Prevalence and mechanisms of skeletal muscle atrophy in metabolic conditions

L Jun, M Robinson, T Geetha, TL Broderick… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Skeletal muscle atrophy is prevalent in a myriad of pathological conditions, such as
diabetes, denervation, long-term immobility, malnutrition, sarcopenia, obesity, Alzheimer's …

Slow or fast: Implications of myofibre type and associated differences for manifestation of neuromuscular disorders

EM Lloyd, GJ Pinniger, RM Murphy… - Acta …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many neuromuscular disorders can have a differential impact on a specific myofibre type,
forming the central premise of this review. The many different skeletal muscles in mammals …

The impact of a high-fat diet in mice is dependent on duration and age, and differs between muscles

GAM Messa, M Piasecki, J Hurst, C Hill… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Prolonged high-fat diets (HFDs) can cause intramyocellular lipid (IMCL) accumulation that
may negatively affect muscle function. We investigated the duration of a HFD required to …

Age-related skeletal muscle dysfunction is aggravated by obesity: an investigation of contractile function, implications and treatment

J Tallis, S Shelley, H Degens, C Hill - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Obesity is a global epidemic and coupled with the unprecedented growth of the world's older
adult population, a growing number of individuals are both old and obese. Whilst both …

Alterations in skeletal muscle morphology and mechanics in juvenile male Sprague Dawley rats exposed to a high-fat high-sucrose diet

M Delgado-Bravo, DA Hart, RA Reimer, W Herzog - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Although once a health concern largely considered in adults, the obesity epidemic is now
prevalent in pediatric populations. While detrimental effects on skeletal muscle function have …

Age-related changes in isolated mouse skeletal muscle function are dependent on sex, muscle, and contractility mode

C Hill, RS James, VM Cox… - American Journal of …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
The present study aimed to simultaneously examine the age-related, muscle-specific, sex-
specific, and contractile mode-specific changes in isolated mouse skeletal muscle function …

A chronic high-fat diet exacerbates contractile dysfunction with impaired intracellular Ca2+ release capacity in the skeletal muscle of aged mice

H Eshima, Y Tamura, S Kakehi… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Obesity and aging reduce skeletal muscle contractile function. However, it remains unclear
whether obesity additively promotes muscle contractile dysfunction in the setting of aging. In …

The effects of diet composition and chronic obesity on muscle growth and function

LGO de Sousa, AG Marshall… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Diet-induced obesity (DIO) is associated with glucose intolerance, insulin resistance (IR),
and an increase in intramyocellular lipids (IMCL), which may lead to disturbances in glucose …

Does dietary-induced obesity in old age impair the contractile performance of isolated mouse soleus, extensor digitorum longus and diaphragm skeletal muscles?

C Hill, RS James, VM Cox, J Tallis - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ageing and obesity independently have been shown to significantly impair isolated muscle
contractile properties, though their synergistic effects are poorly understood. We uniquely …

Influence of obesity and type 2 diabetes on calcium handling by skeletal muscle: spotlight on the sarcoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria

H Eshima - Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Obesity and diabetes have been shown to interfere with energy metabolism and cause
peripheral insulin resistance in skeletal muscle. However, recent studies have focused on …