title: Effect of dipeptide N-acetylaspartylglutamate on denervation-induced changes in the volume of rat skeletal muscle fibers.
abstract: N-acetylaspartylglutamate prevents the denervation-induced increase in the volume of muscle fibers in rat diaphragm, the phenomenon being more pronounced for the hydrolysable isomer. The effect of dipeptide manifested against the background of blockade of metabotropic glutamate receptors. It was hypothesized that N-acetylaspartylglutamate is involved in the regulation of the volume of skeletal muscle fibers via activation of ionotropic receptors by both dipeptide and glutamate molecules.
authors.affiliation: Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Kazan Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia. artur57@list.ru
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Malomuzh
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Naumenko
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Guseva
authors.forename: A Kh
authors.initials: AKh
authors.lastname: Urazaev
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D048429:Cell Size / Q000187:drug effects*; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D005971:Glutamates / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009121:Muscle Denervation; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology* / Q000294:innervation / Q000378:metabolism; D016202:N-Methylaspartate / Q000494:pharmacology; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D051381:Rats; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004151:Dipeptides; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D005971:Glutamates; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; C027172:isospaglumic acid; D016202:N-Methylaspartate