Long-term, but not short-term high-fat diet induces fiber composition changes and impaired contractile force in mouse fast-twitch skeletal muscle

  • Hiroaki Eshima
    Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology; Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
  • Yoshifumi Tamura
    Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology; Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
  • Saori Kakehi
    Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology; Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
  • Nagomi Kurebayashi
    Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology; Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
  • Takashi Murayama
    Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology; Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
  • Kyoko Nakamura
    Department of Physiology; Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
  • Ryo Kakigi
    Department of Physiology; Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
  • Takao Okada
    Department of Physiology; Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
  • Takashi Sakurai
    Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology; Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
  • Ryuzo Kawamori
    Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology; Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
  • Hirotaka Watada
    Department of Metabolism & Endocrinology; Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan

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In this study, we investigated the effects of a short-term and long-term high-fat diet (HFD) on morphological and functional features of fast-twitch skeletal muscle. Male C57BL/6J mice were fed a HFD (60% fat) for 4 weeks (4-week HFD) or 12 weeks (12-week HFD). Subsequently, the fast-twitch extensor digitorum longus muscle was isolated, and the composition of muscle fiber type, expression levels of proteins involved in muscle contraction, and force production on electrical stimulation were analyzed. The 12-week HFD, but not the 4-week HFD, resulted in a decreased muscle tetanic force on 100 Hz stimulation compared with control (5.1 ± 1.4 N/g in the 12-week HFD vs. 7.5 ± 1.7 N/g in the control group;

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