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Departments of 1 Medicine, 2 Molecular and Human Genetics, and 3 Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
Skeletal muscle constitutively expresses both the type I (neuronal) and type III (endothelial) isoforms of nitric oxide synthase (NOS). We tested the functional importance of type III NOS using skeletal muscles with similar levels of type III NOS expression (diaphragm and soleus) from wild-type, heterozygous, and type III NOS-deficient littermate mice. Muscles were incubated at 37°C in Krebs-Ringer solution. NO accumulation in the medium was measured by chemiluminescence; force-frequency and fatigue characteristics were measured using direct electrical stimulation. Diaphragm and soleus released NO at similar rates during passive incubation; these rates increased during active contraction. NO release by type III NOS-deficient muscle was not different from that of wild-type muscle under any condition tested. Force-frequency and fatigue characteristics also were unaffected by genotype. Because type III NOS deficiency did not alter function, we conclude that NO effects previously observed in wild-type muscle are likely to be mediated by type I NOS.
excitation-contraction coupling; muscle contraction; fatigue; free radicals; diaphragm
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