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Genetic determinants of weight of fast- and slow-twitch skeletal muscle in 500-day-old mice of the C57BL/6J and DBA/2J lineage

¹ Center for Developmental and Health Genetics
³ Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
⁴ Geisinger Medical Center, Weis Center for Research, Danville, Pennsylvania
² Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

C57BL/6J (B6) and DBA/2J (D2) strains and two derivative populations, BXD recombinant inbred strains (BXD RIs) and B6D2F₂, were used to explore genetic basis for variation in muscle weight at 500 days of age. In parallel with findings in 200-day-old mice (Lionikas A, Blizard DA, Vandenbergh DJ, Glover MG, Stout JT, Vogler GP, McClearn GE, and Larsson L. Physiol Genomics 16: 141–152, 2003), weight of slow-twitch soleus, mixed gastrocnemius, and fast-twitch tibialis anterior (TA) and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles was 13–22% greater (P < 0.001) in B6 than in D2. Distribution of BXD RI strain means indicated that genetic influence on muscle weight (strain effect P < 0.001, all muscles) was of polygenic origin, and effect of genetic factors differed between males and females (strain-by-sex interaction: P < 0.01 for soleus, EDL; P < 0.05 for TA, gastrocnemius). Linkage analyses in B6D2F₂ population identified QTL affecting muscle weight on Chr 1, 2, 6, and 9. Pleiotropic influences were observed for QTL on Chr 1 (soleus, TA), 2 (TA, EDL, gastrocnemius), and 9 (soleus, TA, EDL) and were not related to muscle type (fast/slow-twitch) or function (flexor/extensor). Effect of QTL on Chr 9 on soleus muscle was male specific. QTL on Chr 2 and 6 were previously observed at 200 days of age, whereas QTL on Chr 1 and 9 are novel muscle weight QTL. In summary, muscle weight in B6/D2 lineage is affected by a polygenic system that has variable influences at different ages, between males and females, and across muscles in a manner independent of muscle type.

muscle size; quantitative trait loci

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