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MUSCLE & NERVE
Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages 95-101Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20063
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actin; adaptation; denervation; myosin heavy chain; spinal cord isolation
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL58027] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS-16333] Funding Source: Medline
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Denervation decreases small heat shock protein (HSP) content in the rat soleus muscle; however, it is unknown whether this change is due to inactivity or absence of a nerve-muscle connection. Spinal cord isolation (SI) is a model of inactivity with an intact neuromuscular connection. After 7 days of SI, Hsp20 and Hsp25 levels in the soleus, plantaris, and adductor longus muscles were lower than in control rats, whereas Hsp20 was unchanged and Hsp25 increased in the tibialis anterior. The results for the soleus indicate that these small HSPs respond to inactivity and that this response is not influenced by neural activity-independent factors. Furthermore, the data indicate that these HSPs are impacted to a greater degree in muscles that are predominantly slow or have an antigravity function than in flexor muscles. Understanding the regulation of these HSPs during chronic reductions in neuromuscular activity may have valuable applications for conditions such as spinal cord injury.
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