Novel transitions in MHC isoforms: separate and combined effects of thyroid hormone and mechanical unloading - PubMed (original) (raw)

Novel transitions in MHC isoforms: separate and combined effects of thyroid hormone and mechanical unloading

V J Caiozzo et al. J Appl Physiol (1985). 1998 Dec.

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Abstract

Single-fiber (n = 3,818 fibers) electrophoretic analyses were used to delineate the separate and combined effects of hyperthyroidism (T3) and hindlimb suspension (HS) on the myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform composition (1-, 2-, and 4-wk time points) of the rat soleus muscle. The key findings of this study are as follows. First, T3 and HS both altered the distribution of MHC isoforms at the single-fiber level; however, the populations of fibers produced by these two interventions were clearly different from one another. Second, T3 + HS rapidly converted the soleus into a fast muscle, producing large increases in the relative contents of the fast type IIx and IIb MHC isoforms which were primarily expressed in several populations of hybrid fibers (e.g., types I/IIa/IIx, I/IIx/IIb, I/IIa/IIx/IIb). Finally, T3 + HS produced unique populations of hybrid fibers that did not adhere to the Ileft arrow over right arrow IIaleft arrow over right arrow IIxleft arrow over right arrow IIb sequential scheme of MHC plasticity. Collectively, the findings of this study demonstrate that the intervention of T3 + HS is a powerful model for manipulating and studying MHC isoform plasticity in slow skeletal muscle.

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