Abstract
Myostatin dysfunction promotes muscle hypertrophy which can complicate assessment of muscle properties. We examined force generating capacity and creatine kinase (CK) efflux from skeletal muscles of young mice before they reach adult body and muscle size. Isolated soleus (SOL) and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles of Berlin high (BEH) mice with dysfunctional myostatin, i.e. homozygous for inactivating myostatin mutation, and with a wild type myostatin (BEH+/+) were studied. The muscles of BEH mice showed faster (P < 0.01) twitch and tetanus contraction times compared to BEH+/+ mice, but only EDL displayed lower (P < 0.05) specific force. SOL and EDL of age matched, but not younger BEH mice showed greater exercise-induced CK efflux compared to BEH+/+ mice. In summary, myostatin dysfunction leads to impairment in muscle force generating capacity in EDL and increases susceptibility of SOL and EDL to protein loss after exercise.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 817-821 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism / Physiologie Appliquée, Nutrition et Métabolisme |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 8 |
Early online date | 6 Apr 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2015 |
Bibliographical note
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis study was funded by a grant (No. MIP-067/2012) from the Research Council of
Lithuania. We are thankful to Petras Jeneckas, Audrius Capskas, and Indre Libnickiene for their technical assistance.
Keywords
- lengthening contractions
- muscle force
- muscle damage
- myostatin