title: Expression of embryonic myosin heavy chain mRNA in stretched adult chicken skeletal muscle.
abstract: Chronic stretch of the chicken fast-twitch patagialis muscle increases the rate of growth and percentage of fast-twitch oxidative fibers. We have analyzed the effects of stretch on the expression of two previously identified "embryonic" myosin heavy chain (MHC) mRNAs (p251 and p110). Both MHC mRNAs were expressed in the patagialis at their highest levels in the embryo and 1 wk after hatching. During posthatch development (7-52 wk), the p110 mRNA was expressed in only trace quantities while the p251 mRNA was not detectable. After 2 wk of stretch of the patagialis in 7- or 38-wk-old birds, the p110 mRNA was increased to levels similar to that found in patagialis of newly hatched chicks, whereas expression of the p251 transcript was not affected. The existence of two other MHC mRNAs homologous to the p110 mRNA was suggested by the S1 mapping analysis, one of which was expressed at dramatically reduced levels in the stretched patagialis. It is concluded that stretch can cause selective alterations in the expression of developmentally regulated MHC isoforms in chicken fast-twitch muscle.
authors.affiliation: Division of Exercise Molecular Biology, College of Kinesiology, University of Illinois, Chicago 60680.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Essig
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Devol
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Bechtel
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Trannel
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002645:Chickens; D015342:DNA Probes; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D024510:Muscle Development; D009126:Muscle Relaxation; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D009218:Myosins / Q000235:genetics*; D015347:RNA Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D015347:RNA Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D009218:Myosins