The present study demonstrates that the general capability of skeletal muscle to maintain its proteins decreases rapidly in response to space flight. The present findings suggest further that the magnitude of enzymatic and cell volumes changes in response to space flight depend on several factors including the muscle and its fiber type composition. It appears that in order to associate physiological relevance to the observed enzymatic changes, cell volume should be considered also. Although it remains unclear as to the stimulus, or lack of stimulus, that triggers the rapid changes in muscle proteins in response to space flight, ground-based models of muscle atrophy suggest that the reduction in mechanical loading of muscle may be more important than the total amount of activation over a 24-hr period.


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    Title :

    Experiment K-6-07. Metabolic and morphologic properties of muscle fibers after spaceflight


    Contributors:
    Edgerton, R. (author) / Miu, B. (author) / Martin, Thomas P. (author) / Roy, R. (author) / Marini, J. (author) / Leger, J. J. (author) / Oganov, V. (author) / Ilyina-Kakueva, E. (author)


    Publication date :

    1990-02-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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