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Hartman JJ, Hwee DT, Robert-Paganin J, Chuang C, Chin ER, Edell S, Lee KH, Madhvani R, Paliwal P, Pernier J, Sarkar SS, Schaletzky J, Schauer K, Taheri KD, Wang J, Wehri E, Wu Y, Houdusse A, Morgan BP, Malik FI. Aficamten is a small-molecule cardiac myosin inhibitor designed to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. NATURE CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH 2024; 3:1003-1016. [PMID: 39196032 PMCID: PMC11358156 DOI: 10.1038/s44161-024-00505-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 08/29/2024]
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an inherited disease of the sarcomere resulting in excessive cardiac contractility. The first-in-class cardiac myosin inhibitor, mavacamten, improves symptoms in obstructive HCM. Here we present aficamten, a selective small-molecule inhibitor of cardiac myosin that diminishes ATPase activity by strongly slowing phosphate release, stabilizing a weak actin-binding state. Binding to an allosteric site on the myosin catalytic domain distinct from mavacamten, aficamten prevents the conformational changes necessary to enter the strongly actin-bound force-generating state. In doing so, aficamten reduces the number of functional myosin heads driving sarcomere shortening. The crystal structure of aficamten bound to cardiac myosin in the pre-powerstroke state provides a basis for understanding its selectivity over smooth and fast skeletal muscle. Furthermore, in cardiac myocytes and in mice bearing the hypertrophic R403Q cardiac myosin mutation, aficamten reduces cardiac contractility. Our findings suggest aficamten holds promise as a therapy for HCM.
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- James J Hartman
- Research and Non-Clinical Development, Cytokinetics, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Research and Non-Clinical Development, Cytokinetics, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Structural Motility, Institut Curie, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR144, Paris, France
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- Research and Non-Clinical Development, Cytokinetics, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Research and Non-Clinical Development, Cytokinetics, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Research and Non-Clinical Development, Cytokinetics, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Research and Non-Clinical Development, Cytokinetics, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Research and Non-Clinical Development, Cytokinetics, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Research and Non-Clinical Development, Cytokinetics, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Tumor Cell Dynamics Unit, Inserm U1279 Gustave Roussy Institute, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- Research and Non-Clinical Development, Cytokinetics, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Tumor Cell Dynamics Unit, Inserm U1279 Gustave Roussy Institute, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- Research and Non-Clinical Development, Cytokinetics, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Research and Non-Clinical Development, Cytokinetics, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Research and Non-Clinical Development, Cytokinetics, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Research and Non-Clinical Development, Cytokinetics, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Structural Motility, Institut Curie, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR144, Paris, France
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- Research and Non-Clinical Development, Cytokinetics, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Research and Non-Clinical Development, Cytokinetics, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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Castro AA, Nguyen A, Ahmed S, Garland T, Holt NC. Muscle-Tendon Unit Properties in Mice Bred for High Levels of Voluntary Running: Novel Physiologies, Coadaptation, Trade-Offs, and Multiple Solutions in the Evolution of Endurance Running. ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 97:191-208. [PMID: 39270325 DOI: 10.1086/731307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/15/2024]
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AbstractMuscle-tendon unit (MTU) morphology and physiology are likely major determinants of locomotor performance and therefore Darwinian fitness. However, the relationships between underlying traits, performance, and fitness are complicated by phenomena such as coadaptation, multiple solutions, and trade-offs. Here, we leverage a long-running artificial selection experiment in which mice have been bred for high levels of voluntary running to explore MTU adaptation, as well as the role of coadaptation, multiple solutions, and trade-offs, in the evolution of endurance running. We compared the morphological and contractile properties of the triceps surae complex, a major locomotor MTU, in four replicate selected lines to those of the triceps surae complex in four replicate control lines. All selected lines have lighter and shorter muscles, longer tendons, and faster muscle twitch times than all control lines. Absolute and normalized maximum shortening velocities and contractile endurance vary across selected lines. Selected lines have similar or lower absolute velocities and higher endurance than control lines. However, normalized shortening velocities are both higher and lower in selected lines than in control lines. These findings potentially show an interesting coadaptation between muscle and tendon morphology and muscle physiology, highlight multiple solutions for increasing endurance running performance, demonstrate that a trade-off between muscle speed and endurance can arise in response to selection, and suggest that a novel physiology may sometimes allow this trade-off to be circumvented.
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Hoh JFY. Developmental, Physiological and Phylogenetic Perspectives on the Expression and Regulation of Myosin Heavy Chains in Craniofacial Muscles. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:4546. [PMID: 38674131 PMCID: PMC11050549 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25084546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2024] [Revised: 04/15/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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This review deals with the developmental origins of extraocular, jaw and laryngeal muscles, the expression, regulation and functional significance of sarcomeric myosin heavy chains (MyHCs) that they express and changes in MyHC expression during phylogeny. Myogenic progenitors from the mesoderm in the prechordal plate and branchial arches specify craniofacial muscle allotypes with different repertoires for MyHC expression. To cope with very complex eye movements, extraocular muscles (EOMs) express 11 MyHCs, ranging from the superfast extraocular MyHC to the slowest, non-muscle MyHC IIB (nmMyH IIB). They have distinct global and orbital layers, singly- and multiply-innervated fibres, longitudinal MyHC variations, and palisade endings that mediate axon reflexes. Jaw-closing muscles express the high-force masticatory MyHC and cardiac or limb MyHCs depending on the appropriateness for the acquisition and mastication of food. Laryngeal muscles express extraocular and limb muscle MyHCs but shift toward expressing slower MyHCs in large animals. During postnatal development, MyHC expression of craniofacial muscles is subject to neural and hormonal modulation. The primary and secondary myotubes of developing EOMs are postulated to induce, via different retrogradely transported neurotrophins, the rich diversity of neural impulse patterns that regulate the specific MyHCs that they express. Thyroid hormone shifts MyHC 2A toward 2B in jaw muscles, laryngeal muscles and possibly extraocular muscles. This review highlights the fact that the pattern of myosin expression in mammalian craniofacial muscles is principally influenced by the complex interplay of cell lineages, neural impulse patterns, thyroid and other hormones, functional demands and body mass. In these respects, craniofacial muscles are similar to limb muscles, but they differ radically in the types of cell lineage and the nature of their functional demands.
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- Joseph Foon Yoong Hoh
- Discipline of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Swinnen W, Lievens E, Hoogkamer W, De Groote F, Derave W, Vanwanseele B. Muscle fibre typology affects whole-body metabolic rate during isolated muscle contractions and human locomotion. J Physiol 2024; 602:1297-1311. [PMID: 38493355 DOI: 10.1113/jp285846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024] Open
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The wide variation in muscle fibre type distribution across individuals, along with the very different energy consumption rates in slow versus fast muscle fibres, suggests that muscle fibre typology contributes to inter-individual differences in metabolic rate during exercise. However, this has been hard to demonstrate due to the gap between a single muscle fibre and full-body exercises. We investigated the isolated effect of triceps surae muscle contraction velocity on whole-body metabolic rate during cyclic contractions in individuals a priori selected for their predominantly slow (n = 11) or fast (n = 10) muscle fibre typology by means of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS). Subsequently, we examined their whole-body metabolic rate during walking and running at 2 m/s, exercises with comparable metabolic rates but distinct triceps surae muscle force and velocity demands (walking: low force, high velocity; running: high force, low velocity). Increasing triceps surae contraction velocity during cyclic contractions elevated net whole-body metabolic rate for both typology groups. However, the slow group consumed substantially less net metabolic energy at the slowest contraction velocity, but the metabolic difference between groups diminished at faster velocities. Consistent with the more economic force production during slow contractions, the slow group exhibited lower metabolic rates than the fast group while running, whereas metabolic rates were similar during walking. These findings provide important insights into the influence of muscle fibre typology on whole-body metabolic rate and emphasize the importance of considering muscle mechanical demands to understand muscle fibre typology related differences in whole-body metabolic rates. KEY POINTS: Muscle fibre typology is often suggested to affect whole-body metabolic rate, yet convincing in vivo evidence is lacking. Using isolated plantar flexor muscle contractions in individuals a priori selected for their predominantly slow or fast muscle fibre typology, we demonstrated that having predominantly slow muscle fibres provides a metabolic advantage during slow muscle contractions, but this benefit disappeared at faster contractions. We extended these results to full-body exercises, where we demonstrated that higher proportions of slow fibres associated with better economy during running but not when walking. These findings provide important insights into the influence of muscle fibre typology on whole-body metabolic rate and emphasize the importance of considering muscle mechanical demands to understand muscle fibre typology related differences in whole-body metabolic rate.
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- Wannes Swinnen
- Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Lloyd EM, Pinniger GJ, Murphy RM, Grounds MD. Slow or fast: Implications of myofibre type and associated differences for manifestation of neuromuscular disorders. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2023; 238:e14012. [PMID: 37306196 DOI: 10.1111/apha.14012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Many neuromuscular disorders can have a differential impact on a specific myofibre type, forming the central premise of this review. The many different skeletal muscles in mammals contain a spectrum of slow- to fast-twitch myofibres with varying levels of protein isoforms that determine their distinctive contractile, metabolic, and other properties. The variations in functional properties across the range of classic 'slow' to 'fast' myofibres are outlined, combined with exemplars of the predominantly slow-twitch soleus and fast-twitch extensor digitorum longus muscles, species comparisons, and techniques used to study these properties. Other intrinsic and extrinsic differences are discussed in the context of slow and fast myofibres. These include inherent susceptibility to damage, myonecrosis, and regeneration, plus extrinsic nerves, extracellular matrix, and vasculature, examined in the context of growth, ageing, metabolic syndrome, and sexual dimorphism. These many differences emphasise the importance of carefully considering the influence of myofibre-type composition on manifestation of various neuromuscular disorders across the lifespan for both sexes. Equally, understanding the different responses of slow and fast myofibres due to intrinsic and extrinsic factors can provide deep insight into the precise molecular mechanisms that initiate and exacerbate various neuromuscular disorders. This focus on the influence of different myofibre types is of fundamental importance to enhance translation for clinical management and therapies for many skeletal muscle disorders.
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- Erin M Lloyd
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Hoh JFY. Developmental, physiologic and phylogenetic perspectives on the expression and regulation of myosin heavy chains in mammalian skeletal muscles. J Comp Physiol B 2023:10.1007/s00360-023-01499-0. [PMID: 37277594 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-023-01499-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The kinetics of myosin controls the speed and power of muscle contraction. Mammalian skeletal muscles express twelve kinetically different myosin heavy chain (MyHC) genes which provides a wide range of muscle speeds to meet different functional demands. Myogenic progenitors from diverse craniofacial and somitic mesoderm specify muscle allotypes with different repertoires for MyHC expression. This review provides a brief synopsis on the historical and current views on how cell lineage, neural impulse patterns, and thyroid hormone influence MyHC gene expression in muscles of the limb allotype during development and in adult life and the molecular mechanisms thereof. During somitic myogenesis, embryonic and foetal myoblast lineages form slow and fast primary and secondary myotube ontotypes which respond differently to postnatal neural and thyroidal influences to generate fully differentiated fibre phenotypes. Fibres of a given phenotype may arise from myotubes of different ontotypes which retain their capacity to respond differently to neural and thyroidal influences during postnatal life. This gives muscles physiological plasticity to adapt to fluctuations in thyroid hormone levels and patterns of use. The kinetics of MyHC isoforms vary inversely with animal body mass. Fast 2b fibres are specifically absent in muscles involved in elastic energy saving in hopping marsupials and generally absent in large eutherian mammals. Changes in MyHC expression are viewed in the context of the physiology of the whole animal. The roles of myoblast lineage and thyroid hormone in regulating MyHC gene expression are phylogenetically the most ancient while that of neural impulse patterns the most recent.
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- Joseph Foon Yoong Hoh
- Discipline of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
- , PO Box 152, Killara, NSW, 2071, Australia.
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Li J, Liang R, Mao Y, Yang X, Luo X, Qian Z, Zhang Y, Zhu L. Effect of dietary resveratrol supplementation on muscle fiber types and meat quality in beef cattle. Meat Sci 2022; 194:108986. [PMID: 36152602 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2022.108986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In order to investigate the effect of dietary resveratrol supplementation on muscle fiber types and meat quality in beef cattle, a feeding experiment was undertaken. Longissimus lumborum, Psoas major and Semitendinosus muscles were collected 24 h post-mortem from two groups of cattle, which were fed with a total mixed ration (Control - CON) or supplemented with resveratrol (5 g/animal/day, RES) for 120 d before slaughter. The results showed that dietary resveratrol increased the gene expression of MyHC I and enhanced the proportion of type I fibers in three muscles. The cooking loss and Warner-Bratzler shear force of all muscles during aging for 21 days were decreased. However, the increased proportion of type I fibers resulted in a darker initial color, but did improve color stability, as the a* value of RES samples was lower initially but higher in the later stage of aging. This study indicates the supplementation potential of resveratrol for beef cattle for tenderness and color stability.
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- Jiqiang Li
- Lab of Beef Processing and Quality Control, College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China; National R&D Center for Beef Processing Technology, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China
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- Lab of Beef Processing and Quality Control, College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China; National R&D Center for Beef Processing Technology, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China.
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- Lab of Beef Processing and Quality Control, College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China; National R&D Center for Beef Processing Technology, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China.
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- Lab of Beef Processing and Quality Control, College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China; National R&D Center for Beef Processing Technology, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China.
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- Lab of Beef Processing and Quality Control, College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China; National R&D Center for Beef Processing Technology, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China.
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- Shangdu Hengchang Co., Ltd., Caoxian, Shandong 274400, PR China
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- Lab of Beef Processing and Quality Control, College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China; National R&D Center for Beef Processing Technology, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China.
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- Lab of Beef Processing and Quality Control, College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China; National R&D Center for Beef Processing Technology, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China.
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Pereyra AS, Lin CT, Sanchez DM, Laskin J, Spangenburg EE, Neufer PD, Fisher-Wellman K, Ellis JM. Skeletal muscle undergoes fiber type metabolic switch without myosin heavy chain switch in response to defective fatty acid oxidation. Mol Metab 2022; 59:101456. [PMID: 35150906 PMCID: PMC8898976 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2022.101456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Revised: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Skeletal muscle is a heterogeneous and dynamic tissue that adapts to functional demands and substrate availability by modulating muscle fiber size and type. The concept of muscle fiber type relates to its contractile (slow or fast) and metabolic (glycolytic or oxidative) properties. Here, we tested whether disruptions in muscle oxidative catabolism are sufficient to prompt parallel adaptations in energetics and contractile protein composition. METHODS Mice with defective mitochondrial long-chain fatty acid oxidation (mLCFAO) in the skeletal muscle due to loss of carnitine palmitoyltransferase 2 (Cpt2Sk-/-) were used to model a shift in muscle macronutrient catabolism. Glycolytic and oxidative muscles of Cpt2Sk-/- mice and control littermates were compared for the expression of energy metabolism-related proteins, mitochondrial respiratory capacity, and myosin heavy chain isoform composition. RESULTS Differences in bioenergetics and macronutrient utilization in response to energy demands between control muscles were intrinsic to the mitochondria, allowing for a clear distinction of muscle types. Loss of CPT2 ablated mLCFAO and resulted in mitochondrial biogenesis occurring most predominantly in oxidative muscle fibers. The metabolism-related proteomic signature of Cpt2Sk-/- oxidative muscle more closely resembled that of glycolytic muscle than of control oxidative muscle. Respectively, intrinsic substrate-supported mitochondrial respiration of CPT2 deficient oxidative muscles shifted to closely match that of glycolytic muscles. Despite this shift in mitochondrial metabolism, CPT2 deletion did not result in contractile-based fiber type switching according to myosin heavy chain composition analysis. CONCLUSION The loss of mitochondrial long-chain fatty acid oxidation elicits an adaptive response involving conversion of oxidative muscle toward a metabolic profile that resembles a glycolytic muscle, but this is not accompanied by changes in myosin heavy chain isoforms. These data suggest that shifts in muscle catabolism are not sufficient to drive shifts in the contractile apparatus but are sufficient to drive adaptive changes in metabolic properties.
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- Andrea S Pereyra
- Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Department of Physiology and East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA.
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- Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Department of Physiology and East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Department of Physiology and East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA
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- Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Department of Physiology and East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA
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- Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Department of Physiology and East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA
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- Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Department of Physiology and East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA.
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Li M, Coppo L, Jena BP, Larsson L. The optimized quantum dot mediated thermometry reveals isoform specific differences in efficiency of myosin extracted from muscle mini bundles. Arch Biochem Biophys 2022; 722:109212. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2022.109212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cieri RL, Dick TJM, Morris JS, Clemente CJ. Scaling of fibre area and fibre glycogen concentration in the hindlimb musculature of monitor lizards: implications for locomotor performance with increasing body size. J Exp Biol 2022; 225:274383. [PMID: 35258618 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.243380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A considerable biomechanical challenge faces larger terrestrial animals as the demands of body support scale with body mass (Mb), while muscle force capacity is proportional to muscle cross-sectional area, which scales with Mb2/3. How muscles adjust to this challenge might be best understood by examining varanids, which vary by five orders of magnitude in size without substantial changes in posture or body proportions. Muscle mass, fascicle length and physiological cross-sectional area all scale with positive allometry, but it remains unclear, however, how muscles become larger in this clade. Do larger varanids have more muscle fibres, or does individual fibre cross-sectional area (fCSA) increase? It is also unknown if larger animals compensate by increasing the proportion of fast-twitch (higher glycogen concentration) fibres, which can produce higher force per unit area than slow-twitch fibres. We investigated muscle fibre area and glycogen concentration in hindlimb muscles from varanids ranging from 105 g to 40,000 g. We found that fCSA increased with modest positive scaling against body mass (Mb0.197) among all our samples, and ∝Mb0.278 among a subset of our data consisting of never-frozen samples only. The proportion of low-glycogen fibres decreased significantly in some muscles but not others. We compared our results with the scaling of fCSA in different groups. Considering species means, fCSA scaled more steeply in invertebrates (∝Mb0.575), fish (∝Mb0.347) and other reptiles (∝Mb0.308) compared with varanids (∝Mb0.267), which had a slightly higher scaling exponent than birds (∝Mb0.134) and mammals (∝Mb0.122). This suggests that, while fCSA generally increases with body size, the extent of this scaling is taxon specific, and may relate to broad differences in locomotor function, metabolism and habitat between different clades.
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- Robert L Cieri
- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD 4556, Australia
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD 4556, Australia.,School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Biology, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC 29303, USA
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD 4556, Australia.,School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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Ducrocq GP, Blain GM. Relationship between neuromuscular fatigue, muscle activation and the work done above the critical power during severe intensity exercise. Exp Physiol 2022; 107:312-325. [PMID: 35137992 DOI: 10.1113/ep090043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? Does the work done above critical power (W') or muscle activation determine the degree of peripheral fatigue induced by cycling time-trials performed in the severe intensity domain? What is the main finding and its importance? We found that peripheral fatigue increased when power output and muscle activation increased whereas W' did not change between the time-trials. Therefore, no relationship was found between W' and exercise-induced peripheral fatigue such as previously postulated in the literature. In contrast, we found a significant association between EMG amplitude during exercise and exercise-induced reduction in the potentiated quadriceps twitch, suggesting that muscle activation plays a key role in determining peripheral fatigue during severe intensity exercise. ABSTRACT In order to determine the relationship between peripheral fatigue, muscle activation and the total work done above critical power (W'), ten men and four women performed, on separated days, self-paced cycling time-trials of 3, 6, 10, and 15 min. Exercise-induced quadriceps fatigue was quantified using pre- to post-exercise (15 s through 15 min recovery) changes in maximal voluntary contraction peak force (MVC), voluntary activation (VA) and potentiated twitch force (QT). VA was measured using the interpolated twitch technique, and QT was evoked by electrical stimulations of the femoral nerve. Quadriceps muscle activation was determined using the root mean square of surface electromyography of vastus lateralis (VLRMS ), vastus medialis (VMRMS ) and rectus femoris (RFRMS ). Critical power and W' were calculated from the power/duration relationship from the four time-trials. Mean power output and mean VLRMS , VMRMS and RFRMS were greater during shorter compared to longer exercises (P<0.05) whereas no significant between-trials change in W' was found. The magnitude of exercise-induced reductions in QT increased with the increase in power output (P<0.001) and were associated with mean VLRMS and VMRMS (P<0.001, r2 >0.369) but not W' (P>0.150, r2 <0.044). Reduction in VA tended (P = 0.067) to be more pronounced with the lengthening in time-trial duration while no significant between-trials change in MVC were found. Our data suggest that peripheral fatigue is not related to the amount of work done above the critical power but rather to the level of muscle activation during exercise the severe intensity domain. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Guillaume P Ducrocq
- LAMHESS, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.,Faculty of Medicine, Mitochondria, Oxidative Stress and Muscular Protection laboratory (UR 3072), University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.,Faculty of Sport Sciences, European Centre for Education, Research and Innovation in Exercise Physiology (CEERIPE), University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Rader EP, Naimo MA, Ensey J, Baker BA. Improved impedance to maladaptation and enhanced VCAM-1 upregulation with resistance-type training in the long-lived Snell dwarf ( Pit1dw/dw) mouse. Aging (Albany NY) 2022; 14:1157-1185. [PMID: 35113807 PMCID: PMC8876912 DOI: 10.18632/aging.203875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Snell dwarf mice with the Pit1dw/dw mutation are deficient in growth hormone, prolactin, and thyroid stimulating hormone and exhibit >40% lifespan extension. This longevity is accompanied by compromised muscular performance. However, research regarding young (3-month-old) Snell dwarf mice demonstrate exceptional responsivity to resistance-type training especially in terms of a shifted fiber type distribution and increased protein levels of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), a possible mediator of such remodeling. In the present study, we investigated whether this responsiveness persists at 12 months of age. Unlike 12-month-old control mice, age-matched Snell dwarf mice remained resistant to training-induced maladaptive decreases in performance and muscle mass. This was accompanied by retainment of the remodeling capacity in muscles of Snell dwarf mice to increase VCAM-1 protein levels and a shift in myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform distribution with training. Even decreasing training frequency for control mice, an alteration which protected muscles from maladaptation at 12 months of age, did not result in the overt remodeling observed for Snell dwarf mice. The results demonstrate a distinct remodeling response to resistance-type exercise operative in the context of the Pit1dw/dw mutation of long-lived Snell dwarf mice.
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- Erik P. Rader
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
- West Virginia School of Medicine, Division of Exercise Physiology, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
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Lertwanakarn T, Suntravat M, Sánchez EE, Wolska BM, Solaro RJ, de Tombe PP, Tachampa K. Negative inotropic mechanisms of β-cardiotoxin in cardiomyocytes by depression of myofilament ATPase activity without activation of the classical β-adrenergic pathway. Sci Rep 2021; 11:21154. [PMID: 34707114 PMCID: PMC8551325 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00282-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Beta-cardiotoxin (β-CTX) from the king cobra venom (Ophiophagus hannah) was previously proposed as a novel β-adrenergic blocker. However, the involvement of β-adrenergic signaling by this compound has never been elucidated. The objectives of this study were to investigate the underlying mechanisms of β-CTX as a β-blocker and its association with the β-adrenergic pathway. The effects of β-CTX on isolated cardiac myocyte functions, calcium homeostasis, the phosphorylation level of targeted proteins, and the myofibrillar ATPase activity were studied. Healthy Sprague Dawley rats were used for cardiomyocytes isolation. Like propranolol, β-CTX attenuated the cardiomyocyte inotropy and calcium transient alterations as induced by isoproterenol stimulation. In contrast, these effects were not observed in forskolin-treated cells. Interestingly, cardiomyocytes treated with β-CTX showed no changes in phosphorylation level at any PKA-targeted sites in the myofilaments as demonstrated in Western blot analysis. The skinned fibers study revealed no change in myofilament kinetics by β-CTX. However, this protein exhibited the direct inhibition of myofibrillar ATPase activity with calcium de-sensitization of the enzyme. In summary, the negative inotropic mechanism of β-CTX was discovered. β-CTX exhibits an atypical β-blocker mechanism. These properties of β-CTX may benefit in developing a novel agent aid to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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- Tuchakorn Lertwanakarn
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- National Natural Toxins Research Center, Texas-A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, USA.,Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, USA
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- National Natural Toxins Research Center, Texas-A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, USA.,Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.,Department of Medicine, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.,Phymedexp, Université de Montpellier, Inserm, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Effects of Cold Exposure on Performance and Skeletal Muscle Fiber in Weaned Piglets. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:ani11072148. [PMID: 34359276 PMCID: PMC8300759 DOI: 10.3390/ani11072148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Low-temperature is one of the most significant risks for the animal industry. In light of this, the present study aimed to explore the effects of low-temperature on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, myofiber types and mitochondrial function in weaned piglets. A total of sixteen 21-day-old male Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire (DLY) piglets were randomly divided into a control group (CON, 26 ± 1 °C) and a low-temperature group (LT, 15 ± 1 °C), with eight duplicate piglets in each group. The trial period lasted for 21 days. We showed that LT not only increased the ADFI (p < 0.05), as well as increasing the diarrhea incidence and diarrhea index of weaned piglets in the early stage of the experiment (p < 0.01), but it also decreased the apparent digestibility of crude protein (CP), organic matter (OM) and dry matter (DM) (p < 0.05). Meanwhile, in the LT group, the mRNA expression of MyHC IIa (p < 0.05) in longissimus dorsi muscle (LM) and MyHC I (p < 0.01) in psoas muscle (PM) were increased, while the mRNA expression of MyHC IIx in PM was decreased (p < 0.05). In addition, LT increased the mRNA expression of mitochondrial function-related genes citrate synthase (CS) and succinate dehydrogenase-b (SDHB) in LM, as well as increased the mRNA expression of CS (p < 0.05) and carnitine palmitoyl transferase-1b (CPT-1b) (p < 0.01) in PM. Furthermore, LT increased the T-AOC activity in serum and LM (p < 0.01), as well as increased the T-SOD activity in PM (p < 0.05). Taken together, these findings showed that low-temperature could negatively affect the growth performance and nutrient digestibility, but resulted in a shift toward oxidative muscle fibers, which may occur through mitochondrial function regulation.
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Sahd L, Doubell N, Bennett NC, Kotzé SH. Hind foot drumming: Myosin heavy chain muscle fiber distribution in the hind limb muscles of three African mole-rat species (Bathyergidae). Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2021; 305:170-183. [PMID: 34240567 DOI: 10.1002/ar.24712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hind foot drumming as a form of seismic signaling plays a pivotal role in the communication of various mammalian species including Bathyergidae (African mole-rats). The aim of the present study was to histologically determine if the action of hind foot drumming would influence the number of type II fibers present in the hind limb muscles of two drumming (Georychus capensis and Bathyergus suillus) and one non-drumming (Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis) bathyergid species. Twenty-one frozen muscles of each species were selected for the purpose of mid-belly cryostat sections. These sections were immunohistochemically labeled for myosin heavy chain slow muscle fibers (MHCs). In addition, oxidative capacity was determined by means of histochemical staining. A high percentage of fast type II muscle fibers was found in all the functional muscle groups, although there were no statistical differences between the drumming and non-drumming species. Bathyergus suillus had significantly fewer type II fibers in mm. semitendinosus, gluteofemoralis, tibialis cranialis, plantaris, and the medial head of m. gastrocnemius compared to the other two species. In all three species, the majority of the muscle fibers in all functional muscle groups demonstrated low oxidative capacity which correlated with the expression of type II muscle fibers. It therefore seems likely that the number of type II muscle fibers in the hind limb muscles of the Bathyergidae species studied here is more influenced by either body size or digging strategy rather than being an adaptation for hind foot drumming.
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- Lauren Sahd
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Division of Clinical Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Division of Clinical Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Division of Clinical Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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Popova SS, Yurshenas DA, Mikhailova GZ, Bobyleva LG, Salmov NN, Tyapkina OV, Nurullin LF, Gazizova GR, Nigmetzyanov IR, Gusev OA, Zakharova NM, Vikhlyantsev IM. Stable Level of Giant Sarcomeric Cytoskeletal Proteins in Striated Muscles of the Edible Dormouse Glis glis during Hibernation. J EVOL BIOCHEM PHYS+ 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022093021040128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Khodabukus A. Tissue-Engineered Skeletal Muscle Models to Study Muscle Function, Plasticity, and Disease. Front Physiol 2021; 12:619710. [PMID: 33716768 PMCID: PMC7952620 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.619710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Skeletal muscle possesses remarkable plasticity that permits functional adaptations to a wide range of signals such as motor input, exercise, and disease. Small animal models have been pivotal in elucidating the molecular mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle adaptation and plasticity. However, these small animal models fail to accurately model human muscle disease resulting in poor clinical success of therapies. Here, we review the potential of in vitro three-dimensional tissue-engineered skeletal muscle models to study muscle function, plasticity, and disease. First, we discuss the generation and function of in vitro skeletal muscle models. We then discuss the genetic, neural, and hormonal factors regulating skeletal muscle fiber-type in vivo and the ability of current in vitro models to study muscle fiber-type regulation. We also evaluate the potential of these systems to be utilized in a patient-specific manner to accurately model and gain novel insights into diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and volumetric muscle loss. We conclude with a discussion on future developments required for tissue-engineered skeletal muscle models to become more mature, biomimetic, and widely utilized for studying muscle physiology, disease, and clinical use.
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- Alastair Khodabukus
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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Hokken R, Laugesen S, Aagaard P, Suetta C, Frandsen U, Ørtenblad N, Nielsen J. Subcellular localization- and fibre type-dependent utilization of muscle glycogen during heavy resistance exercise in elite power and Olympic weightlifters. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2021; 231:e13561. [PMID: 32961628 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Revised: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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AIM Glycogen particles are found in different subcellular localizations, which are utilized heterogeneously in different fibre types during endurance exercise. Although resistance exercise typically involves only a moderate use of mixed muscle glycogen, the hypothesis of the present study was that high-volume heavy-load resistance exercise would mediate a pattern of substantial glycogen depletion in specific subcellular localizations and fibre types. METHODS 10 male elite weightlifters performed resistance exercise consisting of four sets of five (4 × 5) repetitions at 75% of 1RM back squats, 4 × 5 at 75% of 1RM deadlifts and 4 × 12 at 65% of 1RM rear foot elevated split squats. Muscle biopsies (vastus lateralis) were obtained before and after the exercise session. The volumetric content of intermyofibrillar (between myofibrils), intramyofibrillar (within myofibrils) and subsarcolemmal glycogen was assessed by transmission electron microscopy. RESULTS After exercise, biochemically determined muscle glycogen decreased by 38 (31:45)%. Location-specific glycogen analyses revealed in type 1 fibres a large decrement in intermyofibrillar glycogen, but no or only minor changes in intramyofibrillar or subsarcolemmal glycogen. In type 2 fibres, large decrements in glycogen were observed in all subcellular localizations. Notably, a substantial fraction of the type 2 fibres demonstrated near-depleted levels of intramyofibrillar glycogen after the exercise session. CONCLUSION Heavy resistance exercise mediates a substantial utilization of glycogen from all three subcellular localization in type 2 fibres, while mostly taxing intermyofibrillar glycogen stores in type 1 fibres. Thus, a better understanding of the impact of resistance training on myocellular metabolism and performance requires a focus on compartmentalized glycogen utilization.
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- Rune Hokken
- Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics University of Southern Denmark Odense M Denmark
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- Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics University of Southern Denmark Odense M Denmark
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- Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics University of Southern Denmark Odense M Denmark
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- Geriatric Research Unit Department of Geriatrics Bispebjerg‐Frederiksberg and Herlev‐Gentofte HospitalsUniversity of Copenhagen Kobenhavn Denmark
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- Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics University of Southern Denmark Odense M Denmark
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- Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics University of Southern Denmark Odense M Denmark
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- Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics University of Southern Denmark Odense M Denmark
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Kim E, Wu F, Wu X, Choo HJ. Generation of craniofacial myogenic progenitor cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells for skeletal muscle tissue regeneration. Biomaterials 2020; 248:119995. [PMID: 32283390 PMCID: PMC7232788 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.119995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Craniofacial skeletal muscle is composed of approximately 60 muscles, which have critical functions including food uptake, eye movements and facial expressions. Although craniofacial muscles have significantly different embryonic origin, most current skeletal muscle differentiation protocols using human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are based on somite-derived limb and trunk muscle developmental pathways. Since the lack of a protocol for craniofacial muscles is a significant gap in the iPSC-derived muscle field, we have developed an optimized protocol to generate craniofacial myogenic precursor cells (cMPCs) from human iPSCs by mimicking key signaling pathways during craniofacial embryonic myogenesis. At each different stage, human iPSC-derived cMPCs mirror the transcription factor expression profiles seen in their counterparts during embryo development. After the bi-potential cranial pharyngeal mesoderm is established, cells are committed to cranial skeletal muscle lineages with inhibition of cardiac lineages and are purified by flow cytometry. Furthermore, identities of Ipsc-derived cMPCs are verified with human primary myoblasts from craniofacial muscles using RNA sequencing. These data suggest that our new method could provide not only in vitro research tools to study muscle specificity of muscular dystrophy but also abundant and reliable cellular resources for tissue engineering to support craniofacial reconstruction surgery.
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- Eunhye Kim
- Department of Cell Biology, School of Medcine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, School of Medcine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA; Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, School of Medcine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
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Anderson LB, Latour CD, Khader O, Massey BH, Cobb B, Pond AL. Ether-a-go-go related gene-1a potassium channel abundance varies within specific skeletal muscle fiber type. Eur J Transl Myol 2019; 29:8402. [PMID: 31579487 PMCID: PMC6767934 DOI: 10.4081/ejtm.2019.8402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The ERG1A K+ channel, which is partially responsible for repolarization of the cardiac action potential, has also been reported in skeletal muscle where it modulates ubiquitin proteolysis. Because ERG1A protein appears variably expressed in muscles composed of mixed fiber types, we hypothesized that its abundance in skeletal muscle might differ with fiber type. Indeed, skeletal muscle fibers vary in speed of contraction (fast or slow), which is mainly determined by myosin heavy chain (MyHC) isoform content, but a sarcolemmal K+ channel might also modulate contraction speed. To test our hypothesis, we cryo-sectioned Soleus (SOL), Extensor Digitorum Longus (EDL), and Gastrocnemius muscles from five rats. These muscles were chosen because the SOL and EDL contain an abundance of slow- and fast-twitch fibers, respectively, while the Gastrocnemius has a more heterogeneous composition. The muscle sections were co-immunostained for the ERG1A protein and either the fast- or slow-twitch MyHC to identify fiber type. ERG1A fluorescence was then measured in the sarcolemma of each fiber type and compared. The data reveal that the ERG1A protein is more abundant in the fibers of the SOL than in the EDL muscles, suggesting ERG1A may be more abundant in the slow than the fast fibers, and this was confirmed with immunoblot. However, because of the homogeneity of fiber type within these muscles, it was not possible to get enough data from both fiber types within a single muscle to compare ERG1A composition within fiber type. However, immunohistochemistry of sections from the fiber type heterogeneous Gastrocnemius muscle reveals that slow fibers had, on average, a 17.2% greater ERG1A fluorescence intensity than fast fibers (p<0.03). Further, immunoblot reveals that ERG1A protein is 41.6% more abundant (p=0.051) in old than in young rat Gastrocnemius muscle. We postulate that this membrane bound voltage-gated channel may affect membrane characteristics, the duration of the action potential generated, and/or the speed of contraction. Indeed, ERG1A protein is more abundant in aged and atrophic skeletal muscle, both of which exhibit slower rates of contraction.
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- Luke B. Anderson
- Department of Anatomy, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, IL
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Anatomy, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, IL
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- Department of Anatomy, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, IL
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- Department of Anatomy, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, IL
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Philippe AG, Lionne C, Sanchez AMJ, Pagano AF, Candau R. Increase in muscle power is associated with myofibrillar ATPase adaptations during resistance training. Exp Physiol 2019; 104:1274-1285. [DOI: 10.1113/ep087071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Antony G. Philippe
- Université de Montpellier INRA UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme F‐34060 Montpellier France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale CNRS UMR 5048 – UM – INSERM U 1054 Montpellier France
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- Laboratoire Européen Performance Santé AltitudeEA4604, University of Perpignan Via DomitiaFaculty of Sports Sciences Font‐Romeu France
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- Université de Montpellier INRA UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme F‐34060 Montpellier France
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- Université de Montpellier INRA UMR866 Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme F‐34060 Montpellier France
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Ferrara PJ, Verkerke ARP, Brault JJ, Funai K. Hypothermia Decreases O2 Cost for Ex Vivo Contraction in Mouse Skeletal Muscle. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2019; 50:2015-2023. [PMID: 29787474 DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000001673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Evidence suggests that the energy efficiency of key ATPases involved in skeletal muscle contractile activity is improved in a hypothermic condition. However, it is unclear how a decrease in temperature affects skeletal muscle O2 consumption (mVO2) induced by muscle contraction. METHODS Isolated mouse extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles were incubated in a temperature-controlled (37°C or 25°C) bath that included an O2 probe. EDL muscles from one limb were subjected to the measurement of resting mVO2, and the contralateral EDL muscles were used for the measurement of mVO2 with electrically stimulated contraction. For the resting protocol, muscles were suspended at resting tension for 15 min with continuous O2 recordings. For the contraction protocol, EDL muscles underwent 10 electrically stimulated isometric contractions with continuous O2 recordings for 15 min. The rate of O2 disappearance was quantified as micromoles of O2 per minute and normalized to the wet weight of the muscle. RESULTS Resting mVO2 was greater at 37°C than at 25°C, consistent with the idea that lower temperature reduces basal metabolic rate. Electrically stimulated contraction robustly increased mVO2 at both 37°C and 25°C, which was sustained for ~3 min postcontraction. During that period, mVO2 was elevated approximately fivefold at both 37°C and 25°C. Greater contraction-induced mVO2 at 37°C compared with 25°C occurred despite lower force generated at 37°C than at 25°C. CONCLUSIONS Together, O2 cost for muscle contraction (force-time integral per O2 consumed) was greater at 37°C than at 25°C. Levels of high-energy phosphates were consistent with greater energy demand at 37°C compared with 25°C. In conclusion, these results indicate that muscle contraction that occurs at subnormal temperature requires less O2 than at 37°C.
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- Patrick J Ferrara
- Diabetes & Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.,Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.,Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Diabetes & Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.,Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.,Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.,Department of Physiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.,East Carolina Diabetes & Obesity Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
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- Diabetes & Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.,Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.,Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.,Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.,Department of Physiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.,East Carolina Diabetes & Obesity Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.,Molecular Medicine Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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Kim JH, Graber TG, Liu H, Asakura A, Thompson LV. Increasing myosin light chain 3f (MLC3f) protects against a decline in contractile velocity. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0214982. [PMID: 30964931 PMCID: PMC6456215 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Disuse induces adaptations in skeletal muscle, which lead to muscle deterioration. Hindlimb-unloading (HU) is a well-established model to investigate cellular mechanisms responsible for disuse-induced skeletal muscle dysfunction. In myosin heavy chain (MHC) type IIB fibers HU induces a reduction in contraction speed (Vo) and a reduction in the relative myosin light chain 3f (MLC3f) protein content compared with myosin light chain 1f (MLC1f) protein. This study tested the hypothesis that increasing the relative MLC3f protein content via rAd-MLC3f vector delivery would attenuate the HU-induced decline in Vo in single MHC type IIB fibers. Fischer-344 rats were randomly assigned to one of three groups: control, HU for 7 days, and HU for 7 days plus rAd-MLC3f. The semimembranosus muscles were injected with rAd-MLC3f (3.75 x 1011–5 x 1011 ifu/ml) at four days after the initiation of HU. In single MHC type IIB fibers the relative MLC3f content decreased by 25% (12.00±0.60% to 9.06±0.66%) and Vo was reduced by 29% (3.22±0.14fl/s vs. 2.27±0.08fl/s) with HU compared to the control group. The rAd-MLC3f injection resulted in an increase in the relative MLC3f content (12.26±1.19%) and a concomitant increase in Vo (2.90±0.15fl/s) of MHC type IIB fibers. A positive relationship was observed between the percent of MLC3f content and Vo. Maximal isometric force and specific tension were reduced with HU by 49% (741.45±44.24μN to 379.09±23.77μN) and 33% (97.58±4.25kN/m2 to 65.05±2.71kN/m2), respectively compared to the control group. The rAd-MLC3f injection did not change the HU-induced decline in force or specific tension. Collectively, these results indicate that rAd-MLC3f injection rescues hindlimb unloading-induced decline in Vo in MHC type IIB single muscle fibers.
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- Jong-Hee Kim
- Department of Physical Education, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Vanden Hole C, Cleuren S, Van Ginneken C, Prims S, Ayuso M, Van Cruchten S, Aerts P. How does intrauterine crowding affect locomotor performance in newborn pigs? A study of force generating capacity and muscle composition of the hind limb. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0209233. [PMID: 30550550 PMCID: PMC6294349 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Intrauterine crowding (IUC) considerably influences postnatal traits in a polytocous species such as the pig. Previously, our group described how IUC affects locomotion during the piglet’s first days of life (until 96 h after birth). We noted a reduced motor performance in piglets with a low birth weight and low vitality (L piglets), compared to piglets with a normal birth weight and normal vitality (N piglets), indicating L piglets are unable to produce enough force. Our current study investigates whether this observed force deficit in L piglets is caused by a reduced force generating capacity in the muscles and/or a lower percentage of type II (fast-contracting) fibers. Volume and fiber length of the main extensor muscles of the hind limb were used to estimate the physiological cross-sectional area (PSCA) and hence calculate the maximal isometric force generating capacity (Fiso-max) of the hind limb. To check for developmental differences between the muscles of L and N piglets, Fiso-max was normalized to body weight (BW), thus yielding a dimensionless variable F’iso-max. To check for differences in muscle composition, m. vastus lateralis was stained immunohistochemically in order to determine the percentage of type II fibers through image analysis. Our results indicate that L piglets have a reduced absolute force generating capacity due to a lesser muscle mass, compared to N piglets. However, when normalized to BW L piglets actually show a larger force generating capacity, suggesting their muscles are more voluminous, given their body mass, than those of N piglets. However, no differences between L and N piglets were detected with regard to muscle composition of the m. vastus lateralis. Based on our data, we can say that neither normalized force generating capacity, nor muscle composition (of the m. vastus lateralis) can explain the observed force deficit in L piglets and as such the effect of IUC on locomotor performance.
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- Charlotte Vanden Hole
- Laboratory of Applied Veterinary Morphology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical, Pharmaceutical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Applied Veterinary Morphology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical, Pharmaceutical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Applied Veterinary Morphology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical, Pharmaceutical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Applied Veterinary Morphology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical, Pharmaceutical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Applied Veterinary Morphology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical, Pharmaceutical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Applied Veterinary Morphology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical, Pharmaceutical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Functional Morphology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
- Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Spainhower KB, Cliffe RN, Metz AK, Barkett EM, Kiraly PM, Thomas DR, Kennedy SJ, Avey-Arroyo JA, Butcher MT. Cheap labor: myosin fiber type expression and enzyme activity in the forelimb musculature of sloths (Pilosa: Xenarthra). J Appl Physiol (1985) 2018; 125:799-811. [PMID: 29722617 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01118.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Sloths are canopy-dwelling inhabitants of American neotropical rainforests that exhibit suspensory behaviors. These abilities require both strength and muscular endurance to hang for extended periods of time; however, the skeletal muscle mass of sloths is reduced, thus requiring modifications to muscle architecture and leverage for large joint torque. We hypothesize that intrinsic muscle properties are also modified for fatigue resistance and predict a heterogeneous expression of slow/fast myosin heavy chain (MHC) fibers that utilize oxidative metabolic pathways for economic force production. MHC fiber type distribution and energy metabolism in the forelimb muscles of three-toed ( Bradypus variegatus, n = 5) and two-toed ( Choloepus hoffmanni, n = 4) sloths were evaluated using SDS-PAGE, immunohistochemistry, and enzyme activity assays. The results partially support our hypothesis by a primary expression of the slow MHC-1 isoform as well as moderate expression of fast MHC-2A fibers, whereas few hybrid MHC-1/2A fibers were found in both species. MHC-1 fibers were larger in cross-sectional area (CSA) than MHC-2A fibers and comprised the greatest percentage of CSA in each muscle sampled. Enzyme assays showed elevated activity for the anaerobic enzymes creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase compared with low activity for aerobic markers citrate synthase and 3-hydroxyacetyl CoA dehydrogenase. These findings suggest that sloth forelimb muscles may rely heavily on rapid ATP resynthesis pathways, and lactate accumulation may be beneficial. The intrinsic properties observed match well with suspensory requirements, and these modifications may have further evolved in unison with low metabolism and slow movement patterns as means to systemically conserve energy. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Myosin heavy chain (MHC) fiber type and fiber metabolic properties were evaluated to understand the ability of sloths to remain suspended for extended periods without muscle fatigue. Broad distributions of large, slow MHC-1 fibers as well as small, fast MHC-2A fibers are expressed in sloth forelimbs, but muscle metabolism is generally not correlated with myosin fiber type or body size. Sloth muscles rely on rapid, anaerobic pathways to resist fatigue and sustain force production.
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- Kyle B Spainhower
- Department of Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
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- Department of Biosciences, Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
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- Sloth Conservation Foundation, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Limon, Costa Rica
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
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Proteomics and immunohistochemistry identify the expression of α-cardiac myosin heavy chain in the jaw-closing muscles of sooty mangabeys (order Primates). Arch Oral Biol 2018; 91:103-108. [DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2018.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Revised: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Huq E, Taylor AB, Su Z, Wall CE. Fiber type composition of epaxial muscles is geared toward facilitating rapid spinal extension in the leaper Galago senegalensis. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2018; 166:95-106. [PMID: 29318571 PMCID: PMC5910278 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We hypothesized that the vertical leaper Galago senegalensis will have epaxial extensor muscles with a fast fiber phenotype to facilitate rapid spinal extension during leaping in comparison to the slow-moving quadruped Nycticebus coucang. To test this, we determined the percentage of fiber cross-sectional area (%CSA) devoted to Type 2 fibers in epaxial muscles of G. senegalensis compared to those of N. coucang. MATERIALS AND METHODS Immunohistochemistry was used to identify Type 1, Type 2, and hybrid fibers in iliocostalis, longissimus, and multifidus muscles of G. senegalensis (n = 3) and N. coucang (n = 3). Serial muscle sections were used to estimate and compare proportions, cross-sectional areas (CSAs), and %CSAs of Type 1, Type 2, and hybrid fibers between species. RESULTS Epaxial muscles of G. senegalensis were comprised predominantly of Type 2 fibers with large CSAs (%CSA range ≈ 83-94%; range of mean CSA = 1,218-1,586 μm2 ). N. coucang epaxial muscles were comprised predominantly Type 1 fibers with large CSAs (%CSA range ≈ 69-77%; range of mean CSA = 983-1,220 μm2 ). DISCUSSION The predominance of Type 2 fibers in G. senegalensis epaxial muscles facilitates rapid muscle excursion and spinal extension during leaping, and is consistent with their relatively long muscle fibers. The predominance of Type 1 fibers in N. coucang epaxial muscles may aid in maintaining stable postures during bridging and cantilevering behaviors characteristic of slow-climbing. These histochemical characteristics highlight the major divergent locomotor repertoires of G. senegalensis and N. coucang.
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- Emranul Huq
- Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. USA
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- Research Immunohistology Lab, Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC. USA
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Bondì M, Germinario E, Pirazzini M, Zanetti G, Cencetti F, Donati C, Gorza L, Betto R, Bruni P, Danieli-Betto D. Ablation of S1P3 receptor protects mouse soleus from age-related drop in muscle mass, force, and regenerative capacity. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2017; 313:C54-C67. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00027.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2017] [Revised: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We investigated the effects of S1P3 deficiency on the age-related atrophy, decline in force, and regenerative capacity of soleus muscle from 23-mo-old male (old) mice. Compared with muscle from 5-mo-old (adult) mice, soleus mass and muscle fiber cross-sectional area (CSA) in old wild-type mice were reduced by ~26% and 24%, respectively. By contrast, the mass and fiber CSA of soleus muscle in old S1P3-null mice were comparable to those of adult muscle. Moreover, in soleus muscle of wild-type mice, twitch and tetanic tensions diminished from adulthood to old age. A slowing of contractile properties was also observed in soleus from old wild-type mice. In S1P3-null mice, neither force nor the contractile properties of soleus changed during aging. We also evaluated the regenerative capacity of soleus in old S1P3-null mice by stimulating muscle regeneration through myotoxic injury. After 10 days of regeneration, the mean fiber CSA of soleus in old wild-type mice was significantly smaller (−28%) compared with that of regenerated muscle in adult mice. On the contrary, the mean fiber CSA of regenerated soleus in old S1P3-null mice was similar to that of muscle in adult mice. We conclude that in the absence of S1P3, soleus muscle is protected from the decrease in muscle mass and force, and the attenuation of regenerative capacity, all of which are typical characteristics of aging.
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- Michela Bondì
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
- Interuniversity Institute of Myology, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Interuniversity Institute of Myology, Italy
- Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences, Mario Serio, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy; and
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- Interuniversity Institute of Myology, Italy
- Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences, Mario Serio, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy; and
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Interuniversity Institute of Myology, Italy
- National Research Council-Institute for Neuroscience, Padua, Italy
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- Interuniversity Institute of Myology, Italy
- Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences, Mario Serio, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy; and
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
- Interuniversity Institute of Myology, Italy
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Omairi S, Matsakas A, Degens H, Kretz O, Hansson KA, Solbrå AV, Bruusgaard JC, Joch B, Sartori R, Giallourou N, Mitchell R, Collins-Hooper H, Foster K, Pasternack A, Ritvos O, Sandri M, Narkar V, Swann JR, Huber TB, Patel K. Enhanced exercise and regenerative capacity in a mouse model that violates size constraints of oxidative muscle fibres. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 27494364 PMCID: PMC4975572 DOI: 10.7554/elife.16940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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A central tenet of skeletal muscle biology is the existence of an inverse relationship between the oxidative fibre capacity and its size. However, robustness of this relationship is unknown. We show that superimposition of Estrogen-related receptor gamma (Errγ) on the myostatin (Mtn) mouse null background (Mtn-/-/ErrγTg/+) results in hypertrophic muscle with a high oxidative capacity thus violating the inverse relationship between fibre size and oxidative capacity. We also examined the canonical view that oxidative muscle phenotype positively correlate with Satellite cell number, the resident stem cells of skeletal muscle. Surprisingly, hypertrophic fibres from Mtn-/-/ErrγTg/+ mouse showed satellite cell deficit which unexpectedly did not affect muscle regeneration. These observations 1) challenge the concept of a constraint between fibre size and oxidative capacity and 2) indicate the important role of the microcirculation in the regenerative capacity of a muscle even when satellite cell numbers are reduced. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16940.001
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- Saleh Omairi
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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- School of Healthcare Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom.,Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Renal Division, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Centre for Integrative Neuroplasticity, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Integrative Neuroplasticity, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Integrative Neuroplasticity, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,Department of Health Sciences, Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Neuroanatomy, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Health Science Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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- Renal Division, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,BIOSS Center for Biological Signalling Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Houston, Texas.,FRIAS, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies and Center for Biological System Analysis ZBSA, Freiburg, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom.,FRIAS, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies and Center for Biological System Analysis ZBSA, Freiburg, Germany
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Scott K, Benkhalti M, Calvert ND, Paquette M, Zhen L, Harper ME, Al-Dirbashi OY, Renaud JM. KATP channel deficiency in mouse FDB causes an impairment of energy metabolism during fatigue. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2016; 311:C559-C571. [PMID: 27488667 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00137.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The skeletal muscle ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channel is crucial in preventing fiber damage and contractile dysfunction, possibly by preventing damaging ATP depletion. The objective of this study was to investigate changes in energy metabolism during fatigue in wild-type and inwardly rectifying K+ channel (Kir6.2)-deficient (Kir6.2-/-) flexor digitorum brevis (FDB), a muscle that lacks functional KATP channels. Fatigue was elicited with one tetanic contraction every second. Decreases in ATP and total adenylate levels were significantly greater in wild-type than Kir6.2-/- FDB during the last 2 min of the fatigue period. Glycogen depletion was greater in Kir6.2-/- FDB for the first 60 s, but not by the end of the fatigue period, while there was no difference in glucose uptake. The total amount of glucosyl units entering glycolysis was the same in wild-type and Kir6.2-/- FDB. During the first 60 s, Kir6.2-/- FDB generated less lactate and more CO2; in the last 120 s, Kir6.2-/- FDB stopped generating CO2 and produced more lactate. The ATP generated during fatigue from phosphocreatine, glycolysis (lactate), and oxidative phosphorylation (CO2) was 3.3-fold greater in Kir6.2-/- than wild-type FDB. Because ATP and total adenylate were significantly less in Kir6.2-/- FDB, it is suggested that Kir6.2-/- FDB has a greater energy deficit, despite a greater ATP production, which is further supported by greater glucose uptake and lactate and CO2 production in Kir6.2-/- FDB during the recovery period. It is thus concluded that a lack of functional KATP channels results in an impairment of energy metabolism.
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- Kyle Scott
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Newborn Screening Ontario, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;
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Rospars JP, Meyer-Vernet N. Force per cross-sectional area from molecules to muscles: a general property of biological motors. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2016; 3:160313. [PMID: 27493785 PMCID: PMC4968477 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We propose to formally extend the notion of specific tension, i.e. force per cross-sectional area-classically used for muscles, to quantify forces in molecular motors exerting various biological functions. In doing so, we review and compare the maximum tensions exerted by about 265 biological motors operated by about 150 species of different taxonomic groups. The motors considered range from single molecules and motile appendages of microorganisms to whole muscles of large animals. We show that specific tensions exerted by molecular and non-molecular motors follow similar statistical distributions, with in particular, similar medians and (logarithmic) means. Over the 10(19) mass (M) range of the cell or body from which the motors are extracted, their specific tensions vary as M(α) with α not significantly different from zero. The typical specific tension found in most motors is about 200 kPa, which generalizes to individual molecular motors and microorganisms a classical property of macroscopic muscles. We propose a basic order-of-magnitude interpretation of this result.
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- Jean-Pierre Rospars
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Unité Mixte de Recherche 1392 Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, 78000 Versailles, France
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- LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL Research University, UPMC, Sorbonne University, Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 92195 Cedex Meudon, France
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Muscles convert energy from ATP into useful work, which can be used to move limbs and to transport ions across membranes. The energy not converted into work appears as heat. At the start of contraction heat is also produced when Ca(2+) binds to troponin-C and to parvalbumin. Muscles use ATP throughout an isometric contraction at a rate that depends on duration of stimulation, muscle type, temperature and muscle length. Between 30% and 40% of the ATP used during isometric contraction fuels the pumping Ca(2+) and Na(+) out of the myoplasm. When shortening, muscles produce less force than in an isometric contraction but use ATP at a higher rate and when lengthening force output is higher than the isometric force but rate of ATP splitting is lower. Efficiency quantifies the fraction of the energy provided by ATP that is converted into external work. Each ATP molecule provides 100 zJ of energy that can potentially be converted into work. The mechanics of the myosin cross-bridge are such that at most 50 zJ of work can be done in one ATP consuming cycle; that is, the maximum efficiency of a cross-bridge is ∼50%. Cross-bridges in tortoise muscle approach this limit, producing over 90% of the possible work per cycle. Other muscles are less efficient but contract more rapidly and produce more power.
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- C J Barclay
- School of Allied Health Sciences/Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Salmov NN, Vikhlyantsev IM, Ulanova AD, Gritsyna YV, Bobylev AG, Saveljev AP, Makariushchenko VV, Maksudov GY, Podlubnaya ZA. Seasonal changes in isoform composition of giant proteins of thick and thin filaments and titin (connectin) phosphorylation level in striated muscles of bears (Ursidae, Mammalia). BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2015; 80:343-55. [PMID: 25761688 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297915030098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Seasonal changes in the isoform composition of thick and thin filament proteins (titin, myosin heavy chains (MyHCs), nebulin), as well as in the phosphorylation level of titin in striated muscles of brown bear (Ursus arctos) and hibernating Himalayan black bear (Ursus thibetanus ussuricus) were studied. We found that the changes that lead to skeletal muscle atrophy in bears during hibernation are not accompanied by a decrease in the content of nebulin and intact titin-1 (T1) isoforms. However, a decrease (2.1-3.4-fold) in the content of T2 fragments of titin was observed in bear skeletal muscles (m. gastrocnemius, m. longissimus dorsi, m. biceps) during hibernation. The content of the stiffer N2B titin isoform was observed to increase relative to the content of its more compliant N2BA isoform in the left ventricles of hibernating bears. At the same time, in spite of the absence of decrease in the total content of T1 in the myocardium of hibernating brown bear, the content of T2 fragments decreased ~1.6-fold. The level of titin phosphorylation only slightly increased in the cardiac muscle of hibernating brown bear. In the skeletal muscles of brown bear, the level of titin phosphorylation did not vary between seasons. However, changes in the composition of MyHCs aimed at increasing the content of slow (I) and decreasing the content of fast (IIa) isoforms of this protein during hibernation of brown bear were detected. Content of MyHCs I and IIa in the skeletal muscles of hibernating Himalayan black bear corresponded to that in the skeletal muscles of hibernating brown bear.
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- N N Salmov
- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia.
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Li F, Buck D, De Winter J, Kolb J, Meng H, Birch C, Slater R, Escobar YN, Smith JE, Yang L, Konhilas J, Lawlor MW, Ottenheijm C, Granzier HL. Nebulin deficiency in adult muscle causes sarcomere defects and muscle-type-dependent changes in trophicity: novel insights in nemaline myopathy. Hum Mol Genet 2015; 24:5219-33. [PMID: 26123491 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddv243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Nebulin is a giant filamentous protein that is coextensive with the actin filaments of the skeletal muscle sarcomere. Nebulin mutations are the main cause of nemaline myopathy (NEM), with typical adult patients having low expression of nebulin, yet the roles of nebulin in adult muscle remain poorly understood. To establish nebulin's functional roles in adult muscle, we studied a novel conditional nebulin KO (Neb cKO) mouse model in which nebulin deletion was driven by the muscle creatine kinase (MCK) promotor. Neb cKO mice are born with high nebulin levels in their skeletal muscles, but within weeks after birth nebulin expression rapidly falls to barely detectable levels Surprisingly, a large fraction of the mice survive to adulthood with low nebulin levels (<5% of control), contain nemaline rods and undergo fiber-type switching toward oxidative types. Nebulin deficiency causes a large deficit in specific force, and mechanistic studies provide evidence that a reduced fraction of force-generating cross-bridges and shortened thin filaments contribute to the force deficit. Muscles rich in glycolytic fibers upregulate proteolysis pathways (MuRF-1, Fbxo30/MUSA1, Gadd45a) and undergo hypotrophy with smaller cross-sectional areas (CSAs), worsening their force deficit. Muscles rich in oxidative fibers do not have smaller weights and can even have hypertrophy, offsetting their specific-force deficit. These studies reveal nebulin as critically important for force development and trophicity in adult muscle. The Neb cKO phenocopies important aspects of NEM (muscle weakness, oxidative fiber-type predominance, variable trophicity effects, nemaline rods) and will be highly useful to test therapeutic approaches to ameliorate muscle weakness.
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- Frank Li
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
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- Department of Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA and
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA and
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Department of Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Amano S, Kegelmeyer D, Hong SL. Rethinking energy in parkinsonian motor symptoms: a potential role for neural metabolic deficits. Front Syst Neurosci 2015; 8:242. [PMID: 25610377 PMCID: PMC4285053 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Accepted: 12/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized as a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disorder that results in a variety of debilitating symptoms, including bradykinesia, resting tremor, rigidity, and postural instability. Research spanning several decades has emphasized basal ganglia dysfunction, predominantly resulting from dopaminergic (DA) cell loss, as the primarily cause of the aforementioned parkinsonian features. But, why those particular features manifest themselves remains an enigma. The goal of this paper is to develop a theoretical framework that parkinsonian motor features are behavioral consequence of a long-term adaptation to their inability (inflexibility or lack of capacity) to meet energetic demands, due to neural metabolic deficits arising from mitochondrial dysfunction associated with PD. Here, we discuss neurophysiological changes that are generally associated with PD, such as selective degeneration of DA neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc), in conjunction with metabolic and mitochondrial dysfunction. We then characterize the cardinal motor symptoms of PD, bradykinesia, resting tremor, rigidity and gait disturbance, reviewing literature to demonstrate how these motor patterns are actually energy efficient from a metabolic perspective. We will also develop three testable hypotheses: (1) neural metabolic deficits precede the increased rate of neurodegeneration and onset of behavioral symptoms in PD; (2) motor behavior of persons with PD are more sensitive to changes in metabolic/bioenergetic state; and (3) improvement of metabolic function could lead to better motor performance in persons with PD. These hypotheses are designed to introduce a novel viewpoint that can elucidate the connections between metabolic, neural and motor function in PD.
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- Shinichi Amano
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University Athens, OH, USA ; Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute, Ohio University Athens, OH, USA
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- Division of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University Athens, OH, USA ; Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute, Ohio University Athens, OH, USA
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Blaauw B, Schiaffino S, Reggiani C. Mechanisms modulating skeletal muscle phenotype. Compr Physiol 2014; 3:1645-87. [PMID: 24265241 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c130009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Mammalian skeletal muscles are composed of a variety of highly specialized fibers whose selective recruitment allows muscles to fulfill their diverse functional tasks. In addition, skeletal muscle fibers can change their structural and functional properties to perform new tasks or respond to new conditions. The adaptive changes of muscle fibers can occur in response to variations in the pattern of neural stimulation, loading conditions, availability of substrates, and hormonal signals. The new conditions can be detected by multiple sensors, from membrane receptors for hormones and cytokines, to metabolic sensors, which detect high-energy phosphate concentration, oxygen and oxygen free radicals, to calcium binding proteins, which sense variations in intracellular calcium induced by nerve activity, to load sensors located in the sarcomeric and sarcolemmal cytoskeleton. These sensors trigger cascades of signaling pathways which may ultimately lead to changes in fiber size and fiber type. Changes in fiber size reflect an imbalance in protein turnover with either protein accumulation, leading to muscle hypertrophy, or protein loss, with consequent muscle atrophy. Changes in fiber type reflect a reprogramming of gene transcription leading to a remodeling of fiber contractile properties (slow-fast transitions) or metabolic profile (glycolytic-oxidative transitions). While myonuclei are in postmitotic state, satellite cells represent a reserve of new nuclei and can be involved in the adaptive response.
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- Bert Blaauw
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Kohn TA. Insights into the skeletal muscle characteristics of three southern African antelope species. Biol Open 2014; 3:1037-44. [PMID: 25326514 PMCID: PMC4232761 DOI: 10.1242/bio.20149241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Skeletal muscle fibre type, cross-sectional area (CSA), maximum enzyme capacities and fibre oxidative capacities were investigated in three southern African antelope species. Muscle samples from blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula) and greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) were collected post mortem from the Vastus lateralis and analysed for myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform content, citrate synthase (CS), 3-hydroxyacyl Co A dehydrogenase (3-HAD), phosphofructokinase (PFK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and creatine kinase (CK) activities. Histochemistry and immunohistochemistry were performed to determine relative fibre oxidative capacity, fibre type and cross-sectional area (CSA). Type IIX fibres were the most abundant fibre type in all three species, ranging from 43 to 57%. Kudu had less type IIX fibres than mountain reedbuck and blesbok (P<0.05), values confirmed by their respective MHC isoform content. Blesbok had the smallest fibres, followed by mountain reedbuck and finally kudu (P<0.001). Overall, all three species had high oxidative and glycolytic capacities, but species differences were found. Kudu had the lowest CS activity, followed by blesbok and mountain reedbuck, but the highest PFK, LDH and CK activities. This study confirmed large variation in oxidative capacities within a single fibre type, as well as overlap between the fibre types with no distinct differences between the three species. The fibre type profile of each species is discussed and confirms some of their physical attributes and capabilities.
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- Tertius Abraham Kohn
- UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, PO Box 115, Newlands 7725, South Africa
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Guellich A, Negroni E, Decostre V, Demoule A, Coirault C. Altered cross-bridge properties in skeletal muscle dystrophies. Front Physiol 2014; 5:393. [PMID: 25352808 PMCID: PMC4196474 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Force and motion generated by skeletal muscle ultimately depends on the cyclical interaction of actin with myosin. This mechanical process is regulated by intracellular Ca2+ through the thin filament-associated regulatory proteins i.e.; troponins and tropomyosin. Muscular dystrophies are a group of heterogeneous genetic affections characterized by progressive degeneration and weakness of the skeletal muscle as a consequence of loss of muscle tissue which directly reduces the number of potential myosin cross-bridges involved in force production. Mutations in genes responsible for skeletal muscle dystrophies (MDs) have been shown to modify the function of contractile proteins and cross-bridge interactions. Altered gene expression or RNA splicing or post-translational modifications of contractile proteins such as those related to oxidative stress, may affect cross-bridge function by modifying key proteins of the excitation-contraction coupling. Micro-architectural change in myofilament is another mechanism of altered cross-bridge performance. In this review, we provide an overview about changes in cross-bridge performance in skeletal MDs and discuss their ultimate impacts on striated muscle function.
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- Aziz Guellich
- Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, University Paris-Est Créteil Créteil, France ; Equipe 8, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Créteil, France
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- UMRS 974, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Paris, France ; UM 76, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Sorbonne Universités Paris, France ; UMR 7215, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Paris, France ; Institut de Myologie Paris, France
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- UMRS 974, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Paris, France ; UM 76, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Sorbonne Universités Paris, France ; UMR 7215, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Paris, France ; Institut de Myologie Paris, France ; Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Service de Pneumologie et Reanimation Medicale Paris, France
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- UMRS 974, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Paris, France ; UM 76, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Sorbonne Universités Paris, France ; UMR 7215, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Paris, France ; Institut de Myologie Paris, France
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Skeletal muscle fatigue is defined as the fall of force or power in response to contractile activity. Both the mechanisms of fatigue and the modes used to elicit it vary tremendously. Conceptual and technological advances allow the examination of fatigue from the level of the single molecule to the intact organism. Evaluation of muscle fatigue in a wide range of disease states builds on our understanding of basic function by revealing the sources of dysfunction in response to disease.
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- Jane A Kent-Braun
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
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Kim GD, Ryu YC, Jeong JY, Yang HS, Joo ST. Relationship between pork quality and characteristics of muscle fibers classified by the distribution of myosin heavy chain isoforms1. J Anim Sci 2013; 91:5525-34. [DOI: 10.2527/jas.2013-6614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Gap-Don Kim
- Division of Biotechnology, College of Applied Life Sciences, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-701, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Biotechnology, College of Applied Life Sciences, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-701, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Agriculture & Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Agriculture & Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
- Division of Applied Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Agriculture & Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
- Division of Applied Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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Relationships of myosin heavy chain fibre types to meat quality traits in traditional and modern pigs. Meat Sci 2013; 64:93-103. [PMID: 22062667 DOI: 10.1016/s0309-1740(02)00208-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2002] [Revised: 07/15/2002] [Accepted: 08/05/2002] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Porcine skeletal muscle fibres were molecularly classified, using in situ hybridisation and immunocytochemistry, into four types, according to the isoform of myosin heavy chain (MyHC) that was present in each fibre (MyHC slow/I, MyHC 2a, MyHC 2x and MyHC 2b). The relationship between MyHC fibre types and meat quality traits between two phenotypically divergent muscles [longissimus dorsi (LD) and psoas], and between the same muscles of different breeds (traditional Berkshire and Tamworth, and modern Duroc-based and Large White-based) were examined. We found that the greater abundance of fast oxidative-glycolytic MyHC 2a and 2x fibres in the psoas was associated with superior meat quality traits, and that the greater presence of fast glycolytic MyHC 2b fibres in the LD could account for less favourable quality traits, both in terms of pH, drip loss, grain, colour, yield force and work done. Although significant correlations were found between specific fibre types and quality traits, within either the psoas or LD muscle of some breeds, no consistent correlation was found across both muscles and all breeds. This finding was in line with the view that a given fibre type could have considerable differences in phenotype between breeds, and between muscles. The observed inverse compositional and functional-meat quality relationship between MyHC 2b and 2x fibres, and MyHC 2b and 2a fibres could form a basis of fibre type manipulation to improve meat quality.
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Milani-Nejad N, Xu Y, Davis JP, Campbell KS, Janssen PML. Effect of muscle length on cross-bridge kinetics in intact cardiac trabeculae at body temperature. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 141:133-9. [PMID: 23277479 PMCID: PMC3536524 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201210894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Dynamic force generation in cardiac muscle, which determines cardiac pumping activity, depends on both the number of sarcomeric cross-bridges and on their cycling kinetics. The Frank–Starling mechanism dictates that cardiac force development increases with increasing cardiac muscle length (corresponding to increased ventricular volume). It is, however, unclear to what extent this increase in cardiac muscle length affects the rate of cross-bridge cycling. Previous studies using permeabilized cardiac preparations, sub-physiological temperatures, or both have obtained conflicting results. Here, we developed a protocol that allowed us to reliably and reproducibly measure the rate of tension redevelopment (ktr; which depends on the rate of cross-bridge cycling) in intact trabeculae at body temperature. Using K+ contractures to induce a tonic level of force, we showed the ktr was slower in rabbit muscle (which contains predominantly β myosin) than in rat muscle (which contains predominantly α myosin). Analyses of ktr in rat muscle at optimal length (Lopt) and 90% of optimal length (L90) revealed that ktr was significantly slower at Lopt (27.7 ± 3.3 and 27.8 ± 3.0 s−1 in duplicate analyses) than at L90 (45.1 ± 7.6 and 47.5 ± 9.2 s−1). We therefore show that ktr can be measured in intact rat and rabbit cardiac trabeculae, and that the ktr decreases when muscles are stretched to their optimal length under near-physiological conditions, indicating that the Frank–Starling mechanism not only increases force but also affects cross-bridge cycling kinetics.
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- Nima Milani-Nejad
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Lazareva MV, Trapeznikova KO, Vikhlyantsev IM, Bobylev AG, Klimov AA, Podlubnaya ZA. Seasonal changes in the isoform composition of the myosin heavy chains in skeletal muscles of hibernating ground squirrels Spermophilus undulatus. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2013. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350912060085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Manders E, de Man FS, Handoko ML, Westerhof N, van Hees HWH, Stienen GJM, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Ottenheijm CAC. Diaphragm weakness in pulmonary arterial hypertension: role of sarcomeric dysfunction. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2012; 303:L1070-8. [PMID: 22962018 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00135.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We previously demonstrated that diaphragm muscle weakness is present in experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension (PH). However, the nature of this diaphragm weakness is still unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate whether changes at the sarcomeric level contribute to diaphragm weakness in PH. For this purpose, in control rats and rats with monocrotaline-induced PH, contractile performance and myosin heavy chain content of demembranated single diaphragm fibers were determined. We observed a reduced maximal tension of 20% (P < 0.05), whereas tension cost was preserved in type 2X and 2B diaphragm fibers in PH compared with control. The reduced maximal tension was associated with a reduction of force generated per half-sarcomeric myosin heavy chain content. Additionally, reduced Ca(2+) sensitivity of force generation was found in type 2X fibers compared with control, which could exacerbate diaphragm muscle weakness at submaximal activation. No changes in maximal tension and Ca(2+) sensitivity of force generation were observed in fibers from the nonrespiratory extensor digitorum longus muscle. Together, these findings indicate that diaphragm weakness in PH is at least partly caused by sarcomeric dysfunction, which appears to be specific for the diaphragm.
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- Emmy Manders
- Department of Pulmonology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Baylor SM, Hollingworth S. Intracellular calcium movements during excitation-contraction coupling in mammalian slow-twitch and fast-twitch muscle fibers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 139:261-72. [PMID: 22450485 PMCID: PMC3315149 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201210773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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In skeletal muscle fibers, action potentials elicit contractions by releasing calcium ions (Ca2+) from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Experiments on individual mouse muscle fibers micro-injected with a rapidly responding fluorescent Ca2+ indicator dye reveal that the amount of Ca2+ released is three- to fourfold larger in fast-twitch fibers than in slow-twitch fibers, and the proportion of the released Ca2+ that binds to troponin to activate contraction is substantially smaller.
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- Stephen M Baylor
- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Pandorf CE, Jiang W, Qin AX, Bodell PW, Baldwin KM, Haddad F. Regulation of an antisense RNA with the transition of neonatal to IIb myosin heavy chain during postnatal development and hypothyroidism in rat skeletal muscle. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2012; 302:R854-67. [PMID: 22262309 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00591.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Postnatal development of fast skeletal muscle is characterized by a transition in expression of myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms, from primarily neonatal MHC at birth to primarily IIb MHC in adults, in a tightly coordinated manner. These isoforms are encoded by distinct genes, which are separated by ∼17 kb on rat chromosome 10. The neonatal-to-IIb MHC transition is inhibited by a hypothyroid state. We examined RNA products [mRNA, pre-mRNA, and natural antisense transcript (NAT)] of developmental and adult-expressed MHC genes (embryonic, neonatal, I, IIa, IIx, and IIb) at 2, 10, 20, and 40 days after birth in normal and thyroid-deficient rat neonates treated with propylthiouracil. We found that a long noncoding antisense-oriented RNA transcript, termed bII NAT, is transcribed from a site within the IIb-Neo intergenic region and across most of the IIb MHC gene. NATs have previously been shown to mediate transcriptional repression of sense-oriented counterparts. The bII NAT is transcriptionally regulated during postnatal development and in response to hypothyroidism. Evidence for a regulatory mechanism is suggested by an inverse relationship between IIb MHC and bII NAT in normal and hypothyroid-treated muscle. Neonatal MHC transcription is coordinately expressed with bII NAT. A comparative phylogenetic analysis also suggests that bII NAT-mediated regulation has been a conserved trait of placental mammals for most of the eutherian evolutionary history. The evidence in support of the regulatory model implicates long noncoding antisense RNA as a mechanism to coordinate the transition between neonatal and IIb MHC during postnatal development.
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- Clay E Pandorf
- Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Univ. of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
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Mammalian skeletal muscle comprises different fiber types, whose identity is first established during embryonic development by intrinsic myogenic control mechanisms and is later modulated by neural and hormonal factors. The relative proportion of the different fiber types varies strikingly between species, and in humans shows significant variability between individuals. Myosin heavy chain isoforms, whose complete inventory and expression pattern are now available, provide a useful marker for fiber types, both for the four major forms present in trunk and limb muscles and the minor forms present in head and neck muscles. However, muscle fiber diversity involves all functional muscle cell compartments, including membrane excitation, excitation-contraction coupling, contractile machinery, cytoskeleton scaffold, and energy supply systems. Variations within each compartment are limited by the need of matching fiber type properties between different compartments. Nerve activity is a major control mechanism of the fiber type profile, and multiple signaling pathways are implicated in activity-dependent changes of muscle fibers. The characterization of these pathways is raising increasing interest in clinical medicine, given the potentially beneficial effects of muscle fiber type switching in the prevention and treatment of metabolic diseases.
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- Stefano Schiaffino
- Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Institute of Neurosciences, and Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Institute of Neurosciences, and Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Li M, Li M, Marx JO, Larsson L. There is no slowing of motility speed with increased body size in rat, human, horse and rhinoceros independent on temperature and skeletal muscle myosin isoform. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2011; 202:671-81. [PMID: 21554558 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2011.02292.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM The predictions of scaling of skeletal muscle shortening velocity made by A.V. Hill 60-years ago have proven to be remarkably accurate at the cellular level. The current investigation looks to extend the study of scaling of contractile speed to the level of the molecular motor protein myosin at both physiological and unphysiological low temperatures. METHODS A single muscle cell in vitro motility assay to test myosin function, i.e. myosin extracted from short single muscle fibre segments, was used in four species representing a 5 500-fold difference in body mass (rat, man, horse and rhinoceros) at temperatures ranging from 15 to 35 °C. RESULTS The in vitro motility speed increased as the temperature of the assay increased, but a more profound effect was observed on the slower isoforms, narrowing the relative differences between fast and slow myosin heavy chain (MyHC) isoforms at physiological temperature in all species. The in vitro motility speed varied according to MyHC isoform within each species: I < IIa < IIx < IIb, but the expected scaling relationship within orthologous myosin isoforms was not observed at any temperature. CONCLUSION The scaling effect of body size and limb length on shortening velocity at the muscle fibre level, i.e. the decreasing shortening velocity associated with increasing body weight and limb length, was not confirmed at the motor protein level when including mammals of very large size. Thus, other factors than myosin structure and function appear to cause this scaling effect and thin filament isoform expression or myofilament lattice spacing are forwarded as alternative underlying factors.
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- M Li
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden
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Purcell TJ, Naber N, Franks-Skiba K, Dunn AR, Eldred CC, Berger CL, Málnási-Csizmadia A, Spudich JA, Swank DM, Pate E, Cooke R. Nucleotide pocket thermodynamics measured by EPR reveal how energy partitioning relates myosin speed to efficiency. J Mol Biol 2010; 407:79-91. [PMID: 21185304 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.11.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2010] [Revised: 11/24/2010] [Accepted: 11/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We have used spin-labeled ADP to investigate the dynamics of the nucleotide-binding pocket in a series of myosins, which have a range of velocities. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy reveals that the pocket is in equilibrium between open and closed conformations. In the absence of actin, the closed conformation is favored. When myosin binds actin, the open conformation becomes more favored, facilitating nucleotide release. We found that faster myosins favor a more closed pocket in the actomyosin•ADP state, with smaller values of ΔH(0) and ΔS(0), even though these myosins release ADP at a faster rate. A model involving a partitioning of free energy between work-generating steps prior to rate-limiting ADP release explains both the unexpected correlation between velocity and opening of the pocket and the observation that fast myosins are less efficient than slow myosins.
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- Thomas J Purcell
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, UCSF MC 2240, Genentech Hall Room S416C, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158-2517, USA.
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Li M, Larsson L. Force-generating capacity of human myosin isoforms extracted from single muscle fibre segments. J Physiol 2010; 588:5105-14. [PMID: 20974679 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.199067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Muscle, motor unit and muscle fibre type-specific differences in force-generating capacity have been investigated for many years, but there is still no consensus regarding specific differences between slow- and fast-twitch muscles, motor units or muscle fibres. This is probably related to a number of different confounding factors disguising the function of the molecular motor protein myosin. We have therefore studied the force-generating capacity of specific myosin isoforms or combination of isoforms extracted from short single human muscle fibre segments in a modified single fibre myosin in vitro motility assay, in which an internal load (actin-binding protein) was added in different concentrations to evaluate the force-generating capacity. The force indices were the x-axis intercept and the slope of the relationship between the fraction of moving filaments and the α-actinin concentration. The force-generating capacity of the β/slow myosin isoform (type I) was weaker (P < 0.05) than the fast myosin isoform (type II), but the force-generating capacity of the different human fast myosin isoforms types IIa and IIx or a combination of both (IIax) were indistinguishable. A single fibre in vitro motility assay for both speed and force of specific myosin isoforms is described and used to measure the difference in force-generating capacity between fast and slow human myosin isoforms. The assay is proposed as a useful tool for clinical studies on the effects on muscle function of specific mutations or post-translational modifications of myosin.
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- Meishan Li
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Uppsala University Hospital, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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