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Extracellular polysaccharides purified from Aureobasidium pullulans SM‑2001 (Polycan) inhibit dexamethasone‑induced muscle atrophy in mice

  • Authors:
    • Jong‑Min Lim
    • Young Joon Lee
    • Hyung‑Rae Cho
    • Dong‑Chan Park
    • Go‑Woon Jung
    • Sae Kwang Ku
    • Jae‑Suk Choi
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  • Published online on: November 10, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2017.3251
  • Pages: 1245-1264
  • Copyright: © Lim et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

The present study assessed the beneficial skeletal muscle‑preserving effects of extracellular polysaccharides from Aureobasidium pullulans SM‑2001 (Polycan) (EAP) on dexamethasone (DEXA)‑induced catabolic muscle atrophy in mice. To investigate whether EAP prevented catabolic DEXA‑induced muscle atrophy, and to examine its mechanisms of action, EAP (100, 200 and 400 mg/kg) was administered orally, once a day for 24 days. EAP treatment was initiated 2 weeks prior to DEXA treatment (1 mg/kg, once a day for 10 days) in mice. Body weight alterations, serum biochemistry, calf thickness, calf muscle strength, gastrocnemius muscle thickness and weight, gastrocnemius muscle antioxidant defense parameters, gastrocnemius muscle mRNA expression, histology and histomorphometry were subsequently assessed. After 24 days, DEXA control mice exhibited muscle atrophy according to all criteria indices. However, these muscle atrophy symptoms were significantly inhibited by oral treatment with all three doses of EAP. Regarding possible mechanisms of action, EAP exhibited favorable ameliorating effects on DEXA‑induced catabolic muscle atrophy via antioxidant and anti‑inflammatory effects; these effects were mediated by modulation of the expression of genes involved in muscle protein synthesis (AKT serine/threonine kinase 1, phosphatidylinositol 3‑kinase, adenosine A1 receptor and transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 4) and degradation (atrogin‑1, muscle RING‑finger protein‑1, myostatin and sirtuin 1). Therefore, these results indicated that EAP may be helpful in improving muscle atrophies of various etiologies. EAP at 400 mg/kg exhibited favorable muscle protective effects against DEXA‑induced catabolic muscle atrophy, comparable with the effects of oxymetholone (50 mg/kg), which has been used to treat various muscle disorders.
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Lim JM, Lee Y, Cho HR, Park DC, Jung GW, Ku S and Choi JS: Extracellular polysaccharides purified from Aureobasidium pullulans SM‑2001 (Polycan) inhibit dexamethasone‑induced muscle atrophy in mice. Int J Mol Med 41: 1245-1264, 2018
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Lim, J., Lee, Y., Cho, H., Park, D., Jung, G., Ku, S., & Choi, J. (2018). Extracellular polysaccharides purified from Aureobasidium pullulans SM‑2001 (Polycan) inhibit dexamethasone‑induced muscle atrophy in mice. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 41, 1245-1264. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2017.3251
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Lim, J., Lee, Y., Cho, H., Park, D., Jung, G., Ku, S., Choi, J."Extracellular polysaccharides purified from Aureobasidium pullulans SM‑2001 (Polycan) inhibit dexamethasone‑induced muscle atrophy in mice". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 41.3 (2018): 1245-1264.
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Lim, J., Lee, Y., Cho, H., Park, D., Jung, G., Ku, S., Choi, J."Extracellular polysaccharides purified from Aureobasidium pullulans SM‑2001 (Polycan) inhibit dexamethasone‑induced muscle atrophy in mice". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 41, no. 3 (2018): 1245-1264. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2017.3251