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The purpose of this study was to ascertain the time course of changes, whilst suspending the hindlimb and physical exercise training, of myosin light chain (LC) isoform expression in rat soleus and vastus lateralis muscles. Two groups of six rats were suspended by their tails for 1 or 2 weeks, two other groups of ten rats each were subjected to exercise training on a treadmill for 9 weeks, one to an endurance training programme (1-h running at 20 m · min−1 5 days · week−1), and the other to a sprint programme (30-s bouts of running at 60 m · min−1 with rest periods of 5 min). At the end of these experimental procedures, soleus and vastus lateralis superficialis muscles were removed for myosin LC isoform determination by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Hindlimb suspension for 2 weeks significantly increased the proportion of fast myosin LC and decreased slow myosin LC expression in the soleus muscle. The pattern of myosin LC was unchanged in the vastus lateralis muscle. Sprint training or endurance training for 9 weeks increased the percentage of slow myosin LC in vastus lateralis muscle, whereas soleus muscle myosin LC was not modified. These data indicate that hindlimb suspension influences myosin LC expression in postural muscle, whereas physical training acts essentially on phasic muscle. There were no differences in myosin LC observed under the influence of sprint- or endurance-training programme.
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Guezennec, C.Y., Gilson, E. & Serrurier, B. Comparative effects of hindlimb suspension and exercise on skeletal muscle myosin isozymes in rats. Europ. J. Appl. Physiol. 60, 430–435 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00705032
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