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2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Relationship between ultrastructural profiles of membrane systems involved in excitation-contraction coupling and signal transduction in skeletal muscle cells following exercise training

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14380019
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 体育学
Research InstitutionNational Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya

Principal Investigator

TAKEKURA Hiroaki  National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, Sports Performance, Professor, 体育学部, 教授 (00206963)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KASUGA Norikatsu  Aichi University of Education, Physical Education, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (60152659)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
Keywordsexercise / membrane system / excitation contraction coupling / skeletal muscle / signal transduction / immunohistochemistry / electron microscope
Research Abstract

The t-tubules and SR are structurally and functionally joined at Ca^<2+> release units(CRUs), known as triads. We have studied the effects of short term denervation followed by reinnervation on the ultrastructural architectures in CRUs of fast-twitch(FT) and slow-twitch(ST) muscle fibers. Ischiadic nerve freezing resulted in total lack of neuromuscular transmission for 3 days followed by a slow recovery, but no decline in twitch force elicited by direct stimulation. The latter measurements indicate no significant atrophy within this time frame. The membrane systems of skeletal muscle fibres were visualized using a high voltage electron microscope. [^3H]nitrendipine binding was used to detect levels of dihydropyridine receptor(DHPR) expression. The Ca^<2+> pumping free sarcoplasmic reticulum domains were not affected by the denervation, but the Ca^<2+> release domains were dramatically increased, particularly in the FT fibres. The increase is evidenced by a doubling up of the areas of contacts between SR and t-tubules, so that in place of the normal triadic arrangement, pentadic and heptadic junctions, formed by multiple interacting layers of ST and t-tubules are seen. Frequency of pentads and heptads increases and declines in parallel to the denervation and reinnervation but with a delay. Immunofluorecence and electron microscopy observations show presence of DHPR and ryanodine receptor clusters at pentads and heptads junctions. A significant positive correlation between the level of [^3H]nitrendipine binding component and the frequency pentads and heptads was observed in both the FT and ST fibres indicating that overexpression of DHPRs accompanies the build up extra junctional contacts. It is possible that the multiple sites of pentad and heptad formation appear in response to muscle disuse to compensate for the normal CRUs, thus acting to increase the released Ca^<2+> for muscular contraction from the SR.

  • Research Products

    (16 results)

All 2004 2003 2002

All Journal Article (16 results)

  • [Journal Article] Differential contribution of skeletal and cardiac II-III loop sequences to the assembly of DHP-receptor arrays in skeletal muscle.2004

    • Author(s)
      Takekura, H., Paoini, C., Franzini-Armstrong, C., Kugler, G.他
    • Journal Title

      Mol.Biol.Cell 15

      Pages: 5408-5419

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Changes in localization and orientation of triads following selective elimination of cytoskeletal protein in rat skinned muscle fiber.2004

    • Author(s)
      McGrath, K., Nishizawa, T., Yamashita, S., Tamaki, H., Saito, K.他
    • Journal Title

      Ann.Fitness Sports Sci. 32

      Pages: 1-9

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Differential contribution of skeletal and cardiac II-III loop sequences to the assembly of DHP-receptor arrays in skeletal muscle.2004

    • Author(s)
      Takekura, H., Paoini, C., Franzini-Armstrong, C., Kugler, G., Grabner, M., Flucher, B.E.
    • Journal Title

      Mol.Biol.Cell 15

      Pages: 5408-5419

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Changes in localization and orientation of triads following selective elimination of cytoskeletal protein in rat skinned muscle fiber.2004

    • Author(s)
      McGrath, K., Nishizawa, T., Yamashita, S., Tamaki, H., Saito, K., Takekura, H.
    • Journal Title

      Ann.Fitness Sports Sci. 32

      Pages: 1-9

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Differences in electromyographic behavior of the synergistic muscles during prolonged isometric contractions at different loads(in Japanese).2004

    • Author(s)
      Tamaki, H., Kitada, K., Kirimoto, H., Wagatsuma, A., Ogita, F., Takekura, H., Shibayama, H.
    • Journal Title

      Jpn.J.Physiol.Anthropol. 9

      Pages: 53-58

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Alteration of trabecular bone architecture in the proximal tibia and muscle atrophy after sciatic denervation in rats(in Japanese).2004

    • Author(s)
      Tamaki, H., Wagatusuma, A., Takekura, H., Kasuga, N.
    • Journal Title

      Jpn.J.Phys.Fitness Sports Med. 53

      Pages: 403-410

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Plasticity of the transverse tubules following denervation and subse-quent reinnervation in rat slow and fast muscle fibres.2003

    • Author(s)
      Takekura, H., Tamaki, H., Nishizawa, T., Kasuga, N.
    • Journal Title

      J.Muscle Res.Cell Motility 24

      Pages: 439-451

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Degeneration and regeneration of neuromuscular junction achitectures in rat skeletal muscle fibres damaged by bupivacaine hydrochloride.2003

    • Author(s)
      Nishizawa, T., Tamaki, H., Kasuga, N., Takekura, H.
    • Journal Title

      J.Muscle Res.Cell Motility 24

      Pages: 527-537

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Plasticity of the transverse tubules following denervation and subsequent reinnervation in rat slow and fast muscle fibres.2003

    • Author(s)
      Takekura, H., Tamaki, H., Nishizawa, T., Kasuga, N.
    • Journal Title

      J.Muscle Res.Cell Motility 24

      Pages: 439-451

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Effects of overload on contractile and morphological properties in regenerating muscle after eccentric contaction-induced injury(in Japanese).2003

    • Author(s)
      Ishido, M., Hirano, T., Nishizawa, T., Kasuga, N.
    • Journal Title

      Jpn.J.Phys.Fitness Sports Med. 52

      Pages: 241-248

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Effect of muscle activity to neuromuscular regeneration in short-term denervation.2003

    • Author(s)
      Hotta, N., Ouyang, P., Takekura, H., Kasuga, N.
    • Journal Title

      Adv.Exercise Sports Physiology 9

      Pages: 151

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Alterations of trabecular architecture in the proximal tibia after denervation in rats.2003

    • Author(s)
      Tamaki, H., Kotake, N., Yamamoto, A., Wagatsuma, A., Ogita, F., Takekura, H.
    • Journal Title

      Adv.Exercise Sports Physiology 9

      Pages: 211

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The structure of Ca^<2+> release units in arthropod body muscle indicates an indirect mechanism for excitation-contraction coupling.2002

    • Author(s)
      Takekura, H., Franzini-Armstrong, C.
    • Journal Title

      Biophys.J. 83

      Pages: 2742-2753

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Age-related differences in the effect of running training on cardiac myosin isozyme compostoin in rats.2002

    • Author(s)
      Machida, S., Tsujimoto, H., Suzuki, H., Kasuga, N.他
    • Journal Title

      J.Gerontol., Biological Sciences 57A

      Pages: B339-B343

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Histopathological studies of the stability of fine wire electrodes in skeletal muscle in situ.2002

    • Author(s)
      Tamaki, H., Ogita, F., Takekura, H.
    • Journal Title

      Adv.Exercise Sports Physiology 8

      Pages: 200

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Age-related differences in the effect of running training on cardiac myosin isozyme compostoin in rats.2002

    • Author(s)
      Machida, S., Tsujimoto, H., Suzuki, H., Kasuga, N., Kobayashi, K., Narusawa, M.
    • Journal Title

      J.Gerontol. : Biological Sciences 57A

      Pages: B339-B343

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2006-07-11  

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