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  • Title: Changes in protein turnover in hypertrophying plantaris muscles of rats: effect of fenbufen--an inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis.
    Author: McMillan DN, Reeds PJ, Lobley GE, Palmer RM.
    Journal: Prostaglandins; 1987 Dec; 34(6):841-52. PubMed ID: 2453073.
    Abstract:
    Plantaris muscle of the right hind limb of rats was subjected to hypertrophic stimulus by section of the tendons of the right gastrocnemius muscle. The RNA and protein content and the fractional rate of protein synthesis were elevated both 3 and 7 days after operation compared both with the unoperated left limb and with sham-operated control rats. The rate of protein degradation, calculated from the difference between the fractional rates of protein synthesis and protein gain of the muscles, was elevated in the plantaris 3-7 days after tenotomy. Dietary administration of the drug fenbufen reduced the RNA content and the ratio of RNA:protein in muscles from control animals. In one group of tenotomised rats administration of fenbufen commenced 3 days before tenotomy and resulted in a reduction in the ratio RNA:protein of the muscles of the left limb 3 days after the operation. Four days later, i.e. 7 days after tenotomy, both the ratio RNA:protein and the fractional rate of protein synthesis were significantly reduced in the fenbufen treated rats. In spite of these effects, fenbufen did not impair the ability of the plantaris to hypertrophy since the drug also reduced the rate of protein degradation.
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