The adaptation of single fibers in medial gastrocnemius (MG), a fast-twitch extensor, and in tibialis anterior (TA), a fast-twitch flexor, was studied after 14 days of spaceflight onboard Cosmos 2044 or hindlimb suspension. Quantitative myosin ATPase activities of single fibers were measured in flight and suspended rats. Each of the enzyme and size measurements were directly correlated within each fiber with respect to its qualitative myosin ATPase staining properties and its expression of fast, slow, or both myosin heavy chains (MHC). The percentage of slow- and fast-twitch fibers of the MG and TA were found to be unchanged. Mean fiber size of all fibers was unaffected after flight or suspension. The ATPase activity in the MG was higher in flight than in control or suspended rats. In comparison to Cosmos 1887 spaceflight, the adaptations in the muscle fibers of the MG were more moderate.


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    Titel :

    Adaptation of fibers in fast-twitch muscles of rats to spaceflight and hindlimb suspension


    Beteiligte:
    Jiang, Bian (Autor:in) / Ohira, Yoshi (Autor:in) / Roy, Roland R. (Autor:in) / Nguyen, Quyet (Autor:in) / Il'ina-Kakueva, E. I. (Autor:in) / Oganov, V. (Autor:in) / Edgerton, V. R. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.08.1992



    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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