Abstract
Creatine (Cr) - along with the Cr kinase (CK) system - plays a fundamental role in muscle biochemistry and physiology not limited to its ergogenic role. Indeed, Cr has been shown to exert pleiotropic effects, which promote protein accretion, muscle-specific protein synthesis, growth in cultured myogenic cells and favour the myogenic process either in normal or stressing conditions. This review focuses on the effects of Cr supplementation on cellular and mitochondrial biochemistry and function in the course of skeletal muscle differentiation, either in normal or oxidatively stressing conditions, and on the ensuing nutraceutical/therapeutic perspectives.
Keywords: Creatine, myogenesis, mitochondria, muscle diseases, skeletal muscle, supplementation.
Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Effects of Creatine in Skeletal Muscle Cells and in Myoblasts Differentiating Under Normal or Oxidatively Stressing Conditions
Volume: 16 Issue: 1
Author(s): Piero Sestili, Elena Barbieri and Vilberto Stocchi
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Keywords: Creatine, myogenesis, mitochondria, muscle diseases, skeletal muscle, supplementation.
Abstract: Creatine (Cr) - along with the Cr kinase (CK) system - plays a fundamental role in muscle biochemistry and physiology not limited to its ergogenic role. Indeed, Cr has been shown to exert pleiotropic effects, which promote protein accretion, muscle-specific protein synthesis, growth in cultured myogenic cells and favour the myogenic process either in normal or stressing conditions. This review focuses on the effects of Cr supplementation on cellular and mitochondrial biochemistry and function in the course of skeletal muscle differentiation, either in normal or oxidatively stressing conditions, and on the ensuing nutraceutical/therapeutic perspectives.
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Sestili Piero, Barbieri Elena and Stocchi Vilberto, Effects of Creatine in Skeletal Muscle Cells and in Myoblasts Differentiating Under Normal or Oxidatively Stressing Conditions, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 2016; 16 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389557515666150722102342
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389557515666150722102342 |
Print ISSN 1389-5575 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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