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Expression of myosin heavy chain isoforms in stimulated fast and slow rat muscles

S Ausoni, L Gorza, S Schiaffino, K Gundersen and T Lomo
Journal of Neuroscience 1 January 1990, 10 (1) 153-160; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.10-01-00153.1990
S Ausoni
Institute of General Pathology, University of Padova, Italy.
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L Gorza
Institute of General Pathology, University of Padova, Italy.
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S Schiaffino
Institute of General Pathology, University of Padova, Italy.
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K Gundersen
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T Lomo
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Abstract

The expression of 4 myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms was analyzed in the rat soleus (SOL) and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles after denervation and chronic electric stimulation. The stimulation frequencies used were 20 and 150 Hz and the amount of stimulation was either large (20 Hz), intermediate (150 Hz), or small (150 Hz). These patterns resemble some features of normal motor unit activity in SOL and EDL of freely moving rats (Hennig and Lomo, 1985). The relative expression of each MHC isoform depended strongly on the stimulation pattern. Furthermore, for any particular stimulation pattern, fibers in SOL and EDL expressed different MHCs. Coexistence of different MHC types in the same fiber was frequently observed in stimulated muscles. 20-Hz stimulation preserved normal expression of type 1-MHC in SOL but failed to induce type 1-MHC in type 2 fibers of the EDL, where type 2A- and 2X-MHC expression dominated and type 2B-MHC expression was completely suppressed. 150-Hz low-amount stimulation preserved nearly normal 2B-MHC expression in many type 2 fibers of the EDL but failed to induce type 2B-MHC expression in the SOL, where 2X-MHC became predominant. 150-Hz high-amount stimulation differed from 150-Hz small amount stimulation by suppressing almost all type 2B-MHC expression in EDL and by inducing considerable type 2A-MHC expression in the SOL. Scattered fibers in EDL that were probably the original type 1 fibers responded differently from both type 2 fibers in the EDL and from type 1 fibers in the SOL to stimulation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Expression of myosin heavy chain isoforms in stimulated fast and slow rat muscles
S Ausoni, L Gorza, S Schiaffino, K Gundersen, T Lomo
Journal of Neuroscience 1 January 1990, 10 (1) 153-160; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.10-01-00153.1990

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S Ausoni, L Gorza, S Schiaffino, K Gundersen, T Lomo
Journal of Neuroscience 1 January 1990, 10 (1) 153-160; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.10-01-00153.1990
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