Recent advances in the pathology of Alcoholic myopathy

• Published in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 54S - 59S
• Main Authors: PREEDY, Victor R, ADACHI, Junko, SAKAMOTO, Kazuhiko, TAKAGI, Masaru, NAKAJIMA, Hisato, TODA, Gotaro, PETERS, Timothy J, WORRALL, Simon, PARKKILA, Seppo, NIEMELA, Onni, ASAMO, Migiwa, UENO, Yasuhino, TAKEDA, Kunihiko, YAMAUCHI, Masayoshi
• Format: Conference Proceeding Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Baltimore, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.05.2001
• Subjects: Alcoholism - metabolism; Alcoholism - pathology; Alcoholism and acute alcohol poisoning; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Central Nervous System Depressants - pharmacology; Ethanol - pharmacology; Humans; Lipid Peroxides - metabolism; Male; Medical sciences; Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch - drug effects; Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch - metabolism; Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch - pathology; Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch - drug effects; Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch - metabolism; Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch - pathology; Muscle Proteins - drug effects; Muscle Proteins - metabolism; Muscular Atrophy - pathology; Muscular Diseases - metabolism; Muscular Diseases - pathology; Rats; Reactive Oxygen Species - metabolism; Testis - drug effects; Testis - pathology; Toxicology; Human; Ethanol; Toxicity; Alcoholism; Muscular fiber type I; Hydroperoxide; Review; Muscular fiber type II; Striated muscle; In vitro; Protein; Atrophy; In vivo; Striated muscle disease; Animal; Catabolism; Mechanism of action; Male genital diseases; Adduct; Testicular diseases; Myopathy
• ISSN: 0145-6008
• DOI: 10.1097/00000374-200105051-00010

This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2000 ISBRA Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. The chairs were Victor R. Preedy and Junko Adachi. The presentations were (1) Alcoholic myopathy: Past, present and future, by Timothy J. Peters and Victor R. Preedy; (2) Protein adducts in the type I and II fiber-predominant muscles of the ethanol-fed rat, by Simon Worrall, Seppo Parkkila, and Onni Niemela; (3) Hydroperoxides and changes in alcoholic myopathy, by Junko Adachi, Migiwa Asamo, and Yasuhino Ueno; and (4) A close association between testicular atrophy, muscle atrophy, and the increase in protein catabolism after chronic ethanol administration, by Kunihiko Takeda, Masayoshi Yamauchi, Kazuhiko Sakamoto, Masaru Takagi, Hisato Nakajima, and Gotaro Toda.