Single-fiber and whole muscle analyses of MHC isoform plasticity: interaction between T-3 and unloading
Single-fiber and whole muscle analyses of MHC isoform plasticity: interaction between T-3 and unloading
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpcell.1997.273.3.c944
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发表时间:
1997-09-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Baldwin, KM
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作者:
Caiozzo, VJ;Baker, MJ;Baldwin, KM
Previous data suggest that separate interventions of hyperthyroidism (T-3) and hindlimb suspension (HS) act on some but not all slow type I fibers in the soleus muscle. This may be due to the presence of ''refractory'' fibers that are unresponsive to either of these interventions. Alternatively, T-3 and HS might act on different populations of slow type I fibers in the soleus muscle. Adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to ii control, 2) T-3, 3) HS, or 4) T-3+HS. Nine animals were assigned to each group. Single-fiber electrophoretic analyses (n = 40 per muscle) of the soleus muscle demonstrated that the HS reduced the percentage of slow type I fibers from similar to 80% (control) to similar to 40% (HS) of the fiber population. Although hyperthyroidism affected a greater percentage of Blow type I fibers than I-IS, a small population (similar to 10% of the slow type I fibers) were unaffected by T-3. The combined intervention, in contrast, transformed all slow type I fibers into fibers expressing various combinations of fast myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms. These findings demonstrate that the soleus muscle does not contain so-called refractory fibers. They further suggest that the soleus muscle contains different populations of slow type I fibers that vary in their sensitivity to altered physiological conditions.