Forced Running Endurance Is Influenced by Gene(s) on Mouse Chromosome 10

Mindaugas Kvedaras; Petras Minderis; Andrej Fokin; Aivaras Ratkevicius; Tomas Venckunas; Arimantas Lionikas

doi:10.3389/fphys.2017.00009

Forced Running Endurance Is Influenced by Gene(s) on Mouse Chromosome 10

Mindaugas Kvedaras, Petras Minderis, Andrej Fokin, Aivaras Ratkevicius, Tomas Venckunas, Arimantas Lionikas

Medical Sciences

Lithuanian Sports University

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

9 Citations (Scopus)

9 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Phenotypic diversity between laboratory mouse strains provides a model for studying the underlying genetic mechanisms. The A/J strain performs poorly in various endurance exercise models. The aim of the study was to test if endurance capacity and contractility of the fast- and slow-twitch muscles are affected by the genes on mouse chromosome 10. The C57BL/6J (B6) strain and C57BL/6J-Chr 10(A/J)/NaJ (B6.A10) consomic strain which carries the A/J chromosome 10 on a B6 strain background were compared. The B6.A10 mice compared to B6 were larger in body weight (p < 0.02): 27.2 ± 1.9 vs. 23.8 ± 2.7 and 23.4 ± 1.9 vs. 22.9 ± 2.3 g, for males and females, respectively, and in male soleus weight (p < 0.02): 9.7 ± 0.4 vs. 8.6 ± 0.9 mg. In the forced running test the B6.A10 mice completed only 64% of the B6 covered distance (p < 0.0001). However, there was no difference in voluntary wheel running (p = 0.6) or in fatigability of isolated soleus (p = 0.24) or extensor digitorum longus (EDL, p = 0.7) muscles. We conclude that chromosome 10 of the A/J strain contributes to reduced endurance performance. We also discuss physiological mechanisms and methodological aspects relevant to interpretation of these findings.

Original language	English
Article number	9
Journal	Frontiers in Physiology
Volume	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2017.00009
Publication status	Published - 23 Jan 2017

Bibliographical note

Acknowledgments
The authors wish to acknowledge technical assistance from Mrs. Indrė Libnickienė and intellectual input from Dr. David A. Blizard. This research was funded by the European Social Fund under the Global Grant measure. Grant VP1-3.1-ŠMM-07-K-02-057 was awarded to AL.

Keywords

electric stimulation
specific force
chromosome substitution strains
exercise
skeletal muscle

Access to Document

10.3389/fphys.2017.00009Licence: CC BY

Forced Running Endurance Is Influenced by Gene(s) on Mouse Chromosome 10
Copyright © 2017 Kvedaras, Minderis, Fokin, Ratkevicius, Venckunas and Lionikas. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Final published version, 659 KBLicence: CC BY

Arimantas Lionikas
Person: Academic

Cite this

@article{4dbc55fc9eb4464e992c52aa79afb220,

title = "Forced Running Endurance Is Influenced by Gene(s) on Mouse Chromosome 10",

abstract = "Phenotypic diversity between laboratory mouse strains provides a model for studying the underlying genetic mechanisms. The A/J strain performs poorly in various endurance exercise models. The aim of the study was to test if endurance capacity and contractility of the fast- and slow-twitch muscles are affected by the genes on mouse chromosome 10. The C57BL/6J (B6) strain and C57BL/6J-Chr 10(A/J)/NaJ (B6.A10) consomic strain which carries the A/J chromosome 10 on a B6 strain background were compared. The B6.A10 mice compared to B6 were larger in body weight (p < 0.02): 27.2 ± 1.9 vs. 23.8 ± 2.7 and 23.4 ± 1.9 vs. 22.9 ± 2.3 g, for males and females, respectively, and in male soleus weight (p < 0.02): 9.7 ± 0.4 vs. 8.6 ± 0.9 mg. In the forced running test the B6.A10 mice completed only 64% of the B6 covered distance (p < 0.0001). However, there was no difference in voluntary wheel running (p = 0.6) or in fatigability of isolated soleus (p = 0.24) or extensor digitorum longus (EDL, p = 0.7) muscles. We conclude that chromosome 10 of the A/J strain contributes to reduced endurance performance. We also discuss physiological mechanisms and methodological aspects relevant to interpretation of these findings.",

keywords = "electric stimulation, specific force, chromosome substitution strains, exercise , skeletal muscle",

author = "Mindaugas Kvedaras and Petras Minderis and Andrej Fokin and Aivaras Ratkevicius and Tomas Venckunas and Arimantas Lionikas",

note = "Acknowledgments The authors wish to acknowledge technical assistance from Mrs. Indrė Libnickienė and intellectual input from Dr. David A. Blizard. This research was funded by the European Social Fund under the Global Grant measure. Grant VP1-3.1-{\v S}MM-07-K-02-057 was awarded to AL.",

year = "2017",

month = jan,

day = "23",

doi = "10.3389/fphys.2017.00009",

language = "English",

volume = "8",

journal = "Frontiers in Physiology",

issn = "1664-042X",

publisher = "Frontiers Media S.A.",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Forced Running Endurance Is Influenced by Gene(s) on Mouse Chromosome 10

AU - Kvedaras, Mindaugas

AU - Minderis, Petras

AU - Fokin, Andrej

AU - Ratkevicius, Aivaras

AU - Venckunas, Tomas

AU - Lionikas, Arimantas

N1 - Acknowledgments The authors wish to acknowledge technical assistance from Mrs. Indrė Libnickienė and intellectual input from Dr. David A. Blizard. This research was funded by the European Social Fund under the Global Grant measure. Grant VP1-3.1-ŠMM-07-K-02-057 was awarded to AL.

PY - 2017/1/23

Y1 - 2017/1/23

N2 - Phenotypic diversity between laboratory mouse strains provides a model for studying the underlying genetic mechanisms. The A/J strain performs poorly in various endurance exercise models. The aim of the study was to test if endurance capacity and contractility of the fast- and slow-twitch muscles are affected by the genes on mouse chromosome 10. The C57BL/6J (B6) strain and C57BL/6J-Chr 10(A/J)/NaJ (B6.A10) consomic strain which carries the A/J chromosome 10 on a B6 strain background were compared. The B6.A10 mice compared to B6 were larger in body weight (p < 0.02): 27.2 ± 1.9 vs. 23.8 ± 2.7 and 23.4 ± 1.9 vs. 22.9 ± 2.3 g, for males and females, respectively, and in male soleus weight (p < 0.02): 9.7 ± 0.4 vs. 8.6 ± 0.9 mg. In the forced running test the B6.A10 mice completed only 64% of the B6 covered distance (p < 0.0001). However, there was no difference in voluntary wheel running (p = 0.6) or in fatigability of isolated soleus (p = 0.24) or extensor digitorum longus (EDL, p = 0.7) muscles. We conclude that chromosome 10 of the A/J strain contributes to reduced endurance performance. We also discuss physiological mechanisms and methodological aspects relevant to interpretation of these findings.

AB - Phenotypic diversity between laboratory mouse strains provides a model for studying the underlying genetic mechanisms. The A/J strain performs poorly in various endurance exercise models. The aim of the study was to test if endurance capacity and contractility of the fast- and slow-twitch muscles are affected by the genes on mouse chromosome 10. The C57BL/6J (B6) strain and C57BL/6J-Chr 10(A/J)/NaJ (B6.A10) consomic strain which carries the A/J chromosome 10 on a B6 strain background were compared. The B6.A10 mice compared to B6 were larger in body weight (p < 0.02): 27.2 ± 1.9 vs. 23.8 ± 2.7 and 23.4 ± 1.9 vs. 22.9 ± 2.3 g, for males and females, respectively, and in male soleus weight (p < 0.02): 9.7 ± 0.4 vs. 8.6 ± 0.9 mg. In the forced running test the B6.A10 mice completed only 64% of the B6 covered distance (p < 0.0001). However, there was no difference in voluntary wheel running (p = 0.6) or in fatigability of isolated soleus (p = 0.24) or extensor digitorum longus (EDL, p = 0.7) muscles. We conclude that chromosome 10 of the A/J strain contributes to reduced endurance performance. We also discuss physiological mechanisms and methodological aspects relevant to interpretation of these findings.

KW - electric stimulation

KW - specific force

KW - chromosome substitution strains

KW - exercise

KW - skeletal muscle

U2 - 10.3389/fphys.2017.00009

DO - 10.3389/fphys.2017.00009

M3 - Article

C2 - 28167917

SN - 1664-042X

VL - 8

JO - Frontiers in Physiology

JF - Frontiers in Physiology

M1 - 9

ER -

Forced Running Endurance Is Influenced by Gene(s) on Mouse Chromosome 10

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Keywords

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Profiles

Arimantas Lionikas

Cite this