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Skeletal muscles of flight rats showed no changes in the content of glycogen, adenosine triphosphatase activity of myosin and protein content in protein fractions (except the T fraction where the protein content increased on the 1st and returned to the normal on the 26th postflight day). On the 1st postflight day activities of aminotransferases and lactate dehydrogenase of sarcoplasmatic proteins were elevated and the isoenzyme spectrum of LDH was changed as if in muscular atrophy. The amount of free amino acids in muscles was lowered. On the 26 the postflight day the enzymic activity of sarcoplasmatic proteins remained increased whereas the isoenzyme spectrum of LDH returned to the normal and the amount of free amino acids grew significantly. In the microsomal fraction of muscles the phospholipid content decreased on the 1st and returned to the normal on the 26th postflight day.
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PMID:[Effect of a 22-day space flight on the metabolism of rat skeletal muscle tissue]. 13 80

The histochemical profile of individual human skeletal muscle fibres was analysed by correlating mitochondrial oxidative enzyme activity and that of myofibrillar ATPase at pH 9.5 and after pre-incubation at pH 4.3 and pH 4.6. In normal control muscle, only a small percentage of fibres did not conform to one or other of the normal variants of Type I and Type II fibres. In biopsies from early cases of Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, the denervated fibre populations contained many abnormal Type I and Type II fibres, including "IIc" fibres, but the basic distinction between Type I and Type II was preserved. However, in infantile spinal muscular atrophy patients aged two years and over, this distinction was progressively lost, leading to the total dedifferentiation of the atrophied fibres. In the Kugelberg-Welander form of spinal muscular atrophy, many of the constituent fibres of re-innervated groups displayed normal or near-normal histochemical profiles, but chronically denervated fibres became totally dedifferentiated. In Duchenne dystrophy, the spectrum of histochemical types appeared to be more continuous due to the emergence of fibres with properties intermediate between those of the normal variants, but the basic distinction between Type I and Type II fibres was preserved in the majority of cases. The percentage of severely abnormal fibres was higher in Type II than Type I and probably contributed to the observed decrease in the overall proportion of Type II fibres. Although very small atrophied fibres were observed in biopsies from cases of Becker and Duchenne dystrophy, these did not show the total dedifferentiation seen in the chronically denervated fibres in cases of spinal muscular atrophy.
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PMID:Patterns of abnormal histochemical fibre type differentitation in human muscle biopsies. 15 Apr 55

A right gastrocnemius muscle biopsy of a 13-month-old floppy male infant, which appeared at a more advanced age to suffer from an infantile spinal muscular atrophy, showed unusual histochemical changes: the chequer-board distribution was replaced by three groups of muscle fibers with a same mean narrow diameter of 12.5 micrometer. The smallest groups could easily be recognized as type I and type IIB fibers, while the largest group, involving more than 75% of the whole biopsy, revealed an intermediate hybrid fiber population, which would be classified as type I, if based on their phosphorylase and myofibrillar ATPase activities alone. The pathogenesis of this unusual finding is discussed.
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PMID:Infantile spinal muscular atrophy. Unusual fiber typing and distribution in a muscle biopsy. 65 59

In guinea pigs, the ankle joint was partly immobilized in a position reducing dorsiflection to 105 degrees (as compared to the normal value of 30 degrees). When compared with the contralateral unrestrained leg, this led to a significant atrophy and a decrease in contractile force (-23%) of the gastrocnemius muscle. This was associated with a significant decrease in the total concentration of [3H]ouabain binding sites in gastrocnemius and plantaris muscle reaching minimum (-19% and -23%) after 3 weeks, but no evidence of degenerative changes. Total contents of Ca and Ca-ATPase were increased by 27% and 22%, respectively. After 4 to 5 weeks of reduced mobility, the concentration of [3H]ouabain binding sites in gastrocnemius muscle returned to control level. The lowest concentration of [3H]ouabain binding sites reached during reduced mobility was 258 +/- 13 pmol/g wet wt., and the maximum value attained following 3 weeks of reduced mobility and 3 weeks of training by running was 498 +/- 25 pmol/g wet wt., i.e, 93% higher. In soleus, training produced an increase of 25%. Clinically, it is important to realize that movable braces cannot prevent the development of muscular atrophy. The observed spontaneous recovery of the Na,K-pump concentration may partly explain why patients using movable casts show a better capacity for physical performance than those treated with complete immobilization. In conclusion, the total concentration of Na,K-pumps in guinea pig skeletal muscle undergoes downregulation and upregulation as a function of contractile activity as well as muscle length under conditions mimicking the constraints on mobility frequently used in the clinical treatment of lesions.
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PMID:Effects of reduced joint mobility and training on Na,K-ATPase and Ca-ATPase in skeletal muscle. 132 58

The morphologic changes in denervation atrophy of paravertebral muscles after severance of the posterior rami in cats were investigated, using histochemical methods and electromyography. Using a paraspinal approach, three branches of the posterior rami on the left side were cut under microscopy at one, two, or three levels (L2 approximately L4). Muscle atrophy was evaluated, using the percent wet weight and the percent diameter of muscle fibers as parameters. Myosine ATPase stain was used to observe reinnervation. Four weeks after surgery, the range and severity of muscle atrophy increased proportionally to the number of posterior rami severed. Muscle atrophy was revealed at one or two levels caudal to the injured nerve level. At 12 and 24 weeks, muscle atrophy recovered gradually. In more than two-level injury groups, however, recovery of percent wet weight reached up to 80% even after 24 weeks, despite the fact of reinnervation demonstrated in some parts of the denervated muscles.
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PMID:Experimental study of denervated muscle atrophy following severance of posterior rami of the lumbar spinal nerves. 146 12

Small muscle fibres, defined as those of less than 40 microns diameter in the male and 30 microns in the female were encountered in muscle biopsies of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), polymyositis (PM) and myopathy/dystrophy. Excessive reactivity with NADH-TR in small fibres did not discriminate between neurogenic and myopathic disorders. Quantification of perifascicular atrophic fibres, the number of nuclei in atrophic fibres, or the presence of isolated or grouped small fibres without histochemical kinship to their surrounding fibres did not aid recognition of the disease process in the groups studied. Small fibres which reacted strongly both with NADH-TR and ATPase at pH 9.4 (Type 3 fibres) constituted 38% of small fibres in the biopsies of SMA; 25% in ALS; but only 1% and 2.7% in PM and myopathy/dystrophy respectively. Thus, the presence of small Type 3 fibres in muscle biopsies may be a useful marker for neurogenic disorders in adults.
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PMID:Origin and significance of small muscle fibres in neuromuscular disease. 294 18

In a group of 16 cases with adult-onset chronic proximal spinal muscular atrophy, we performed a morphometric analysis of 88 intramuscular nerves in biopsied biceps brachii muscles and correlated this analysis with clinical and histochemical parameters. The total number of large and small myelinated fibres in all fascicles was reduced to 71%, 23% and 83% of control values, respectively. The percentage reduction of large myelinated fibres for each case was significantly correlated with duration of illness, biceps muscle power and histochemical atrophy factors. Histograms of large intramuscular nerve fascicles showed unimodal distributions and shifts to the left with single peak increases at 1 micron. The densities of small myelinated fibres in large fascicles correlated with counts of 'enclosed' muscle fibres in ATPase preparations. Compared with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a lesser reduction of large myelinated fibres, but a greater increase in small myelinated fibres, was noted in adult-onset chronic proximal spinal muscular atrophy. These findings imply that there is a less marked loss of myelinated nerve fibres with more effective reinnervation in adult-onset chronic proximal spinal muscular atrophy than in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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PMID:Clinical and morphometric analysis of biopsied biceps brachii muscles in adult-onset chronic proximal spinal muscular atrophy. With special reference to intramuscular nerves. 340 87

Using morphological and histochemical methods, skeletal muscles (soleus, gastrocnemius), quadriceps and biceps muscles) of Wistar-SPF rats flown for 7 days on Cosmos-1667 were investigated. The short-term exposure to microgravity led to muscle atrophy which primarily involved myofibers with a high level of oxidative metabolism and a low level of ATPase activity. The percentage composition of myofibers of different types remained unchanged. The soleus muscle showed the greatest changes which included both atrophic and dystrophic shifts. Muscle atrophy developed together with metabolic changes that resulted in glycogen accumulation and decreased SDH activity. After return to Earth's gravity microcirculation disorders were seen only in the soleus muscle.
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PMID:[Examination of skeletal muscles of rats after a short-term flight on Cosmos-1667]. 343 38

Ultraturrax and Nagarse released populations of mitochondria isolated from control and day 21 denervated rat soleus muscle were characterized with respect to their oxidative phosphorylation, ADP translocase and ATPase activities. Both Ultraturrax and Nagarse released mitochondrial populations displayed lower capacities for oxidative phosphorylation; lower ADP translocase activities and higher Mg2+ stimulated ATPase activities than their corresponding controls. For both the denervated and control states, the Nagarse-released mitochondrial populations displayed significantly higher respiratory activities than the Ultraturrax released fractions. The significance of these findings is discussed with regard to the process of mitochondrial respiratory control. In addition the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in denervation muscular atrophy is assessed.
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PMID:Respiratory activities of subsarcolemmal and intermyofibrillar mitochondrial populations isolated from denervated and control rat soleus muscles. 622 85

Central axis myopathy is one of the commonest congenital myopathies. It is transmitted above all by a dominant autosomal mode, but sporadic cases are numerous. Clinically, it is characterised by neonatal hypotonicity, delayed slow motor development in the young child, but the diagnosis may be mode only in adult life. There is preferential involvement of the muscles of the pelvis girdle, muscle wasting otherwise remaining moderate in general. Various skeletal malformation are fairly often present in association. the electromyogram is of myogenic type. The disorder does not show any marked progression. By light microscopy, the central axis is more clearly seen by stains such as PAS, trichromes, and haematoxylin phospho-tungstic. In most cases it is the sole finding and is seen in a variable number of fibres, not only from one patient to another, but from one muscle to another. The rest of the fibre may be normal or show various lesions with no specific characteristics. Histoenzymology may show rarefaction or disappearance of the II fibres, relative hypotrophy of I or II fibres, or the absence of any oxidative phosphorylase activity in the central axis. The latter shows changes with regard to ATPase activity ("structured core" and "non-structured core"). Electron microscopy shows changes in varying degree in the axis, possibly to the extent of myofibrillary destruction, contrasting with the absence of or only slight changes in the rest of the fibre. Two cases, one in a child and the other in a 24-year-old woman, are reported, illustrating the above findings. Various interpretations have been suggested for this condition. Certain authors accept the existence of progressive transformation of the II fibres, whilst others describe pathology of the Z striae or a disturbance in the distribution of the mitochondria. Similarities with other muscular lesions, in particular rod myopathy, have been envisaged.
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PMID:[Central core disease. Two cases with histoenzymology, electron microscopy and review of the literature (author's transl)]. 701 6


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