Table 3.
Muscle protein, RNA, DNA, and related ratios
| Placebo | Testosterone | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Week 0 | Week 3 | Week 6 | Baseline | Week 0 | Week 3 | Week 6 | |
| ASP content (μg·mg−1 ww) | 110.5 (3.9) | 108.5 (2.8) | 107.4 (4.9) | 106.9 (4.5) | 118.2 (3.7) | 115.3 (3.4) | 118.2 (2.7) | 118.5 (4.6) |
| RNA content (μg·mg−1 ww) | 1.6 (0.1) | 1.8 (0.1) | 2.1 (0.1) | 1.9 (0.1) | 1.7 (0.1) | 2.1 (0.1) | 1.8 (0.1) | 2.3 (0.1)a |
| DNA content (μg·mg−1 ww) | 2.2 (0.1) | 2.3 (0.1) | 2.2 (0.1) | 2.2 (0.1) | 2.2 (0.1) | 2.2 (0.1) | 2.1 (0.1) | 2.1 (0.1) |
| RNA:DNA (ratio) | 0.7 (0.1) | 0.7 (0.1) | 0.9 (0.1) | 0.8 (0.1) | 0.7 (0.1) | 0.9 (0.1) | 0.8 (0.1) | 1.1 (0.1)a |
| RNA:ASP (ratio) | 15.3 (0.5) | 17.1 (0.8) | 19.9 (1.7) | 18.1 (0.9) | 14.6 (0.9) | 17.8 (1.5) | 15.5 (0.6) | 20.7 (1.5)a |
| ASP:DNA (ratio) | 50.7 (3.6) | 46.1 (1.7) | 49.2 (3.8) | 47.9 (3.1) | 54.2 (2.4) | 52.6 (2.4) | 56.5 (2.4) | 56.6 (5.2) |
ww, wet weight.
Values are means (standard error of the mean).
a
Significantly different from baseline, P < 0.05.