Fighting glycation: a way to reverse muscle wasting?
Aging leads to deleterious changes in skeletal muscles, notably an increase in intramuscular collagen which, above a certain threshold, results in the pathology of age-related muscle wasting, known as sarcopenia.
The accumulation of glycation in intramuscular collagens as a result of over-consumption of sugar throughout life is recognized as playing a key role in the acceleration of sarcopenia (1). Studies confirm that the rate of glycation is significantly correlated with the decline in fitness factors, major indicators of muscle wasting (2).
Using a crosslink breaker molecule (ALT 711), a successful deglycation attempt on de-cellularized muscle matrix from mice (3) opens the way for future studies on the management of sarcopenia and the reversal of its effects.
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1 – L. C. Olson et Al. Advanced Glycation End-Products in Skeletal Muscle Aging. Bioengineering 2021, 8(11),168;
Doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering8110168
2 – Jun-Young Sung et Al. Association Between Tissue Accumulation of Skin Autofluorescence, Disease, and Exercise Capacity in Older Korean Adults. Research Square, Feb 2024.
Doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3916409/v1
3 – L. C. Olson et Al. Advanced Glycation End Products Are Retained in Decellularized Muscle Matrix Derived from Aged Skeletal Muscle.
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22(16), 8832;
