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At a cellular and molecular level, how does a fast glycolytic myofiber sense a tonic pattern of contractile activity and transduce that information to transform itself into a cell with fast oxidative or slow oxidative properties?
Their results suggest that Msx1 expression induces microtubule disassembly, which then leads to myofiber cellularization or fragmentation.
Skeletal myofibers are innervated by motor neurons that contact each myofiber, and the intensity, duration, and timing of each muscle contraction are determined by the pattern of motor neuron firing.
Within the nucleus, NFAT binds DNA and activates transcription (in concert with other transcription factors) of relevant downstream target genes that encode proteins necessary for fast oxidative or slow oxidative myofiber phenotypes.
Under experimental conditions in laboratory animals, it is possible to transform muscles completely from one myofiber phenotype to another in a reversible manner, solely by altering the pattern of neural stimulation.