title: Flow-cytometric analysis of oxidative and proteolytical activities in tissue-associated phagocytes from normal and hypertrophic muscles.
abstract: The study was conducted by the known tendencies of increased stress-susceptibility and metabolic disorders in individuals with hypertrophied muscles due to innate factors or intensive exercise which can induce the overtraining syndrome. Using an animal model, muscle-associated cells from normal (N) and hypertrophic (H) skeletal muscle (m.semitendinosus) were examined in their resting and phorbolmyristate acetate (PMA) stimulated oxidation of dihydrorhodamine (DHR) as well as cathepsin B and L activities. Phagocytes were phenotyped by their casein receptors (CR) and fibroblasts by their surface collagens (I and IV). The portion of CR-cells in single cell suspension was 4-8% and 1-3% in H and N. The CR-cells were enriched by 200 g centrifugation and cultured for 5 days with and without cortisol (C), norepinephrine (NE) and indomethacin (I). NE suppressed dose-dependently CR-expression in N, with increase in H occurring. C, NE and I elevated cathepsin activities only in N. PMA stimulated DHR oxidation in H and N 5- and 2-fold. Only the oxidative rate in N reacted to C, NE and I significantly. The data suggest that the response of muscle-associated cells from hypertrophied and normal muscles to signals released in stress-coping significantly differs.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Animal Biology, Dummerstorf, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Löhrke
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wegner
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Viergutz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dietl
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ender
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002364:Caseins / Q000737:chemistry; D002417:Cattle; D010450:Endopeptidases; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006868:Hydrolysis; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction / Q000187:drug effects; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000032:analysis; D018000:Receptors, Peptide / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D002364:Caseins; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D018000:Receptors, Peptide; D010450:Endopeptidases; D009638:Norepinephrine; D007213:Indomethacin