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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 278: R1099-R1106, 2000;
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Vol. 278, Issue 4, R1099-R1106, April 2000

Single-fiber myosin heavy chain polymorphism during postnatal development: modulation by hypothyroidism

Nick A. di Maso, Vincent J. Caiozzo, and Kenneth M. Baldwin

Department of Physiology and Biophysics and Orthopaedics, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California 92697

The primary objective of this study was to follow the developmental time course of myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform transitions in single fibers of the rodent plantaris muscle. Hypothyroidism was used in conjunction with single-fiber analyses to better describe a possible linkage between the neonatal and fast type IIB MHC isoforms during development. In contrast to the general concept that developmental MHC isoform transitions give rise to muscle fibers that express only a single MHC isoform, the single-fiber analyses revealed a very high degree of MHC polymorphism throughout postnatal development. In the adult state, MHC polymorphism was so pervasive that the rodent plantaris muscles contained ~12-15 different pools of fibers (i.e., fiber types). The degree of polymorphism observed at the single-fiber level made it difficult to determine specific developmental schemes analogous to those observed previously for the rodent soleus muscle. However, hypothyroidism was useful in that it confirmed a possible link between the developmental regulation of the neonatal and fast type IIB MHC isoforms.

myosin heavy chain isoforms; electrophoresis; neonatal; plantaris muscle


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