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Myosin Heavy-Chain Composition of the Human Hyoglossus Muscle

Authors: Alan J. Sokoloff, Megan Daugherty, Haiyan Li

Published in: Dysphagia | Issue 2/2010

Abstract

The human tongue muscle hyoglossus (HG) is active in oromotor behaviors encompassing a wide range of tongue movement speeds. Here we test the hypothesis that the human HG is composed of “uncommon” myosin heavy-chain (MHC) isoforms MHCembryonic, MHCneonatal, and MHCslow tonic as has been reported for other head and neck muscles active during kinematically diverse behaviors. Following reaction of human HG with antibodies specific for MHCI, MHCIIA, MHCII, MHCembryonic, MHCextraocular, MHCneonatal, and MHCslow tonic, only antibodies to MHCI, MHCIIA, and MHCII label more than occasional muscle fibers. These antibodies describe five phenotypes with prevalence MHCIIA > MHCI > MHCI-IIX > MHCI-IIA > MHCIIX. In MHC composition, the human HG is thus similar to human appendicular muscles and many human head and neck muscles but different from human masseter and extraocular muscles which contain five or more MHC isoforms.

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Title: Myosin Heavy-Chain Composition of the Human Hyoglossus Muscle
Authors: Alan J. Sokoloff
Megan Daugherty
Haiyan Li
Publication date: 01-06-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Dysphagia / Issue 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0179-051X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0460
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-009-9227-y

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