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Bioenergetics and Muscle Cell Types

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Fatigue

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 384))

Abstract

Potential complexities in biochemical and bioenergetic interpretation due to fiber type heterogeneity are not significant for human muscle. Paradigms for understanding muscle bioenergetics then can be understood from a set of basic premises of biochemical energy balance 1) ATP provides the energy for all forms of muscle work; 2) chemical energy is stored in cells as phosphocreatine, a biochemical capacitor; 3) the sum of the coupled ATPases sets the demand side of the balance and defines energetic states; and 4) this demand is supplied by aerobic metabolism and the products of the coupled ATPases provide control signals for regulation of energy balance. We speculate that cytoplasmic signals at work in energy balance may also control muscle plasticity.

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  1. Departments of Radiology, Bioengineering, and Physiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA

    M. J. Kushmerick

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  1. Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Simon C. Gandevia

  2. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Roger M. Enoka

  3. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Alan J. McComas

  4. The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    Douglas G. Stuart  & Patricia A. Pierce  & 

  5. University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA

    Christine K. Thomas

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Kushmerick, M.J. (1995). Bioenergetics and Muscle Cell Types. In: Gandevia, S.C., Enoka, R.M., McComas, A.J., Stuart, D.G., Thomas, C.K., Pierce, P.A. (eds) Fatigue. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 384. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1016-5_14

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