Correlation between myofibrillar ATPase activity and myosin heavy chain composition in rabbit muscle fibers |
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Authors: | R S Staron D Pette |
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Institution: | (1) Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Postfach 5560, D-7750 Konstanz, Germany |
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Abstract: | Summary Combined histochemical and biochemical analyses were performed on single fibers of rabbit soleus muscle. Histochemically, four fiber types (I, IC, IIC, IIA) were defined. Of these, types I and IIA were separate, histochemically homogeneous groups. A heterogeneous C fiber population exhibited a continuum of staining intensities between types I and IIA. Microelectrophoretic analyses of specific, histochemically defined fibers revealed that type I fibers contained exclusively HCI, whereas type IIA fibers contained only HCIIa. The C fibers were characterized by the coexistence of both heavy chains in varying ratios, type HC with a predominance of HCI and type IIC with a predominance of HCIIa. A direct correlation existed between the myosin heavy chain composition and the histochemical mATPase staining and was especially evident in the C fiber population with its variable HCI/HCIIa ratio. This correlation did not apply to the myosin light chain complement. |
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