Effects of cimaterol on rabbit growth and myofibrillar protein degradation and on calcium-dependent proteinase and calpastatin activities in skeletal muscle.

Journal of Animal Science
N E ForsbergN B Wehr

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to examine effects of a beta-adrenergic agonist (cimaterol) on growth and muscle development in rabbits and to examine cimaterol's effects on myofibrillar protein degradation (MPD) and on activities of several proteolytic enzymes including the calcium-dependent proteinases (CDP). Twelve New Zealand White rabbits were assigned to either control diets or to diets containing cimaterol for 35 d, after which they were killed and effects on performance and tissue weight gains were determined. Urine was collected from d 21 through 28 from each rabbit for assessment of N tau-methylhistidine (NMH) excretion. Cimaterol increased rates of gain, efficiency of gain and skeletal muscle weights. Enhancement in muscle weight was associated with an increase in total DNA and with a reduction in NMH. Cimaterol did not affect activities of cathepsin B, cathepsin D or neutral serine proteinase, but it reduced activities of the millimolar and micromolar forms of the CDP by 58 and 57%, respectively, and it reduced activity of the inhibitor of the CDP (calpastatin) by 52%. Cimaterol-dependent myofibrillar protein accretion was likely mediated, at least in part, by a reduction in MPD. The change in MPD was associated w...Continue Reading

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