LEC 5, 6 - Skeletal Muscle I/II Flashcards
What are muscles made of? Describe.
Myofibers
Long, multinucleated cells
Little to no regenerative capacity
Describe: Type 1 muscle
Rich in mitochondria
High oxidative metabolism
Slow contracting/fatiguing
Describe: Type 2A
Mixed oxidative/glycolytic metabolism
Fast contracting
Slow fatiguing
Quick, short contractions
Describe: Type 2B
Glycolytic metabolism
Fast contracting/Fatiguing
Describe: Type 2c
Regernating fibers
Describe: Stellate cells
Run along length of myofibers
Full capacity of division + fusion
Restore - mature myofibers
What are the two classifications of changes in myofibers?
Neuropathic
Myopathic
What are neuropathic changes to myofibers?
Effect or absence of nerve supply
What are myopathic changes in myofibers?
Primary changes within muscle cells/fibers
What is involved in nueromusclar disease?
Lower motor neurons
Peripheral nerves
Neuromusclar junctions and muscles
What are clinicopathologic findings to suggest that there is damage to the muscle?
Creatine kinase elevation
AST + LDH elevation
Carbonic anhydrase III + FABP
Possible cause for pallor
Necrosis
Denervation
Anemia
Young animals
Possible cause for pale streaking
Necrosis
Mineralization
Possible cause for dark red mottling
Congestion
Hemorrhagic necrosis
Inflammation
Myoglobin staining
Hypostatic congstion
Possible cause for green color to muscles
Eosinophilic inflammation
Putrefaction
Possible cause for lipofuscin
Old animals
Especially cattle
Possible cause for black
melanosis
melanoma
Possible cause for thickened/firm muscle texture
Mineralization
Calcification
Fibrosis
Possible cause for soft texture to muscles
Fat infiltration or necrosis
Autolysis
How do you collect muscle samples?
Collect strip not larger than 1 cm
Myofibers running length wise
Place sample on rigid surface to avoid contraction band artifact
What are degenerative muscle disease?
Myopathies resulting in segmental or global necrosis in which inflammatory cells are not the cause of damage
What are the possible causes of degenerative muscle disease?
Ischemia
Nutritional deficiencies
Toxic myopathies
Extertional myopathies
What can cause ischemia that leads to degerneation of the muscle?
Occulusion of a major blood vessel
External pressure on a muscle
Swelling of a muscle in a nonexpendable compartment
Vasculitis
What is an example of ischemic necrosis in cattle?
Downer cow syndrome
What animal most commonly sees muscle degeneration due to nutritional defiecencies?
Livestock
What nutritional deficiencies cause muscle degeneration?
Vitamin E
Selenium
What is the function of selenium?
trace mineral vital of glutathione peroxidase system
Protects from oxidative injurt
What disease does selenium deficiency cause?
White muscle disease
What are the three major toxins that cause muscle degeneration?
Ionophores
Plants
Pasture-associated myopathy
Who is affected by pasture-associated myopathy?
Horses
What are the ionophores that can cause muscle degeneration?
Monensin
Narasin
etc.
What are examples of plants that cause muscle degeneration?
Cassia occidentalis
Gossypol
What predisposes an animal to exertional myopathies?
Vit E/Selenium deficency
Muscular dystrophy
Glycogen storage disease
Severe electrolyte depletion
What are examples of extertional rhabdomyolysis?
Black-water
Monday morning sickness
What are the three classes of congenital defects that lead to musclar degeneration?
Anatomic defects
Muscular dystrophy
Myotonia
Describe: Muscular dystrophy
Inherited, progressive, degenerative primary disease of myofibers
Ongoing necrosis + regeneration
What is a disease of muscular dystrophy in cats and dogs? What is affected?
Duchennes’s muscular dystrophy
Dystrophin gene
Describe: Myotonia
aka Channelopathies
Inability of myofibers to relax
= spasmodic contractions
Most due to abnormal ion channel formation
What are the three types of anatomical defects that lead to musclar degeneration?
Innervation
Genetic
Failure of normal development
What is an example of genetic defect in cattle and dogs that cuase muscular degeneration?
Double muscling
aka congenital muscular hyperplasia
How does malignant hyperthermia occur?
Unregulated release of calcium from sarcoplasmic reticulum
Leads to excessive contraction = heat
Increased body temperature is the result
What animals are affected by malignant hyperthermia?
Dogs + Horses + Pigs
What is the defect in exactly that causes malignant hyperthermia?
Ryanodine receptor
What can trigger a maligant hyperthermia episode?
General anesthetic
Stress - porcine stress syndrome
What characterizes a metabolic myopathy?
Reduced muscle cell energy production
Describe: Type II Glycogenoses
Acid maltase deficiency
Describe: Type IV glycogenoses
Glycogen branching enzyme deficiency
Describe: Type V glycogenoses
Myophosphorylase deficency
Describe: Type VII glycogenoses
Phosphofructokinase deficiency
What occurs with most endocrine myopathies?
Result in muscle atrophy
Mostly in type 2 fibers
What happens in dogs with hypercortisolism?
Hypertrophy
Pseudomyotonia
What electrolyte imbalances can cause muscle weakness?
Hypocalcemia
Hypokalemia
Hypophosphatemia
Hypernatremia
Describe: Neuromuscular junction disorders
Impair the ability nerves impulses across the neuromuscular juncton
What are the three most common neuromuscular junction disorders?
Myastenia gravis
Botulism
Tick paralysis
What is the tick responsible for tick paralysis?
Dermacentor
Ixodes
How does tick paralysis occur?
Toxin from tick block the release of acetylcholine from axon terminal
What animal is most commonly infected by tick paralysis?
Dogs
how is recovery initiated in regards to tick paralysis?
Removal of the tick
Rapid
24 to 48 hours
What bacteria is responsible for botulism?
Clostridium botulism
Where is clostridium found?
GI tract
soil
What is botulism characterized by?
Profound flaccid paralysis
What is the mechanism by which the botulism toxin causes paralysis?
Cleavage of proteins in charge of release of acetylcholine from presynaptic vesciles
What type of botulism toxin are dogs most sensitive to?
type C
What type of botulism toxin are cattle most sensitive to?
Type C + D
What type of botulism toxins are horses most sensitive to?
Type B + C
What animal is most sensitive to botulism overall?
Horses
How does the acquired form of myasthenia gravis occur?
Immune-mediated disorder caused via circulated autoantibodies against skeletal muscle acetylcholine receptor
What is the acquired form of myasthenia gravis associated with?
Thymic abnormalities
Secondary loss of self-tolerance to acetylcholine receptors
How is the acquired form of myasthenia gravis diagnosed?
Detection of autoantibodies to acetylcholine receptors in the blood
How does the congenital form of myasthenia gravis occur?
Dogs and Cats
Born with defective NMJ that decrease membrane surface area as a result of reduced actylcholine receptor density
What are the signs of myasthenia gravis?
Profound, sustained and progressive muscle weakness
What are the primary neoplasms of the muscle?
Rhabdomyoma/Rhabdomyosarcoma
Peripheral nerve sheath tumors
Fibromas/sarcomas
Hemangiomas/sarcomas
What does rhabdomyoma/sarcoma arise from?
Intramuscular pluripotential cells
Dogs + horses + Cats
Describe: Rhabdomyoma
Benign
Smooth, nodular, pink, unencapsulated
Where are rhabdomyomas most commonly occur?
Larynx of adult dogs
Where are rhabdomyosarcomas most commonly found?
Neck
Oral Cavity - Tongue
What do rhabdomyosarcomas look like grossly?
Grossly pink and fleshy, often have prominent local invasion
Malignant
Where do hemangiosarcomas most commonly metastasize to?
Lungs
What animals are hemangiosarcomas most commonly found in?
Horses
Dog
What is seen with clostridial myositis in horses?
Malignant edema
Gas gangrene
What are the clostridium species that infect horses causing clostridial myositis?
Septicum
Perfringens
Chauvoei
Novyi
Fallax
How does clostridium infect the muscles of a horse?
Penetrating wounds
Blood stream
What does clostridium do in anaerobic condition?
Bacteria proliferate
Produce toxins
Result in:
Hemorrhage
Edema
Necrosis
What are the clinical signs of clostridial myositis?
Acute onset of heat, swelling and pain
Fever, depression, anorexia, and dehydration
Mild to Moderate increase in CK + AST
What does the muscle look like grossly when infected with clostridial myositis?
Swollen, edematous, and hemorrhagic
Dark red to pale areas
Suppurative exudate
Gas bubbles
What are the clinical signs of botulism?
Flaccid paralysis
Dysphagia
Tongue + Eyelid weakness
CK and AST are WNL
What is seen either grossly or histologically with botulism?
No findings
Aspiration pneumonia can occur
What is used to diagnose animal with botulism?
Detection of toxin in stomach contents
What bateria is responsible for piegon fever?
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
What are the clinical signs of piegon fever?
Multifocal intramusclar abscesses
Pectoral muscle most commonly infected
Common fever
What is seen grossly with pigeon fever?
Swelling + Edema
Localized areas of suppurative exudate accumulation
What is the pathogenesis of pigeon fever?
Enter the body through wounds
Bacterial exotoxin (phospholipase D)
Leads to vascular damage + Inhibits neutrophil function
What are the two degenerative myopathies associated with streptococcus equi equi infections?
Purpura hemorrhagica
Rhabdomyloysis + muscle atrophy