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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 270, Issue 2 E224-E229, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society
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S. Welle, K. Bhatt and C. Thornton
Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, New York 14620, USA.
The myofibrillar protein synthesis rate in old human skeletal muscle is slower than that in young adult muscle. To examine whether this difference in protein synthesis rate is explained by reduced availability of the mRNAs that encode the most abundant myofibrillar proteins, we determined relative hybridization signals from probes for actin mRNA, myosin heavy chain mRNA, and total polyadenylated RNA in vastus lateralis muscle biopsies taken from young (22- to 31-yr-old) and old (61- to 74-yr-old) human subjects. The mean fractional rate of myofibrillar synthesis was 38% slower in the older muscles, as determined by incorporation of a stable isotope tracer. Total actin and myosin heavy chain mRNAs, and polyadenylated RNA, were determined using slot-blot assays. Isoform-specific determinations of alpha-actin mRNA, type I myosin heavy chain mRNA, and type IIa myosin heavy chain mRNA were done with ribonuclease protection assays. Hybridization signals were expressed relative to tissue DNA content. There was no difference between age groups in total polyadenylated RNA or in any of the specific mRNAs. We conclude that the slower myofibrillar synthesis rate in older muscle is not caused by reduced mRNA availability.
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