Comparative histochemical study of prosimian primate hindlimb muscles. II. Populations of fiber types

Sickles, Dale W.; Pinkstaff, Carlin A.

doi:10.1002/aja.1001600205

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“…Differences in degree of life on the ground or in the tree may affect muscle action and cause a variation in composition of myofiber types (13,18). In this study, it is not clear whether individual variability in proportion of myofiber types and the presence or absence of SOG myofibers are caused by a difference in modes of life.…”

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“…The soleus muscles of Japanese macaques had more SO myofibers than did the gastrocnemius and flexor digitorum superficialis muscles, as shown in prosimian primates (13) and cynomologus monkeys (1). The soleus muscles with many SO myofibers have been assumed to be active during standing as well as during locomotion, whereas the gastrocnemius and flexor digitorum superficialis muscle with many fasttwitch myofibers (FOG plus FG) is used for various types of locomotion: walking, running, and jumping as shown in cats (14,19).…”

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Histochemical classification of myofiber types in the triceps surae and flexor digitorum superficialis muscle of Japanese macaques.

Suzuki

Hayama

1991

Acta Histochem. Cytochem

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Leg muscles of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) were examined to characterize histochemical properties of myofiber types. Myofiber types were classified by differences in reactivity for myosin ATPase, NADH tetrazolium reductase (NADH-TR), and menadione-linked glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (3-GPD). The myofibers that reacted strongly for acid-stable myosin ATPase and were weakly reactive or unreactive for alkali-stable myosin ATPase were classified as slow-twitch/oxidative (SO) myofibers, which reacted strongly for NADH-TR and weakly to moderately for 3-GPD. The myofibers that were unreactive to moderately reactive for acid-stable myosin ATPase and strongly reactive for alkali-stable myosin ATPase were classified into fast-twitch/oxidative/glycolytic (FOG) myofibers with a moderate to strong activity for NADH-TR and 3-GPD and into fast-twitch/glycolytic (FG) myofibers with a weak NADH-TR activity and a strong 3-GPD activity.Slow-twitch myofibers with a strong activity for NADH-TR and 3-GPD were characterized as slow-twitch/oxidative/glycolytic (SOG) myofibers. The presence or absence of the SOG myofibers depended on the individuals.The soleus muscle had larger percentages of SO myofibers than of FOG and FG myofibers. The gastrocnemius and flexor digitorum superficialis muscles generally had larger percentages of FG myofibers than of FOG and SO myofibers including SOG myofibers.In mammals, myofibers of skeletal muscles are classified into three types (I, IIA, and IIB) by differences in reactivity for acid-stable myosin ATPase as shown by Brooke and Kaiser (3). Type I myofibers show a strong reaction for myosin ATPase after preincubation at pH 4.3-4.5.The myosin ATPase reaction was almost wholly inhibited at pH below pH 4.5 in type IIA myofibers and almost completely inhibited in type JIB myofibers below pH 4.3. The histochemical characteristics of type I myofibers are generally similar to those of the slow-twitch/oxidative (SO) myofibers on the basis of histochemical, biochemical, and physiological profiles as shown by Peter et al. (10). On the other hand, it has been shown that the histochemical characteristics of type IIA and type JIB myofibers do not always correspond to those of the fast-twitch/oxidative/glycolytic (FOG) and the fast-twitch/glycolytic (FG) myofibers, respectively (8,11).In prosimian primates, myofibers have been classified into FG, FOG, and SO myofibers by differences in reactivity for myosin ATPase and dehydrogenases (12).The myofibers have been classified into FG, FOG, and SO myofibers in cynomolgus monkeys (1) or types I, IIA, and JIB myofibers in rhesus monkeys (7) on the basis of reactivity for myosin ATPase and dehydrogenases.The purpose of the present study was to examine histochemical characteristics of myofibers in skeletal muscles of Japanese macaques (Macacafuscata) and to type their myofibers.Also, it was determined whether the myofiber types based on the classification system of Peter et al. (10) were interchangeable with those on the classification system of Brooke and K...

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Histochemical classification of myofiber types in the triceps surae and flexor digitorum superficialis muscle of Japanese macaques.

Suzuki

Hayama

1991

Acta Histochem. Cytochem

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“…On the other hand, Petter and Jouffroy [21] pointed out that the percentage of type I fibres in the knee and ankle extensors of the lightest primate species, Microcebus murinus (50-70 g) is much lower than in heavier primates (see Ariano et al [41], Sickles and Pinkstaff [43], Anapol and Jungers [19], Acosta and Roy [50]). Finally, the slow loris, whose postural repertoire includes not only pronograde standing, but also clinging and hanging in the widest variety of positions, lacks the strong contrast of the percentage of type I fibres between postural and nonpostural extensor heads; the three vasti, as well as soleus and gastrocnemius lateralis, are composed of 50-80% slow fibres and are totally lacking in type IIb fibres [45].…”

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Function and Cytochemical Characteristics of Postural Limb Muscles of the Rhesus Monkey: A Telemetered EMG and Immunofluorescence Study

Jouffroy¹,

Stern²,

Médina³

et al. 1999

IJFP

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Using telemetered electromyography and immunocytochemical fibre typing (of both fresh frozen and preserved specimens), the present paper demonstrates clearly that at the elbow, knee, and ankle joints, the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) is endowed with one extensor-muscle head specialized for posture. These postural heads are distinguished by (a) recruitment at low levels to maintain joint position against the effect of gravity, (b) recruitment near maximum levels during walking, and (c) high content and relatively large size of slow, fatigue-resistant (type I) muscle fibres. The nonpostural heads of the investigated muscles were recruited at levels correlated to the strenuousness of the effort and are notable by the small percentage and size of slow muscle fibres. The postmortem stability of the structural properties of myosin makes immunocytochemical fibre typing suitable for the study of preserved cadavers.

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“…great numbers of slow fibres in muscles of the slow lorus, Sickles & Pinkstaff, 1981 ; for extensive comparative data, see also Ariano et al 1973 ;Armstrong, 1980). In the present investigation we extend such comparisons to include the phenomenon of fibre type regionalisation, as seen in homologous muscles of 3 species of commonly used laboratory animals, adding new measurements from rabbits and mice to those already collected in the rat (cf.…”

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Fibre type regionalisation in lower hindlimb muscles of rabbit, rat and mouse: a comparative study

Wang

Kernell

2001

Journal of Anatomy

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The topographical distribution of different fibre types in muscles of the lower hindlimb in rabbits and mice was quantitatively determined. The results were compared to those previously obtained, using the same new quantification methods, in homologous muscles of the rat. Type I fibres (' slow ') were identified using myofibrillar ATPase histochemistry and mapped out at the mid proximo-distal level for 11 ' fast ' muscles in the rabbit and 7 ' fast ' muscles in the mouse. For the slow soleus muscle the procedure was undertaken for the type II fibres. Furthermore, for 5 of the ' fast ' muscles from each animal species (extensor digitorum longus ; flexor digitorum and hallucis longus ; gastrocnemius medialis ; peroneus longus ; tibialis anterior), several more proximal and distal cross-sectional levels were also analysed. All the investigated ' fast ' muscles showed a significant degree of topographical eccentricity in the midlevel distribution of type I fibres. For most muscles, the direction of this ' vector regionalisation ' of type I fibres was similar between the three animal species. For homologous muscles, the degree of vector regionalisation was significantly different : mouse rat rabbit. The relative area of the region containing the type I fibres, inversely related to the degree of ' area regionalisation ', was also significantly different : mouse rat rabbit. Also within each animal species, muscles with a marked degree of vector regionalisation tended to show a marked area regionalisation. Proximo-distal differences in type I fibre density were observed in all the three species of animals ; also these patterns showed marked inter-species differences. The findings demonstrate the general occurrence of, and systematic relationships between, different aspects of type I fibre regionalisation. The observed interspecies differences suggest that the expression of this phenomenon is adapted to differing functional needs.

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Comparative histochemical study of prosimian primate hindlimb muscles. II. Populations of fiber types

Cited by 47 publications

References 15 publications

Histochemical classification of myofiber types in the triceps surae and flexor digitorum superficialis muscle of Japanese macaques.

Histochemical classification of myofiber types in the triceps surae and flexor digitorum superficialis muscle of Japanese macaques.

Function and Cytochemical Characteristics of Postural Limb Muscles of the Rhesus Monkey: A Telemetered EMG and Immunofluorescence Study

Fibre type regionalisation in lower hindlimb muscles of rabbit, rat and mouse: a comparative study

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