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Characterization of rabbit masseter muscle fibers. Muscle Nerve 1984

Myosins of histochemically distinguishable single fibers of rabbit masseter muscle--type 1, 2A, 2B, and slow fibers--have been characterized by gel electrophoresis under dissociating (sodium dodecyl sulfate) and nondissociating (inorganic pyrophosphate) conditions, and by analysis of peptide maps of the heavy chains following limited proteolytic degradation. Type 2B fibers contain more LC3 homodimer than type 2A fibers; peptide maps of their heavy chain are different although the two myosins comigrate on pyrophosphate gel electrophoresis. Slow fiber myosin migrates more slowly than fast myosin and has a distinct peptide map. Differences were also found among fibers of the same histochemical type but originating in different muscles. In adductor magnus 2B myosin the LC1 + LC3 heterodimer band is the strongest, while in masseter 2B myosin the heterodimer is the weakest. Statistical considerations suggest that in masseter there is a mechanism preferentially forming the homodimers. More work is needed to determine the mechanism by which phenotypical differences occur among various fiber types in the same muscle and between corresponding fiber types in different muscles.
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