Effects of 48h Lower Limb Unloading in Human Skeletal Muscle

ABSTRACT: Although short-term disuse does not result in measurable muscle atrophy, studies suggest that molecular changes associated with protein degradation may be initiated within days of the onset of a disuse stimulus. We examined the global gene expression patterns in sedentary men (n = 7, mean age ± S.D = 22.1 ± 3.7 yr) following 48h unloading (UL) via unilateral lower limb suspension and 24h reloading (RL). Biopsy samples of the left vastus lateralis muscle were collected at baseline, 48h UL, and 24h RL. Expression changes were measured by microarray and gene clustering; identification of enriched functions and canonical pathways were performed using the Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery (DAVID) and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA). Four genes were validated wit

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Eric Hoffman 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-21496 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress