Peripheral oxygen transport and utilization in rats following continued selective breeding for endurance running capacity.

Journal of Applied Physiology
Richard A HowlettPeter D Wagner

Abstract

Untrained rats selectively bred for either high (HCR) or low (LCR) treadmill running capacity previously demonstrated divergent physiological traits as early as the seventh generation (G7). We asked whether continued selective breeding to generation 15 (G15) would further increase the divergence in skeletal muscle capillarity, morphometry, and oxidative capacity seen previously at G7. At G15, mean body weight was significantly lower (P < 0.001) in the HCR rats (n = 11; 194 +/- 3 g) than in LCR (n = 12; 259 +/- 9 g) while relative medial gastrocnemius muscle mass was not different (0.23 +/- 0.01 vs. 0.22 +/- 0.01% total body weight). Normoxic (Fi(O(2)) = 0.21) Vo(2max) was 50% greater (P < 0.001) in HCR despite the lower absolute muscle mass, and skeletal muscle O(2) conductance (measured in hypoxia; Fi(O(2)) = 0.10) was 49% higher in HCR (P < 0.001). Muscle oxidative enzyme activities were significantly higher in HCR (citrate synthase: 16.4 +/- 0.4 vs. 14.0 +/- 0.6; beta-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase: 5.2 +/- 0.2 vs. 4.2 +/- 0.2 mmol.kg(-1).min(-1)). HCR rats had approximately 36% more total muscle fibers and also 36% more capillaries in the medial gastrocnemius. Because average muscle fiber area was 35% smaller, capillary dens...Continue Reading

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