ArticleThe Journal of physiology1996
Unloaded shortening velocities of rabbit masseter muscle fibres expressing skeletal or alpha-cardiac myosin heavy chains.
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- Developmental, physiologic and phylogenetic perspectives on the expression and regulation of myosin heavy chains in mammalian skeletal muscles.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2023Review
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- Regional variation in IIM myosin heavy chain expression in the temporalis muscle of female and male baboons (Papio anubis).Archives of oral biology · 2013Article
- Human masseter muscle fiber type properties, skeletal malocclusions, and muscle growth factor expression.Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons · 2012Article
- Masseter myosin heavy chain composition varies with mandibular asymmetry.The Journal of craniofacial surgery · 2011Article
- Masticatory (;superfast') myosin heavy chain and embryonic/atrial myosin light chain 1 in rodent jaw-closing muscles.The Journal of experimental biology · 2009Article
- Regional differences in fiber characteristics in the rat temporalis muscle.Journal of anatomy · 2008Article
- Quantification of myosin heavy chain RNA in human laryngeal muscles: differential expression in the vertical and horizontal posterior cricoarytenoid and thyroarytenoid.The Laryngoscope · 2008Article
- Heterogeneity of fiber characteristics in the rat masseter and digastric muscles.Journal of anatomy · 2007Article
- Myosin isoforms and fibre types in jaw-closing muscles of Australian marsupials.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2006Article
- Postnatal transitions in myosin heavy chain isoforms of the rabbit superficial masseter and digastric muscle.Journal of anatomy · 2006Article
- Intrinsic properties of the adult human mylohyoid muscle: neural organization, fiber-type distribution, and myosin heavy chain expression.Dysphagia · 2005Article
- Functional properties of skinned rabbit skeletal and cardiac muscle preparations containing alpha-cardiac myosin heavy chain.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2004Article
- Specialized cranial muscles: how different are they from limb and abdominal muscles?Cells, tissues, organs · 2003Review
- Contractile properties and myosin heavy chain isoform composition in single fibre of human laryngeal muscles.Journal of muscle research and cell motility · 2002Article
- Abundant expression of myosin heavy-chain IIB RNA in a subset of human masseter muscle fibres.Archives of oral biology · 2001Article
- Maximum shortening velocity and myosin heavy-chain isoform expression in human masseter muscle fibers.Journal of dental research · 2001Article
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Abstract
1. Some rabbit masseter fibres express the alpha-cardiac myosin heavy chain (MHC). To compare the biochemical and physiological properties of these fibres with other skeletal fibre types, we examined the histochemical and immunohistochemical staining characteristics, maximum velocity of shortening (V(zero)) and MHC isoform content of fibres from rabbit masseter and soleus muscles. 2. The fibre-type composition of muscle sections was determined with MHC antibodies and myofibrillar ATPase histochemistry. Fibres we designated 'type alpha-cardiac' were different from type I and type II fibres in that they stained positively with the alpha-cardiac MHC antibody and they maintained. ATPase reactivity after acid and alkali pre-incubations. Samples of superficial masseter contained a few type I fibres, with the majority of fibres classified as either type IIA or type alpha-cardiac. Soleus samples contained type I, IIA and IIC fibres. 3. The V(zero) of chemically skinned fibres was determined by the slack-test method. Each fibre was subsequently characterized as type I, IIA, IIC or alpha-cardiac from MHC identification using gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). In masseter fibres the V(zero) values were (in muscle lengths s-1): type I, 0.54 +/- 0.05 (mean +/- S.D., n = 3); type IIA, 1.23 +/- 0.34 (n = 27); type alpha-cardiac, 0.78 +/- 0.08 (n = 9). In soleus fibres V(zero) values were: type I, 0.55 +/- 0.06 (n = 14); type IIA, 0.89 +/- 0.04 (n = 8); type IIC, 0.73 (n = 2). 4. We conclude that the rabbit masseter muscle contains an 'alpha-cardiac' fibre type that is distinct from other skeletal fibres. This fibre type expresses only the alpha-cardiac MHC, has unusual myofibrillar ATPase reactivity and has a V(zero) intermediate between type I and type II fibres.
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