title: Inactivity-induced modulation of Hsp20 and Hsp25 content in rat hindlimb muscles.
abstract: Denervation decreases small heat shock protein (HSP) content in the rat soleus muscle; however, it is unknown whether this change is due to inactivity or absence of a nerve-muscle connection. Spinal cord isolation (SI) is a model of inactivity with an intact neuromuscular connection. After 7 days of SI, Hsp20 and Hsp25 levels in the soleus, plantaris, and adductor longus muscles were lower than in control rats, whereas Hsp20 was unchanged and Hsp25 increased in the tibialis anterior. The results for the soleus indicate that these small HSPs respond to inactivity and that this response is not influenced by neural activity-independent factors. Furthermore, the data indicate that these HSPs are impacted to a greater degree in muscles that are predominantly slow or have an antigravity function than in flexor muscles. Understanding the regulation of these HSPs during chronic reductions in neuromuscular activity may have valuable applications for conditions such as spinal cord injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA. khuey@uiuc.edu
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Huey
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Thresher
authors.forename: Colleen M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Brophy
authors.forename: Roland R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Roy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D050886:HSP20 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006614:Hindlimb; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009121:Muscle Denervation; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009929:Organ Size; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D000099190:MAP-Kinase-Activated Kinase 2
chemical_list: D050886:HSP20 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000099190:MAP-Kinase-Activated Kinase 2; C087458:Hspb6 protein, rat