Developmental changes in ventricular myosin isoenzymes of the tammar wallaby |
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Authors: | Yoonah Kim Christine A Lucas Wendy W H Zhong Joseph F Y Hoh |
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Institution: | (1) Discipline of Physiology and the Bosch Institute, F13, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia |
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Abstract: | Ventricular myosin in eutherian mammals undergoes a perinatal change in response to a sharp rise in thyroid hormone levels
during development. In this investigation, changes in ventricular myosin heavy chains (MyHCs) of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) from early pouch life to adulthood were analysed using native gel electrophoresis, SDS-PAGE and western blotting. Adult
wallaby ventricle showed three myosin isoenzymes, V1, V2 and V3; western blots using specific anti-α-MyHC and anti-β-MyHC antibodies showed their MyHC compositions to be αα, αβ and ββ,
respectively. Ventricular muscle in early pouch joeys expressed predominantly β-MyHC. Up to 200 days, the time of initial
pouch exit, α-MyHC content was around 5%. Thereafter, there was a sharp increase of α-MyHC expression to 35% by 242 days of
age, eventually falling back to 23% in the adult. These changes correlate with known surges in plasma levels of thyroid hormones
around pouch exit. The results suggest that ventricular myosins in a marsupial mammal also undergo a developmental change,
and that marsupial ventricular myosins are thyroid responsive as in eutherians. The increased α-MyHC expression empowers the
heart to meet the enhanced cardiovascular demands of out-of-pouch activity and the thermogenic action of thyroid hormones. |
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Keywords: | Myosin Heart Marsupial Development |
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