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1 Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4963
2 Department of Biology, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania 15010
3 Department of Physiology, Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois 60153
4 University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0618
5 Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912-3000
The influence of inducible heat stress proteins on protecting contracting skeletal muscle against fatigue-induced injury was investigated. A line of transgenic mice overexpressing the inducible form of the 72-kDa heat shock protein (HSP72) in skeletal muscles was used. We examined the relationship between muscle contractility and levels of the constitutive (HSC73) and inducible (HSP72) forms of the 72-kDa heat shock protein in intact, mouse extensor digitorum longus (EDL), soleus (SOL), and the diaphragm (DPH). In all transgenic muscles, HSP72 was expressed at higher levels compared with transgene-negative controls, where HSP72 was below the level of detection. At the same time, HSC73 levels were downregulated in all transgenic muscle types. Shipment-related stress caused an elevation in the levels of HSP72 in all muscles for 1 wk after arrival of the animals. We also found that, although no statistical differences in response to intermittent fatiguing stimulation in the contractile properties of intact transgene-positive muscles compared with their transgene-negative counterparts were observed, the response of intact transgene-positive EDL muscles to caffeine was enhanced. These findings demonstrate that elevated HSP72 does not protect EDL, SOL, or DPH muscles from the effects of intermittent fatiguing stimulation. However, HSP72 may influence the excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) process, either directly or indirectly, in EDL muscle. If the effects on ECC were indirect, then these results would suggest that manipulation of a specific gene might cause functional effects that seem independent of the manipulated gene/protein.
heat shock proteins; HSP72; fatigue; excitation-contraction coupling; caffeine; CICR; sarcoplasmic reticulum
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