ArticleJournal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology2006
Myosin isoforms and fibre types in jaw-closing muscles of Australian marsupials.
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Abstract
Myosin heavy chains (MyHCs) and fibre types in the masseter muscle of seven species of Australian marsupials (brushtail and ringtail possums, bettong, bandicoot, dunnart, two species of antechinuses) spanning three orders were studied by native myosin electrophoresis, SDS-PAGE, immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry. We found only two fibre types in the masseter muscles of these animals: (1) masticatory fibres expressing masticatory MyHC, and (2) hybrid alpha/beta fibres that co-express alpha-cardiac and beta-cardiac MyHCs. Masticatory fibres predominate in most species, being appropriate for predation or for chewing tough vegetable matter. The relative abundance of alpha/beta fibres decreased from 60% to 0 in the order: ringtail possum > brushtail possum > bettong > bandicoot > dunnart/antechinus. These variations in masseter fibre type are correlated with decreasing amounts of vegetable matter in the diets of these animals. The results are in contrast to earlier work on masseter fibres of macropodids that expressed alpha-cardiac MyHC almost homogeneously. The fact that the bettong (Family: Potoroidae), which belong to the same marsupial superfamily (Macropodoidea) as kangaroos and wallabies (Family: Macropodidae), has not specialized in the exclusive expression of alpha-cardiac MyHC as members of the latter family suggests that this specialization was of recent phylogenetic origin (30 million years before present).
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