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Perioperative Oral β-Hydroxy-β-Methylbutyrate Supplementation Ameliorates Sarcopenia in Rats Undergoing Major Hepatectomy

β-Hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB), a metabolite of leucine, is known to increase muscle mass and strength. However, the effect of perioperative HMB supplementation in liver surgery is unclear. Moreover, the impact of HMB on the skeletal muscle fiber type also remains unclear. We investigated the impa...

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Published in:Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology 2022/08/31, Vol.68(4), pp.276-283
Main Authors: IWAMURA, Sena, KAIDO, Toshimi, WADA, Akira, KIDO, Satoshi, HARADA, Daisuke, HIRATA, Masaaki, MIYACHI, Yosuke, YAO, Siyuan, YAGI, Shintaro, KAMO, Naoko, MORITA, Satoshi, UEMOTO, Shinji, HATANO, Etsuro
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Summary:β-Hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB), a metabolite of leucine, is known to increase muscle mass and strength. However, the effect of perioperative HMB supplementation in liver surgery is unclear. Moreover, the impact of HMB on the skeletal muscle fiber type also remains unclear. We investigated the impact of HMB on the body composition and skeletal muscle fiber type in sarcopenic rats undergoing major hepatectomy. Nine-week-old male F344/NSlc rats were maintained in hindlimb suspension (HLS) and were forcedly supplemented with HMB calcium salt (HMB-Ca, 0.58 g/kg×2 times) or distilled water in addition to free feeding. After 2 wk of HLS, the rats underwent 70% hepatectomy and were sacrificed 3 d after surgery. Body composition factors and the proportion of slow-twitch fibers in hindlimb muscles were evaluated. HMB maintained the body composition and hindlimb force and acted against their deterioration in sarcopenic rats, exerting a particular effect on lean mass weight, which was significant. In the histological study, HMB significantly increased the proportion of slow-twitch fibers in the soleus (p=0.044) and plantaris (p=0.001) of sarcopenic rats. HMB ameliorated deterioration of the body composition and increased the proportion of slow-twitch fibers in sarcopenic rats undergoing major hepatectomy.
ISSN:0301-4800
1881-7742
DOI:10.3177/jnsv.68.276