Summary
Myofibrillar ATPase activity (in the presence of Ca2+ and Mg2+), activities of various glycolytic and mitochondrial enzymes, and haemin iron, glycogen, ATP and lactic acid levels were determined in the heart and five skeletal muscles of the sheep as a function of age and sex. During growth from 2 to 13 months, ATPase activity remained stable whereas most mitochondrial and glycolytic activities tended to decrease, particularly betwen 2 and 6 months. The isoenzyme composition of lactic dehydrogenase evolued markedly, with in particular a rise in the percentage of M4. Haemin iron level rose from 6 months. These modifiations occurred in most of the skeletal muscles but rarely in the heart. Glycogen and ATP decreased progressively between 2 and 13 months. Overall, results indicated a regression of the metabolic differentiation among muscles between 2 and 13 months, particularly marked before 6 months. At 3 and 7 months, sex had practically no influence on the enzyme activities studied.
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Abbreviations
- AMP, ADP, ATP :
-
Adenosine 5′mono-, di- and triphosphate
- NADP :
-
Nicotinamide adenine dinucléotide phosphate
- EDTA :
-
Ethylen diamine tetra acetic acid
- SS :
-
supra spinatus
- IS :
-
infra spinatus
- TB :
-
triceps bracchii
- LD:
-
longissimus dorsi
- TFL :
-
tensor fasciae latae
- RA :
-
rectus abdominis
- PP :
-
pectoralis profundis
- PS :
-
psoas major
- ST :
-
semi tendinosus
- SM :
-
semi membranosus
- BF :
-
biceps femoris
- AD :
-
adductor
- H :
-
heart
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Talmant, A., Briand, M., Briand, Y. et al. Metabolic type of muscles of the sheep III. Evolution with age and influence of sex. Europ. J. Appl. Physiol. 49, 197–208 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02334068
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