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A myokine is one of several hundred cytokines or other small proteins (~5–20 kDa) and proteoglycan peptides that are produced and released by skeletal muscle cells (muscle fibers) in response to muscular contractions. [1] They have autocrine, paracrine and/or endocrine effects; [2] their systemic effects occur at picomolar concentrations. [3] [4]
Myostatin is a myokine that is produced and released by myocytes and acts on muscle cells to inhibit muscle growth. [7] Myostatin is a secreted growth differentiation factor that is a member of the TGF beta protein family. [8] [9] Myostatin is assembled and produced in skeletal muscle before it is released into the blood stream. [10]
The mitochondria are unable to produce enough ATP to power the cell properly. Reduction in ATP production impairs the cells' ability to extract calcium from the muscle cell. Motor endplate of a person with rhabdomyolysis. The ion imbalance causes calcium-dependent enzymes to activate which break down muscle proteins even further. [8]
Protein is a nutrient needed by the human body for growth and maintenance. Aside from water, proteins are the most abundant kind of molecules in the body. Protein can be found in all cells of the body and is the major structural component of all cells in the body, especially muscle. This also includes body organs, hair and skin.
Some proteins have structural or mechanical functions, such as actin and myosin in muscle, and the cytoskeleton's scaffolding proteins that maintain cell shape. Other proteins are important in cell signaling, immune responses, cell adhesion, and the cell cycle.
Tropomyosin is a two-stranded alpha-helical, coiled coil protein found in many animal and fungal cells. In animals, it is an important component of the muscular system which works in conjunction with troponin to regulate muscle contraction.
Like the M 1 muscarinic receptor, M 3 receptors are coupled to G proteins of class G q, which upregulate phospholipase C and, therefore, inositol trisphosphate and intracellular calcium as a signalling pathway. [8] The calcium function in vertebrates also involves activation of protein kinase C and its effects.
Calcium can bind to several different calcium-modulated proteins such as troponin-C (the first one to be identified) and calmodulin, proteins that are necessary for promoting contraction in muscle. In the endothelial cells which line the inside of blood vessels, Ca 2+ ions can regulate several signaling pathways which cause the smooth muscle ...