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Effects of corticosterone on connectin content and protein breakdown in rat skeletal muscle
1Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Japan.
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
We examined the effects of a glucocorticoid, corticosterone, on calpain activity, connectin content and protein breakdown in rat muscle. The results indicated that calpain activity was increased by corticosterone and thus breakdown of connectin was stimulated followed by increased breakdown of skeletal muscle protein.