Seasonal biochemical plasticity of a flight muscle in a bat, Murina leucogaster.
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol
; 126(2): 245-50, 2000 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
Cellular and biochemical responses of the pectoral muscle to variation in seasonal activity were studied in the bat, Murina leucogaster ognevi. We collected bats in mid-hibernation (February), end-hibernation (April), and mid-summer (August) to track major activity periods in their annual cycle. Our findings indicated that myofiber cross-sectional area decreased to 68% between mid- and end-hibernation, but returned to the winter level in mid-summer. Total soluble protein and total RNA concentrations were not altered over these sampling periods. Oxidative potential gauged by citrate synthase activity increased 1.47-fold from mid- to end-hibernation and then remained at the similar level in mid-summer. Glycolytic potential gauged by lactate dehydrogenase activity changed little between mid- and end-hibernation but increased 1.42-fold in summer, compared with the winter level. Thus, the myofibers underwent disuse atrophy during hibernation, while enzymatic catalytic function recovered towards the level of mid-summer.
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Assunto principal:
Estações do Ano
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Quirópteros
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Músculo Esquelético
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2000
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