Yifei Sanjie Pills alleviates cancer-related skeletal muscle atrophy in mice possibly by lowering inflammatory insulin resistance

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of Yifei Sanjie Pills (YFSJ) on weight, strength, pathology, glycogen and lipid contents and metabolism of skeletal muscles in tumor-bearing mice and explore the therapeutic mechanism of YFSJ for cancer-related skeletal muscle atrophy.

METHODS: Sixteen female ICR mice bearing intraperitoneal Lewis lung adenocarcinoma xenografts were randomized into model group and YFSJ treatment group (daily dose of 4 g/kg for 21 days, n=8), with another 8 normal mice as the normal control group. The changes in body weight and gastrocnemius muscle weight of the mice were recorded. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) was used to analyze the drug components in YFSJ entering the blood. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect serum blood glucose and insulin concentrations and inflammatory cytokine levels in the serum and gastrocnemius. RNA-seq was performed to analyze the signaling pathways involved in the pathologies of the gastrocnemius muscle, and lipid contents in the muscle were observed using Oil red O staining. Adenosine triphosphatase staining was used to assess the metabolic intensity of the gastrocnemius muscle, and inflammatory cell infiltration and P-AKT level were evaluated using immunohistochemical staining; the contents of creatine kinase, lactate dehydrogenase and myoglobin in the gastrocnemius muscle were also detected.

RESULTS: Treatment with YFSJ significantly increased skeletal muscle strength and gastrocnemius muscle weight (P < 0.001) and reduced the levels of gastrocnemius muscle injury markers in the tumor-bearing mice (P < 0.01). RNA-seq and LC-MS showed that YFSJ alleviated gastrocnemius muscle injury in the tumor-bearing mice possibly by improving inflammatory infiltration, insulin resistance and lipid metabolism (P < 0.05). YFSJ lowered inflammatory cytokine levels in both the serum and gastrocnemius muscle (P < 0.05), reduced pro-inflammatory cell infiltration, increased P-AKT level, and improved glycogen and lipid contents and metabolic levels in the gastrocnemius muscle.

CONCLUSION: YFSJ alleviates cancer-related skeletal muscle atrophy possibly by reducing inflammatory insulin resistance.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University - 43(2023), 11 vom: 20. Nov., Seite 1839-1849

Sprache:

Chinesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wu, Y [VerfasserIn]
Zuo, Q [VerfasserIn]
Luo, W [VerfasserIn]
Wang, H [VerfasserIn]
Pi, D [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Q [VerfasserIn]
Chen, L [VerfasserIn]
Lin, L [VerfasserIn]
Ouyang, M [VerfasserIn]

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Cancer-related skeletal muscle atrophy
English Abstract
Inflammatory insulin resistance
Journal Article
Yifei Sanjie Pills

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Date Revised 11.12.2023

published: Print

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doi:

10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2023.11.02

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NLM365723665