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Effects of taurine on skeletal muscle in senescence-accelerated mice and C2C12 myoblasts and myotubes

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Yiying Huang
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Hatasu Kobayashi
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Xiaoying Zhou
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Keiya Matsuoka
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Jun Kawanokuchi
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Kaoru Midorikawa
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Shinji Oikawa
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Zhe Zhang
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Ning Ma *
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Mariko Murata *
DOI:10.1007/s00726-026-03542-0delete
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Taurine is a semi-essential amino acid with diverse cytoprotective effects and is associated with anti-aging. This study explores the role and molecular mechanism of taurine in muscle aging. Senescence-accelerated mouse prone 8 (SAMP8) and its resistant (senescence-accelerated mouse resistant 1, SAMR1) mice were given 1% taurine water from 5 to 10 months of age, while control mice were given distilled water (DW). At 10 months of age, a rotarod test was performed to assess muscle endurance. SAMP8 mice had a shorter running time on the rotarod test than SAMR1 mice. Taurine significantly extended running time compared with that of DW-drinking group in SAMP8 mice, a similar trend was observed in SAMR1 mice. The gastrocnemius muscle was used for the RNA-sequencing analysis. Among differentially expressed genes between taurine and DW, Tbx5 and Alb showed some significant differences between the treatment by RT-qPCR. Myoblast C2C12 cells underwent cellular senescence induction with D-galactose (D-gal), which was detected by SA-β-gal staining. Taurine reduced SA-β-gal-positive area induced by D-gal, suggesting its protective effect against cellular senescence. Myotube induction was inhibited by D-gal treatment and restored by taurine, as detected by immunocytochemistry of myosin heavy chain (MHC) and Western blot of myogenin. D-gal-induced decrease trend in protein level of TBX5 was significantly increased in C2C12 myotubes treated with taurine. Taurine may have a protective effect on muscle senescence and myotube regeneration.
Keywords:
Taurine
Senescence
Skeletal muscle
TBX5

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