Eur Respir J 2002; 19:617-625
Copyright ©ERS Journals Ltd 2002
Skeletal muscle fibre-type shifting and metabolic profile in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
H.R. Gosker1,
H. van Mameren2,
P.J. van Dijk2,
M.P.K.J. Engelen1,
G.J. van der Vusse3,
E.F.M. Wouters1 and
A.M.W.J. Schols1
1 Dept of Pulmonology, 2 Dept of Anatomy and Embryology and 3 Dept of Physiology, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands
CORRESPONDENCE: H.R. Gosker, Dept of Pulmonology Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Fax: 31 433875051. E-mail: H.Gosker@pul.unimaas.nl
Keywords: chronic obstructive, histochemistry, myosin heavy chain isoforms, oxidative capacity, pulmonary disease, skeletal muscle
Received: June 7, 2001
Accepted October 30, 2001
This study was supported by a grant from the Netherlands Asthma Foundation (project number 96.16).
The aim of this study was to examine the nature of fibre-type redistribution in relation to fibre metabolic profile in the vastus lateralis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and COPD subtypes.
Fifteen COPD patients (eight with emphysema stratified by high-resolution computed tomography) and 15 healthy control subjects were studied. A combination of myofibrillar adenosine triphosphatase staining and immunohistochemistry was used to identify pure, as well as hybrid fibre types. For oxidative capacity, fibres were stained for cytochrome c oxidase and succinate dehydrogenase activities, and glycogen phosphorylase for glycolytic capacity.
The proportion of type-I fibres in COPD patients was markedly lower (16% versus 42%), especially in emphysema, and the proportion of hybrid fibres was higher (29% versus 16%) compared to controls. The proportion of fibres staining positive for oxidative enzymes was lower in COPD patients, which correlated with the proportion of type-I fibres. In COPD oxidative capacity was lower within IIA fibres.
The authors conclude that fibre-type transitions are involved in the fibre-type redistribution in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Low oxidative capacity is closely related to the proportion of type-I fibres, but an additional reduction of oxidative enzyme activity is present within IIA fibres. Fibre-type abnormalities may be aggravated in emphysema.
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