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Increased oxidative stress is associated with muscle wasting, along with depletion of glutathione, the most abundant endogenous antioxidant. Therefore, boosting endogenous glutathione has been proposed as a therapeutic strategy to prevent muscle wasting. Here, we tested this hypothesis by inactivating CHAC1, an intracellular glutathione degradation enzyme. We found CHAC1 expression is increased under multiple muscle wasting conditions in animal models, including fasting, cancer cachexia, and chemotherapy. The elevation of muscle Chac1 expression is associated with reduced glutathione level. CHAC1 inhibition via CRSPR\/Cas9 mediated knock-in of an enzyme inactivating mutation demonstrates a novel strategy to preserve muscle glutathione levels under wasting conditions but fails to prevent muscle wasting in mice. 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