DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERN OF MUSCLE-FIBER TYPES IN HUMAN VENTILATORY MUSCLES
DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERN OF MUSCLE-FIBER TYPES IN HUMAN VENTILATORY MUSCLES
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1978.44.6.909
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
IANUZZO, CD
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作者:
KEENS, TG;BRYAN, AC;IANUZZO, CD
Premature infants tolerate respiratory loads poorly. This may reflect incomplete development of the ventilatory muscles (VM) causing poor resistance to fatigue. To study the developmental pattern of human VM, 31 postmortem specimens of diaphragm and intercostal muscles were obtained. Individual muscle fibers were classified as type I (slow-twitch, high-oxidative) or type II (fast-twitch, low-oxidative) using histochemical staining methods for myofibrillar (M)ATPase (pH 10.30) and NADH tetrazolium reductase. In the diaphragm, premature infants (< 37 wk gestation) had only 9.7 .+-. 1.3% type I fibers, full-term newborns 25.0 .+-. 1.1%, and older subjects (> 2 yr of age) 54.9 .+-. 1.3%. There was no further increase after 8 mo. postpartum. In the intercostal muscles, premature infants had only 19.0 .+-. 4.8% type I fibers, full-term newborns 45.7 .+-. 1.3%, and older subjects 65.2 .+-. 2.6%. There was no further increase after 2 mo. postpartum. The ventilatory muscles of newborn infants are apparently more susceptible to fatigue than those of older subjects. This may contribute significantly to respiratory problems in the neonate.