Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 64, Issue 6 2388-2393, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Fatigue of mouse diaphragm muscle in isometric and isotonic contractions

C. Y. Seow and N. L. Stephens
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

Fatiguabilities of mouse diaphragm muscle in vitro in isometric and isotonic contractions were compared in this study. Isolated mouse diaphragm muscle was stimulated repetitively to induce fatigue during both isometric and isotonic contractions. The supramaximal electrical stimulation used was a train of 100-Hz, 0.5-ms pulses delivered to the muscle every 2 s for 0.5 s. The percentage decrease in isometric tension from beginning to end of the fatiguing process was used as the index of fatigue. The experiments were carried out at different PO2 levels in both normal and zero-glucose Ringer solutions. It was found that fatigue developed more rapidly in isotonic contractions than in isometric ones. Also, the extracellular glucose level demonstrated little effect on the muscle's short-term fatiguability, whereas reductions in the extracellular PO2 exerted a profound effect, especially in the case of isotonic fatigue.

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