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Expression of apoptosis regulatory proteins in the skeletal muscle of tumor-bearing rabbits compared with diet-restricted rabbits

2001· article· en· 9 citations· W2157950377 on OpenAlex· 10.3892/ijmm.8.3.279

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stratum: fund_new · design weight: 1678.90 (the sample is stratified; any rate computed without the weight is wrong)
Claude Opus 4.8OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

Study of apoptosis regulatory proteins in skeletal muscle of tumor-bearing rabbits; the object is cachexia biology.

GPT-5.6 (high)OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

The study examines apoptosis in tumor-bearing rabbits, not research practice.

Grok 4.5OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

Biomedical study of apoptosis proteins in tumor-bearing rabbits; laboratory biology.

Abstract

The mechanism of body weight loss in the tumor-bearing state is still unclear. In this study, we investigated expressions of apoptosis regulatory proteins in the skeletal muscle of tumor-bearing and diet-restricted rabbits, and tried to evaluate the differences between the two groups. The apoptotic index (AI) in the tumor-bearing group was 28.1+/-2.84 on day 10. By day 20, many more apoptotic cells were found (AI: 40.5+/-3.20), but then after day 20 their numbers gradually decreased (AI: 9.67+/-2.22 on day 30 and 0.93+/-0.96 on day 40). By contrast, no apoptotic cells were detected in the diet-restricted group at any of the times examined. Bcl-2 immunoreactivity was either not detected at all or only weakly observed in both groups. By contrast, Bax expression increased gradually after implantation in the tumor-bearing group. Bax expression in skeletal muscle cell was graded (moderate) 10 days after tumor implantation, and (high) by day 20, in 2 of the 5 tumor-bearing rabbits. After day 20, however, Bax immunoreactivity decreased continuously in the tumor-bearing group. By contrast, hardly any Bax-immuno-positive cells were detected in the diet-restricted group. These results suggest that loss of body weight in the tumor-bearing group is different from that in the diet-restricted group, and is related to apoptosis of skeletal muscles.

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Venue
International Journal of Molecular Medicine
Topic
Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
Field
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Canadian institutions
Funders
Terry Fox FoundationMassachusetts General Hospital
Keywords
ApoptosisOncogeneSkeletal muscleMolecular medicineBiologyBAX ProteinCell cycleInternal medicineEndocrinologyGroup AAndrologyPathologyGeneProtein expressionMedicineBiochemistry
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