Fiber-specific cholesterol changes in murine dystrophy.
Biochim Biophys Acta
; 921(1): 13-24, 1987 Sep 04.
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ABSTRACT
The cholesterol concentration in dystrophic mouse muscle is reported to be increased compared to normal. The muscles studied are, however, composed in most cases of more than one fiber type. As a result, the observed concentration increase may be due to a general increase or may be due to changes in the proportion of individual fiber types which themselves differ in cholesterol concentration. To decide between these possibilities we have measured the cholesterol concentrations (both free cholesterol and cholesterol esters) in normal and dystrophic whole gastrocnemius muscles and compared the values with the concentrations in fast-glycolytic muscle tissue alone. The cholesterol concentrations in both whole and fast-glycolytic sections of dystrophic muscle are increased compared to normal, with the largest increase in the cholesterol ester fraction. Furthermore, the concentration changes in fast-glycolytic fibers are due mainly to cholesterol ester differences in both membrane and sarcoplasm fractions, with differences in the latter being larger. The data show that changes in whole muscle concentrations cannot be ascribed solely to altered fiber type proportions.
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Assunto principal:
Colesterol
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Músculos
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Distrofia Muscular Animal
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Animals
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En
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Biochim Biophys Acta
Ano de publicação:
1987
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