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J Appl Physiol 73: 631-641, 1992;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 73, Issue 2 631-641, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Variation and limitations in fiber enzymatic and size responses in hypertrophied muscle

G. R. Chalmers, R. R. Roy and V. R. Edgerton
Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1527.

The present study was designed to determine whether the degree and kind of adaptation of a muscle fiber to a functional overload (FO) are determined by properties that are intrinsic to that fiber. The study also addresses the question of the capability of fibers to maintain a normal level of coordination of proteins per fiber as fiber volume changes dramatically. The plantaris muscle of six adult female cats was overloaded for 12 wk by bilateral synergist removal. Plantaris muscle fiber mean size doubled after FO, although some very small fibers that stained dark for adenosinetriphosphatase (ATPase) were observed in some of the FO muscles. There appeared to be no change in total succinate dehydrogenase activity per fiber. A reduction in succinate dehydrogenase activity per unit volume was observed in a substantial number of fibers, reflecting a disproportionate increase in fiber volume relative to mitochondrial volume. In contrast, total alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase activity and actomyosin ATPase activity increased as fiber size increased, whereas there was no change in alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase and ATPase activities per unit volume. Control and FO muscle fibers generally expressed either a fast or slow myosin heavy chain type, but in some cases FO muscle fibers expressed both fast and slow myosin heavy chains. The persistence of variability in fiber sizes and enzyme activities in fibers of overloaded muscles suggests a wide range in the adaptive potential of individual fibers to FO. These data indicate that a severalfold increase in cell size may occur without significant qualitative changes in the coordination of protein regulation associated with metabolic pathways and ATP utilization.


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