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  • Title: Effect of denervation on the levels and rates of synthesis of specific enzymes in "fast-twitch" (breast) muscle fibers of the chicken.
    Author: Shackelford JE, Lebherz HG.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1981 Jun 25; 256(12):6423-9. PubMed ID: 7240216.
    Abstract:
    It has been well documented that neural information, or the consequences of it, is required for the full phenotypic expression of different skeletal muscle fiber types. In the present work, we investigate the effect of removal of neural information, via surgical denervation, on the levels and rates of synthesis of several enzyme in mature breast ("fast-twitch") "white" muscle fibers of the chicken. Denervation of these muscles resulted in reductions in the concentrations of several glycolytic enzymes to new steady state levels which were only about 50% of normal, and these decreases in enzyme levels were completed within 2 weeks after severing the nerves. In contrast, denervation for as long as 6 weeks did not have a significant effect on the levels of creatine-P kinase molecules in this muscle type. The decreased level of the skeletal muscle-specific aldolase A4 isoenzyme in denervated breast muscle fibers was associated with a 2- to 3-fold reduction in the relative rate of synthesis of this enzyme following denervation. As expected, denervation had no appreciable effect on the relative rate of synthesis of the muscle-specific MM isoenzyme of creatine-P kinase in this muscle. Our results show that neural information, or the consequences of it, is required to maintain the levels and rates of synthesis of glycolytic enzymes but not of creatine-P kinase in mature fast-twitch muscle fibers. We suggest that denervation results in a partial "dedifferentiation" of these fibers.
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