Characteristics of Early Internal Laryngeal Muscle Atrophy After Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injuries in Rats.
Laryngoscope. 2020 Oct 24;:
Authors: Wang H, Wang H, Li X, Xu W
Abstract
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: The present study investigated the characteristics of early internal laryngeal muscle atrophy in recurrent laryngeal nerve injury (RLNI) rats.
STUDY DESIGN: To observe the characteristics of early internal laryngeal muscle atrophy post RLNI.
METHODS: Rats were divided into three groups: sham-operated control group (n = 20), recurrent laryngeal nerve transverse injury group (RLNTI, n = 50), and recurrent laryngeal nerve blunt contusion group (RLNBC, n = 50). Five weeks after RLNI, certain rats were sacrificed weekly, and their laryngeal tissues were harvested. The atrophic features of internal laryngeal muscles were detected using hematoxylin and eosin. NF-κB and MuRF-1 levels were tested using IHC.
RESULTS: The atrophic degree and fibrosis of thyroarytenoid, posterior cricoarytenoid, and lateral cricoarytenoid muscles were related to the type of RLNI. The average myofiber cross-sectional areas increased before an obvious decrease in the RLNTI and RLNBC groups. Muscle recovery occurred in the RLNBC group starting 4 weeks after RLNI, but only a weak trend was observed in the RLNTI group in the 5th week. During the muscle atrophy process, MuRF-1 and NF-κB were upregulated early and were maintained at a high level, which showed a trend similar to muscle atrophy. However, NF-κB expression was opposite to MuRF-1 expression and muscle atrophy when the muscles recovered.
CONCLUSION: The atrophy degree of internal laryngeal muscles was associated with the type of RLNI. The NF-κB/MuRF-1 signaling pathway was involved in internal laryngeal muscle atrophy after RLNI, which is different from skeletal muscle after denervation.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: NA Laryngoscope, 2020.
PMID: 33098577 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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