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Williams G, Snow ET, West JM. Exposure to As(III) and As(V) changes the Ca²⁺-activation properties of the two major fibre types from the chelae of the freshwater crustacean Cherax destructor. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2014; 155:119-128. [PMID: 25014018 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2014] [Revised: 06/18/2014] [Accepted: 06/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Arsenic is a known carcinogen found in the soil in gold mining regions at concentrations thousands of times greater than gold. Mining releases arsenic into the environment and surrounding water bodies. The main chemical forms of arsenic found in the environment are inorganic arsenite (As(III)) and arsenate (As(V)). Yabbies (Cherax destructor) accumulate arsenic at levels comparable to those in the sediment of their environment but the effect on their physiological function is not known. The effects of arsenic exposure (10 ppm sodium arsenite, AsNaO2 - 5.7 ppm As(III)) and 10 ppm arsenic acid, Na2HAsO4·7H2O - 2.6 ppm As(V)) for 40 days on the contractile function of the two major fibre types from the chelae were determined. After exposure, individual fibres were isolated from the chela, "skinned" (membrane removed) and attached to the force recording apparatus. Contraction was induced in solutions containing increasing [Ca(2+)] until a maximum Ca(2+)-activation was obtained. Submaximal force responses were plotted as a percentage of the maximum Ca(2+)-activated force. As(V) exposure resulted in lower levels of calcium required for activation than As(III) indicating an increased sensitivity to Ca(2+) after long term exposure to arsenate compared to arsenite. Myosin heavy chain and tropomyosin content in individual fibres was also decreased as a result of arsenic exposure. Single fibres exposed to As(V) produced significantly more force than muscle fibres from control animals. Long-term exposure of yabbies to arsenic alters the contractile function of the two major fibre types in the chelae.
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- Gemma Williams
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood 3125, VIC, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health University of Tasmania; Locked Bag 1320, Launceston 7250, TAS, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood 3125, VIC, Australia.
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Koyama H, Akolkar DB, Shiokai T, Nakaya M, Piyapattanakorn S, Watabe S. The occurrence of two types of fast skeletal myosin heavy chains from abdominal muscle of kuruma shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus and their different tissue distribution. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 215:14-21. [PMID: 22162849 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.058206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Shrimps belong to the class Crustacea, which forms a large, diverse group in the invertebrates. However, the physiology and biochemistry of their skeletal muscles have been poorly understood compared with those from vertebrates including mammals and fish. The present study focused on myosin, the major protein in skeletal muscle, from adult specimens of kuruma shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus. Two types of the gene encoding myosin heavy chain (MHC), a large subunit of the myosin molecule, were cloned from abdominal fast skeletal muscle and defined as MHCa and MHCb. Protein analysis revealed that the MHCa isoform was expressed at a higher level than the MHCb isoform. The full-length cDNA clones of MHCa and MHCb consisted of 5929 bp and 5955 bp, respectively, which encoded 1912 and 1910 amino acids, respectively. Both were classified into fast muscle type by comparison with the partially deduced amino acid sequences of fast-type and slow-type (S(1), slow twitch) MHCs reported previously for the American lobster Homarus americanus. The amino acid identities between MHCa and MHCb of kuruma shrimp were 78%, 60% and 72% in the regions of subfragment-1, subfragment-2 and light meromyosin, respectively, and 71% in total. In situ hybridisation using anti-sense RNA-specific probes, along with northern blot analysis using different tissues from abdominal muscle, revealed the different localisation of MHCa and MHCb transcripts in abdominal fast skeletal muscle, suggesting their distinct physiological functions.
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- Hiroki Koyama
- Laboratory of Marine Biochemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Longo MV, Díaz AO. The claw closer muscle of two estuarine crab species,Cyrtograpsus angulatusandNeohelice granulata(Grapsoidea, Varunidae): histochemical fibre type composition. ACTA ZOOL-STOCKHOLM 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2011.00548.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cloning and tissue expression of eleven troponin-C isoforms in the American lobster, Homarus americanus. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2010; 157:88-101. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2010] [Revised: 05/14/2010] [Accepted: 05/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Postel U, Thompson F, Barker G, Viney M, Morris S. Migration-related changes in gene expression in leg muscle of the Christmas Island red crab Gecarcoidea natalis: seasonal preparation for long-distance walking. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 213:1740-50. [PMID: 20435825 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.033829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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During their annual breeding migration the Christmas Island land crab Gecarcoidea natalis sustains locomotion aerobically for up to 12 h per day compared with just 10 min during the dry season when their muscles quickly become anaerobic. A seasonal transition to an endurance-muscle phenotype would thus seem essential for migrating crabs. The current study employed a gene discovery approach comparing two expressed sequence tag (EST) libraries, one each for leg muscle from dry (non-migrating) and wet season (migrating) crabs. The 14 most abundant transcripts differed in their representation between the two libraries. The abundances of transcripts of genes predicted to code for different proteins forming contractile muscle components, including actin, troponin and tropomyosin, were significantly different between seasons and thus between physiological states. The shift in the isoform composition of the contractile elements provided evidence for a switch from slow phasic (S1) to slow tonic (S2) fatigue-resistant muscle fibres. A tropomyosin (tm) transcript aligned with a tm isoform of lobster (tmS2), and semi-quantitative RT-PCR confirmed this isoform to be more abundant in the migrating crab muscle. Two LIM protein coding genes, a paxillin-like transcript (pax) and a muscle LIM protein (mlp), were relatively up-regulated in muscle of wet season crabs. These proteins have a fundamental role in muscle development and reconstruction, and their comparative up-regulation is consistent with a remodelling of leg muscle for migration in the wet season. Such a transition would result in an increased representation of aerobic endurance-type fibres concomitant with the greater aerobic exercise capacity of the migrating red crabs.
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- Ute Postel
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UG, UK
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Perry MJ, Tait J, Hu J, White SC, Medler S. Skeletal muscle fiber types in the ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata: implications for running performance. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 212:673-83. [PMID: 19218519 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.023481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ghost crabs possess rapid running capabilities, which make them good candidates for comparing invertebrate exercise physiology with that of more extensively studied vertebrates. While a number of studies have examined various aspects of running physiology and biomechanics in terrestrial crabs, none to date have defined the basic skeletal muscle fiber types that power locomotion. In the current study, we investigated skeletal muscle fiber types comprising the extensor and flexor carpopodite muscles in relation to running performance in the ghost crab. We used kinematic analyses to determine stride frequency and muscle shortening velocity and found that both parameters are similar to those of comparably sized mammals but slower than those observed in running lizards. Using several complementary methods, we found that the muscles are divided into two primary fiber types: those of the proximal and distal regions possess long sarcomeres (6.2+/-2.3 microm) observed in crustacean slow fibers and have characteristics of aerobic fibers whereas those of the muscle mid-region have short sarcomeres (3.5+/-0.4 microm) characteristic of fast fibers and appear to be glycolytic. Each fiber type is characterized by several different myofibrillar protein isoforms including multiple isoforms of myosin heavy chain (MHC), troponin I (TnI), troponin T (TnT) and a crustacean fast muscle protein, P75. Three different isoforms of MHC are differentially expressed in the muscles, with fibers of the mid-region always co-expressing two isoforms at a 1:1 ratio within single fibers. Based on our analyses, we propose that these muscles are functionally divided into a two-geared system, with the aerobic fibers used for slow sustained activities and the glycolytic mid-region fibers being reserved for explosive sprints. Finally, we identified subtle differences in myofibrillar isoform expression correlated with crab body size, which changes by several orders of magnitude during an animal's lifetime.
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- Michael J Perry
- Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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Kim BK, Kim KS, Oh CW, Mykles DL, Lee SG, Kim HJ, Kim HW. Twelve actin-encoding cDNAs from the American lobster, Homarus americanus: cloning and tissue expression of eight skeletal muscle, one heart, and three cytoplasmic isoforms. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2009; 153:178-84. [PMID: 19258044 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2009.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2009] [Revised: 02/23/2009] [Accepted: 02/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lobster muscles express a diverse array of myofibrillar protein isoforms. Three fiber types (fast, slow-twitch or S1, and slow-tonic or S2) differ qualitatively and quantitatively in myosin heavy and light chains, troponin-T, -I, and -C, paramyosin, and tropomyosin variants. However, little is known about the diversity of actin isoforms present in crustacean tissues. In this report we characterized cDNAs that encode twelve actin isoforms in the American lobster, Homarus americanus: eight from skeletal muscle (Ha-ActinSK1-8), one from heart (Ha-ActinHT1), and three cytoplasmic type actins from hepatopancreas (Ha-ActinCT1-3). All twelve cDNAs were products of distinct genes, as indicated by differences in the 3'-untranslated regions (UTRs). The open reading frames specified polypeptides 376 or 377 amino acids in length. Although key amino residues are conserved in the lobster actins, variations in nearby sequences may affect actin polymerization and/or interactions with other myofibrillar proteins. Quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction showed muscle fiber type- and tissue-specific expression patterns. Ha-Actin-HT1 was expressed exclusively in heart (87% of the total; 12% of the total was Ha-ActinCT1). Ha-ActinCT1 was expressed in all tissues, while CT2 and CT3 were expressed only in hepatopancreas, with Ha-ActinCT2 as the major isoform (93% of the total). Ha-ActinSK1 and SK2 were the major isoforms (88% and 12% of the total, respectively) in the S1 fibers of crusher claw closer muscle. Fast fibers in the cutter claw closer and deep abdominal muscles differed in SK isoforms. Ha-ActinSK3, SK4, and SK5 were the major isoforms in cutter claw closer muscle (12%, 48%, and 37% of the total, respectively). Ha-ActinSK5 and SK8 were the major isoforms in deep abdominal flexor (31% and 65% of the total, respectively) and extensor (46% and 53% of the total, respectively) muscles, with SK6 and SK7 expressed at low levels. These data indicate that fast fibers in cutter claw and abdominal muscles show a phenotypic plasticity with respect to the expression of actin isoforms and may constitute discrete subtypes that differ in contractile properties.
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- Bo Kwang Kim
- Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University, Busan, 608-737 South Korea
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Hooper SL, Hobbs KH, Thuma JB. Invertebrate muscles: thin and thick filament structure; molecular basis of contraction and its regulation, catch and asynchronous muscle. Prog Neurobiol 2008; 86:72-127. [PMID: 18616971 PMCID: PMC2650078 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2008.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2007] [Revised: 05/08/2008] [Accepted: 06/12/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This is the second in a series of canonical reviews on invertebrate muscle. We cover here thin and thick filament structure, the molecular basis of force generation and its regulation, and two special properties of some invertebrate muscle, catch and asynchronous muscle. Invertebrate thin filaments resemble vertebrate thin filaments, although helix structure and tropomyosin arrangement show small differences. Invertebrate thick filaments, alternatively, are very different from vertebrate striated thick filaments and show great variation within invertebrates. Part of this diversity stems from variation in paramyosin content, which is greatly increased in very large diameter invertebrate thick filaments. Other of it arises from relatively small changes in filament backbone structure, which results in filaments with grossly similar myosin head placements (rotating crowns of heads every 14.5 nm) but large changes in detail (distances between heads in azimuthal registration varying from three to thousands of crowns). The lever arm basis of force generation is common to both vertebrates and invertebrates, and in some invertebrates this process is understood on the near atomic level. Invertebrate actomyosin is both thin (tropomyosin:troponin) and thick (primarily via direct Ca(++) binding to myosin) filament regulated, and most invertebrate muscles are dually regulated. These mechanisms are well understood on the molecular level, but the behavioral utility of dual regulation is less so. The phosphorylation state of the thick filament associated giant protein, twitchin, has been recently shown to be the molecular basis of catch. The molecular basis of the stretch activation underlying asynchronous muscle activity, however, remains unresolved.
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- Scott L. Hooper
- Neuroscience Program Department of Biological Sciences Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 614 593-0679 (voice) 614 593-0687 (FAX)
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- Neuroscience Program Department of Biological Sciences Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 614 593-0679 (voice) 614 593-0687 (FAX)
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- Neuroscience Program Department of Biological Sciences Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 614 593-0679 (voice) 614 593-0687 (FAX)
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Medler S, Lilley TR, Riehl JH, Mulder EP, Chang ES, Mykles DL. Myofibrillar gene expression in differentiating lobster claw muscles. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 307:281-95. [PMID: 17377955 DOI: 10.1002/jez.375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Lobster claw muscles undergo a process of fiber switching during development, where isomorphic muscles containing a mixture of both fast and slow fibers, become specialized into predominantly fast, or exclusively slow, muscles. Although this process has been described using histochemical methods, we lack an understanding of the shifts in gene expression that take place. In this study, we used several complementary techniques to follow changes in the expression of a number of myofibrillar genes in differentiating juvenile lobster claw muscles. RNA probes complementary to fast and slow myosin heavy chain (MHC) mRNA were used to label sections of 7th stage (approximately 3 months old) juvenile claw muscles from different stages of the molt cycle. Recently molted animals (1-5 days postmolt) had muscles with distinct regions of fast and slow gene expression, whereas muscles from later in the molt cycle (7-37 days postmolt) had regions of fast and slow MHC expression that were co-mingled and indistinct. Real-time PCR was used to quantify several myofibrillar genes in 9th and 10th stages (approximately 6 months old) juvenile claws and showed that these genes were expressed at significantly higher levels in the postmolt claws, as compared with the intermolt and premolt claws. Finally, Western blot analyses of muscle fibers from juvenile lobsters approximately 3 to 30 months in age showed a shift in troponin-I (TnI) isoform expression as the fibers differentiated into the adult phenotypes, with expression of the adult fast fiber TnI pattern lagging behind the adult slow fiber TnI pattern. Collectively, these data show that juvenile and adult fibers differ both qualitatively and quantitative in the expression of myofibrillar proteins and it may take as much as 2 years for juvenile fibers to achieve the adult phenotype.
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- Scott Medler
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
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This is the first of a projected series of canonic reviews covering all invertebrate muscle literature prior to 2005 and covers muscle genes and proteins except those involved in excitation-contraction coupling (e.g., the ryanodine receptor) and those forming ligand- and voltage-dependent channels. Two themes are of primary importance. The first is the evolutionary antiquity of muscle proteins. Actin, myosin, and tropomyosin (at least, the presence of other muscle proteins in these organisms has not been examined) exist in muscle-like cells in Radiata, and almost all muscle proteins are present across Bilateria, implying that the first Bilaterian had a complete, or near-complete, complement of present-day muscle proteins. The second is the extraordinary diversity of protein isoforms and genetic mechanisms for producing them. This rich diversity suggests that studying invertebrate muscle proteins and genes can be usefully applied to resolve phylogenetic relationships and to understand protein assembly coevolution. Fully achieving these goals, however, will require examination of a much broader range of species than has been heretofore performed.
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- Scott L Hooper
- Neuroscience Program, Department of Biological Sciences, Irvine Hall, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA.
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Medler S, Brown KJ, Chang ES, Mykles DL. Eyestalk ablation has little effect on actin and myosin heavy chain gene expression in adult lobster skeletal muscles. THE BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 2005; 208:127-137. [PMID: 15837962 DOI: 10.2307/3593121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The organization of skeletal muscles in decapod crustaceans is significantly altered during molting and development. Prior to molting, the claw muscles atrophy dramatically, facilitating their removal from the base of the claw. During development, lobster claw muscles exhibit fiber switching over several molt cycles. Such processes may be influenced by the secretion of steroid molting hormones, known collectively as ecdysteroids. To assay the effects of these hormones, we used eyestalk ablation to trigger an elevation of circulating ecdysteroids and then quantified myofibrillar mRNA levels with real-time PCR and myofibrillar protein levels by SDS-PAGE. Levels of myosin heavy chain (MHC) and actin proteins and the mRNA encoding them were largely unaffected by eyestalk ablation, but in muscles from intact animals, myofibrillar gene expression was modestly elevated in premolt and postmolt animals. In contrast, polyubiquitin mRNA was significantly elevated (about 2-fold) in claw muscles from eyestalk-ablated animals with elevated circulating ecdysteroids. Moreover, patterns of MHC and actin gene expression are significantly different among slow and fast claw muscles. Consistent with these patterns, the three muscle types differed in the relative amounts of myosin heavy chain and actin proteins. All three muscles also co-expressed fast and slow myosin isoforms, even in fibers that are generally regarded as exclusively fast or slow. These results are consistent with other recent data demonstrating co-expression of myosin isoforms in lobster muscles.
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- Scott Medler
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.
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