title: Adaptive responses of TRPC1 and TRPC3 during skeletal muscle atrophy and regrowth.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We assessed the time-dependent changes of transient receptor potential canonical type 1 (TRPC1) and TRPC3 expression and localization associated with muscle atrophy and regrowth in vivo.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mice were subjected to hindlimb unloading for 7 or 14 days (7U, 14U) followed by 3, 7, or 14 days of reloading (3R, 7R, 14R).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Soleus muscle mass and tetanic force were reduced significantly at 7U and 14U and recovered by 14R. Recovery of muscle fiber cross-sectional area was observed by 28R. TRPC1 mRNA was unaltered during the unloading-reloading period. However, protein expression remained depressed through 14R. Decreased localization of TRPC1 to the sarcolemma was observed. TRPC3 mRNA and protein expression levels were decreased significantly during the early phase of reloading.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Given the known role of these channels in muscle development, changes observed in TRPC1 and TRPC3 may relate closely to muscle atrophy and remodeling processes.
authors.affiliation: Muscle Physiology Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Bao-Ting
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Simon S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.forename: Kwok-Kuen
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Zacary Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: Ella W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Yeung
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006614:Hindlimb; D019417:Hindlimb Suspension / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D024510:Muscle Development / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis*; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D050052:TRPC Cation Channels / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D050052:TRPC Cation Channels; C104603:TRPC3 cation channel; C096351:transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily C, member 1
keywords: TRPC1; TRPC3; hindlimb suspension; muscle atrophy; muscle regeneration