Relationship between Urinary Liver-Type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein (L-FABP) and Sarcopenia in Spontaneously Diabetic Torii Fatty Rats

Figure 3

Evaluation of muscle strength, muscle weight, and muscle histological analysis. Change in muscle strength in SD and SDT fatty rats (a) and increasing rates of muscle strength (b). Weight of lower limb muscles in SD and SDT fatty rats. Soleus muscle (c) and EDL muscle (d) at 24 weeks of age. Multiple fluorescent staining of soleus muscle fibers (e) and semiquantitative assessment of type I fibers in the soleus muscle (g). Multiple fluorescent staining of EDL muscle fibers (f) and semiquantitative assessment of type IIb fibers in EDL muscle (h). Type I fibers are stained green using antibodies against MyHCI and type IIb fibers are stained red using antibodies against MyHCIIb. The frame of the fibers stained green show laminin. Original magnification: ×100. Values are presented as the . and vs. SD rats at the same age; ^† and ^‡ vs. the same group at 16 weeks of age; ^§ and ^§§ vs. the same group at 20 weeks of age.