An immune histochemical and enzymic characterization of the muscle fibres in myotomal muscle of the teleost Brachydanio rerio, Hamilton-Buchanan

Raamsdonk, W. van; teKronnie, G.; Pool, C.W.; Laarse, Willem van de

doi:10.1016/s0065-1281(80)80024-9

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“…In zebrafish, both of these approaches identify at least four different fiber types in the adult trunk myotomes: fast, intermediate, red muscle rim, and slow (van Raamsdonk et al 1980). We have used myosin Fig.…”

Section: Cranial Muscles: Overview and Fiber Typesmentioning

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The development of muscle fiber type identity in zebrafish cranial muscles

2005

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Cranial skeletal muscles underlie breathing, eating, and eye movements. In most animals, at least two types of muscle fibers underlie these critical functions: fast and slow muscle fibers. We describe here the anatomical distribution of slow and fast twitch muscle in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) head in the adult and at an early larval stage just after feeding has commenced. We found that all but one of the cranial muscles examined contain both slow and fast muscle fibers, but the relative proportion of slow muscle in each varies considerably. As in the trunk, slow muscle fibers are found only in an anatomically restricted zone of each muscle, usually on the periphery. The relative proportion of slow and fast muscle in each cranial muscle changes markedly with development, with a pronounced decrease in the proportion of slow muscle with ontogeny. We discuss our results in relation to the functional roles of each muscle in larval and adult life and compare findings among a variety of vertebrates.

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The development of muscle fiber type identity in zebrafish cranial muscles

2005

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“…Conversely, Sänger (1997) rejects a such postural role on the basis of histochemical and morphometric findings in the chub (L. cephalus). As a further alternative, a sensory or proprioceptive function has been suggested for tonic zebrafish RMR-fibres (Van Raamsdonk et al 1980).…”

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“…Under the fine structural and histochemical criteria defined by Kilarski andKozlowska (1985, 1987), a variety of examples may be viewed in this way, including stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) 'dwarf fibres' (Te Kronnie et al 1983) and zebrafish (D. rerio) 'red muscle rim (RMR-) fibres' (Van Raamsdonk et al 1980, 1982 as well as mitochondria-poor slow fibres arising at the horizontal septum of sea bream Sparus aurata larvae (Mascarello et al 1995) and groups of small diameter fibres in the Red Sea bream, Pagrus major (Matsuoka and Iwai 1984;Matsuoka 1987).…”

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“…However, other functions and characteristics are also possible. For example, zebrafish RMRfibres have been suggested to have some sensory or proprioceptive function (Van Raamsdonk et al 1980), and in the chub, Leuciscus cephalus, morphometry data suggest that long-term exercise may elevate 'tonic-type' fibre aerobic capacity similar to training response in twitch fibres (Sänger 1993a). As yet, these claims have not been substantiated by electrophysiological and biomechanical data, which remains lacking for teleost 'tonic-type' muscle fibres.…”

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Tonic fibres in axial muscle of cyprinid fish larvae: their definition, possible origins and functional importance

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Teleost fish are known to develop small populations of muscle fibres that are assumed to be tonic in nature although their contractile properties and many other characteristics remain unknown. Here we attempt to resolve some of the ambiguity and confusions surrounding the definition and functional role of tonic fibres in teleosts and provide new information on their ontogeny. We investigate the differentiation of tonic muscle fibres in three species of cyprinid fish using electron microscopy, histochemistry, immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization. The fine structure of the fibres defined as tonic in the larvae used in this study complies with patterns known from studies in teleost adults. This allows formal definition of tonic fibres in cyprinid larvae. The tonic fibres may be recognized by a variety of features: (1) by their characteristic position along the medial confines of the red muscle insertion at the horizontal septum, (2) their fine structure, including solid clusters of irregularly cleaved myofibrils, thick and wavy Z-lines, and T-tubules at the A-band/I-band transitions, (3) their histochemical features, specifically weak but obvious staining for mATPase after alkaline preincubation, and lack of SDH activity in the more advanced larval stages, (4) their unique immunological properties, being the only fibre type in the myotome that reacts with a serum against chicken tonic myosin (anti- T2). Expression of tonic characters usually begins within a few fibres in the dorsal domain of the superficial red muscle insertion at the horizontal septum and hence involves a high degree of dorso-ventral polarity. The present evidence indicates that tonic fibres arise from separate myogenic stem cells rather than by transdifferentiation from existing red fibres. First appearance of tonic fibres during ontogeny correlates closely with the onset of free swimming and exogeneous feeding. We use this fact to argue that tonic fibres are probably a prerequisite for efficient locomotory control during prey capture, shoaling and predator avoidance.

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“…The axial muscles in teleost fish largely consist of fast anaerobic white muscles, located in the deep trunk, and slow aerobic red and intermediate muscles [van Raamsdonk et al, 1980;Fetcho, 1987]. These different types of axial musculature have been known to be innervated by discrete sets of motoneurons forming longitudinal columns in the spinal cord [de Graaf et al, 1990;van Asselt et al, 1993].…”

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Posthatching Development of Spinal Motoneurons in the Angelfish <i>Pterophyllum scalare</i>

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Sakamoto³

et al. 1999

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We investigated the posthatching developmental sequence of spinal motoneurons innervating the axial muscles in the teleost angelfish, Pterophyllum scalare, by means of retrograde labeling with horseradish peroxidase. Two discrete types of spinal motoneurons, primary-type motoneurons and secondary motoneurons were labeled in a temporally different sequence during the course of larval development. These two types of motoneurons were morphologically distinguishable from one other. Primary-type motoneurons are generated by day 1 posthatching and do not increase in number over the observed period (to day 12 posthatching). In contrast, the secondary motoneurons increase in number through posthatching day 3. Differentiation of the spinal motoneurons appears to be nearly complete a few days before the onset of free swimming. In addition, the data suggest that the differentiation of secondary motoneurons precedes the development of the red muscle that is to be innervated by the motoneurons.

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An immune histochemical and enzymic characterization of the muscle fibres in myotomal muscle of the teleost Brachydanio rerio, Hamilton-Buchanan

Cited by 53 publications

References 22 publications

The development of muscle fiber type identity in zebrafish cranial muscles

The development of muscle fiber type identity in zebrafish cranial muscles

Tonic fibres in axial muscle of cyprinid fish larvae: their definition, possible origins and functional importance

Posthatching Development of Spinal Motoneurons in the Angelfish <i>Pterophyllum scalare</i>

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