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Enzyme histochemical adaptive responses of the medial pterygoid muscle and two heads of the lateral pterygoid muscle to long-term soft diet feeding in growing rabbits

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The aim of the present study was to investigate the histochemical effects of long-term soft diet in the medial pterygoid muscle as well as the two heads of the lateral pterygoid muscles in growing rabbits. Eleven young rabbits were divided into two groups as solid diet (control group; n = 6) or soft diet (soft-diet group; n = 5) groups. After 6 months, muscle fibers from the medial and the two heads of the lateral pterygoid muscles were histochemically defined. In the medial pterygoid muscle, the percentage of the type 1 fiber cross-sectional area to total area was 10.1 ± 2.4 % in the control group and 8.3 ± 3.0 % in the soft-diet group, respectively. In the soft-diet group, there was a trend toward an increase in the number of type 2A fibers, and toward a decrease in the numbers of type 2B fibers in comparison with the controls. In the two heads of the lateral pterygoid muscle, the percentage of the type 1 fiber cross-sectional area to total area was 8.4 ± 7.5 and 3.3 ± 2.7 %, respectively. Compared to that of the control group, the two heads in the soft-diet group showed a trend toward a decrease in the number of type 2A fibers. In addition, type 2B had a tendency to decrease in the number in the inferior head. In conclusion, this study suggests that long-term soft diet leads to adaptations of the pterygoid muscles. Two heads of the lateral pterygoid muscle revealed different adaptation from jaw-closing muscles under soft-diet conditions.

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We as authors of this manuscript have no financial relationship with any organization as regards this study. We declare that we have no conflict of interest about in study. This study was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (2010-2012: 22592203).

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  1. Division of Oral Diagnosis and Medicine, Department of Oral Pathobiological Science, Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, North 13, West 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8586, Japan

    Yoshimasa Kitagawa & Jun Sato

  2. Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Fukui General Hospital, Fukui, Japan

    Toshiyuki Ogasawara

  3. Division of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Department of Morphological and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, 23-3 Matsuokashimoaizuki, Eiheiji-cho, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan

    Yoshiaki Nojyo

  4. Enomoto Dental Medicine Institute, 1-7-10 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0061, Japan

    Sumio Enomoto

  5. Division of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Department of Sensory and Locomotor Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, 23-3 Matsuokashimoaizuki, Eiheiji-cho, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan

    Kazuo Sano

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Kitagawa, Y., Sato, J., Ogasawara, T. et al. Enzyme histochemical adaptive responses of the medial pterygoid muscle and two heads of the lateral pterygoid muscle to long-term soft diet feeding in growing rabbits. Odontology 102, 272–278 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10266-013-0127-0

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