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  • Title: The β2-adrenergic receptor is involved in differences in the protein degradation level of the pectoral muscle between fast- and slow-growing chicks during the neonatal period.
    Author: Shimamoto S, Ijiri D, Nakashima K, Kawaguchi M, Ohtsuka A.
    Journal: Gen Comp Endocrinol; 2018 Oct 01; 267():45-50. PubMed ID: 29857006.
    Abstract:
    The aim of this study was to investigate whether β2-AR mRNA expression is involved in either atrogin-1/MAFbx mRNA expression or protein degradation in chicken skeletal muscle by comparing fast- and slow-growing chicks during the neonatal period. Based on their body weight gain from 1 to 5 days of age, 5-day-old chicks (Gallus gallus domestics) were divided into a slow-growing and a fast-growing group, the mean weight gains of which were 6.3 ± 1.3 g/day and 11.3 ± 0.9 g/day, respectively. The ratio of pectoral muscle weight to total body weight was higher in the fast-growing group of chicks than in the slow-growing group. In addition, the plasma 3-methylhistidine concentration, an index of protein degradation in skeletal muscle, was significantly lower in the fast-growing than in the slow-growing chicks. The mRNA expression of β2-AR, which we previously found is involved in decreasing muscle protein degradation by suppression atrogin-1/MAFbx mRNA expression, was significantly higher in the pectoral muscle of the fast-growing group compared with that of the slow-growing group. Concordantly, lower mRNA expression of atrogin-1/MAFbx was observed in the pectoral muscle of the fast-growing chicks. However, in the sartorius muscle, which is a muscle in the thigh, the ratio of the muscle weight to total body weight was not significantly different between the two groups of chicks at 5 days of age. In addition, there was no significant difference in the mRNA expressions of β2-AR and atrogin-1/MAFbx in the sartorius muscle between these two groups. These results suggest that β2-AR expression levels might be physiologically significant in the control of protein degradation in the pectoral muscle of neonatal chicks.
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