Disruption of myoglobin in mice induces multiple compensatory mechanisms

A Gödecke, U Flögel, K Zanger… - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
Myoglobin may serve a variety of functions in muscular oxygen supply, such as O2 storage,
facilitated O2 diffusion, and myoglobin-mediated oxidative phosphorylation. We studied the …

Functional and molecular adaptations in skeletal muscle of myoglobin-mutant mice

RW Grange, A Meeson, E Chin… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2001 - journals.physiology.org
Myoglobin is a cytoplasmic hemoprotein that is restricted to cardiomyocytes and oxidative
skeletal myofibers and facilitates oxygen delivery during periods of high metabolic demand …

Emerging roles for myoglobin in the heart

DJ Garry, SB Kanatous, PPA Mammen - Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2003 - Elsevier
Myoglobin (Mb) is an intensely studied hemoprotein that is restricted mainly to the heart and
oxidative myofibers in skeletal muscle. Previous physiologic and pharmacologic studies …

Myoglobin facilitates oxygen diffusion

MW Merx, U Flögel, T Stumpe, A Gödecke… - The FASEB …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, the hemodynamic effects of acute myoglobin (Mb) inhibition with CO on
isolated hearts of wild‐type (WT) mice were examined at different degrees of oxygenation …

Mice without myoglobin

DJ Garry, GA Ordway, JN Lorenz, NB Radford, ER Chin… - Nature, 1998 - nature.com
Myoglobin, an intracellular haemoprotein expressed in the heart and oxidative skeletal
myofibres of vertebrates, binds molecular oxygen and may facilitate oxygen transport from …

Keeping the heart in balance: the functional interactions of myoglobin with nitrogen oxides

U Flögel, A Fago, T Rassaf - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2010 - journals.biologists.com
Myoglobin (Mb) is an important intracellular oxygen-binding hemoprotein found in the
cytoplasm of skeletal and cardiac muscle tissue playing a well-known role in O2 storage and …

Adaptive mechanisms that preserve cardiac function in mice without myoglobin

AP Meeson, N Radford, JM Shelton… - Circulation …, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc
Mice lacking myoglobin survive to adulthood and meet the circulatory demands of exercise
and pregnancy without cardiac decompensation. In the present study, we show that many …

Lack of myoglobin causes a switch in cardiac substrate selection

U Flögel, T Laussmann, A Gödecke… - Circulation …, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
Myoglobin is an important intracellular O2 binding hemoprotein in heart and skeletal muscle.
Surprisingly, disruption of myoglobin in mice (myo−/−) resulted in no obvious phenotype and …

Regulation of myoglobin expression

SB Kanatous, PPA Mammen - Journal of Experimental …, 2010 - journals.biologists.com
Myoglobin is a well-characterized, cytoplasmic hemoprotein that is expressed primarily in
cardiomyocytes and oxidative skeletal muscle fibers. However, recent studies also suggest …

Deciphering the mysteries of myoglobin in striated muscle

KE Conley, GA Ordway… - Acta physiologica …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Myoglobin (Mb) is a large protein that reversibly binds oxygen in the muscle cell and is
thought to be critical for O2 supply to the mitochondria during exercise. The role of Mb in …