Regulation of expression of avian slow myosin heavy-chain isoforms.
Regulation of expression of avian slow myosin heavy-chain isoforms.
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禽类慢肌球蛋白重链亚型表达的调节。
DOI:
10.1042/bj2600449
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发表时间:
1989
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Zak,R
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作者:
Reid,SK;Kennedy,JM;Shimizu,N;Stewart,A;Vrbova,G;Zak,R
The slow tonic anterior latissimus dorsi (ALD) muscle of the chicken contains two isomyosins, namely SM-1 and SM-2. The proportions of the two isoforms change with age, SM-2 expression increasing at the expense of SM-1. Applying a load on the wing increases the rate and extent of SM-1 replacement. Here we have demonstrated that decreasing the load by removal of the distal portion of the wing in 1-week-old chickens had an effect opposite to that of overloading in that it slowed muscle growth and the rate of SM-1 elimination. Experimental unloading of muscles previously weighted for 1 or 3 weeks slowed the growth rate of muscles, with consequent regression of relative hypertrophy; however, it did not lead to the reexpression of SM-1 myosin. This indicates that the overload-induced changes in myosin expression are not readily reversible. Nerve section produced unexpected results, in that it advanced the normal developmental shift in myosin expression toward predominance of the SM-2 isoform, similar to the effect of muscle overload.