Isolation and localization of the skeletal myosin heavy chain 2X gene on pig chromosome 12q1.4-q1.5

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 412-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Zijlstra ◽  
Roberta Davoli ◽  
Luca Fontanesi ◽  
Paolo Zambonelli ◽  
Anneke A. Bosma ◽  
...  
1995 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
pp. 1779-1789 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.C. Chang ◽  
K. Fernandes ◽  
M.J. Dauncey

Members of the myosin heavy chain (MyHC) gene family show developmental stage- and spatial-specificity of expression. We report on the characterization and identification of a porcine skeletal fast MyHC gene, including its corresponding 5′ end cDNA and 5′ regulatory region. This MyHC isoform was found exclusively in skeletal muscles from about the last quarter of gestation through to adulthood. Expression of this isoform was higher postnatally and its spatial distribution resembled a rosette cluster; each with a ring of fast fibres surrounding a central slow fibre. This rosette pattern was absent in the adult diaphragm but about 20% of the fibres continued to express this MyHC isoform. Further in vivo expression studies, in a variety of morphologically and functionally diverse muscles, showed that this particular skeletal MyHC isoform was expressed in fast oxidative-glycolytic fibres, suggesting that it was the equivalent of the fast IIA isoform. Two domains in the upstream regulatory region were found to confer differentiation-specific expression on C2 myotubes (−1007 to -828 and -455 to -101), based on in vitro transient expression assays using the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene. Interestingly, for high levels of CAT expression to occur, a 3′ region, extending from the transcriptional start site to part. of intron 2, must be present in all the DNA constructs used.


1992 ◽  
Vol 89 (24) ◽  
pp. 12078-12082 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Yoon ◽  
S. H. Seiler ◽  
R. Kucherlapati ◽  
L. Leinwand

2003 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 2282-2288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Liu ◽  
A. Schlumberger ◽  
K. Wirth ◽  
D. Schmidtbleicher ◽  
J. M. Steinacker

Myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform expression changes with physical training. This may be one of the mechanisms for muscular adaptation to exercise. We aimed to investigate the effects of different strength-training protocols on MHC isoform expression, bearing in mind that α- MHCslow(newly identified MHC isoform) mRNA may be upregulated in response to training. Twelve volunteers performed a 6-wk strength training with maximum contractions (Max group), and another 12 of similar age performed combination training of maximum contractions and ballistic and stretch-shortening movements (Combi group). Muscle samples were taken from triceps brachii before and after training. MHC isoform composition was determined by SDS-PAGE silver staining, and mRNA levels of MHC isoforms were determined by RT-PCR. In Max group, there was an increase in MHC2A (49.4 to 66.7%, P< 0.01) and a decrease in MHC2X (33.4 to 19.5%, P < 0.01) after training, although there was no significant change in MHCslow. In Combi group, there was also an increase in MHC2A (47.7 to 62.7%, P < 0.05) and a decrease in MHCslow (18.2 to 9.2%, P < 0.05) but no significant change in MHC2X. An upregulation of α-MHCslow mRNA was, therefore, found in both groups as a result of training. The strength training with maximum contractions led to a shift in MHC isoform composition from 2X to 2A, whereas the combined strength training produced an MHC isoform composition shift from slow to 2A.


2002 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 389-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuichi Machida ◽  
Setsuko Noda ◽  
Atsuyoshi Takao ◽  
Makoto Nakazawa ◽  
Rumiko Matsuoka

Cell ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Weydert ◽  
Paul Barton ◽  
A.John Harris ◽  
Christian Pinset ◽  
Margaret Buckingham

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 3996-4006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoling Chen ◽  
Yanliu Luo ◽  
Bo Zhou ◽  
Zhiqing Huang ◽  
Gang Jia ◽  
...  

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. e40725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly C. Clause ◽  
Jason Tchao ◽  
Mary C. Powell ◽  
Li J. Liu ◽  
Johnny Huard ◽  
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