Significant advances have been made in orthodontics and oral maxillofacial surgery for the diagnosis and treatment of dentofacial deformities. However, compared with bone, the effect of muscles of the craniofacial complex in the development of dentofacial deformities has received little attention. Recently, cellular and molecular studies of the musculoskeletal interactions have been used to investigate the etiology of dentofacial malocclusions. In this study, we tested for relationships that might exist between gene expression of the chromatin modifying enzymes histone deacetylase-4 (HDAC4) and histone acetyltransferase-4 (MYST4) and expression of myosin heavy chain (MyHC) genes and fiber-type percent occupancy (%Occ) in masseter muscle of patients undergoing orthognathic surgery to correct severe dentofacial malocclusions. The diagnostic categories of malocclusion in sagittal and vertical dimensions were: 1) Deep bite-Class II (D2); 2) Deep bite-Class III (D3); 3) Normal bite-Class II (N2); 4) Normal bite-Class III (N3), 5) Open bite-Class II (O2); 6) open bite with Class III (O3). Relative quantities (RQs) of gene expression were determined by reverse transcriptase real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in RNA extracts of masseter samples, previously analyzed by immunohistochemistry for %Occ values. By multivariate analysis, RQs of HDAC4 and MYST4 expression did not differ significantly between malocclusion types. However, multiple high positive and negative correlations were found for HDAC4 and MYST4 with MyHC expression and with fiber type %Occ. Significant correlations occurred for HDAC4 with: IIX and neonatal MyHCs respectively in N2 and N3 subjects; fiber types I, I/II and neonatal/atrial %Occ respectively in D2 and N3, D2 and O3 subjects. Further investigations are needed to support evidence of these correlations and determine their significance toward diagnosis, treatment and relapse potential in the correction of dentofacial deformities. / Oral Biology

A growing body of evidence shows that presynaptic nerve terminals throughout the nervous system are vulnerable to a range of traumatic, toxic and disease-related neurodegenerative stimuli. The aim of this study was to further characterise this vulnerability by examining the response of mouse α-motor nerve terminals at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) to hypoxia-reperfusion injury. To address this aim, a novel model system was generated in which ex vivo skeletal muscle preparations could be maintained in an hypoxic environment, at an O2 concentration below in vivo normoxic values (<0.25% O2), for 2hr followed by 2hr reperfusion (2H-2R). Using this model system combined with quantitative assessment of immunohistological preparations as well as some ultrastructural observations, I present evidence to show that α-motor nerve terminals are rapidly and selectively vulnerable to hypoxia-reperfusion injury with no apparent perturbations to postsynaptic endplates or muscle fibres. I show that the severity of α-motor nerve terminal pathology is age and muscle type/location dependent: in 8-12wk old mice, nerve terminals in fast-twitch lumbrical muscles are more vulnerable than predominantly slow-twitch transversus abdominis and triangularis sterni. In 5-6 week old mice however, there is an age dependent increase in vulnerability of α-motor nerve terminals from the predominantly slow-twitch muscles while the fast-twitch lumbricals remained unaffected by age. The functional, morphological and ultrastructural pathology observed in α-motor nerve terminals following 2H-2R is indicative of selective and ongoing nerve terminal disassembly but, occurs via a mechanism distinct from Wallerian degeneration, as the neuroprotective slow Wallerian degeneration (Wlds) gene did not protect nerve terminals from these pathological changes. I also provide provisional evidence to show that 1A/II muscle spindle afferents and γ-motor nerve terminals are more resistant to hypoxia-reperfusion injury compared with α-motor nerve terminals. In addition to this, I also report preliminary finding that indicate that the oxygen storing protein, neuroglobin, maybe expressed at the mouse NMJ and report the difficulties of using mice that express yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) in their neurons for repeat/live imaging studies. Overall, these data show that the model of hypoxia-reperfusion injury developed in this study is robust and repeatable, that it induces rapid, quantitative changes in α-motor nerve terminals and that it can be used to further examine the mechanisms regulating nerve terminal vulnerability in response to hypoxia-reperfusion injuries. These findings have clinical implications for the use of surgical tourniquets and in the aetiology of many neurodegenerative diseases and neuropathic sequelae where mechanisms relating to hypoxia and hypoxia-reperfusion injury have been implicated.

Muscle fiber composition correlates with insulin resistance, and exercise training can increase slow-twitch (type I) fibers and, thereby, mitigate diabetes risk. Human skeletal muscle is made up of three distinct fiber types, but muscle contains many more isoforms of myosin heavy and light chains, which are coded by 15 and 11 different genes, respectively. Laser capture microdissection techniques allow assessment of mRNA and protein content in individual fibers. We found that specific human fiber types contain different mixtures of myosin heavy and light chains. Fast-twitch (type IIx) fibers consistently contained myosin heavy chains 1, 2, and 4 and myosin light chain 1. Type I fibers always contained myosin heavy chains 6 and 7 (MYH6 and MYH7) and myosin light chain 3 (MYL3), whereas MYH6, MYH7, and MYL3 were nearly absent from type IIx fibers. In contrast to cardiomyocytes, where MYH6 (also known as α-myosin heavy chain) is seen solely in fast-twitch cells, only slow-twitch fibers of skeletal muscle contained MYH6. Classical fast myosin heavy chains (MHC1, MHC2, and MHC4) were present in variable proportions in all fiber types, but significant MYH6 and MYH7 expression indicated slow-twitch phenotype, and the absence of these two isoforms determined a fast-twitch phenotype. The mixed myosin heavy and light chain content of type IIa fibers was consistent with its role as a transition between fast and slow phenotypes. These new observations suggest that the presence or absence of MYH6 and MYH7 proteins dictates the slow- or fast-twitch phenotype in skeletal muscle. The technical challenges of human skeletal muscle fiber type identification have evolved over the past three decades (8). The typical normal adult has roughly equal amounts of slow- and fast-twitch fibers, designated type I and II fibers. In addition, a variable portion of the type II fibers is mixed, containing both fast- and slow-twitch fiber markers, called type IIa fibers, whereas type II fibers that contain only the fast-twitch phenotype are designated type IIx in humans. Exercise training can cause modest shifts in fiber composition from one of these types to a contiguous type, with the relationship being type I to IIa to IIx or type IIx to IIa to I. The tail end of each myosin heavy chain is attached to the tail of another myosin heavy chain, and each of these forms a complex with two myosin light chains. Many heavy and light chain complexes are intertwined to form the thick filaments of each sarcomere. Thin filaments are composed of actin, troponin, and tropomyosin. The myosin heavy chains contain ATPase, which is essential for shortening of the contractile apparatus in the sarcomere, resulting in muscle-generated movement of a body part. The pH optimum of the ATPase has been classically the histochemical technique for identifying fast, slow, and mixed fibers. However, for more than a decade, monoclonal antibodies that correlated with the ATPase designation of fast, slow, and mixed fibers by bright-field or immunohistochemical methods have been used (2). The widely used fast and slow myosin monoclonal antibodies were obtained from mice immunized with only partially purified human skeletal muscle myosin antigens. More recently, antibodies that were raised against specific individual myosin heavy and light chain proteins became commercially available. The 15 human genes that code myosin heavy chains are designated MYH1, MYH2, MYH3, MYH4, MYH6, MYH7, MYH7B, MYH8, MYH9, MYH10, MYH11, MYH12, MYH13, MYH14, MYH15, and MYH16 (17). MYH9, MYH10, and MYH11 are expressed primarily in smooth muscle. At least eight separate genes that code myosin light chains, MYL1, MYL2, MYL3, MYL4, MYL5, MYL6, MYL6B, and MYLPF, have been identified, and at least three of these have a second isoform (3). Our initial investigation of the expression of myosin heavy and light chains using laser capture microdissection (LCM) to obtain specific fiber type samples from human vastus lateralis biopsies yielded some unexpected results. These observations led us to question which isoforms of myosin heavy and light chains are actually characteristic of “fast” or “slow” fibers in human skeletal muscle. We used immunoblots, mass spectroscopic (MS) proteomics, and next-generation sequencing of muscle homogenates and of LCM-generated samples of individual fiber types from normal control subjects and subjects with extremely different muscle fiber composition to approach this question by evaluating muscle specimens from subjects with diverse and extremely different fiber compositions. The hypothesis that drove these studies was that fibers of each type would have consistent myosin heavy and light chains that are characteristic of the fiber type. This is the first report that the abundance of different myosin heavy and light chains corresponds to different muscle fiber types.

Purpose: To determine whether cycle training of sedentary subjects would increase the expression of the principle muscle glucose transporters, six volunteers completed 6 wk of progressively increasing intensity stationary cycle cycling. Methods: In vastus lateralis muscle biopsies, changes in expression of GLUT1, GLUT4, GLUT5, and GLUT12 were compared using quantitative immunoblots with specific protein standards. Regulatory pathway components were evaluated by immunoblots of muscle homogenates and immunohistochemistry of microscopic sections. Results: GLUT1 was unchanged, GLUT4 increased 66%, GLUT12 increased 104%, and GLUT5 decreased 72%. A mitochondrial marker (cytochrome c) and regulators of mitochondrial biogenesis (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator 1 α and phospho-5′-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase) were unchanged, but the muscle hypertrophy pathway component, phospho-mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), increased 83% after the exercise program. In baseline biopsies, GLUT4 by immunohistochemical techniques was 37% greater in Type I (slow twitch, red) muscle fibers, but the exercise training increased GLUT4 expression in Type II (fast twitch, white) fibers by 50%, achieving parity with the Type I fibers. Baseline phospho-mTOR expression was 50% higher in Type II fibers and increased more in Type II fibers (62%) with training but also increased in Type I fibers (34%). Conclusion: Progressive intensity stationary cycle training of previously sedentary subjects increased muscle insulin-responsive glucose transporters (GLUT4 and GLUT12) and decreased the fructose transporter (GLUT5). The increase in GLUT4 occurred primarily in Type II muscle fibers, and this coincided with activation of the mTOR muscle hypertrophy pathway. There was little impact on Type I fiber GLUT4 expression and no evidence of change in mitochondrial biogenesis.

Les muscles squelettiques sont principalement composés de fibres musculaires, des longues cellules multinucléées. Ces fibres sont classifiées en fonction de leur phénotype métabolique et contractile en type I (fibres oxydatives lentes), IIA (fibres oxydatives rapides) ou IIX et IIB (fibres glycolytiques rapides). La détermination du phénotype musculaire dépend de plusieurs facteurs intrinsèques (ex. voies signalétiques, facteurs de transcription) et extrinsèques (ex. hormones, stress physique). Les cellules souches musculaires (cellules satellites) sont aussi impliquées dans ce processus. À la suite d'une lésion musculaire, les cellules satellites s'activent, prolifèrent, sortent du cycle cellulaire pour s’autorenouveler ou se différencier en myoblastes qui fusionnent ensemble et avec les fibres musculaires endommagées pour régénérer le muscle blessé. Récemment, nous avons démontré que les résolvines, des médiateurs lipidiques dérivés des omégas-3, favorisent la différenciation et la fusion des cellules satellites provenant d’un modèle de souris dystrophique. Toutefois, leur effet sur la détermination du phénotype musculaire demeure inconnu. Ce mémoire présente un travail de recherche visant à déterminer l’impact des médiateurs lipidiques sur le phénotype musculaire pendant la myogenèse. Pour répondre à cet objectif, in vitro, nous avons caractérisé l’impact des résolvines sur le phénotype des myotubes (quantification par immunofluorescence) et la signalisation cellulaire (analyse de RNAseq) lors de la myogenèse. In vivo, nous avons caractérisé l’impact des résolvines sur les propriétés contractiles (mesure de la force in situ) et le phénotype des fibres musculaires (quantification par immunofluorescence) lors de la régénération musculaire précoce et tardive. Un article a été rédigé et présente les différents résultats obtenus. In vitro, nous avons démontré que la résolvine D2 (RvD2), augmente la formation de myotube embryonnaire promouvant la myogenèse. La RvD2 favorise également le développement de myotubes lents. De plus, KD107, un agoniste du récepteur de la RvD2 (GPR18), induit l’activation des voies signalétiques AMPK, PPAR et mTOR reconnues pour favoriser le métabolisme oxydatif et la synthèse de protéines contractiles. In vivo, nos résultats démontrent qu’au cours de la régénération musculaire, l’administration locale de RvD2 améliore la force musculaire, promeut la formation du type de fibre caractéristique dans les muscles lents (type I) et rapides (type IIB), et augmente leur taille. L’administration systémique de RvD2 induit également un changement du type de fibre en faveur du type lent. La RvD2 présente un potentiel thérapeutique prometteur pour les maladies musculaires, car elle pourrait contribuer à prévenir la diminution des capacités myogéniques, la perte de force, les altérations du typage des fibres musculaires et/ou l'atrophie, qui sont des caractéristiques couramment observées dans de nombreuses myopathies. / Skeletal muscles are predominantly composed of long, multinucleated muscle fibers. These fibers are classified according to their metabolic and contractile phenotype as type I (oxidative slow fibers), IIA (oxidative fast fibers) or IIX and IIB (glycolytic fast fibers). The determination of fiber type is influenced by various intrinsic (e.g., signaling pathways and transcription factors) and extrinsic factors (e.g., hormones and physical stress). Muscle stem cells, also called satellite cells, have been suggested to play a role in this process of fiber type determination. Following an injury, satellite cells become activated, undergo proliferation, and exit cell cycle to self-renew or differentiate into myoblasts. These myoblasts can either fuse with each other or with damaged muscle fibersto regenerate the injured muscle. Our laboratory recently shows that resolvins, lipid mediators derived from omega-3 fatty acids, promote the differentiation and fusion of satellite cells from a dystrophic mouse model. Despite these findings, their impact on muscle phenotype determination remains unknown. Therefore, the objective of our study was to investigate the influence of lipid mediators on muscle phenotype during myogenesis. In vitro experiments were conducted using immunofluorescence and RNAseq analysis to examine the effects of resolvins on the phenotype of myotubes and cell signaling during myogenesis. In vivo experiments involved measuring in situ strength and utilizing immunofluorescence techniques to evaluate the effects of resolvins on contractile properties and muscle fiber phenotype at both the early and late stages of muscle regeneration. We wrote a manuscript presenting all the results obtained. Our in vitro experiments demonstrated that resolvin-D2 (RvD2) enhances the formation of embryonic myotubes, thereby promoting the process of myogenesis. RvD2 also promotes the development of slow myotubes. Moreover, KD107, an agonist of the resolvin-D2 receptor GPR18, activates AMPK, PPAR and mTOR pathways which enhance the oxidative capacity and the synthesis of contractile protein. In vivo, our finding reveals that the local administration of RvD2 enhances muscle strength, facilitates the formation of the characteristic fiber type in slow (type I) and fast (type IIB) muscle, and increase their size. The systemic administration of RvD2 also promotes the fiber type switch in favor of the slow phenotype. Resolvin-D2 shows significant potential as a therapeutic intervention for muscle diseases. It could mitigate the loss of myogenic capacity, muscle strength, alterations in muscle fiber typing, and atrophy, which are frequently observed in numerous myopathies

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There are gaps in the fundamental understanding of the expression of nitric oxide synthases (NOS) in the microvasculature. We examined co-localization of NOS1 (nNOS), NOS2 (iNOS) and NOS3 (eNOS) in the spinotrapezius muscle of young adult male Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and Spontaneously Hypertensive (SHR) rats according to fiber type using immunohistochemistry and brightfield microscopy. Data regarding fiber distribution, population and morphology data were collected. Alkaline phosphatase staining was used to determine capillary density and average number of capillaries around a fiber. Gel electrophoresis and Western blot techniques were used to compare myosin heavy chain (MHC) protein expression with fiber type population data and to determine NOS1-3 protein expression in whole muscle homogenate. This study should provide a more accurate understanding of differences in NOS expression between these two strains of rats.

As lesões tendíneas são uma das mais comuns que ocorrem nos esportes, sua freqüência é de 10 a 55% de todas as lesões ocorridas. A cabeça medial do músculo gastrocnêmio (GCm) é constituído por duas regiões bem distintas: uma região profunda \"vermelha\" e uma região superficial \"branca\". Dada essa característica de distribuição dos tipos de fibras, torna-se possível determinar se, no mesmo músculo, a tenotomia afeta as fibras de maneira diferente, dependendo do tipo de fibra predominante em cada região. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o efeito da tenotomia e tenorrafia experimental na GCm. Foram usados 38 ratos Wistar machos pesando aproximadamente 300 g divididos em três grupos: Controle (C), Tenotomizado (T) e Tenorrafiado (R), avaliados aos 14 e 21 dias pós-cirurgia. Os animais foram mantidos sob as mesmas condições de alojamento, alimentação, temperatura umidade e luz. No grupo T, o tendão calcâneo do membro pélvico esquerdo foi dissecado e seccionado transversalmente no terço médio. No grupo R, este mesmo tendão foi imediatamente submetido à sutura de Kessler modificada após a tenotomia. Foram realizadas seções de 10 µm de espessura em criostato e, em seguida, estas secções foram submetidas às técnicas da hematoxilina e eosina, picro-sirius, NADH-tr e para análise em microscopia eletrônica de transmissão A significância estatística das diferenças inter-grupos foi determinada pela análise de variância, (ANOVA) e foi aceito p <0,05. Foram encontradas diferenças significativas entre os grupos C, T e R. Observou-se uma grande variação no tamanho e formato das fibras musculares e, ainda, uma desorientação e degeneração das miofibrilas e desorganização dos sarcômeros nos animais do grupo T. Ambos os grupos, T e R, apresentaram diminuição da área de secção transversa e comprimento da GCm. / Tendon injuries are one of the most commonly occurring in sports, its frequency is 10 to 55% of all injuries. The medial head of gastrocnemius muscle (GCm) consists of two clearly distinct regions: a deep region \"red\" and, a superficial region \"white\". Because of that characteristic distribution of fiber types, it becomes possible to determine if the same muscle tenotomy affects differently, depending on the predominant fiber type in each region. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of experimental tenotomy and tenorrhaphy on GCm. We used 38 male Wistar rats weighing approximately 300 g divided into three groups: control (C), tenotomized (T) and Tenorraphized (R). They were evaluated at 14 and 21 days after the surgery. Animals were kept under the same conditions of accommodation, feeding, temperature, humidity and light. In T group, calcaneal tendon of the left pelvic limb was dissected and sectioned in the middle third. In R group, the same tendon was immediately submmitted to the modified Kessler suture after tenotomy. Sections were performed in 10 µm thick in a cryostat and they were then stained according to hematoxylin and eosin, Picrosirius, NADH-tr methods and they were analyzed by transmission electron microscopy. The statistical significance of inter-group differences was determined by analysis of variance (ANOVA) and was accepted p<0.05. Significant differences were found between C, T and R groups. There was a wide variation in size and shape of muscle fibers and also a disorientation and degeneration of myofibrils and disorganization of sarcomeres in T group. Both T and R groups showed a decrease in cross-sectional area and length of the GCm.

Mediante diferentes técnicas histoquímicas, se analizan los tipos de fibras de la musculatura esquelética (Mm. semitendinoso y flexor carporradial) de perros adultos y cachorros (0-65días). Tomando el músculo semitendinoso como patrón, se establecen los criterios para la correcta identificación de las distintas fibras. En base a la actividad mATPasa se reconocen 4 tipos diferentes, que denominamos: I, IIA, IIp y IIC. Con idéntica metodología y criterios de interpretación, se procede al estudio el M. flexor carporradial. Secciones transversales completas de este músculo obtenidas en criosotato a -20ºC, fueron analizadas desde el punto de vista histoquímico, procediéndose al estudio de los tipos de fibras y distribución de las mismas. Los resultados obtenidos indican que el M. flexor carporradial presenta dos cabezas, radial y cubital, cuya funcionalidad puede ser diferente. La cabeza radial se integra casi de forma exclusiva por fibras tipo I, mientras la cabeza cubital muestra una distribución en mosaico con presencia de fibras I, IIA y IIC. Las fibras IIp no fueron identificadas en ninguna de las dos cabezas. Los resultados parecen sugerir que el M. flexor carporradial del perro no solo participa en la protracción del miembro torácico (flexión del carpo), sino que desarrolla un importante papel en el aplomo del mismo. Los estudios llevados a cabo durante el periodo postnatal (0-65días), confirman la aparición gradual y progresiva de las fibras identificadas en animales adultos, aunque en distintos periodos de tiempo según el músculo y/o cabezas. Las técnicas de m-ATPasa permiten formular una nomenclatura específica para las fibras durante el desarrollo, que puede ser tomada como referencia para futuros estudios en estos periodos. / By jeans of different histochemical techniques, fibre types of skeletal muscle (Mm. semitendinosus and flexor carpi radialis) in adults and young dogs (0-65 days) were analysed. Histochemical criteria to the right identification of the different fibres were established by using semiteninosus muscle as control. According to their m-ATPase activity, we observed four different fibre types designated as I, IIA, IIp and IIC. To study the flexor carpi radialis muscle the same techniques and histochemical criteria were followed too. Cryostat whole cross serial sections were histochemically analysed, and the fibre types as well as their distribution studied. The results showed that flexor carpi radialis muscle has two heads, radial and cubital, probably with different functionality. Radial head was almost exclusively constituted by type I fibres; on the other hand, cubitl head exhibited mosaic pattern distribution, containing I, IIA and IIC fibres. None of the heads showed IIp fibre types. These findings suggest that flexor carpi radialis muscle in dog not only participates in the protraction of the forelimb (flexes carpal joint) but also takes an important part in its own aplomb. This study which was carried out throughout postnatal period (0-65 days) confirmed that occurrence of the different fibre types is gradual and progressive in time depending on muscle and / or head portion. mATPase techniques allow us the formulation of an specific nomenclature for the fibres during their development thus, it is recommended for further studies of muscle development.

As lesões tendíneas são uma das mais comuns que ocorrem nos esportes, sua freqüência é de 10 a 55% de todas as lesões ocorridas. A cabeça medial do músculo gastrocnêmio (GCm) é constituído por duas regiões bem distintas: uma região profunda \"vermelha\" e uma região superficial \"branca\". Dada essa característica de distribuição dos tipos de fibras, torna-se possível determinar se, no mesmo músculo, a tenotomia afeta as fibras de maneira diferente, dependendo do tipo de fibra predominante em cada região. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o efeito da tenotomia e tenorrafia experimental na GCm. Foram usados 38 ratos Wistar machos pesando aproximadamente 300 g divididos em três grupos: Controle (C), Tenotomizado (T) e Tenorrafiado (R), avaliados aos 14 e 21 dias pós-cirurgia. Os animais foram mantidos sob as mesmas condições de alojamento, alimentação, temperatura umidade e luz. No grupo T, o tendão calcâneo do membro pélvico esquerdo foi dissecado e seccionado transversalmente no terço médio. No grupo R, este mesmo tendão foi imediatamente submetido à sutura de Kessler modificada após a tenotomia. Foram realizadas seções de 10 µm de espessura em criostato e, em seguida, estas secções foram submetidas às técnicas da hematoxilina e eosina, picro-sirius, NADH-tr e para análise em microscopia eletrônica de transmissão A significância estatística das diferenças inter-grupos foi determinada pela análise de variância, (ANOVA) e foi aceito p <0,05. Foram encontradas diferenças significativas entre os grupos C, T e R. Observou-se uma grande variação no tamanho e formato das fibras musculares e, ainda, uma desorientação e degeneração das miofibrilas e desorganização dos sarcômeros nos animais do grupo T. Ambos os grupos, T e R, apresentaram diminuição da área de secção transversa e comprimento da GCm. / Tendon injuries are one of the most commonly occurring in sports, its frequency is 10 to 55% of all injuries. The medial head of gastrocnemius muscle (GCm) consists of two clearly distinct regions: a deep region \"red\" and, a superficial region \"white\". Because of that characteristic distribution of fiber types, it becomes possible to determine if the same muscle tenotomy affects differently, depending on the predominant fiber type in each region. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of experimental tenotomy and tenorrhaphy on GCm. We used 38 male Wistar rats weighing approximately 300 g divided into three groups: control (C), tenotomized (T) and Tenorraphized (R). They were evaluated at 14 and 21 days after the surgery. Animals were kept under the same conditions of accommodation, feeding, temperature, humidity and light. In T group, calcaneal tendon of the left pelvic limb was dissected and sectioned in the middle third. In R group, the same tendon was immediately submmitted to the modified Kessler suture after tenotomy. Sections were performed in 10 µm thick in a cryostat and they were then stained according to hematoxylin and eosin, Picrosirius, NADH-tr methods and they were analyzed by transmission electron microscopy. The statistical significance of inter-group differences was determined by analysis of variance (ANOVA) and was accepted p<0.05. Significant differences were found between C, T and R groups. There was a wide variation in size and shape of muscle fibers and also a disorientation and degeneration of myofibrils and disorganization of sarcomeres in T group. Both T and R groups showed a decrease in cross-sectional area and length of the GCm.