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MUSCLE CELL BIOLOGY AND CELL MOTILITY

Denervation produces different single fiber phenotypes in fast- and slow-twitch hindlimb muscles of the rat

¹Department of Zoology, La Trobe University, Melbourne; and ²Muscle Cell Biochemistry Laboratory, School of Biomedical Sciences, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Submitted 12 January 2006 ; accepted in final form 31 March 2006

Using a single, mechanically skinned fiber approach, we tested the hypothesis that denervation (0 to 50 days) of skeletal muscles that do not overlap in fiber type composition [extensor digitorum longus (EDL) and soleus (SOL) muscles of Long-Evans hooded rats] leads to development of different fiber phenotypes. Denervation (50 day) was accompanied by 1) a marked increase in the proportion of hybrid IIB/D fibers (EDL) and I/IIA fibers (SOL) from 30% to >75% in both muscles, and a corresponding decrease in the proportion of pure fibers expressing only one myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform; 2) complex muscle- and fiber-type specific changes in sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺-loading level at physiological pCa 7.1, with EDL fibers displaying more consistent changes than SOL fibers; 3) decrease by 50% in specific force of all fiber types; 4) decrease in sensitivity to Ca²⁺, particularly for SOL fibers (by 40%); 5) decrease in the maximum steepness of the force-pCa curves, particularly for the hybrid I/IIA SOL fibers (by 35%); and 6) increased occurrence of biphasic behavior with respect to Sr²⁺ activation in SOL fibers, indicating the presence of both slow and fast troponin C isoforms. No fiber types common to the two muscles were detected at any time points (day 7, 21, and 50) after denervation. The results provide strong evidence that not only neural factors, but also the intrinsic properties of a muscle fiber, influence the structural and functional properties of a particular muscle cell and explain important functional changes induced by denervation at both whole muscle and single cell levels.

mechanically skinned fibers; myosin heavy chain isoforms; lineage; sarcoplasmic reticulum; Ca²⁺; Sr²⁺ sensitivity; Long-Evans hooded rat

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