目的:观察缺氧及缺氧复合运动条件下大鼠比目鱼肌肌球蛋白重链(MHC)异构体组成的变化。方法:Wistar大鼠随机分为4组:平原对照组、缺氧组、平原运动组和缺氧复合运动组。缺氧复合运动组大鼠持续暴露于模拟海拔5000m高原5周,每天降至4000m高原进行游泳运动1h(6d/week),运动结束后回升至5000m;缺氧组大鼠同时在低压舱内相同海拔高度饲养,但不进行游泳运动;平原运动组和平原对照组在舱外同时饲养,其中平原运动组每天进行游泳运动1h(6d/week)。在末次运动结束后24h处死大鼠,分离后肢比目鱼肌。用含30%甘油的SDS-PAGE电泳分离比目鱼肌MHC异构体,观察MHC异构体组成变化。结果:平原游泳运动大鼠比目鱼肌重量指数增加,而缺氧复合运动组与平原对照比较无显著差异;大鼠比目鱼肌中段MHC主要由Ⅰ(78%)、Ⅱa(22%)2种异构体组成,缺氧组比目鱼肌MHC由Ⅱa向Ⅰ型转变,单纯运动和缺氧复合运动组与缺氧组变化趋势相同,但缺氧复合运动组显著低于单纯运动组。结论:慢性缺氧和运动训练后,大鼠比目鱼肌肌纤维MHC组成向能量利用效率更高的慢收缩肌纤维Ⅰ型转变,提示慢性缺氧和缺氧复合运动后比目鱼肌能量利用效率增加。
AIM: To determine the effects of chronic hypobaric hypoxia and combined with exercise on myosin heavy chain (MHC) profile in rat soleus. METHODS: Wistar rats were divided into 4 groups: control (C), hypoxic group (H) , exercising group (E) and hypoxia - combined with exercise group (HE). Rats in H and HE groups were subjected to simulated 5 000 m hypobaric hypoxia for 5 weeks (24 h/d, 7 d/week), except that animals of both groups were descended to 4 000 m for 1 h/day (6 d/week) from the second week to the end, during which the HE group was forced to swim ceaselessly. Twenty -four hours after the last bout of exercise training, animals were sacrificed at 4 000 m ( H and HE groups) or at sea level ( C and E groups), soleus was collected and MHC was determined with sodium dodecyl - polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by densitometry analysis. RESULTS : The composition of myosin heavy chain in rat soleus was type Ⅰ (78%) and type Ⅱa (22%) in C. The percentage of myosin containing the type Ⅰ isoform in rat soleus was significantly higher in H, E and HE groups than that in the control. CONCLUSION: The switch of MHC isoforms in soleus from type Ⅱ a to type Ⅰ is advantageous in improving efficiency of energy utilization. These changes may reflect the trend of increasing capacity duration and energy utilization efficiency of rat soleus after hypoxia and hypoxia - combined exercise training.