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Comparison of force and shortening velocity of fast and slow rabbit muscle fibers at different temperatures

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Temperature dependence of force, maximal shortening velocity and power of maximally activated single permeabilized fibers from fast and slow muscles of the rabbit were recorded in temperature range from 5 to 35°C with 5°C step. It was found that temperature dependence of force of both types of fibers is identical. Averaged maximal shortening velocity of the slow fibers, unlike the fast fibers, had no statistical significance from temperature due to large data scattering and that is in disagreement with the data obtained on intact rat muscle fibers and in an in vitro motility assay. However maximal shortening velocity of each individual slow fiber did depend on temperature. Temperature dependence of the power of the slow fibers was lower than the fast ones. Due to scattering in the data of shortening velocities, apparent temperature dependence of the power of the slow fibers was significantly lower than this dependence in individual slow fibers.

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Original Russian Text © P.V. Kochubey, S.Y. Bershitsky, 2014, published in Biofizika, 2014, Vol. 59, No. 5, pp. 967–972.

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Kochubey, P.V., Bershitsky, S.Y. Comparison of force and shortening velocity of fast and slow rabbit muscle fibers at different temperatures. BIOPHYSICS 59, 786–790 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350914050108

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