Effects of hypophysectomy on soleus muscle fibers and spinal motoneurons in rats

1995 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 204-208
Author(s):  
Akihiko Ishihara ◽  
K. Itoh ◽  
Minoru Itoh ◽  
Chiyoko Hirofuji ◽  
Hitomi Hayashi
Keyword(s):  
Soleus Muscle ◽  
Muscle Fibers ◽  
Spinal Motoneurons

Effects of hypophysectomy on soleus muscle fibers and spinal motoneurons in rats

1995 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 204-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihiko Ishihara ◽  
Kazuo Itoh ◽  
Minoru Itoh ◽  
Chiyoko Hirofuji ◽  
Hitomi Hayashi
Keyword(s):  
Soleus Muscle ◽  
Muscle Fibers ◽  
Spinal Motoneurons

Effects of running exercise during recovery from hindlimb unloading on soleus muscle fibers and their spinal motoneurons in rats

2004 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihiko Ishihara ◽  
Fuminori Kawano ◽  
Noriaki Ishioka ◽  
Hirotaka Oishi ◽  
Akira Higashibata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soleus Muscle ◽  
Muscle Fibers ◽  
Hindlimb Unloading ◽  
Spinal Motoneurons ◽  
Running Exercise

scholarly journals Defective Acetylcholine Receptor Subunit Switch Precedes Atrophy of Slow-Twitch Skeletal Muscle Fibers Lacking ERK1/2 Kinases in Soleus Muscle

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuo Wang ◽  
Bonnie Seaberg ◽  
Ximena Paez-Colasante ◽  
Mendell Rimer
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Acetylcholine Receptor ◽  
Soleus Muscle ◽  
Muscle Fibers ◽  
Neuromuscular Synapse ◽  
Fiber Morphology ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Fibers ◽  
Slow Twitch

Abstract To test the role of extracellular-signal regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) in slow-twitch, type 1 skeletal muscle fibers, we studied the soleus muscle in mice genetically deficient for myofiber ERK1/2. Young adult mutant soleus was drastically wasted, with highly atrophied type 1 fibers, denervation at most synaptic sites, induction of “fetal” acetylcholine receptor gamma subunit (AChRγ), reduction of “adult” AChRε, and impaired mitochondrial biogenesis and function. In weanlings, fiber morphology and mitochondrial markers were mostly normal, yet AChRγ upregulation and AChRε downregulation were observed. Synaptic sites with fetal AChRs in weanling muscle were ~3% in control and ~40% in mutants, with most of the latter on type 1 fibers. These results suggest that: (1) ERK1/2 are critical for slow-twitch fiber growth; (2) a defective γ/ε-AChR subunit switch, preferentially at synapses on slow fibers, precedes wasting of mutant soleus; (3) denervation is likely to drive this wasting, and (4) the neuromuscular synapse is a primary subcellular target for muscle ERK1/2 function in vivo.

Distribution of myosin heavy chain isoforms in non-weight-bearing rat soleus muscle fibers

1996 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
pp. 2540-2546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Talmadge ◽  
Roland R. Roy ◽  
V. Reggie Edgerton
Keyword(s):  
Myosin Heavy Chain ◽  
Soleus Muscle ◽  
Heavy Chain ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Weight Bearing ◽  
Muscle Fibers ◽  
Myosin Heavy Chain Isoforms ◽  
Hindlimb Suspension ◽  
Type I ◽  
Rat Soleus Muscle

Talmadge, Robert J., Roland R. Roy, and V. Reggie Edgerton.Distribution of myosin heavy chain isoforms in non-weight-bearing rat soleus muscle fibers. J. Appl. Physiol. 81(6): 2540–2546, 1996.—The effects of 14 days of spaceflight (SF) or hindlimb suspension (HS) (Cosmos 2044) on myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform content of the rat soleus muscle and single muscle fibers were determined. On the basis of electrophoretic analyses, there was a de novo synthesis of type IIx MHC but no change in either type I or IIa MHC isoform proportions after either SF or HS compared with controls. The percentage of fibers containing only type I MHC decreased by 26 and 23%, and the percentage of fibers with multiple MHCs increased from 6% in controls to 32% in HS and 34% in SF rats. Type IIx MHC was always found in combination with another MHC or combination of MHCs; i.e., no fibers contained type IIx MHC exclusively. These data suggest that the expression of the normal complement of MHC isoforms in the adult rat soleus muscle is dependent, in part, on normal weight bearing and that the absence of weight bearing induces a shift toward type IIx MHC protein expression in the preexisting type I and IIa fibers of the soleus.

scholarly journals PICs in motoneurons do not scale with the size of the animal: a possible mechanism for faster speed of muscle contraction in smaller species

2017 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seoan Huh ◽  
Ramamurthy Siripuram ◽  
Robert H. Lee ◽  
Vladimir V. Turkin ◽  
Derek O’Neill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Properties ◽  
Muscle Fibers ◽  
Small Animal ◽  
Spinal Motoneurons ◽  
Persistent Inward Currents ◽  
Firing Rates ◽  
Adult Mice ◽  
Inward Currents ◽  
Animal Size

The majority of studies on the electrical properties of neurons are carried out in rodents, and in particular in mice. However, the minute size of this animal compared with humans potentially limits the relevance of the resulting insights. To be able to extrapolate results obtained in a small animal such as a rodent, one needs to have proper knowledge of the rules governing how electrical properties of neurons scale with the size of the animal. Generally speaking, electrical resistances of neurons increase as cell size decreases, and thus maintenance of equal depolarization across cells of different sizes requires the underlying currents to decrease in proportion to the size decrease. Thus it would generally be expected that voltage-sensitive currents are smaller in smaller animals. In this study, we used in vivo preparations to record electrical properties of spinal motoneurons in deeply anesthetized adult mice and cats. We found that PICs do not scale with size, but instead are constant in their amplitudes across these species. This constancy, coupled with the threefold differences in electrical resistances, means that PICs contribute a threefold larger depolarization in the mouse than in the cat. As a consequence, motoneuronal firing rate sharply increases as animal size decreases. These differences in firing rates are likely essential in allowing different species to control muscles with widely different contraction speeds (smaller animals have faster muscle fibers). Thus from our results we have identified a possible new mechanism for how electrical properties are tuned to match mechanical properties within the motor output system. NEW & NOTEWORTHY The small size of the mouse warrants concern over whether the properties of their neurons are a scaled version of those in larger animals or instead have unique features. Comparison of spinal motoneurons in mice to cats showed unique features. Firing rates in the mouse were much higher, in large part due to relatively larger persistent inward currents. These differences likely reflect adaptations for controlling much faster muscle fibers in mouse than cat.

scholarly journals Modulation of endothelial cell phenotype by physical activity: impact on obesity-related endothelial dysfunction

2015 ◽  
Vol 309 (1) ◽  
pp. H1-H8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shawn B. Bender ◽  
M. Harold Laughlin
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Endothelial Cell ◽  
Endothelial Dysfunction ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Soleus Muscle ◽  
Gastrocnemius Muscle ◽  
Muscle Fibers ◽  
Exercise Intolerance ◽  
Cell Phenotype ◽  
Obesity And Diabetes

Increased levels of physical activity are associated with reduced cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and mortality in obesity and diabetes. Available evidence suggests that local factors, including local hemodynamics, account for a significant portion of this CVD protection, and numerous studies have interrogated the therapeutic benefit of physical activity/exercise training in CVD. Less well established is whether basal differences in endothelial cell phenotype between/among vasculatures related to muscle recruitment patterns during activity may account for reports of nonuniform development of endothelial dysfunction in obesity. This is the focus of this review. We highlight recent work exploring the vulnerability of two distinct vasculatures with established differences in endothelial cell phenotype. Specifically, based largely on dramatic differences in underlying hemodynamics, arteries perfusing soleus muscle (slow-twitch muscle fibers) and those perfusing gastrocnemius muscle (fast-twitch muscle fibers) in the rat exhibit an exercise training-like versus an untrained endothelial cell phenotype, respectively. In the context of obesity, therefore, arteries to soleus muscle exhibit protection from endothelial dysfunction compared with vulnerable arteries to gastrocnemius muscle. This disparate vulnerability is consistent with numerous animal and human studies, demonstrating increased skeletal muscle blood flow heterogeneity in obesity coincident with reduced muscle function and exercise intolerance. Mechanistically, we highlight emerging areas of inquiry exploring novel aspects of hemodynamic-sensitive signaling in endothelial cells and the time course of physical activity-associated endothelial adaptations. Lastly, further exploration needs to consider the impact of endothelial heterogeneity on the development of endothelial dysfunction because endothelial dysfunction independently predicts CVD events.

Chimeric calsequestrin and its targeting to the junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum of skeletal muscle

1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (5) ◽  
pp. C1420-C1428 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Nori ◽  
K. A. Nadalini ◽  
A. Martini ◽  
R. Rizzuto ◽  
A. Villa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Confocal Microscopy ◽  
Soleus Muscle ◽  
Hela Cells ◽  
Skeletal Muscles ◽  
Intracellular Localization ◽  
Primary Cultures ◽  
Muscle Fibers ◽  
Junctional Sarcoplasmic Reticulum

Calsequestrin (CS) is the junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum (jSR) Ca2+ binding protein responsible for intraluminal Ca2+ storage. The targeting mechanisms of CS to the jSR are yet to be unraveled. The nine-amino acid epitope of the influenza virus hemoagglutinin (referred to as HA1) was added at the COOH-terminal of CS by polymerase chain reaction cloning. The HA1-tagged CS cDNA was transiently transfected in either HeLa cells, myogenic cell lines, such as C2 and L8 cells, myoblasts of rat skeletal muscle primary cultures, or regenerating soleus muscle fibers of adult rats. The expression and intracellular localization of chimeric CS-HA1 were monitored by epifluorescence and confocal microscopy using either anti-CS antibodies or anti-HA1 antibodies. About 30% of transfected HeLa cells and 20-40% of myogenic cells expressed CS-HA1 into intracellular compartments, such as the perinuclear cisternae of endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Myoblasts of newborn rat skeletal muscles were first transfected and subsequently stimulated to differentiate into myotubes. CS-HA1 was detected in approximately 20% of transfected myotubes and did not affect CS distribution in myotubes. In the soleus muscle of adult rat, intramuscular injection of bupivacaine induced necrosis followed by regeneration. In vivo transfection of HA1-tagged CS cDNA in regenerating skeletal muscles determined expression in a few skeletal muscle fibers; CS-HA1 was localized only in jSR, as judged by confocal microscopy of longitudinal sections. The present results show that chimeric CS-HA1 is correctly sorted to ER/SR compartments and that the free COOH-terminal is not requested for sorting, retention, and segregation of CS to the SR.

scholarly journals β-Cryptoxanthin Improves p62 Accumulation and Muscle Atrophy in the Soleus Muscle of Senescence-Accelerated Mouse-Prone 1 Mice

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 2180
Author(s):  
Mari Noguchi ◽  
Tomoya Kitakaze ◽  
Yasuyuki Kobayashi ◽  
Katsuyuki Mukai ◽  
Naoki Harada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Muscle Mass ◽  
Muscle Atrophy ◽  
Soleus Muscle ◽  
Muscle Fibers ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Atrophy ◽  
Related Factor ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Senescence Accelerated Mouse

We investigated the effects of β-cryptoxanthin on skeletal muscle atrophy in senescence-accelerated mouse-prone 1 (SAMP1) mice. For 15 weeks, SAMP1 mice were intragastrically administered vehicle or β-cryptoxanthin. At 35 weeks of age, the skeletal muscle mass in SAMP1 mice was reduced compared with that in control senescence-accelerated mouse-resistant 1 (SAMR1) mice. β-cryptoxanthin increased muscle mass with an increase in the size of muscle fibers in the soleus muscle of SAMP1 mice. The expressions of autophagy-related factors such as beclin-1, p62, LC3-I, and LC3-II were increased in the soleus muscle of SAMP1 mice; however, β-cryptoxanthin administration inhibited this increase. Unlike in SAMR1 mice, p62 was punctately distributed throughout the cytosol in the soleus muscle fibers of SAMP1 mice; however, β-cryptoxanthin inhibited this punctate distribution. The cross-sectional area of p62-positive fiber was smaller than that of p62-negative fiber, and the ratio of p62-positive fibers to p62-negative fibers was increased in SAMP1 mice. β-cryptoxanthin decreased this ratio in SAMP1 mice. Furthermore, β-cryptoxanthin decreased the autophagy-related factor expression in murine C2C12 myotube. The autophagy inhibitor bafilomycin A1, but not the proteasome inhibitor MG132, inhibited the β-cryptoxanthin-induced decrease in p62 and LC3-II expressions. These results indicate that β-cryptoxanthin inhibits the p62 accumulation in fibers and improves muscle atrophy in the soleus muscle of SAMP1 mice.

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