4 results on '"Russo, Thiago L."'
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2. Effects of electrical stimulation and stretching on the adaptation of denervated skeletal muscle: implications for physical therapy
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Salvini, Tania F., Durigan, João L. Q., Peviani, Sabrina M., and Russo, Thiago L.
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muscle atrophy ,reabilitação ,peripheral nerve injury ,estimulação elétrica ,atrofia muscular ,lesão nervosa periférica ,alongamento ,stretching ,electric stimulation ,rehabilitation - Abstract
BACKGROUND: This review will describe the main cellular mechanisms involved in the reduction and increase of myoproteins synthesis commonly associated with muscle atrophy and hypertrophy, respectively. OBJECTIVE: We analyzed the effects of electrical stimulation (ES) and stretching exercise on the molecular pathways involved in muscle atrophy and hypertrophy. We also described the main effects and limits of these resources in the skeletal muscle, particularly on the denervated muscle. DISCUSSION: Recently, our studies showed that the ES applied in a similar manner as performed in clinical practice is able to attenuate the increase of genes expression involved in muscle atrophy. However, ES was not effective to prevent the loss of muscle mass caused by denervation. Regarding to stretching exercises, their mechanisms of action on the denervated muscle are not fully understood and studies on this area are scarce. Studies from our laboratory have found that stretching exercise increased the extracellular matrix remodeling and decreased genes expression related to atrophy in denervated muscle. Nevertheless, it was not enough to prevent muscle atrophy after denervation. CONCLUSIONS: In spite of the use of stretching exercise and ES in clinical practice in order to minimize the atrophy of denervated muscle, there is still lack of scientific evidence to justify the effectiveness of these resources to prevent muscle atrophy in denervated muscle. CONTEXTUALIZAÇÃO: Esta revisão abordará os principais mecanismos celulares envolvidos na redução e aumento da síntese de mioproteínas comumente associadas às situações de atrofia e hipertrofia muscular, respectivamente. OBJETIVO: Analisaremos os efeitos da estimulação elétrica (EE) e do exercício de alongamento sobre as vias moleculares envolvidas na atrofia e hipertrofia muscular. Serão descritos os principais efeitos e os limites desses recursos no músculo esquelético, particularmente sobre o músculo desnervado. DISCUSSÃO: Recentemente, nossos estudos mostraram que a EE, aplicada de modo semelhante ao realizado na prática clínica, é capaz de amenizar o aumento da expressão de genes envolvidos na atrofia muscular. Entretanto, a EE não foi efetiva para deter a perda de massa muscular decorrente da desnervação. Em relação ao alongamento, seus mecanismos de ação sobre o músculo desnervado não são totalmente conhecidos, e os trabalhos nessa área são escassos. Estudos do nosso laboratório identificaram que o alongamento aumentou o remodelamento da matriz extracelular e diminuiu a expressão de genes relacionados à atrofia no músculo desnervado. Porém, também não foi suficiente para impedir a atrofia muscular após a desnervação. CONCLUSÕES: Apesar do uso da EE e do alongamento muscular na prática clínica, com objetivo de minimizar a atrofia do músculo desnervado, ainda há carência de informações científicas que justifiquem a eficácia desses recursos para prevenir a atrofia no músculo desnervado.
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3. Electrical stimulation delays reinnervation in denervated rat muscle.
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Pinheiro‐Dardis, Clara M., Erbereli, Bruna T., Gigo‐Benato, Davilene, Castro, Paula A.T.S., and Russo, Thiago L.
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ANIMAL experimentation ,DENERVATION ,ELECTRIC stimulation ,NERVOUS system regeneration ,RATS ,STATISTICAL sampling ,SCIATICA ,SKELETAL muscle ,INNERVATION - Abstract
Introduction: It is not clear if electrical stimulation (ES) can affect muscle reinnervation. This study aimed to verify if ES affects neuromuscular recovery after nerve crush injury in rats.Methods: Denervated muscles were electrically stimulated daily for 6 or 14 days. Neuromuscular performance and excitability, and muscle morphology were determined. Muscle trophism markers (atrogin-1, MuRF-1, and myoD), as well as neuromuscular junction (NMJ) organization (muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase [MuSK], cytoplasmic protein downstream of kinase-7 [Dok-7], nicotinic ACh receptor [nAChR], and neural cell adhesion molecule [N-CAM]) were assessed.Results: ES impaired neuromuscular recovery at day 14 postdenervation. Muscle hypoexcitability was accentuated by ES at 6 and 14 days postdenervation. Although ES reduced the accumulation of atrogin-1, MuRF1, and myoD mRNAs, it increased muscle atrophy. Gene expression of MuSK, Dok-7, nAChR, and the content of N-CAM protein were altered by ES.Discussion: ES can delay the reinnervation process by modulating factors related to NMJ stability and organization, and inducing dysfunction, hypoexcitability, and muscle atrophy. Muscle Nerve 56: E108-E118, 2017. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2017
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4. Intermittent stretching induces fibrosis in denervated rat muscle.
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Faturi, Fernanda M., Franco, Rúbia C., Gigo‐Benato, Davilene, Turi, Andriette C., Silva‐Couto, Marcela A., Messa, Sabrina P., Russo, Thiago L., Franco, Rúbia C, Gigo-Benato, Davilene, and Silva-Couto, Marcela A
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PROTEIN metabolism ,ANIMAL experimentation ,BIOLOGICAL models ,DENERVATION ,GROWTH factors ,MUSCLES ,MUSCULAR atrophy ,NONPARAMETRIC statistics ,PROTEINS ,RATS ,RNA ,STRETCH (Physiology) ,SKELETAL muscle ,MATRIX metalloproteinases - Abstract
Introduction: Stretching (St) has been used for treating denervated muscles. However, its effectiveness and safety claims require further study.Methods: Rats were divided into: (1) those with denervated (D) muscles, evaluated 7 or 15 days after sciatic nerve crush injury; (2) those with D muscles submitted to St during 7 or 15 days; and (3) those with normal muscles. Muscle fiber cross-sectional area, serial sarcomere number, sarcomere length, and connective tissue density were measured. MMP-2, MMP-9, TIMP-1, TGF-β1, and myostatin mRNAs were determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction. MMP-2 and MMP-9 activity was evaluated by zymography. Collagen I was localized using immunofluorescence.Results: St did not prevent muscle atrophy due to denervation, but it increased fibrosis and collagen I deposition at day 15. St also upregulated MMP-9 and TGF-β1 gene expressions at day 7, and myostatin at day 15.Conclusions: Stretching denervated muscle does not prevent atrophy, but it increases fibrosis via temporal modulation of TGF-β1/myostatin and MMP-9 cascades. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2016
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