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Insulin-like growth factor-1 prevents age-related decrease in specific force and intracellular Ca²⁺ in single intact muscle fibres from transgenic mice

Estela González*, María Laura Messi*, Zhenlin Zheng* and Osvaldo Delbono*†‡

In the present work we test the hypothesis that sustained transgenic overexpression of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in skeletal muscle prevents age-related decreases in myoplasmic Ca²⁺ concentration and consequently in specific force in single intact fibres from the flexor digitorum brevis (FDB) muscle from the mouse. Measurements of IGF-1 concentration in FDB muscle showed higher levels in transgenic than in wild-type mice at all ages. The specific tetanic force decreased significantly in single muscle fibres from old (286 ± 22 kPa) compared to young wild-type (455 ± 28 kPa), young transgenic (423 ± 43 kPa), and old transgenic mice (386 ± 15 kPa) (P < 0.05). These results are consistent with measurements in whole FDB muscles. The peak Ca²⁺ concentration values in response to prolonged stimulation were: 1.47 ± 0.15, 1.70 ± 0.29, 0.97 ± 0.13 and 1.7 ± 0.22 µM, in fibres from young wild-type, young transgenic, old wild-type and old transgenic mice, respectively. The effects of caffeine on FDB fibres support the conclusion that the age-related decline in peak myoplasmic Ca²⁺ and specific force is not explained by sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺ depletion. Immunohistochemistry in muscle cross-sections was performed to determine whether age and/or IGF-1 overexpression induce changes in fibre type composition. The relative percentages of type IIa, IIx and I myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms did not change significantly with age or genotype. Therefore, IGF-1 prevents age-related decline in peak intracellular Ca²⁺ and specific force in a muscle that does not exhibit changes in fibre type composition with senescence.

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