Histochemical properties of skeletal muscles in Japanese cattle and their meat production ability

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 339-354

  Gotoh, Takafumi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Histochemistry; Japanese Black cattle; Meat quality; Myofiber type; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0242488949     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1344-3941.2003.00125.x     Document Type: Review

References (84)

1. Andersen P. 1975. Capillary density in skeletal muscle of man. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica 95, 203-205.
2. Andersen P, Henriksson J. 1977. Capillary supply of the quadriceps femoris muscle of man: adaptive response to exercise. Journal of Physiology 270, 677-690.
3. Ashmore CR, Tompkins G, Doerr L. 1972. Postnatal development of muscle fiber types in domestic animals. Journal of Animal Science 34, 37-41.
4. Beecher GR, Kastenschmidt LL, Cassens RG, Hoekstra WG, Briskey EJ. 1968. A comparison of the light and dark portions of a striated muscle. Journal of Food Science 33, 84-88.
5. Boreham CAG, Watt PW, Williams PE, Merry BJ, Goldspink G, Goldspink DF. 1988. Effects of ageing and chronic dietary restriction on morphology of fast and slow muscles of the rat. Journal of Anatomy 157, 111-125.
6. Brandstetter AM, Picard B, Geay Y. 1998. Muscle fibre characteristics in four muscles of growing male cattle. II. Effect of castration and feeding level. Livestock Production Science 53, 25-36.
7. Brooke MH, Kaiser KK. 1970a. Muscle fibre types: how many and what kind? Archives of Neurology 23, 369-379.
8. Brooke MH, Kaiser KK. 1970b. Three 'myosin adenosine triphosphatase' systems: the nature of their pH lability and sulfhydryl dependence. Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry 18, 670-672.
9. Buller AJ, Eccles JC, Eccles RM. 1960a. Differentiation of fast and slow muscles in the cat hindlimb. Journal of Physiology 150, 399-416.
10. Buller AJ, Eccles JC, Eccles RM. 1960b. Interactions between notoneurone and muscles in respect of the characteristics speed of their responses. Journal of Physiology 150, 417-439.
11. Burke RE, Levine DN, Tsairis P, Zajac FE III. 1973. Physiological types and histochemical profiles in motor units of the cat gastrocnemius. Journal of Physiology 234, 723-748.
12. Burke RE, Levine DN, Zajac FE III, Tsairis P, Engel WK. 1971. Histochemical profiles of three physiologically defined types of motor units in cat gastrocnemius muscle. Science 174, 709-712.
13. Calkins CR, Dutsum TR, Smith GC, Carpenter ZL, Davies GW. 1981. Relationship of fiber type composition to marbling and tenderness of bovine muscle. Journal of Food Science 46, 708-710.
14. Campbell NA, Reece JB, Mitchell LG. 1999. Biology 5th edn. Addison-Wesley Longman, New York, USA.
15. Goldspink G, Ward PS. 1979. Changes in rodent muscle fibre types during post-natal growth, undernutrition and exercise. Journal of Physiology 296, 453-469.
16. Gonyea WJ, Ericson GC. 1977. Morphological and histochemical organization of the flexor carpi radialis muscle in the cat. American Journal of Anatomy 148, 329-344.
17. Gotoh T. 1997. Histochemical Properties of Skeletal Muscles and its Relation to the Meat Production Ability in Japanese Black Cattle. PhD Thesis, Kyushu University, Japan.
18. Gotoh T, Imamura S, Iwamoto H, Ono Y. 1999c. Comparative study on the myofiber type composition and the fat deposit in M.longissimus thoracis between young heifer groups of Japanese Black fed freely on concentrate and roughage. Proceedings 45th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, 1-6 August 1999,Vol, 1, pp. 278-297. Yokohama, Japan.
19. Gotoh T, Iwamoto H, Nakanishi Y, Umetsu R, Ono Y. 1999a. Histochemical properties of skeletal muscles in different body parts of young Japanese Black steers. Animal Science Journal 70, 499-511.
20. Gotoh T, Iwamoto H, Nakanishi Y, Umetsu R, Ono Y. 1999b. Myofiber type distribution in the cranial portion of M. biceps femoris from Japanese Black steers. Animal Science Journal 70, 512-520.
21. Gotoh T, Iwamoto H, Ono Y, Nishimura S, Matsuo K, Nakanishi Y, Umetsu R, Takahara H. 1994. Comparative study on the regional composition of fiber types in M.longissimus thoracis with different marbling scores for Japanese Black steers. Animal Science and Technology 65, 454-463.
22. Gotoh T, Iwamoto H, Ono Y, Nishimura S, Shigematsu I, Nakanishi Y, Umetsu R, Takahara H. 1995. Comparative study on the regional composition of fiber types in the cranial portion of M. biceps femoris. Japanese Black steers. Animal Science and Technology 66, 62-71.
23. Gotoh T, Iwamoto H, Ono Y, Nishimura S, Takahara H. 1993. Distribution of histochemical fiber types in M.biceps femoris of crossbred steer (Japanese Black male x Holstein female). Animal Science and Technology 64, 927-929.
24. Hood DE. 1980. Factors affecting the rate of metmyoglobin accumulation in pre-packaged beef. Meat Science 4, 247-265.
25. Hoshino T, Nitsuma S, Tamate H. 1987. The structure of the muscle bundles as organized unit in the muscle tissues of the cattles. Japanese Journal of Zootechnology Science 58, 817-826.
26. Hudlicka O. 1991. What makes blood vessels grow? (Review lecture). Journal of Physiology 444, 1-24.
27. Iwamoto H, Gotoh T, Nishimura S, Ono Y, Takahara H. 1999. Inter-and Intra-breed variation in the fiber type composition of M.longissimus lumborum and M.biceps femoris in Japanese Black, Japanese Brown, Holstein and F1 (Japanese Black x Holstein) steers. Animal Science Journal 70, 490-496.
28. Iwamoto H, Ono Y, Gotoh T, Nishimura S, Nakanishi Y, Umetsu R, Takahara H. 1991. Comparative studies on the composition of muscle fiber types in Japanese Black, Japanese Brown and Holstein steers. Animal Science and Technology 62, 674-682.
29. Iwamoto H, Ono Y, Kawaida H, Takahara H. 1989. Histochemical fiber composition of longissimus muscle in the Berkshire pigs bred in Kagoshima prefecture. Japanese Journal of Zootechnical Science 60, 261-272.
30. Khan MA. 1976. Histochemical characteristics of vertebrate striated muscle: a review. Progress in Histochemistry and Cytochemistry 8, 1-48.
31. Klont RE, Brocks L, Eikelenboom G. 1998. Muscle fibre type and meat quality. Meat Science 49, S219-S229.
32. Kochakian CD, Tillotson C. 1957. Influence of several C19 steroids on the growth of individual muscles of the guinea pig. Endocrinology 60, 607-618.
33. Kochakian CD, Tillotson C, Austin J. 1957. A comparison of the effect of inanition, castration and testosterone on the muscles of the guinea pig. Endocrinology 60, 144-152.
34. Kochakian CD, Tillotson C, Austin J, Dougherty E, Haag V, Coalson R. 1956. The effect of castration on the weight and composition of the muscles of the guinea pig. Endocrinology 58, 315-326.
35. Kugelberg E. 1976. Adaptive transformation of rat soleus motor units during growth. Journal of the Neurological Science 27, 269-289.
36. Lin J, Tarr PT, Zhang CY, Wu Z, Boss O, Michael LF, Puigserver P, Isotani E, Olson E, Lowell BB, Bassel-Duby R, Spiegelman BM. 2002. Transcriptional co-activator PGC-1 a drives the formation of slow-twitch muscle fibers. Nature 418, 797-801.
37. López-Rivero JL, Serramp AL, Diz AM, Galisteo AM. 1992. Variability of muscle fibre composition and fibre size in the horse gluteus medius: an enzyme-histochemical and morphometric study. Journal of Anatomy 181, 1-10.
38. Lunt DK, Riley RR, Smith SB. 1993. Growth and carcass characteristics of Angus and American Wagyu steers. Meat Science 34, 327-334.
39. Manabe N, Irie M, Mitsumoto M, Furuya Y, Yamaguchi M, Miyamoto H. 2001. Immunohistochemical quantification of fast-myosin in upper hind limb muscles of the pig. Animal Science Journal 72, 154-163.
40. May ML, Dikeman M, Schalles RR. 1977. Longissimus muscle histological characteristics of Simmental x Angus, Hereford x Angus, and Limousin x Angus crossbred steers as related to carcass composition and meat palatability traits. Journal of Animal Science 44, 571-580.
41. McIntosh JS, Ringqvist M, Schmidt EM. 1985. Fiber type composition of monkey forearm muscle. Anatomical Record 211, 403-409.
42. Melton C, Dikeman M, Tuma J, Schalles RR. 1974. Histological relationships of muscle biopsies to bovine meat quality and carcass composition. Journal of Animal Science 38, 24-31.
43. Moody WG, Kemp KD, Mahyuddin M, Johnston DM, Ely DG. 1980. Effect of feeding systems, slaughter weight and sex on histological properties of lamb carcass. Journal of Animal Science 50, 249-256.
44. Morita S, Iwamoto H, Fukumitsu Y, Gotoh T, Nishimura S, Ono Y. 1999. Comparative studies on the fiber type composition in the different parts of M.biceps femoris of Mishima steers. Animal Science Journal 70, J177-J183.
45. Morita S, Iwamoto H, Fukumitsu Y, Gotoh T, Nishimura S, Ono Y. 2000a. Histochemical studies on the skeletal muscles in fattened Mishima steers. Animal Science Journal 71, J51-J59.
46. Morita S, Iwamoto H, Fukumitsu Y, Gotoh T, Nishimura S, Ono Y. 2000b. Heterogenous composition of histochemical fibre types in the different parts of M.longissimus thoracis from Mishima (Japanese native) steers. Meat Science 54, 59-63.
47. Ono Y, Solomon MB, Elasser TH, Rumsey TS, Mosely WM. 1996. Effects of Synovex-S and recombinant bovine growth hormone (Somavubove) on growth responses of steers. II. Muscle morphology and proximate composition of muscles. Journal of Animal Science 74, 2929-2934.
48. Peter JB, Barnard RJ, Edgerton VR, Gilespie CA, Stempel KE. 1972. Metabolic profiles of three fiber types of skeletal muscle in guinea-pigs and rabbits. Biochemistry 11, 2627-2633.
49. Pette D, Staron RS. 1990. Cellular and molecular diversities of mammalian skeletal muscle fibers. Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology 116, 1-76.
50. Pette D, Staron RS. 1997. Mammalian skeletal muscle fiber type transitions. International Review of Cytology 170, 143-223.
51. Rahelic S, Puac S. 1981. Fibre types in longissimus dorsi from wild and highly selected pig breeds. Meat Science 5, 439-450.
52. Schiaffino S, Gorza L, Sartore S, Saggin L, Ausoni S, Vianello M, Gundersen K, Lomo T. 1989. Three myosin heavy chain isoforms in type 2 skeletal muscle fibres. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motililty 10, 197-205.
53. Scow RO, Roe TH Jr. 1953. Effect of Testosterone propionate on the weight and myoglobin content of striated muscles in gonadectomized guinea pigs. American Journal of Physiology 173, 22-28.
54. Seideman SC, Crouse JD, Cross HR. 1986. The effect of sex condition and growth implants on bovine muscle fiber characteristics. Meat Science 17, 79-95.
55. Serrano AL, Petrie JL, Rivero JL, Hermanson JW. 1996. Myosin isoform and muscle fiber characteristics in equine gluteus medius muscle. Anatomical Record 244, 444-451.
56. Smith JL, Edgerton VR, Betts B, Collatos TC. 1977. EMG of slow and fast ankle extensors of cat during posture, locomotion, and jumping. Journal of Neurophysiology 40, 503-513.
57. Smith D, Green H, Thomson J, Sharratt M. 1988. Oxidative potential in developing rat diaphragm, EDL, and soleus muscle fibers. American Journal of Physiology 254, C661-C668.
58. Solomon MB. 1985. Profile of fiber types in muscles from wild pigs native to the United States. Meat Science 13, 247-254.
59. Staron RS, Hikida RS. 1992. Histochemical, biochemical and ultrastructual analysis of single human muscle fibers, with special reference to the C-fiber population. Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry 40, 563-568.
60. Suzuki A. 1971a. Histochemical classification of individual skeletal muscle fibers in the sheep; I. On M. semitendinosus, M. longissimus dorsi, M. psoas major, M. latissimus dorsi and M. Gastrocnemius. Japanese Journal of Zootechnical Science 42, 39-54.
61. Suzuki A. 1971b. Histochemical classification of individual skeletal muscle fibers in sheep; II. On M. serratus ventralis, M. supraspinatus, M. infraspinatus, M. semimembranosus and M. triceps brachii. Japanese Journal of Zootechnical Science 42, 463-473.
62. Suzuki A. 1973. Histochemical observations of individual skeletal muscle fibers in starved sheep. Japanese Journal of Zootechnical Science 44, 50-58.
63. Suzuki A. 1976. The pH stability of myofibrilar adenosine triphosphatase of five fiber types in skeletal muscles of the sheep and cattle. Japanese Journal of Zootechnical Science 47, 95-103.
64. Suzuki A. 1991. Composition of myofiber types in the pectoral girdle musculature of sheep. Anatomical Record 230, 339-346.
65. Suzuki A. 1995. Differences in distribution of myofiber types between the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles of sheep. Anatomical Record 242, 483-490.
66. Suzuki A, Tamate H. 1988. Distribution of myofiber type in the hip and thigh musculature of sheep. Anatomical Record 221, 494-502.
67. Suzuki A, Tamate H, Okada M. 1976. The effect of a high plane of nutrition during a given period of growth on size and proportion of skeletal muscle fiber types in the cattle. Tohoku Journal of Agricultural Research 27, 20-25.
68. Swatland HJ. 2000. Meat Cuts and Muscle Foods, pp. 103-105. Nottingham University Press, Nottingham, UK.
69. Totland GK, Kryvi H. 1991. Distribution patterns of muscle fibre types in major muscles of the bull (Bos taurus). Anatomy and Embryology 184, 441-450.
70. USDA. 2002. The Production, Supply, and Distribution (PS & D) database. http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/data-sets/ international/93002/.
71. Vestergaard M, Henckel P, Oksbjerg Sejrsen K. 1994. The effect of cimaterol on muscle fiber characteristics, capillary supply, and metabolic potentials of longissimus and semitendinosus muscles from young friesian bulls. Journal of Animal Science 72, 2298-2306.
72. Vigeneron P, Bacou F, Ashmore CR. 1976. Distribution heterogeneity of muscle fiber types in the rabbit longissimus muscle. Journal of Animal Science 43, 985-988.
73. Vøllestad NK. 1987. Motor unit recruitment (a histochemical approach), medicine and sport science. In: Marconnet P, Komi PV (eds), Muscular Function in Exercise and Training Vol. 26, pp. 128-141. Karger Press, Basel, Switzerland.
74. Walmsley B, Hodgson JA, Burke RE. 1978. Forces produced by medial gastrocnemius and soleus muscles during locomotion in freely moving cats. Journal of Neurophysiology 41, 1203-1216.
75. Wegner J, Albrecht E, Fiedler I, Teuscher F, Papstem HJ, Ender K. 2000. Growth and breed related changes of muscle fiber characteristics in cattle. Journal of Animal Science 78, 1485-1496.
76. Wegner J, Huff P, Xie CP, Schneider F, Teuscher F, Mir PS, Mir Z, Kazala C, Weselake RJ, Ender K. 2001. Relationship of plasma leptin concentration to intramuscular fat content in beef from crossbred Wagyu cattle. Canadian Journal of Animal Science 81, 451-457.
77. White NA, McGavin MD, Smith JE. 1978. Age-related changes in percentage of fiber types and mean fiber diameters of the ovine quadriceps muscles. American Journal of Veterinary Science 39, 1297-1302.
78. Winters JM, Woo SL-Y. 1990. Multiple Muscle Systems: Biomechanics and Movement Organization. Springer-Verlag, New York, USA.
79. Young OA, Bass JJ. 1984. Effect of castration on bovine composition. Meat Science 11, 139-156.
80. Zajac FE, Faden JS. 1985. Relationship among recruitment order, axonal conduction velocity, and muscle-unit properties of type-identified motor units in cat plantaris muscle. Journal of Neurophysiology 53, 1303-1322.
81. Zembayashi M. 1994. Effect of nutritional planes and breeds on intramusclar-lipid deposition in M.longissimus dorsi of steers. Meat Science 38, 367-374.
82. Zembayashi M, Inayama M. 1987. Fat partition and its distribution in Japanese Black, Japanese Shorthorn and Holstein steer carcass. Japanese Journal of Zootechnical Science 58, 381-387.
83. Zembayashi M, Lunt DK. 1995. Distribution of intramuscular lipid throughout M.longissimus thoracis et lumborum in Japanese Black, Japanese Shorthorn, Holstein and Japanese Black Crossbreds. Meat Science 40, 211-216.
84. Zerouala AC, Stickland NC. 1991. Cattle at risk for dark-cutting beef have a higher proportion of oxidative muscle fibers. Meat Science 29, 263-270.