Title |
The force-temperature relationship in healthy and dystrophic mouse diaphragm; implications for translational study design
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Published in |
Frontiers in Physiology, January 2012
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DOI | 10.3389/fphys.2012.00422 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Jason D. Murray, Benjamin D. Canan, Christopher D. Martin, Jenna E. Stangland, Neha Rastogi, Jill A. Rafael-Fortney, Paul M. L. Janssen |
Abstract |
In the field of muscular dystrophy, striated muscle function is often assessed in vitro in dystrophin-deficient mdx mice in order to test the impact of a potential treatment strategy. Although many past studies have assessed diaphragm contractile function at or near room temperature, the diaphragm performs in vivo at 37°C. To improve translation of bench-top results to possible clinical application, we studied temperature-dependence of contractile performance in wild-type (C57BL/10) and mdx muscle strips at temperatures from 25°C to 37°C. Maximal tetanic force in wild-type muscles was higher at 37°C (198 ± 11 vs. 155 ± 9 mN/mm(2) at 25°C), while the difference between wild-type and mdx was extremely similar: wild-type muscles produced 45.9% and 45.1% more force at 25°C and 37°C respectively. At 37°C twitch contraction kinetics and 50% rise time to tetanic plateau were slower in mdx diaphragm. A fatigue/injury protocol indicated 2-fold fatigue/contraction-induced force deficit in mdx muscles. We conclude that assessment of diaphragm muscle strips can be reliably and reproducibly performed at 37°C. |
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