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Differentiation of membrane systems during development of slow and fast skeletal muscle fibres in chicken

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The disposition of transverse (T) tubules, sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and T-SR junctions (triads) and the width of Z lines are matched to contractile properties in adult muscle fibres. We have studied the development of the membrane systems in the slow anterior (ALD) and the fast posterior (PLD) latissimus dorsi of the chicken in ovo (E14–E21) and after hatching (D1–D30). T tubules, SR, triads and Z lines were visualized using DiIC16[3] labelling for confocal microscopy and either Ca-osmium-ferrocyanide or standard procedures for electron microscopy. Anterior latissimus dorsi and PLD have similar, slow twitches in early development (E14–E16), but PLD suddenly becomes faster starting at E17–E18. We find that in coincidence with the differentiation of faster contraction properties (starting at E18–E19) density of triads is significantly higher and width of Z lines is narrower in PLD. The SR also begins to acquire fibre-type specific characteristics at this time. Early development of T tubules, on the other hand, is quite similar in the two muscles. Peripherally-located, longitudinally-oriented T tubules, and the first T networks crossing the fibre center appear earlier in ALD (E14–E15 and E16) than in PLD (E14–E16 and E17), but have similar dispositions. The final fibre-type specific distribution of T tubules is achieved after hatching. Some T tubules-rich fibres in the ALD, presumably future fast fibres, develop extensive T tubule networks at early stages. Location of triads at the Z line in pectoralis occurs in three steps: an initial location of longitudinally oriented triads at the A-I junction; a subsequent move to the Z lines and finally a rotation to a transverse orientation.

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Takekura, H., Shuman, H. & Franzini-Armstrong, C. Differentiation of membrane systems during development of slow and fast skeletal muscle fibres in chicken. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 14, 633–645 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00141560

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