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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 261: R1300-R1306, 1991;
0363-6119/91 $5.00
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 261, Issue 5 1300-R1306, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of thyroidectomy on development of skeletal muscle in fetal sheep

D. I. Finkelstein, P. Andrianakis, A. R. Luff and D. Walker
Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

The influence of the thyroid gland on the functional and histochemical development of fast- and slow-twitch skeletal muscle of fetal sheep has been studied in euthyroid fetal sheep (n = 6) and athyroid fetuses (n = 4) surgically thyroid-ectomized at 70-75 days of gestation. Two fast-twitch muscles, the medial gastrocnemius and extensor digitorum longus, and the slow-twitch soleus muscle were studied at the fetal age of 140 days gestation. The athyroid fetuses had significantly slower twitch contraction and relaxation times in both the medial gastrocnemius and extensor digitorum longus muscles compared with the euthyroid fetuses. Twitch contraction and relaxation times of the soleus were not different in the two groups. Thyroidectomy resulted in an increase in the proportion of fast (type II) muscle fibers and myosin, as shown histochemically and by gel electrophoresis of heavy-chain myosins. These results indicate that the functional maturation of the fast-twitch muscles of sheep is influenced by the presence of an intact thyroid gland from at least 70 days of gestation. In contrast, the slow-twitch soleus muscle fiber diameter and twitch contraction and relaxation times were not different in the two groups.


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