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J Appl Physiol 73: 1282-1286, 1992;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 73, Issue 4 1282-1286, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Myosin heavy chain composition in the rat diaphragm: effect of age and exercise training

L. E. Gosselin, M. Betlach, A. C. Vailas, M. L. Greaser and D. P. Thomas
Biodynamics Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.

Increases in aerobic capacity in both young and senescent rats consequent to endurance exercise training are now known to occur not only in locomotor skeletal muscle but also in diaphragm. In the current study the effects of aging and exercise training on the myosin heavy chain (MHC) composition were determined in both the costal and crural diaphragm regions of female Fischer 344 rats. Exercise training [treadmill running at 75% maximal oxygen consumption (1 h/day, 5 day/wk, x 10 wk)] resulted in similar increases in plantaris muscle citrate synthase activity in both young (5 mo) and old (23 mo) trained animals (P < 0.05). Computerized densitometric image analysis of fast and slow MHC bands revealed the ratio of fast to slow MHC to be significantly higher (P < 0.005) in the crural compared with costal diaphragm region in both age groups. In addition, a significant age-related increase (P < 0.05) in percentage of slow MHC was observed in both diaphragm regions. However, exercise training failed to change the relative proportion of slow MHC in either the costal or crural region.


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