Problems in analysis of data from muscles of rats flow in space

Comparison of hind-limb muscles of rats flown on Spacelab-3 or tail-traction-suspended showed that 11-17 h reloading postflight might have altered the results. Soleus atrophied; plantaris, gastrocnemius, and extensor digitorum longus grew slower; and tibialis anteiror grew normally. In both flight a...

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Published in:The Physiologist 1988-02, Vol.31
Main Authors: Tischler, Marc E., Henriksen, Erik, Jacob, Stephan, Satarug, Soisungwan, Cook, Paul
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Language:English
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Life Sciences (General)
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Summary:Comparison of hind-limb muscles of rats flown on Spacelab-3 or tail-traction-suspended showed that 11-17 h reloading postflight might have altered the results. Soleus atrophied; plantaris, gastrocnemius, and extensor digitorum longus grew slower; and tibialis anteiror grew normally. In both flight and simulated soleus and plantaris, higher tyrosine and greater glutamine/glutamate ratio indicated negative protein balance and increased glutamine production, respectively, relative to controls. Aspartate was lower in these muscles. Reloading generally decreased tyrosine, but increased aspartate and glutamine/glutamate. These data showed that 12 h of reloading after flight is characterized by reversal, to varying extents, of the effects of unloading.
ISSN:0031-9376