and reloading on mRNA profiles in soleus muscle and compare between adult and aged mice. We find that there are distinct response in the profile of fatty acid oxidation, TCA cycle, ETC oxidative phosphorylation gene expression patterns in response to unloading and reloading. The repsonses are generally simialr between young and old mice.
Project description:In this work we employed classic skeletal muscle unloading rat model to determine how hindlimb suspension (HS) affects functional activity of skeletal muscle progenitor cells (SMPC). We have purified SMPC from m. soleus from control rats and after 1, 3, 7 and 14 days of exposure (HS1, HS3, HS7, HS14).