Concurrent muscle and bone deterioration in a murine model of cancer cachexia
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Choi, EunHi
Carruthers, Kadir
Zhang, Li
Thomas, Nathan
Battaglino, Ricardo A
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Choi, EunHi, Kadir Carruthers, Li Zhang, Nathan Thomas, Ricardo A Battaglino, Leslie R Morse, and Jeffrey J Widrick. 2013. “Concurrent muscle and bone deterioration in a murine model of cancer cachexia.” Physiological Reports 1 (6): e00144. doi:10.1002/phy2.144. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/phy2.144.Abstract
Cachexia is defined as an excessive, involuntary loss of fat and lean tissue. We tested the validity of the Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) as a model of cancer cachexia and examined its effect on the two major lean tissue components, skeletal muscle and bone. LLC cells (0.75 × 106) were injected into the left thigh of C57BL/6 mice. Control mice received an equal volume injection of growth media. Tumors were observed in all LLC-injected animals 21 and 25 days post inoculation. LLC-injected animals showed significant reductions in fat and lean mass despite having the same average daily caloric intake as media-treated mice. Global bone mineral density (BMD) had fallen by 5% and 6% in the LLC animals at 21 and 25 days, respectively, compared to a BMD increase of 5% in the 25-day media-treated animals. Extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles (isolated from the noninjected hindlimb) showed earlier and quantitatively greater losses in mass, physiological cross-sectional area (pCSA), and tetanic force compared to soleus muscles from the same hindlimb. By the 25th day post-LLC inoculation, EDL force/pCSA was reduced by 19% versus media treatment. This loss in specific force was not trivial as it accounted for about one-third of the reduction in EDL absolute force at this time point. Muscle strips dissected from the diaphragm of LLC mice also exhibited significant reductions in force/pCSA at day 25. We conclude that LLC is a valid model of cachexia that induces rapid losses in global BMD and in limb and respiratory muscle function.Other Sources
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