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J Appl Physiol 90: 1095-1101, 2001;
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Vol. 90, Issue 3, 1095-1101, March 2001

Expression and functional behavior of troponin C in soleus muscle fibers of rat after hindlimb unloading

P. Kischel, B. Bastide, L. Stevens, and Y. Mounier

Laboratoire de Plasticité Neuromusculaire, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France

Troponin C (TnC) plays a key role in the regulation of muscle contraction, thereby modulating the Ca2+-activation characteristics of skinned muscle fibers. This study was performed to assess the effects of a 15-day hindlimb unloading (HU) period on TnC expression and its functional behavior in the slow postural muscles of the rat. We investigated the TnC isoform expression in whole soleus muscles and in single fibers. The latter were also checked for their Ca2+ activation characteristics and sensitivity to bepridil, a Ca2+ sensitizer molecule. This drug has been described as exerting a differential effect on slow and fast fibers, depending on the TnC isoform. With regard to TnC expression, three populations were found in control muscle fibers: slow, hybrid slow, and hybrid fast fibers, with the TnC fast being always coexpressed with TnC slow. In the whole muscle, TnC fast expression increased after HU because of the increase in the proportion of hybrid fast fibers. The HU hybrid fast fibers had properties similar to those of control hybrid fast fibers. The fibers that remained slow after HU exhibited similar bepridil and Sr2+ properties as control slow fibers. Therefore, in these fibers, the changes could not be related to the TnC molecule.

regulatory proteins; calcium ion sensitizers; bepridil; simulated microgravity


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