Examination of myosin heavy chain isoform expression in ovine skeletal muscles

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3915-3922

  Hemmings, K M ^a   Parr, T ^a   Daniel, Z C T R ^a   Picard, B ^b   Buttery, P J ^a   Brameld, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Fiber type; Myosin heavy chain; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Sheep; Skeletal muscle; Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP;

MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70450208195     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2067     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Andersen, J. L., and S. Schiaffino. 1997. Mismatch between myosin heavy chain mRNA and protein distribution in human skeletal muscle fibers. Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol. 272:C1881-C1889.
2. Bee, G., M. B. Solomon, S. M. Czerwinski, C. Long, and V. G. Pursel. 1999. Correlation between histochemically assessed fiber type distribution and isomyosin and myosin heavy chain content in porcine skeletal muscles. J. Anim. Sci. 77:2104-2111.
3. Bottinelli, R., M. Canepari, C. Reggiani, and G. J. M. Stienen. 1994.Myofibrillar ATPase activity during isometric contraction and isomyosin composition in rat single skinned muscle-fibers. J. Physiol. 481:663-675.
4. Bradford, M. M. 1976. Rapid and sensitive method for quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilizing principle of proteindye binding. Anal. Biochem. 72:248-254.
5. Brooke, M. H., and K. K. Kaiser. 1970. Three "myosin adenosine triphosphatase" systems: The nature of their pH lability and sulfhydryl dependence. J. Histochem. Cytochem. 18:670-672.
6. Bustin, S. A. 2000. Absolute quantification of mRNA using real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assays. J. Mol. Endocrinol. 25:169-193.
7. Čikoš, Š., A. Bukovská, and J. Koppel. 2007. Relative quantification of mRNA: Comparison of methods currently used for real-time PCR data analysis. BMC Mol. Biol. 8:113.
8. Greenwood, P. L., G. E. Gardner, and R. S. Hegarty. 2006. Lamb myofibre characteristics are influenced by sire estimated breeding values and pastoral nutritional system. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 57:627-639.
9. Greenwood, P. L., S. Harden, and D. L. Hopkins. 2007. Myofibre characteristics of ovine longissimus and semitendinosus muscles are influenced by sire breed, gender, rearing type, age and carcass weight. Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 47:1137-1146.
10. Horton, M. J., C. A. Brandon, T. J. Morris, T. W. Braun, K. M. Yaw, and J. J. Sciote. 2001. Abundant expression of myosin heavy-chain IIB RNA in a subset of human masseter muscle fibres. Arch. Oral Biol. 46:1039-1050.
11. Lefaucheur, L., and D. Gerrard. 2000. Muscle fiber plasticity in farm mammals. J. Anim. Sci. 77 (E Suppl.):1-19.
12. Lefaucheur, L., D. Milan, P. Ecolan, and C. Le Callennec. 2004. Myosin heavy chain composition of different skeletal muscles in Large White and Meishan pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 82:1931-1941.
13. Maier, A., J. C. McEwan, K. G. Dodds, D. A. Fischman, R. B. Fitzsimons, and A. J. Harris. 1992. Myosin heavy-chain composition of single fibers and their origins and distribution in developing fascicles of sheep tibialis cranialis muscles. J. Muscle Res. Cell Motil. 13:551-572.
14. Park, S. K., A. M. Gunawan, T. L. Scheffler, A. L. Grant, and D. E. Gerrard. 2009. Myosin heavy chain isoform content and energy metabolism can be uncoupled in pig skeletal muscle. J. Anim. Sci. 87:522-531.
15. Peinado, B., R. Latorre, J. M. Váquez-Autón, A. Poto, G. Ramírez, O. López-Albors, F. Moreno, and F. Gil. 2004. Histochemical skeletal muscle fibre types in the sheep. Anat. Histol. Embryol. 33:236-243.
16. Picard, B., C. Barboiron, D. Chadeyron, and C. Jurie. 2007. Une technique d'électrophorèse appliquée à la séparation des isoforms de chaînes lourdes de myosine du muscle squelettique de bovin. Cah. Techn. INRA 62:17-24.
17. Picard, B., C. Barboiron, M. P. Duris, H. Gagniére, C. Jurie, and Y. Geay. 1999. Electrophoretic separation of bovine muscle myosin heavy chain isoforms. Meat Sci. 53:1-7.
18. Picard, B., and I. Cassar-Malek. 2009. Evidence for expression of IIb myosin heavy chain isoform in some skeletal muscles of Blonde d'Aquitaine bulls. Meat Sci. 82:30-36.
19. Picard, B., L. Lefaucheur, C. Berri, and M. J. Duclos. 2002. Muscle fibre ontogenesis in farm animal species. Reprod. Nutr. Dev. 42:415-431.
20. Picard, B., J. Robelin, F. Pons, and Y. Geay. 1994. Comparison of the fetal development of fiber types in four bovine muscles. J. Muscle Res. Cell Motil. 15:473-486.
21. Sayd, T., T. Mera, V. Martin, and E. Laville. 1998. Spatial distribution of myosin heavy chain isoforms and lactate dehydrogenase M-4 in the limb musculature of two crossbred lambs. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B Biochem. Mol. Biol. 120:153-163.
22. Sazili, A. Q., T. Parr, P. L. Sensky, S. W. Jones, R. G. Bardsley, and P. J. Buttery. 2005. The relationship between slow and fast myosin heavy chain content, calpastatin and meat tenderness in different ovine skeletal muscles. Meat Sci. 69:17-25.
23. Schefe, J. H., K. E. Lehmann, I. R. Buschmann, T. Unger, and H. Funke-Kaiser. 2006. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR data analysis: Current concepts and the novel "gene expression's CT difference" formula. J. Mol. Med. 84:901-910.
24. Serrano, A. L., M. Pérez, A. Lucía, J. L. Chicharro, E. Quiroz-Rothe, and J. L. L. Rivero. 2001. Immunolabelling, histochemistry and in situ hybridization in human skeletal muscle fibres to detect myosin heavy chain expression at the protein and mRNA level. J. Anat. 199:329-337.
25. Talmadge, R. J., and R. R. Roy. 1993. Electrophoretic separation of rat skeletal-muscle myosin heavy-chain isoforms. J. Appl. Physiol. 75:2337-2340.
26. Vadászová, A., S. Hudecová, O. Križanová, and T. Soukup. 2006. Levels of myosin heavy chain mRNA transcripts and protein isoforms in the fast extensor digitorum longus muscle of 7-month-old rats with chronic thyroid status alterations. Physiol. Res. 55:707-710.
27. Vuocolo, T., K. Byrne, J. White, S. McWilliam, A. Reverter, N. E. Cockett, and R. L. Tellam. 2007. Identification of a gene network contributing to hypertrophy in callipyge skeletal muscle. Physiol. Genomics 28:253-272.
28. Wagner, P. D., and E. Giniger. 1981. Hydrolysis of ATP and reversible binding to F-actin by myosin heavy-chains free of all light chains. Nature 292:560-562.
29. Weiss, A., and L. A. Leinwand. 1996. The mammalian myosin heavy chain gene family. Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. 12:417-439.
30. Zhu, M. J., S. P. Ford, W. J. Means, B. W. Hess, P. W. Nathanielsz, and M. Du. 2006. Maternal nutrient restriction affects properties of skeletal muscle in offspring. J. Physiol. 575:241-250.