Fat cell invasion in long-term denervated skeletal muscle.
There are several differences between red and white muscles submitted to different experimental conditions, especially following denervation: a) denervation atrophy is more pronounced in red than white muscles; b) the size of the fibers in the red muscles does not vary between different parts of the muscle before and after denervation, when compared to white muscles; c) the regional difference in the white muscles initially more pronounced after denervation than red muscle; d) red muscle fibers and fibers of the deep white muscle present degenerative changes such as disordered myofibrils and sarcolemmal folds after long-term denervation; e) myotube-like fibers with central nuclei occur in the red muscle more rapidly than white after denervation. Denervation of skeletal muscles causes, in addition to fibers atrophy, loss of fibers with subsequent regeneration, but the extent of fat cell percentage invasion is currently unknown. The present article describes a quantitative study on fat cell invasion percentage in red m. soleus and white m. extensor digitorum longus (EDL) rat muscles at 7 weeks for up to 32 weeks postdenervation. The results indicate that the percentage of fat cells increase after denervation and it is steeper than the age-related fat invasion in normal muscles. The fat percentage invasion is more pronounced in red compared with white muscle. All experimental groups present a statistically significant difference as regard fat cell percentage invasion.
de Castro Rodrigues
Antonio
A
Department of Biological Science, FOB/USP, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil. acastro@fob.usp.br
Andreo
Jesus Carlos
JC
Rosa
Geraldo Marco
GM
dos Santos
Nícolas Bertolaccini
NB
Moraes
Luis Henrique Rapucci
LH
Lauris
José Roberto P
JR
D017667:Adipocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D000367:Age Factors; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001284:Atrophy; D009121:Muscle Denervation; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000293:injuries; D013997:Time Factors