title: Effects of the beta-adrenergic agonist cimaterol on chicken muscle atrophy induced by stretch-release.
abstract: Thirty-eight White Leghorn chickens, 5 weeks of age, were used to investigate the effect of cimaterol on patagialis muscle (PAT) atrophy due to release of passive-stretch. Cimaterol (CIM) was mixed in a standard commercial chicken diet at 0.5 ppm. Passive-stretch of PAT for 7 days significantly (P < 0.01) increased muscle weight (43%), fiber cross-sectional area (40%) and DNA unit size (34%) compared with unstretched control muscle. In birds fed the standard diet, stretch-release (SR) resulted in immediate and rapid atrophy and by 5 days the stretch-released muscle reached the size of control muscles. In the CIM-fed birds, the atrophy was delayed for 5 days after SR, at which time muscle atrophy at a rate similar to the birds fed the standard diet occurred. It was concluded that cimaterol retarded muscle atrophy induced by stretch-release but the effect was transient and limited to the first 5 days of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis 95616-8521.
authors.forename: Y B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hitchcock
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Summers
mesh_terms: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001284:Atrophy; D004983:Ethanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007103:Immobilization / Q000009:adverse effects; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013997:Time Factors; D014921:Wings, Animal
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D004983:Ethanolamines; C047411:cimaterol