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  • Title: Fine structure of the A-band in cryo-sections. Diversity of M-band structure in chicken breast muscle.
    Author: Edman AC, Squire JM, Sjöström M.
    Journal: J Ultrastruct Mol Struct Res; 1988 Jul; 100(1):1-12. PubMed ID: 3209858.
    Abstract:
    Electron micrographs of longitudinal ultrathin cryo-sections and plastic sections of chicken pectoralis muscle together with their average images have been used to study in detail the axial structure of the M-band. It was found that M-band structure could vary markedly in different fibres, even within the white part of the muscle. Strong M-band density ("M-bridges") could be seen at M4 and M4' in all fibres. On the other hand the density at M1 or M6 could vary systematically. Some fibres (probably fast) had M1 strong, M6 weak (a "3-line" M-band), and the Z-band was narrow. Other fibres, especially (but not exclusively) in the red part of the muscle and probably slow, had M6 strong, M1 weak (a "4-line" M-band), and the Z-band was broad. However, the majority of fibres ranged in structure between those two extremes and had a more or less "5-line" M-band with M1 and M6 both strong and a Z-band of intermediate width. Since they were such a constant feature, the M4 lines may be the sites of the primarily structural component of the M-band, whereas the different proteins at M1 and M6 may vary in quantity according to the physiological needs of the fibre. Finally, detailed analysis sometimes revealed substructure within the strong M-bridge lines. This substructure may represent additional unknown M-band proteins or may be an indication of the shape of single proteins at these positions.
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