Abstract:Objective: To explore the effect of undenatured type Ⅱ collogen (UCⅡ) on the motor function in aging db/db mice. Method: db/db mice fed all the life were randomly divided into model, UCⅡ intervention, and positive control groups, while, db/m mice and youth db/db mice were used as the normal control group and youth control group. After intervention for 12 weeks, crawl activity and catwalk index were estimated. And then 4 weeks later, the bone histomorphometry index as well as musculus gastrocnemius were measured. The results showed that the gastrocnemius muscle index in UCⅡ intervention group was 0.44%, which was significantly higher than that in the model control group(P < 0.05), and the bone mineral density was 439.11 mg/cm3 in the UCⅡ intervention group mice, which was significantly higher than that in the model, normal and positive control groups(P < 0.05), the trabecular bone volume and trabecular bone number in UCⅡ intervention group were significantly higher than that in the control and youth control groups (P < 0.05). The crawl time in UC Ⅱ intervention group was longer than that in the model and positive control groups(P < 0.05). Compared with the model control group, the stride, swing speed, speed, pace and regularity index in the UC Ⅱ intervention group were increased, while the swing phase and duty cycle decreased. Moreover, there was a positive correlation between the gastrocnemius index and the duty cycle, the crawling time(P < 0.05, coefficient > 0.5), and a certain positive correlation between the bone mineral density and the crawling time, the duty cycle and the swinging speed (coefficient > 0.5). Therefore, UC Ⅱ could increase gastrocnemius and bone density, improve motor function of aging db/db mice.