Hypergravity and microgravity exhibited reversal effects on the bone and muscle mass in mice

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 6614
• Main Authors: Tominari, Tsukasa, Ichimaru, Ryota, Taniguchi, Keita, Yumoto, Akane, Shirakawa, Masaki, Matsumoto, Chiho, Watanabe, Kenta, Hirata, Michiko, Itoh, Yoshifumi, Shiba, Dai, Miyaura, Chisato, Inada, Masaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 29.04.2019; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 38; 38/77; 631/337; 64; 64/60; 692/699; Absorptiometry, Photon; Animals; Atrophy; Autophagy; Body Weight - physiology; Bone growth; Bone loss; Bone mass; Bone morphogenetic protein 2; Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 - metabolism; Cancellous Bone - metabolism; Cancellous Bone - physiology; Centrifugation; Computed tomography; Eating - physiology; Femur; Femur - metabolism; Femur - physiology; Gene expression; Gravity; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humerus; Humerus - metabolism; Humerus - physiology; Hypergravity; Male; Metabolism; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Microgravity; multidisciplinary; Muscle, Skeletal - metabolism; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; MyoD protein; MyoD Protein - metabolism; Myogenesis; Osteogenesis; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Proteins; Rheumatology; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sp7 Transcription Factor - metabolism; Space flight; Space stations; Tibia; Tibia - metabolism; Tibia - physiology; Triceps surae muscle; X-Ray Microtomography
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-42829-z
• ISSN: 2045-2322

Spaceflight is known to induce severe systemic bone loss and muscle atrophy of astronauts due to the circumstances of microgravity. We examined the influence of artificially produced 2G hypergravity on mice for bone and muscle mass with newly developed centrifuge device. We also analyzed the effects of microgravity (mostly 0G) and artificial produced 1G in ISS (international space station) on mouse bone mass. Experiment on the ground, the bone mass of humerus, femur and tibia was measured using micro-computed tomography (μCT), and the all bone mass was significantly increased in 2G compared with 1G control. In tibial bone, the mRNA expression of bone formation related genes such as Osx and Bmp2 was elevated. The volume of triceps surae muscle was also increased in 2G compared with 1G control, and the mRNA expression of myogenic factors such as Myod and Myh1 was elevated by 2G. On the other hand, microgravity in ISS significantly induced the loss of bone mass on humerus and tibia, compared with artificial 1G induced by centrifugation. Here, we firstly report that bone and muscle mass are regulated by the gravity with loaded force in both of positive and negative on the ground and in the space.