title: Conjugated linoleic acid preserves gastrocnemius muscle mass in mice bearing the colon-26 adenocarcinoma.
abstract: Cancer cachexia is a syndrome of weight loss, muscle wasting, fatigue, and anorexia that occurs in patients with advanced or recurrent solid tumor disease. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) have been implicated in the biology of cachexia and serve as possible targets for treatment of this condition. Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a polyunsaturated fatty acid that alters the synthesis of PGE2 and reduces the negative effects of TNF on body weight of healthy mice. We hypothesized that a diet supplemented with .5% CLA might reduce muscle wasting in mice bearing the colon-26 adenocarcinoma, an animal model of cancer cachexia. CLA preserved gastrocnemius muscle mass and reduced TNF receptors in muscle of tumor-bearing mice. These data suggest that CLA may preserve muscle mass by reducing the catabolic effects of TNF on skeletal muscle.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Graves
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hitt
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Pariza
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Donna O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: McCarthy
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects*; D002100:Cachexia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D044243:Linoleic Acids, Conjugated / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D044243:Linoleic Acids, Conjugated