Yonsei University

Hyun Woo Ju

Kyoungsook Park

Inho Choi

The present invention relates to: a muscular atrophy-inducing agent containing, as an active ingredient, a hypometabolism-inducing substance selected from the group consisting of 3-iodothyronamine (T1AM), [D-Ala2,D-Leu5] enkephalin (DADLE), 5'-adenosine monophosphate (5&#x2032;-AMP), and hydrogen sulfide (HS); a method for preparing a muscular atrophy study model comprising inducing muscular atrophy by administering the muscular atrophy-inducing agent; a study model prepared by the method; a screening method for a drug for preventing or treating muscular atrophy using the same; a composition for preventing or treating muscular hypertrophy; and a composition for facial muscle shrinkage. The muscular atrophy study model according to the present invention can provide a study model for an economic muscular atrophy study by using a hypometabolism-inducing substance which can be mass-produced, has an effect which may be usefully used by verification for screening of a drug for preventing or treating muscular atrophy, and can be usefully used as a compositions for preventing or treating muscular hypertrophy and a composition for facial muscle shrinkage through the muscular atrophy effect.

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