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Characterization of Fiber Types in Different Muscles of the Hindlimb in Female Weanling and Adult Wistar Rats

We analyzed lesser diameter and distribution of fiber types in different skeletal muscles from female Wistar rats using a histoenzymology Myofibrillar Adenosine Tri-phosphatase (mATPase) method. Fragments from muscles were frozen and processed by mATPase in different pH. Adult and weanling rat soleu...

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Autores principales: Cornachione, Anabelle Silva, Benedini-Elias, Priscila Cação Oliveira, Polizello, Juliana Cristina, Carvalho, Leonardo César, Mattiello-Sverzut, Ana Cláudia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Society of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3096081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21614165
http://dx.doi.org/10.1267/ahc.10031
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Sumario:We analyzed lesser diameter and distribution of fiber types in different skeletal muscles from female Wistar rats using a histoenzymology Myofibrillar Adenosine Tri-phosphatase (mATPase) method. Fragments from muscles were frozen and processed by mATPase in different pH. Adult and weanling rat soleus muscles presented a predominance of type I fibers and larger fiber diameters. In the plantar muscle in adult rats, the type IIB fibers demonstrated greater lesser diameter while in the weanling animals, types I and IIB fibers were larger. The plantar muscle of animals of both ages was composed predominantly of the type IID fibers. The type IID fibers were observed in similar amounts in the lateral gastrocnemius and the medial gastrocnemius muscles. Type IIB fibers showed predominance and presented higher size in comparison with other types in the EDL muscle. The present study shows that data on fiber type distribution and fiber lesser diameter obtained in adult animals cannot always be applied to weanling animals of the same species. Using the mATPase, despite the difficult handling, is an important tool to determine the different characteristics of the specific fibers in the skeletal muscle tissue.