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Andersen OE, Kristensen AM, Nielsen OB, Overgaard K. Force potentiation during eccentric contractions in rat skeletal muscle. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2023; 134:777-785. [PMID: 36759160 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00676.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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Postactivation potentiation refers to an acute enhancement of contractile properties following muscle activity. Previously, the effects of prior muscle activation on eccentric force at tetanic activation frequencies have only been sparsely reported. This paper aimed to study acute activity-induced effects on eccentric force of slow and fast-twitch muscles and characterize them in relation to postactivation potentiation. We elicited eccentric contractions in isolated rat extensor digitorum longus and soleus muscles by actively lengthening muscles at a constant velocity. We assessed contractile properties by measuring force over shortly interspaced, identical eccentric, and isometric contractions. We then analyzed stretch force, isometric peak force, rate of force development, and relaxation times. Finally, we compared the time courses for the development and cessation of changes in stretch force to known features of postactivation potentiation. In extensor digitorum longus, muscles stretch force consistently increased in a contraction-to-contraction manner by up to 49% [95% confidence interval (CI): 35-64%] whereas isometric peak force simultaneously showed minor declines (8%, 95% CI: 5-10%). The development and cessation of eccentric force potentiation coincided with the development of twitch potentiation and increases in rate of force development. In soleus muscles we found no consistent eccentric potentiation. Characterization of the increase in eccentric force revealed that force only increased in the very beginning of an active stretch. Eccentric force at tetanic activation frequencies potentiates substantially in extensor digitorum longus muscles over consecutive contractions with a time course coinciding with postactivation potentiation. Such eccentric potentiation may be important in sport performance.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Force during eccentric contractions can increase to a magnitude that may have profound consequences for our understanding of skeletal muscle locomotion. This increase in eccentric force occurs over consecutive, shortly interspaced, tetanic contractions in rat extensor digitorum longus muscles-not in rat soleus muscles-and coincides with well-known traits of postactivation potentiation. Eccentric force potentiation may significantly enhance muscle performance in activities involving stretch-shortening cycles.
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- Ole Emil Andersen
- Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Kryściak K, Smith IC, Drzymała-Celichowska H, Celichowski J. Initial force production before sag is enhanced by prior contraction followed by a 3-minute rest period in fast motor units of the rat medial gastrocnemius. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2020; 53:102429. [PMID: 32505088 DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2020.102429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Unfused tetanic contractions evoked in fast motor units exhibit extra-efficient force production at the onset of contraction, an effect called "boost". Boost is diminished in subsequent contractions if there is a short rest period between contractions, but can be re-established with a longer period of rest. We tested the hypothesis that contractile activity and rest could enhance boost-related metrics. Two sets of 3 unfused tetani were evoked 3 min apart in fast fatigable (FF) and fast fatigue-resistant (FR) motor units of the rat medial gastrocnemius. The greatest changes occurred in the first unfused tetanic contractions. Relative to the first contraction in the first set, the first contraction in the second set exhibited higher peak force during boost in a subset of motor units (76% of FF and 48% of FR). Enhanced force during boost was influenced by interaction of slowing of twitch contraction time (up to 20% and 25%, for FF and FR motor units, respectively), half-relaxation time (up to 37% and 49% for FF and FR motor units, respectively), and potentiation of the first twitch (up to 13% and 5% for FF and FR motor units, respectively). Examination of twitches evoked between sets suggested opportunity for greater enhancement of boost with shorter intervening rest periods. The phenomenon of enhanced boost following motor unit activity may interest sports scientists.
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- Katarzyna Kryściak
- Department of Neurobiology, Poznan University of Physical Education, Poland.
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- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Neurobiology, Poznan University of Physical Education, Poland; Division of Biochemistry, Poznan University of Physical Education, Poland
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- Department of Neurobiology, Poznan University of Physical Education, Poland
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Smith IC, Adam H, Herzog W. A brief contraction has complex effects on summation of twitch pairs in human adductor pollicis. Exp Physiol 2020; 105:676-689. [PMID: 32052487 DOI: 10.1113/ep088401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? How do contraction-induced reductions in twitch duration, without changes in twitch force, affect summation of twitch pairs into higher force contractions in skeletal muscle? What is the main finding and its importance? Abbreviating twitch duration with a brief contraction resulted in enhanced summation of fully fused twitch pairs, but impaired summation in partially fused twitch pairs even after accounting for the differences in relaxation of the first twitch. An inherent mechanism which enhances relaxation without sacrificing force generation in forceful contractions would benefit cyclic muscle activities, such as locomotion. ABSTRACT During electrically evoked contractions of skeletal muscle, the interplay between twitch duration and the time between electrical stimuli (inter-pulse interval, IPI) determines how effectively twitch forces summate into high force contractions. A brief muscle contraction can impair summation by abbreviating twitch duration, though it is not clear if these impairments occur at all physiologically relevant IPI. This study was designed to test how a brief contraction affects summation of nominally isometric twitch pairs with IPIs lasting 10-5000 ms. Left adductor pollicis muscles of human participants (n = 9) were electrically activated using stimulus pairs applied both before (Pre) and after (Post) a 10 Hz, 1.0 s contraction. Force-time records were mathematically separated into Pulse 1 (single twitch) and Pulse 2 (summated twitch) components. The ratio of Pulse 2 peak force to Pulse 1 peak force was used as our measure of summation effectiveness. Consistent with the observed decline of Pulse 1 duration at Post relative to Pre (4.7 ± 0.6%; P < 0.001; duration was defined as the time from stimulation to the time required for active force to decline by 50%), summation effectiveness was higher at Pre than at Post at IPIs of 100-333 ms. Summation effectiveness was not different between Pre and Post at IPIs of 50-83 ms or 500-5000 ms. Intriguingly, summation effectiveness was higher at Post than at Pre at IPIs of 10-25 ms. In summary, a brief contraction has complex effects on the relationship between inter-pulse interval and summation effectiveness. Future experiments are needed to reveal the mechanisms behind this novel observation.
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- Ian C Smith
- Human Performance Lab, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
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- Human Performance Lab, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
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- Human Performance Lab, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
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Breithaupt JJ, Pulcastro HC, Awinda PO, DeWitt DC, Tanner BCW. Regulatory light chain phosphorylation augments length-dependent contraction in PTU-treated rats. J Gen Physiol 2018; 151:66-76. [PMID: 30523115 PMCID: PMC6314387 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201812158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Contraction of cardiac muscle is regulated by sarcomere length and proteins that comprise the sarcomeric filaments. Breithaupt et al. find that phosphorylation of myosin regulatory light chain augments length-dependent activation of contraction when β-cardiac myosin heavy chain predominates. Force production by actin–myosin cross-bridges in cardiac muscle is regulated by thin-filament proteins and sarcomere length (SL) throughout the heartbeat. Prior work has shown that myosin regulatory light chain (RLC), which binds to the neck of myosin heavy chain, increases cardiac contractility when phosphorylated. We recently showed that cross-bridge kinetics slow with increasing SLs, and that RLC phosphorylation amplifies this effect, using skinned rat myocardial strips predominantly composed of the faster α-cardiac myosin heavy chain isoform. In the present study, to assess how RLC phosphorylation influences length-dependent myosin function as myosin motor speed varies, we used a propylthiouracil (PTU) diet to induce >95% expression of the slower β-myosin heavy chain isoform in rat cardiac ventricles. We measured the effect of RLC phosphorylation on Ca2+-activated isometric contraction and myosin cross-bridge kinetics (via stochastic length perturbation analysis) in skinned rat papillary muscle strips at 1.9- and 2.2-µm SL. Maximum tension and Ca2+ sensitivity increased with SL, and RLC phosphorylation augmented this response at 2.2-µm SL. Subtle increases in viscoelastic myocardial stiffness occurred with RLC phosphorylation at 2.2-µm SL, but not at 1.9-µm SL, thereby suggesting that RLC phosphorylation increases β-myosin heavy chain binding or stiffness at longer SLs. The cross-bridge detachment rate slowed as SL increased, providing a potential mechanism for prolonged cross-bridge attachment to augment length-dependent activation of contraction at longer SLs. Length-dependent slowing of β-myosin heavy chain detachment rate was not affected by RLC phosphorylation. Together with our previous studies, these data suggest that both α- and β-myosin heavy chain isoforms show a length-dependent activation response and prolonged myosin attachment as SL increases in rat myocardial strips, and that RLC phosphorylation augments length-dependent activation at longer SLs. In comparing cardiac isoforms, however, we found that β-myosin heavy chain consistently showed greater length-dependent sensitivity than α-myosin heavy chain. Our work suggests that RLC phosphorylation is a vital contributor to the regulation of myocardial contractility in both cardiac myosin heavy chain isoforms.
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- Jason J Breithaupt
- Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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Kuzyk SL, Smart RR, Simpson CL, Fedorov A, Jakobi JM. Influence of fascicle length on twitch potentiation of the medial gastrocnemius across three ankle angles. Eur J Appl Physiol 2018; 118:1199-1207. [PMID: 29600331 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-018-3849-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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PURPOSE Length dependence of post-activation potentiation (PAP) is a well-established phenomenon in animal models but less certain in intact whole human muscles. Recent advances in B-mode ultrasonography provide real-time imaging and evaluation of human muscle fascicles in vivo, thus removing the assumption that joint positioning alters fascicle length and influences the extent of PAP. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a conditioning maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) would influence the return of medial gastrocnemius (MG) fascicles to baseline length and alter the extent of twitch potentiation between three ankle positions. METHODS Ultrasonography was used to measure MG fascicle length for baseline and potentiated twitches at angles of 10° dorsiflexion (DF), 0° neutral (NEU-tibia perpendicular to the sole of the foot), and 20° plantar flexion (PF). A MVC was used as a conditioning contraction and PAP determined for each ankle angle. RESULTS PAP of the plantar flexors was greater in PF (28.8 ± 2.6%) compared to NEU (19.8 ± 1.8%; p < 0.05) and DF (9.3 ± 2.8%; p < 0.0001). In PF, fascicle lengths (4.64 ± 0.17 cm) were shorter than both NEU (5.78 ± 0.15 cm; p < 0.0001) and DF (6.09 ± 0.15 cm; p < 0.0001). Fascicle lengths for the baseline twitches were longer (5.92 ± 0.11 cm) than the potentiated twitches (5.83 ± 0.10 cm; p < 0.01) at all joint angles. CONCLUSION Although PAP is greatest in PF compared to NEU and DF, the higher PAP in the PF joint angle cannot be attributed to fascicles remaining shortened following the MVC because across all joint positions, fascicles are similarly shortened following the MVC.
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- Samantha L Kuzyk
- Healthy Exercise and Aging Lab Group, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 133-1147 Research Road (Arts Building), Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- Healthy Exercise and Aging Lab Group, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 133-1147 Research Road (Arts Building), Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- Healthy Exercise and Aging Lab Group, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 133-1147 Research Road (Arts Building), Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- Healthy Exercise and Aging Lab Group, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 133-1147 Research Road (Arts Building), Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- Healthy Exercise and Aging Lab Group, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 133-1147 Research Road (Arts Building), Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada.
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Gittings W, Bunda J, Vandenboom R. Myosin phosphorylation potentiates steady-state work output without altering contractile economy of mouse fast skeletal muscles. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 221:jeb.167742. [PMID: 29122950 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.167742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Skeletal myosin light chain kinase (skMLCK)-catalyzed phosphorylation of the myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) increases (i.e. potentiates) mechanical work output of fast skeletal muscle. The influence of this event on contractile economy (i.e. energy cost/work performed) remains controversial, however. Our purpose was to quantify contractile economy of potentiated extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles from mouse skeletal muscles with (wild-type, WT) and without (skMLCK ablated, skMLCK-/-) the ability to phosphorylate the RLC. Contractile economy was calculated as the ratio of total work performed to high-energy phosphate consumption (HEPC) during a period of repeated isovelocity contractions that followed a potentiating stimulus (PS). Consistent with genotype, the PS increased RLC phosphorylation measured during, before and after isovelocity contractions in WT but not in skMLCK-/- muscles (i.e. 0.65 and 0.05 mol phosphate mol-1 RLC, respectively). In addition, although the PS enhanced work during repeated isovelocity contractions in both genotypes, the increase was significantly greater in WT than in skMLCK-/- muscles (1.51±0.03 versus 1.10±0.05, respectively; all data P<0.05, n=8). Interestingly, the HEPC determined during repeated isovelocity contractions was statistically similar between genotypes at 19.03±3.37 and 16.02±3.41 μmol P; respectively (P<0.27). As a result, despite performing significantly more work, the contractile economy calculated for WT muscles was similar to that calculated for skMLCK-/- muscles (i.e. 5.74±0.67 and 4.61±0.71 J kg-1 μmol-1 P, respectively (P<0.27). In conclusion, our results support the notion that myosin RLC phosphorylation enhances dynamic contractile function of mouse fast skeletal muscle but does so without decreasing contractile economy.
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- William Gittings
- Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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Wei L, Gregorich ZR, Lin Z, Cai W, Jin Y, McKiernan SH, McIlwain S, Aiken JM, Moss RL, Diffee GM, Ge Y. Novel Sarcopenia-related Alterations in Sarcomeric Protein Post-translational Modifications (PTMs) in Skeletal Muscles Identified by Top-down Proteomics. Mol Cell Proteomics 2017; 17:134-145. [PMID: 29046390 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.ra117.000124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Revised: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Sarcopenia, the age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength, is a significant cause of morbidity in the elderly and is a major burden on health care systems. Unfortunately, the underlying molecular mechanisms in sarcopenia remain poorly understood. Herein, we utilized top-down proteomics to elucidate sarcopenia-related changes in the fast- and slow-twitch skeletal muscles of aging rats with a focus on the sarcomeric proteome, which includes both myofilament and Z-disc proteins-the proteins that constitute the contractile apparatuses. Top-down quantitative proteomics identified significant changes in the post-translational modifications (PTMs) of critical myofilament proteins in the fast-twitch skeletal muscles of aging rats, in accordance with the vulnerability of fast-twitch muscles to sarcopenia. Surprisingly, age-related alterations in the phosphorylation of Cypher isoforms, proteins that localize to the Z-discs in striated muscles, were also noted in the fast-twitch skeletal muscle of aging rats. This represents the first report of changes in the phosphorylation of Z-disc proteins in skeletal muscle during aging. In addition, increased glutathionylation of slow skeletal troponin I, a novel modification that may help protect against oxidative damage, was observed in slow-twitch skeletal muscles. Furthermore, we have identified and characterized novel muscle type-specific proteoforms of myofilament proteins and Z-disc proteins, including a novel isoform of the Z-disc protein Enigma. The finding that the phosphorylation of Z-disc proteins is altered in response to aging in the fast-twitch skeletal muscles of aging rats opens new avenues for the investigation of the role of Z-discs in age-related muscle dysfunction.
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- Liming Wei
- From the ‡Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, Wisconsin, 53705.,§Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China
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- From the ‡Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, Wisconsin, 53705.,¶Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, Wisconsin, 53705
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- From the ‡Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, Wisconsin, 53705.,‖Human Proteomics Program,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, Wisconsin, 53705
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- From the ‡Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, Wisconsin, 53705.,¶Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, Wisconsin, 53705
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- **Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin, 53706
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- ‡‡Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000 Observatory Dr., Madison, Wisconsin, 53705
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- §§Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 600 Highland Ave., Madison, Wisconsin, 53792.,¶¶UW Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 600 Highland Ave., Madison, Wisconsin, 53792
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- ‖‖Departments of Agriculture, Food, and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta-Edmonton, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- From the ‡Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, Wisconsin, 53705.,‖Human Proteomics Program,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, Wisconsin, 53705
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- ‡‡Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000 Observatory Dr., Madison, Wisconsin, 53705
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- From the ‡Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, Wisconsin, 53705; .,¶Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, Wisconsin, 53705.,‖Human Proteomics Program,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, Wisconsin, 53705.,**Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin, 53706
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Smith IC, Vandenboom R, Tupling AR. Contraction-induced enhancement of relaxation during high force contractions of mouse lumbrical muscle at 37°C. J Exp Biol 2017; 220:2870-2873. [PMID: 28576821 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.158998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 05/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Repeated stimulation of unfatigued rodent fast-twitch skeletal muscle accelerates the kinetics of tension relaxation through an unknown mechanism. This effect varies with muscle type and stimulation parameters, and has been observed at physiological temperatures for submaximal but not maximal contractions. The purpose of this study was to compare relaxation kinetics of C57BL/6 mouse lumbrical muscles ex vivo from maximal isometric force (500 Hz for 20 ms) when evoked before (pre) and after (post) an intervening tetanic contraction at 37°C. During post contractions, we noted significant increases in the rate of tension decline during both the slow linear phase and the fast exponential phase of relaxation, as well as a reduced duration of the slow phase of relaxation compared with pre contractions (all P<0.05). This is the first demonstration of enhanced slow and fast relaxation phases from maximal isometric tension induced by prior stimulation in intact muscle at a physiological temperature.
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- Ian C Smith
- Human Performance Lab, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4 .,Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1
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- Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, L2S 3A1
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1
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Gittings W, Bunda J, Vandenboom R. Shortening speed dependent force potentiation is attenuated but not eliminated in skeletal muscles without myosin phosphorylation. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2017; 38:157-162. [PMID: 28251466 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-017-9465-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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We investigated the influence of shortening speed on concentric force potentiation at different frequencies in muscles devoid of skeletal myosin light chain kinase (skMLCK-/-) and unable to phosphorylate myosin. EDL muscles from skMLCK-/- mice were activated in vitro (25 °C) across a range of stimulation frequencies (10-100 Hz) during shortening ramps at 0.10, 0.30, or 0.50 of maximum shortening velocity (Vmax) before and after a potentiating stimulus (PS). When collapsed across all frequencies, the PS increased relative (post/pre) concentric force to 1.27 ± 0.02 and 1.17 ± 0.02 of pre-PS values at 0.50 and 0.30 Vmax, respectively (n = 4, P < 0.05 for all speeds). In addition, potentiation was significantly greater at low and intermediate-than at high stimulus frequencies at both speeds. In contrast, during shortening at 0.10 Vmax, a posttetanic depression was observed as mean concentric forces were reduced to 0.85 ± 0.02 of pre-PS values. Thus, although reduced compared to published values for wildtype muscles (Gittings et al., J Muscle Res Cell Motil 33:359-368, 2012), skMLCK-/- muscles displayed a speed dependent potentiation of concentric force during moderate and fast shortening speed at all frequencies tested. Our data support the presence of a myosin phosphorylation-independent mechanism(s) for concentric force potentiation at moderate speeds of shortening, and also suggests that myosin phosphorylation may be necessary to prevent the concentric force depression that may be present at slow speeds of shortening. Although additive in nature, further work is needed to parse out the relative influence of myosin phosphorylation-independent and dependent potentiation mechanisms on wildtype contractile function during dynamic conditions.
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- William Gittings
- Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Brock University, 274 Walker Complex, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Brock University, 274 Walker Complex, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Brock University, 274 Walker Complex, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1, Canada.
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Vandenboom R. Modulation of Skeletal Muscle Contraction by Myosin Phosphorylation. Compr Physiol 2016; 7:171-212. [PMID: 28135003 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c150044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The striated muscle sarcomere is a highly organized and complex enzymatic and structural organelle. Evolutionary pressures have played a vital role in determining the structure-function relationship of each protein within the sarcomere. A key part of this multimeric assembly is the light chain-binding domain (LCBD) of the myosin II motor molecule. This elongated "beam" functions as a biological lever, amplifying small interdomain movements within the myosin head into piconewton forces and nanometer displacements against the thin filament during the cross-bridge cycle. The LCBD contains two subunits known as the essential and regulatory myosin light chains (ELC and RLC, respectively). Isoformic differences in these respective species provide molecular diversity and, in addition, sites for phosphorylation of serine residues, a highly conserved feature of striated muscle systems. Work on permeabilized skeletal fibers and thick filament systems shows that the skeletal myosin light chain kinase catalyzed phosphorylation of the RLC alters the "interacting head motif" of myosin motor heads on the thick filament surface, with myriad consequences for muscle biology. At rest, structure-function changes may upregulate actomyosin ATPase activity of phosphorylated cross-bridges. During activation, these same changes may increase the Ca2+ sensitivity of force development to enhance force, work, and power output, outcomes known as "potentiation." Thus, although other mechanisms may contribute, RLC phosphorylation may represent a form of thick filament activation that provides a "molecular memory" of contraction. The clinical significance of these RLC phosphorylation mediated alterations to contractile performance of various striated muscle systems are just beginning to be understood. © 2017 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 7:171-212, 2017.
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- Rene Vandenboom
- Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, Ontario, Canada
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Myosin light chain phosphorylation is required for peak power output of mouse fast skeletal muscle in vitro. Pflugers Arch 2016; 468:2007-2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-016-1897-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Revised: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Gregorich ZR, Peng Y, Cai W, Jin Y, Wei L, Chen AJ, McKiernan SH, Aiken JM, Moss RL, Diffee GM, Ge Y. Top-Down Targeted Proteomics Reveals Decrease in Myosin Regulatory Light-Chain Phosphorylation That Contributes to Sarcopenic Muscle Dysfunction. J Proteome Res 2016; 15:2706-16. [PMID: 27362462 PMCID: PMC4975644 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Sarcopenia, the loss of skeletal muscle mass and function with advancing age, is a significant cause of disability and loss of independence in the elderly and thus, represents a formidable challenge for the aging population. Nevertheless, the molecular mechanism(s) underlying sarcopenia-associated muscle dysfunction remain poorly understood. In this study, we employed an integrated approach combining top-down targeted proteomics with mechanical measurements to dissect the molecular mechanism(s) in age-related muscle dysfunction. Top-down targeted proteomic analysis uncovered a progressive age-related decline in the phosphorylation of myosin regulatory light chain (RLC), a critical protein involved in the modulation of muscle contractility, in the skeletal muscle of aging rats. Top-down tandem mass spectrometry analysis identified a previously unreported bis-phosphorylated proteoform of fast skeletal RLC and localized the sites of decreasing phosphorylation to Ser14/15. Of these sites, Ser14 phosphorylation represents a previously unidentified site of phosphorylation in RLC from fast-twitch skeletal muscle. Subsequent mechanical analysis of single fast-twitch fibers isolated from the muscles of rats of different ages revealed that the observed decline in RLC phosphorylation can account for age-related decreases in the contractile properties of sarcopenic fast-twitch muscles. These results strongly support a role for decreasing RLC phosphorylation in sarcopenia-associated muscle dysfunction and suggest that therapeutic modulation of RLC phosphorylation may represent a new avenue for the treatment of sarcopenia.
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- Zachery R. Gregorich
- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705
- Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705
- Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI, 53706
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705
- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000 Observatory Dr., Madison, WI, 53705
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- Departments of Agriculture, Food, and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta-Edmonton, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705
- Human Proteomics Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705
- UW Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000 Observatory Dr., Madison, WI, 53705
- UW Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705
- Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI, 53706
- Human Proteomics Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705
- UW Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705
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Yamaguchi M, Kimura M, Li ZB, Ohno T, Takemori S, Hoh JFY, Yagi N. X-ray diffraction analysis of the effects of myosin regulatory light chain phosphorylation and butanedione monoxime on skinned skeletal muscle fibers. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2016; 310:C692-700. [PMID: 26911280 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00318.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The phosphorylation of the myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) is an important modulator of skeletal muscle performance and plays a key role in posttetanic potentiation and staircase potentiation of twitch contractions. The structural basis for these phenomena within the filament lattice has not been thoroughly investigated. Using a synchrotron radiation source at SPring8, we obtained X-ray diffraction patterns from skinned rabbit psoas muscle fibers before and after phosphorylation of myosin RLC in the presence of myosin light chain kinase, calmodulin, and calcium at a concentration below the threshold for tension development ([Ca(2+)] = 10(-6.8)M). After phosphorylation, the first myosin layer line slightly decreased in intensity at ∼0.05 nm(-1)along the equatorial axis, indicating a partial loss of the helical order of myosin heads along the thick filament. Concomitantly, the (1,1/1,0) intensity ratio of the equatorial reflections increased. These results provide a firm structural basis for the hypothesis that phosphorylation of myosin RLC caused the myosin heads to move away from the thick filaments towards the thin filaments, thereby enhancing the probability of interaction with actin. In contrast, 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM), known to inhibit contraction by impeding phosphate release from myosin, had exactly the opposite effects on meridional and equatorial reflections to those of phosphorylation. We hypothesize that these antagonistic effects are due to the acceleration of phosphate release from myosin by phosphorylation and its inhibition by BDM, the consequent shifts in crossbridge equilibria leading to opposite changes in abundance of the myosin-ADP-inorganic phosphate complex state associated with helical order of thick filaments.
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- Maki Yamaguchi
- Department of Molecular Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan;
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetic and Therapeutics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Discipline of Physiology and the Bosch Institute, School of Medical Sciences, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Hyogo, Japan
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Pulcastro HC, Awinda PO, Breithaupt JJ, Tanner BCW. Effects of myosin light chain phosphorylation on length-dependent myosin kinetics in skinned rat myocardium. Arch Biochem Biophys 2016; 601:56-68. [PMID: 26763941 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2015.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2015] [Revised: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Myosin force production is Ca(2+)-regulated by thin-filament proteins and sarcomere length, which together determine the number of cross-bridge interactions throughout a heartbeat. Ventricular myosin regulatory light chain-2 (RLC) binds to the neck of myosin and modulates contraction via its phosphorylation state. Previous studies reported regional variations in RLC phosphorylation across the left ventricle wall, suggesting that RLC phosphorylation could alter myosin behavior throughout the heart. We found that RLC phosphorylation varied across the left ventricle wall and that RLC phosphorylation was greater in the right vs. left ventricle. We also assessed functional consequences of RLC phosphorylation on Ca(2+)-regulated contractility as sarcomere length varied in skinned rat papillary muscle strips. Increases in RLC phosphorylation and sarcomere length both led to increased Ca(2+)-sensitivity of the force-pCa relationship, and both slowed cross-bridge detachment rate. RLC-phosphorylation slowed cross-bridge rates of MgADP release (∼30%) and MgATP binding (∼50%) at 1.9 μm sarcomere length, whereas RLC phosphorylation only slowed cross-bridge MgATP binding rate (∼55%) at 2.2 μm sarcomere length. These findings suggest that RLC phosphorylation influences cross-bridge kinetics differently as sarcomere length varies and support the idea that RLC phosphorylation could vary throughout the heart to meet different contractile demands between the left and right ventricles.
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- Hannah C Pulcastro
- Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-7620, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-7620, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-7620, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-7620, USA.
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Zile MA, Trayanova NA. Rate-dependent force, intracellular calcium, and action potential voltage alternans are modulated by sarcomere length and heart failure induced-remodeling of thin filament regulation in human heart failure: A myocyte modeling study. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 120:270-80. [PMID: 26724571 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2015.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Revised: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 12/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Microvolt T-wave alternans (MTWA) testing identifies heart failure patients at risk for lethal ventricular arrhythmias at near-resting heart rates (<110 beats per minute). Since pressure alternans occurs simultaneously with MTWA and has a higher signal to noise ratio, it may be a better predictor of arrhythmia, although the mechanism remains unknown. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between force alternans (FORCE-ALT), the cellular manifestation of pressure alternans, and action potential voltage alternans (APV-ALT), the cellular driver of MTWA. Our goal was to uncover the mechanisms linking APV-ALT and FORCE-ALT in failing human myocytes and to investigate how the link between those alternans was affected by pacing rate and by physiological conditions such as sarcomere length and heart failure induced-remodeling of mechanical parameters. To achieve this, a mechanically-based, strongly coupled human electromechanical myocyte model was constructed. Reducing the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium uptake current (Iup) to 27% was incorporated to simulate abnormal calcium handling in human heart failure. Mechanical remodeling was incorporated to simulate altered thin filament activation and crossbridge (XB) cycling rates. A dynamical pacing protocol was used to investigate the development of intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca]i), voltage, and active force alternans at different pacing rates. FORCE-ALT only occurred in simulations incorporating reduced Iup, demonstrating that alternans in the intracellular calcium concentration (CA-ALT) induced FORCE-ALT. The magnitude of FORCE-ALT was found to be largest at clinically relevant pacing rates (<110 bpm), where APV-ALT was smallest. We found that the magnitudes of FORCE-ALT, CA-ALT and APV-ALT were altered by heart failure induced-remodeling of mechanical parameters and sarcomere length due to the presence of myofilament feedback. These findings provide important insight into the relationship between heart-failure-induced electrical and mechanical alternans and how they are altered by physiological conditions at near-resting heart rates.
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- Melanie A Zile
- Institute for Computational Medicine and Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, 3400N Charles St, 316 Hackerman Hall, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
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- Institute for Computational Medicine and Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, 3400N Charles St, 316 Hackerman Hall, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
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Gittings W, Aggarwal H, Stull JT, Vandenboom R. The force dependence of isometric and concentric potentiation in mouse muscle with and without skeletal myosin light chain kinase. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2015; 93:23-32. [DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2014-0118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The isometric potentiation associated with myosin phosphorylation is force dependent. The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of a pre-existing period of isometric force on the concentric force potentiation displayed by mouse muscles with and without the ability to phosphorylate myosin. We tested isometric (ISO) and concentric (CON) potentiation, as well as concentric potentiation after isometric force (ISO-CON), in muscles from wild-type (WT) and skeletal myosin light chain kinase-deficient (skMLCK−/−) mice. A conditioning stimulus increased (i.e., potentiated) mean concentric force in the ISO-CON and CON conditions to 1.31 ± 0.02 and 1.35 ± 0.02 (WT) and to 1.19 ± 0.02 and 1.21 ± 0.01 (skMLCK−/−) of prestimulus levels, respectively (data n = 6–8, p < 0.05). No potentiation of mean isometric force was observed in either genotype. The potentiation of mean concentric force was inversely related to relative tetanic force level (P/Po) in both genotypes. Moreover, concentric potentiation varied greatly within each contraction type and was negatively correlated with unpotentiated force in both genotypes. Thus, although no effect of pre-existing force was observed, strong and inverse relationships between concentric force potentiation and unpotentiated concentric force may suggest an influence of attached and force-generating crossbridges on potentiation magnitude in both WT and skMLCK−/− muscles.
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- William Gittings
- Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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Biesiadecki BJ, Davis JP, Ziolo MT, Janssen PML. Tri-modal regulation of cardiac muscle relaxation; intracellular calcium decline, thin filament deactivation, and cross-bridge cycling kinetics. Biophys Rev 2014; 6:273-289. [PMID: 28510030 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-014-0143-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Accepted: 06/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Cardiac muscle relaxation is an essential step in the cardiac cycle. Even when the contraction of the heart is normal and forceful, a relaxation phase that is too slow will limit proper filling of the ventricles. Relaxation is too often thought of as a mere passive process that follows contraction. However, many decades of advancements in our understanding of cardiac muscle relaxation have shown it is a highly complex and well-regulated process. In this review, we will discuss three distinct events that can limit the rate of cardiac muscle relaxation: the rate of intracellular calcium decline, the rate of thin-filament de-activation, and the rate of cross-bridge cycling. Each of these processes are directly impacted by a plethora of molecular events. In addition, these three processes interact with each other, further complicating our understanding of relaxation. Each of these processes is continuously modulated by the need to couple bodily oxygen demand to cardiac output by the major cardiac physiological regulators. Length-dependent activation, frequency-dependent activation, and beta-adrenergic regulation all directly and indirectly modulate calcium decline, thin-filament deactivation, and cross-bridge kinetics. We hope to convey our conclusion that cardiac muscle relaxation is a process of intricate checks and balances, and should not be thought of as a single rate-limiting step that is regulated at a single protein level. Cardiac muscle relaxation is a system level property that requires fundamental integration of three governing systems: intracellular calcium decline, thin filament deactivation, and cross-bridge cycling kinetics.
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- Brandon J Biesiadecki
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology and Dorothy M. Davis Heart Lung Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 304 Hamilton Hall, 1645 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210-1218, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology and Dorothy M. Davis Heart Lung Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 304 Hamilton Hall, 1645 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210-1218, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology and Dorothy M. Davis Heart Lung Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 304 Hamilton Hall, 1645 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210-1218, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology and Dorothy M. Davis Heart Lung Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 304 Hamilton Hall, 1645 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210-1218, USA.
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Myosin phosphorylation and force potentiation in skeletal muscle: evidence from animal models. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2013; 34:317-32. [PMID: 24162313 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-013-9363-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2013] [Accepted: 10/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The contractile performance of mammalian fast twitch skeletal muscle is history dependent. The effect of previous or ongoing contractile activity to potentiate force, i.e. increase isometric twitch force, is a fundamental property of fast skeletal muscle. The precise manifestation of force potentiation is dependent upon a variety of factors with two general types being identified; staircase potentiation referring to the progressive increase in isometric twitch force observed during low frequency stimulation while posttetanic potentiation refers to the step-like increase in isometric twitch force observed following a brief higher frequency (i.e. tetanic) stimulation. Classic studies established that the magnitude and duration of potentiation depends on a number of factors including muscle fiber type, species, temperature, sarcomere length and stimulation paradigm. In addition to isometric twitch force, more recent work has shown that potentiation also influences dynamic (i.e. concentric and/or isotonic) force, work and power at a range of stimulus frequencies in situ or in vitro, an effect that may translate to enhanced physiological function in vivo. Early studies performed on both intact and permeabilized models established that the primary mechanism for this modulation of performance was phosphorylation of myosin, a modification that increased the Ca(2+) sensitivity of contraction. More recent work from a variety of muscle models indicates, however, the presence of a secondary mechanism for potentiation that may involve altered Ca(2+) handling. The primary purpose of this review is to highlight these recent findings relative to the physiological utility of force potentiation in vivo.
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Jin W, Brown AT, Murphy AM. Cardiac myofilaments: from proteome to pathophysiology. Proteomics Clin Appl 2012; 2:800-10. [PMID: 21136880 DOI: 10.1002/prca.200780075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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This review addresses the functional consequences of altered post-translational modifications of cardiac myofilament proteins in cardiac diseases such as heart failure and ischemia. The modifications of thick and thin filament proteins as well as titin are addressed. Understanding the functional consequences of altered protein modifications is an essential step in the development of targeted therapies for common cardiac diseases.
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- Wenhai Jin
- Departments of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Tetanic force potentiation of mouse fast muscle is shortening speed dependent. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2012; 33:359-68. [DOI: 10.1007/s10974-012-9325-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2012] [Accepted: 09/10/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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White RG, Barton DA. The cytoskeleton in plasmodesmata: a role in intercellular transport? JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2011; 62:5249-66. [PMID: 21862484 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Actin and myosin are components of the plant cell cytoskeleton that extend from cell to cell through plasmodesmata (PD), but it is unclear how they are organized within the cytoplasmic sleeve or how they might behave as regulatory elements. Early work used antibodies to locate actin and myosin to PD, at the electron microscope level, or to pitfields (aggregations of PD in the cell wall), using immunofluorescence techniques. More recently, a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged plant myosin VIII was located specifically at PD-rich pitfields in cell walls. Application of actin or myosin disrupters may modify the conformation of PD and alter rates of cell-cell transport, providing evidence for a role in regulating PD permeability. Intriguingly, there is now evidence of differentiation between types of PD, some of which open in response to both actin and myosin disrupters, and others which are unaffected by actin disrupters or which close in response to myosin inhibitors. Viruses also interact with elements of the cytoskeleton for both intracellular and intercellular transport. The precise function of the cytoskeleton in PD may change during cell development, and may not be identical in all tissue types, or even in all PD within a single cell. Nevertheless, it is likely that actin- and myosin-associated proteins play a key role in regulating cell-cell transport, by interacting with cargo and loading it into PD, and may underlie the capacity for one-way transport across particular cell and tissue boundaries.
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- Rosemary G White
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
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Stull JT, Kamm KE, Vandenboom R. Myosin light chain kinase and the role of myosin light chain phosphorylation in skeletal muscle. Arch Biochem Biophys 2011; 510:120-8. [PMID: 21284933 PMCID: PMC3101293 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2011.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2010] [Revised: 01/24/2011] [Accepted: 01/24/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Skeletal muscle myosin light chain kinase (skMLCK) is a dedicated Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent serine-threonine protein kinase that phosphorylates the regulatory light chain (RLC) of sarcomeric myosin. It is expressed from the MYLK2 gene specifically in skeletal muscle fibers with most abundance in fast contracting muscles. Biochemically, activation occurs with Ca(2+) binding to calmodulin forming a (Ca(2+))(4)•calmodulin complex sufficient for activation with a diffusion limited, stoichiometric binding and displacement of a regulatory segment from skMLCK catalytic core. The N-terminal sequence of RLC then extends through the exposed catalytic cleft for Ser15 phosphorylation. Removal of Ca(2+) results in the slow dissociation of calmodulin and inactivation of skMLCK. Combined biochemical properties provide unique features for the physiological responsiveness of RLC phosphorylation, including (1) rapid activation of MLCK by Ca(2+)/calmodulin, (2) limiting kinase activity so phosphorylation is slower than contraction, (3) slow MLCK inactivation after relaxation and (4) much greater kinase activity relative to myosin light chain phosphatase (MLCP). SkMLCK phosphorylation of myosin RLC modulates mechanical aspects of vertebrate skeletal muscle function. In permeabilized skeletal muscle fibers, phosphorylation-mediated alterations in myosin structure increase the rate of force-generation by myosin cross bridges to increase Ca(2+)-sensitivity of the contractile apparatus. Stimulation-induced increases in RLC phosphorylation in intact muscle produces isometric and concentric force potentiation to enhance dynamic aspects of muscle work and power in unfatigued or fatigued muscle. Moreover, RLC phosphorylation-mediated enhancements may interact with neural strategies for human skeletal muscle activation to ameliorate either central or peripheral aspects of fatigue.
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- James T Stull
- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 75390-9040, USA.
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Gittings W, Huang J, Smith IC, Quadrilatero J, Vandenboom R. The effect of skeletal myosin light chain kinase gene ablation on the fatigability of mouse fast muscle. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2011; 31:337-48. [PMID: 21298329 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-011-9239-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2010] [Accepted: 01/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Contraction-induced activation of a skeletal muscle specific Ca(2+) and calmodulin dependent myosin light chain kinase (skMLCK) catalyzes phosphorylation of the myosin regulatory light chain (RLC), a reaction that potentiates twitch force. The purpose of this study was to test the effect of skMLCK gene ablation on the fatigability of mouse extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle (in vitro at 25°C). Muscles were isolated from wildtype (WT, n = 10-12) and skeletal MLCK knockout (skMLCK KO, n = 10-12) mice and fatigued using a protocol consisting of 5 min of repeated tetanic stimulation (150 Hz for 1000 ms every 5 s). Both twitch (P(t)) and tetanic (P(o)) force as well as unloaded shortening velocity (V(o)) were assessed before, during and after fatiguing stimulation. Fatiguing stimulation increased RLC phosphorylation in WT but not skMLCK KO muscles (16 ± 0.01-0.63 ± 0.02 and 0.07 ± 0.02-0.08 ± 0.02 mol phos mol RLC, respectively). Although P(t) was potentiated above baseline in both WT and KO muscles, this increase was greater in WT than in KO muscles (to 1.37 ± 0.05 vs. 1.14 ± 0.02 of unpotentiated values, respectively). The difference in P(t) persisted until P(o) had been diminished to ~60% of baseline and thereafter P(t) declined to similar levels in both WT and KO muscles (to ~35% of initial). Overall, the time-course and decline in P(o) for WT and KO was similar (reduced to 0.20 ± 0.01 and 0.20 ± 0.01 of baseline, respectively) (P < 0.05). Initial values for V(o) were similar between WT and KO muscles and, moreover, the fatigue related decline in Vo was similar for both muscle genotypes (P < 0.05). Thus, our results demonstrate that skMLCK--catalyzed RLC phosphorylation augments isometric twitch force during moderate, but not severe, levels of fatigue.
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- William Gittings
- Center for Muscle Metabolism and Biophysics, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Ave, St Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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Radford JE, White RG. Inhibitors of myosin, but not actin, alter transport through Tradescantia plasmodesmata. PROTOPLASMA 2011; 248:205-16. [PMID: 21113638 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-010-0244-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2010] [Accepted: 11/10/2010] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Actin and myosin are components of plasmodesmata, the cytoplasmic channels between plant cells, but their role in regulating these channels is unclear. Here, we investigated the role of myosin in regulating plasmodesmata in a well-studied, simple system comprising single filaments of cells which form stamen hairs in Tradescantia virginiana flowers. Effects of myosin inhibitors were assessed by analysing cell-to-cell movement of fluorescent tracers microinjected into treated cells. Incubation in the myosin inhibitor, 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM) or injection of anti-myosin antibodies increased cell-cell transport of fluorescent dextrans, while treatment with the myosin inhibitor N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) decreased cell-cell transport. Pretreatment with the callose synthesis inhibitor, deoxy-D: -glucose (DDG), enhanced transport induced by BDM treatment or injection of myosin antibodies but did not relieve NEM-induced reduction in transport. In contrast to the myosin inhibitors, cell-to-cell transport was unaffected by treatment with the actin polymerisation inhibitor, latrunculin B, after controlling for callose synthesis with DDG. Transport was increased following azide treatment, and reduced after injection of ATP, as in previous studies. We propose that myosin detachment from actin, induced by BDM, opens T. virginiana plasmodesmata whereas the firm attachment of myosin to actin, promoted by NEM, closes them.
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- Janine E Radford
- Department of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia
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Greenberg MJ, Mealy TR, Jones M, Szczesna-Cordary D, Moore JR. The direct molecular effects of fatigue and myosin regulatory light chain phosphorylation on the actomyosin contractile apparatus. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2010; 298:R989-96. [PMID: 20089714 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00566.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Skeletal muscle, during periods of exertion, experiences several different fatigue-based changes in contractility, including reductions in force, velocity, power output, and energy usage. The fatigue-induced changes in contractility stem from many different factors, including alterations in the levels of metabolites, oxidative damage, and phosphorylation of the myosin regulatory light chain (RLC). Here, we measured the direct molecular effects of fatigue-like conditions on actomyosin's unloaded sliding velocity using the in vitro motility assay. We examined how changes in ATP, ADP, P(i), and pH affect the ability of the myosin to translocate actin and whether the effects of each individual molecular species are additive. We found that the primary causes of the reduction in unloaded sliding velocity are increased [ADP] and lowered pH and that the combined effects of the molecular species are nonadditive. Furthermore, since an increase in RLC phosphorylation is often associated with fatigue, we examined the differential effects of myosin RLC phosphorylation and fatigue on actin filament velocity. We found that phosphorylation of the RLC causes a 22% depression in sliding velocity. On the other hand, RLC phosphorylation ameliorates the slowing of velocity under fatigue-like conditions. We also found that phosphorylation of the myosin RLC increases actomyosin affinity for ADP, suggesting a kinetic role for RLC phosphorylation. Furthermore, we showed that ADP binding to skeletal muscle is load dependent, consistent with the existence of a load-dependent isomerization of the ADP bound state.
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- Michael J Greenberg
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, L-720, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Schwoerer AP, Neuber C, Schmechel A, Melnychenko I, Mearini G, Boknik P, Kirchhefer U, Schmitz W, Ehmke H, Eschenhagen T, El-Armouche A. Mechanical unloading of the rat heart involves marked changes in the protein kinase–phosphatase balance. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2008; 45:846-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2008] [Revised: 09/08/2008] [Accepted: 09/08/2008] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Babault N, Maffiuletti NA, Pousson M. Postactivation potentiation in human knee extensors during dynamic passive movements. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2008; 40:735-43. [PMID: 18317370 DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e318160ba54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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PURPOSE Postactivation potentiation (PAP), i.e., the increase in twitch torque following a maximal voluntary conditioning contraction, has been shown to depend on muscle contractile conditions (e.g., muscle length). Few studies, however, have investigated the extent of twitch PAP under dynamic conditions in human subjects. Therefore, the aim of the present experiment was to test the twitch PAP during passive dynamic movements following isometric conditioning contractions on nine healthy men. METHODS Maximal twitches were evoked on the knee extensor muscles before and exactly 5 s after a 3-s conditioning maximal voluntary isometric contraction. PAP was determined at a constant joint angle under isometric conditions, during and immediately after passive shortening and lengthening with slow and fast angular velocities (30 and 150 degrees .s). RESULTS Our results indicate a significant PAP increase with increasing shortening angular velocity (34.6 +/- 13.2% and 51.9 +/- 21.1% at 30 degrees .s and 150 degrees .s velocities, respectively), whereas PAP was significantly lower during lengthening (15.2 +/- 15.2%) as compared with isometric conditions (28.5 +/- 18.3%). Similar results were obtained when PAP was determined isometrically but immediately following passive shortening or lengthening (30 degrees .s). CONCLUSION These data indicate that PAP affects dynamic torque production capacity and that PAP is dependent on contractile conditions. Furthermore, the similar extent of PAP during and immediately after passive movements suggests a PAP history dependency. Our results therefore suggest that PAP is recommended more for improving shortening performance than for lengthening.
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- Nicolas Babault
- 1INSERN U887 Motricity - Plasticity Sport Science Faculty, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France.
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Huang J, Shelton JM, Richardson JA, Kamm KE, Stull JT. Myosin regulatory light chain phosphorylation attenuates cardiac hypertrophy. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:19748-56. [PMID: 18474588 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m802605200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Hyperphosphorylation of myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) in cardiac muscle is proposed to cause compensatory hypertrophy. We therefore investigated potential mechanisms in genetically modified mice. Transgenic (TG) mice were generated to overexpress Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent myosin light chain kinase specifically in cardiomyocytes. Phosphorylation of sarcomeric cardiac RLC and cytoplasmic nonmuscle RLC increased markedly in hearts from TG mice compared with hearts from wild-type (WT) mice. Quantitative measures of RLC phosphorylation revealed no spatial gradients. No significant hypertrophy or structural abnormalities were observed up to 6 months of age in hearts of TG mice compared with WT animals. Hearts and cardiomyocytes from WT animals subjected to voluntary running exercise and isoproterenol treatment showed hypertrophic cardiac responses, but the responses for TG mice were attenuated. Additional biochemical measurements indicated that overexpression of the Ca2+/calmodulin-binding kinase did not perturb other Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent processes involving Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II or the protein phosphatase calcineurin. Thus, increased myosin RLC phosphorylation per se does not cause cardiac hypertrophy and probably inhibits physiological and pathophysiological hypertrophy by contributing to enhanced contractile performance and efficiency.
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- Jian Huang
- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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Ryder JW, Lau KS, Kamm KE, Stull JT. Enhanced skeletal muscle contraction with myosin light chain phosphorylation by a calmodulin-sensing kinase. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:20447-54. [PMID: 17504755 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m702927200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Repetitive low frequency stimulation results in potentiation of twitch force development in fast-twitch skeletal muscle due to myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) phosphorylation by Ca(2+)/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent skeletal muscle myosin light chain kinase (skMLCK). We generated transgenic mice that express an skMLCK CaM biosensor in skeletal muscle to determine whether skMLCK or CaM is limiting to twitch force potentiation. Three transgenic mouse lines exhibited up to 22-fold increases in skMLCK protein expression in fast-twitch extensor digitorum longus muscle containing type IIa and IIb fibers, with comparable expressions in slow-twitch soleus muscle containing type I and IIa fibers. The high expressing lines showed a more rapid RLC phosphorylation and force potentiation in extensor digitorum longus muscle with low frequency electrical stimulation. Surprisingly, overexpression of skMLCK in soleus muscle did not recapitulate the fast-twitch potentiation response despite marked enhancement of both fast-twitch and slow-twitch RLC phosphorylation. Analysis of calmodulin binding to the biosensor showed a frequency-dependent activation to a maximal extent of 60%. Because skMLCK transgene expression is 22-fold greater than the wild-type kinase, skMLCK rather than calmodulin is normally limiting for RLC phosphorylation and twitch force potentiation. The kinase activation rate (10.6 s(-1)) was only 3.6-fold slower than the contraction rate, whereas the inactivation rate (2.8 s(-1)) was 12-fold slower than relaxation. The slower rate of kinase inactivation in vivo with repetitive contractions provides a biochemical memory via RLC phosphorylation. Importantly, RLC phosphorylation plays a prominent role in skeletal muscle force potentiation of fast-twitch type IIb but not type I or IIa fibers.
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- Jeffrey W Ryder
- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Franks-Skiba K, Lardelli R, Goh G, Cooke R. Myosin light chain phosphorylation inhibits muscle fiber shortening velocity in the presence of vanadate. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 292:R1603-12. [PMID: 17158267 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00499.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have shown that myosin light chain phosphorylation inhibits fiber shortening velocity at high temperatures, 30 degrees C, in the presence of the phosphate analog vanadate. Vanadate inhibits tension by reversing the transition to force-generating states, thus mimicking a prepower stroke state. We have previously shown that at low temperatures vanadate also inhibits velocity, but at high temperatures it does not, with an abrupt transition in inhibition occurring near 25 degrees C (E. Pate, G. Wilson, M. Bhimani, and R. Cooke. Biophys J 66: 1554-1562, 1994). Here we show that for fibers activated in the presence of 0.5 mM vanadate, at 30 degrees C, shortening velocity is not inhibited in dephosphorylated fibers but is inhibited by 37 +/- 10% in fibers with phosphorylated myosin light chains. There is no effect of phosphorylation on fiber velocity in the presence of vanadate at 10 degrees C. The K(m) for ATP, defined by the maximum velocity of fibers partially inhibited by vanadate at 30 degrees C, is 20 +/- 4 microM for phosphorylated fibers and 192 +/- 40 microM for dephosphorylated fibers, showing that phosphorylation also affects the binding of ATP. Fiber stiffness is not affected by phosphorylation. Inhibition of velocity by phosphorylation at 30 degrees C depends on the phosphate analog, with approximately 12% inhibition in fibers activated in the presence of 5 mM BeF(3) and no inhibition in the presence of 0.25 mM AlF(4). Our results show that myosin phosphorylation can inhibit shortening velocity in fibers with large populations of myosin heads trapped in prepower stroke states, such as occurs during muscle fatigue.
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- Kathleen Franks-Skiba
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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Stelzer JE, Patel JR, Moss RL. Acceleration of stretch activation in murine myocardium due to phosphorylation of myosin regulatory light chain. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 128:261-72. [PMID: 16908724 PMCID: PMC2151564 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200609547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The regulatory light chains (RLCs) of vertebrate muscle myosins bind to the neck region of the heavy chain domain and are thought to play important structural roles in force transmission between the cross-bridge head and thick filament backbone. In vertebrate striated muscles, the RLCs are reversibly phosphorylated by a specific myosin light chain kinase (MLCK), and while phosphorylation has been shown to accelerate the kinetics of force development in skeletal muscle, the effects of RLC phosphorylation in cardiac muscle are not well understood. Here, we assessed the effects of RLC phosphorylation on force, and the kinetics of force development in myocardium was isolated in the presence of 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM) to dephosphorylate RLC, subsequently skinned, and then treated with MLCK to phosphorylate RLC. Since RLC phosphorylation may be an important determinant of stretch activation in myocardium, we recorded the force responses of skinned myocardium to sudden stretches of 1% of muscle length both before and after treatment with MLCK. MLCK increased RLC phosphorylation, increased the Ca(2+) sensitivity of isometric force, reduced the steepness of the force-pCa relationship, and increased both Ca(2+)-activated and Ca(2+)-independent force. Sudden stretch of myocardium during an otherwise isometric contraction resulted in a concomitant increase in force that quickly decayed to a minimum and was followed by a delayed redevelopment of force, i.e., stretch activation, to levels greater than pre-stretch force. MLCK had profound effects on the stretch activation responses during maximal and submaximal activations: the amplitude and rate of force decay after stretch were significantly reduced, and the rate of delayed force recovery was accelerated and its amplitude reduced. These data show that RLC phosphorylation increases force and the rate of cross-bridge recruitment in murine myocardium, which would increase power generation in vivo and thereby enhance systolic function.
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- Julian E Stelzer
- Department of Physiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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Gelfi C, Viganò A, De Palma S, Ripamonti M, Begum S, Cerretelli P, Wait R. 2-D protein maps of rat gastrocnemius and soleus muscles: A tool for muscle plasticity assessment. Proteomics 2006; 6:321-40. [PMID: 16302281 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200501337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Functional characterization of muscle fibers relies on ATPase activity and on differential measurements of metabolic proteins, including mitochondrial and glycolytic enzymes, glucose, lactate and lactic acid transporters, calcium cycling proteins and components of the contractile machinery. The recent introduction of microarray technology has enabled detailed gene expression studies under different physiological and pathological conditions, thus generating novel hypotheses on muscle function. However, microarray approaches are limited by the incomplete genome coverage of currently available chips, and by poor correlation between mRNA concentration and protein expression level. We have used 2-DE and MS to build a reference map of proteins from rat mixed gastrocnemius and soleus muscle, and to assess qualitative and quantitative differences in protein distribution between these two functionally dissimilar muscles. More than 800 spots on each gel were detected by silver staining, of which 167 were excised, digested in-gel with trypsin and analyzed by ESI-MS/MS. One hundred and twenty eight distinct gene products were identified, including metabolic, transport and contractile proteins. Forty one spots displayed differences in relative expression level between mixed gastrocnemius and soleus samples. These data not only enable differentiation of functionally distinct slow-twitch and fast-twitch fiber types, but also provide tools for investigating muscle plasticity in response to physiological and environmental conditions such as aging or hypoxia.
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- Cecilia Gelfi
- CNR-IBFM, National Research Council, Via Fratelli Cervo 93, I-20090 Segrate, Milan, Italy.
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Rijkelijkhuizen JM, de Ruiter CJ, Huijing PA, de Haan A. Low-frequency fatigue, post-tetanic potentiation and their interaction at different muscle lengths following eccentric exercise. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 208:55-63. [PMID: 15601877 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Low-frequency fatigue (LFF) and post-tetanic potentiation (PTP) were quantified at different muscle lengths in rat medial gastrocnemius (GM) muscle. In situ experiments were performed on GM muscle-tendon complexes of anaesthetised (urethane, 1.5 g kg(-1) i.p.) Wistar rats (N=8). Force-length characteristics were determined at maximal (200 Hz) and submaximal (60 Hz) stimulation. Data for submaximally stimulated muscle were obtained in a non-potentiated and in a potentiated condition. LFF was induced by a series of 40 eccentric contractions. Post-exercise (40-80 min), data for the force-length relationships were obtained once more. Whereas force loss at 200 Hz-stimulation was least at optimum muscle length, L(0,200 Hz), (17.0+/-1.4%, mean +/-S.E.M.), force loss at 60 Hz-stimulation was maximal near L(0,200 Hz) (55.1+/-4.3% at L(0,200 Hz)-1 mm). When the muscle was potentiated, force loss at 60 Hz-stimulation was maximal at short muscle length: L(0,200 Hz)-4 mm (53.5+/-3.8%). The extent of LFF, quantified by a decrease in the 60:200 Hz force ratio, varied with muscle length: LFF increased with decreasing muscle lengths when muscles were potentiated. However, in the non-potentiated condition, LFF was maximal at a length just below L(0,200 Hz); the 60:200 Hz force ratio had decreased to 54.6+/-5.9% of the pre-exercise ratio at L(0,200 Hz)-1 mm. Compared with the non-potentiated condition, LFF was less pronounced in the potentiated condition. PTP counteracted LFF particularly at long muscle lengths. However, at short muscle lengths, LFF was still observed in potentiated muscles.
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- J M Rijkelijkhuizen
- Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Poggesi C, Tesi C, Stehle R. Sarcomeric determinants of striated muscle relaxation kinetics. Pflugers Arch 2004; 449:505-17. [PMID: 15750836 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-004-1363-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2004] [Revised: 10/06/2004] [Accepted: 10/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ca2+ is the primary regulator of force generation by cross-bridges in striated muscle activation and relaxation. Relaxation is as necessary as contraction and, while the kinetics of Ca2+-induced force development have been investigated extensively, those of force relaxation have been both studied and understood less well. Knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying relaxation kinetics is of special importance for understanding diastolic function and dysfunction of the heart. A number of experimental models, from whole muscle organs and intact muscle fibres down to single myofibrils, have been used to explore the cascade of kinetic events leading to mechanical relaxation. By using isolated myofibrils and fast solution switching techniques we can distinguish the sarcomeric mechanisms of relaxation from those of myoplasmic Ca2+ removal. There is strong evidence that cross-bridge mechanics and kinetics are major determinants of the time course of striated muscle relaxation whilst thin filament inactivation kinetics and cooperative activation of thin filament by cycling, force-generating cross-bridges do not significantly limit the relaxation rate. Results in myofibrils can be explained well by a simple two-state model of the cross-bridge cycle in which the apparent rate of the force generating transition is modulated by fast, Ca2+-dependent equilibration between off- and on-states of actin. Inter-sarcomere dynamics during the final rapid phase of full force relaxation are responsible for deviations from this simple model.
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- Corrado Poggesi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiologiche, Università di Firenze, Viale Morgagni 63, 50134, Florence, Italy.
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Saeki Y, Kobayashi T, Yasuda SI, Nishimura S, Sugiura S, Yamashita H, Sugi H. Role of Ca2+ in determining the rate of tension development and relaxation in rat skinned myocardium. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2004; 36:371-80. [PMID: 15010276 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2003.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2003] [Revised: 12/01/2003] [Accepted: 12/15/2003] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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To clarify the roles of Ca2+ and crossbridge kinetics in determining the cardiac contraction profile, we analyzed the rate of tension development following nitrophenyl-EGTA photolysis and the rate of relaxation following diazo-2 photolysis in the absence and presence of phosphate (Pi, 5 mM) in rat skinned ventricular trabeculae. The rate of tension development was fitted with a single exponential function. The rate constant (kc) increased not only with an increase in prephotolysis tension (initial activation level) under the same postphotolysis tension (final Ca2+ level), but also with an increase in postphotolysis tension under the same prephotolysis tension. Pi increased kc, though decreased both the prephotolysis and postphotolysis tension greatly. The rate of relaxation was fitted with a double-exponential function. The rate constants of both initial rapid phase (kr1), which was higher than kc, and subsequent slow (kr2) relaxation were almost independent of either the prephotolysis tension or the postphotolysis tension (i.e. the extent of relaxation). Pi increased both kr1 and kr2 by about twofold. These results apparently contradicting both the "steric blocking model" and the "kinetic model", and can be explained in terms of the changes in number of tension-generating crossbridges through the Ca2+-dependent cooperative thin filament activation/inactivation associated with the Pi-modulated changes in number of tension-generating crossbridges. The thin filament activation kinetics seems to be slower than its inactivation.
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- Yasutake Saeki
- Department of Physiology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, 2-1-3 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230 8501, Japan.
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Olsson MC, Patel JR, Fitzsimons DP, Walker JW, Moss RL. Basal myosin light chain phosphorylation is a determinant of Ca2+ sensitivity of force and activation dependence of the kinetics of myocardial force development. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2004; 287:H2712-8. [PMID: 15331360 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01067.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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It is generally recognized that ventricular myosin regulatory light chains (RLC) are approximately 40% phosphorylated under basal conditions, and there is little change in RLC phosphorylation with agonist stimulation of myocardium or altered stimulation frequency. To establish the functional consequences of basal RLC phosphorylation in the heart, we measured mechanical properties of rat skinned trabeculae in which approximately 7% or approximately 58% of total RLC was phosphorylated. The protocol for achieving approximately 7% phosphorylation of RLC involved isolating trabeculae in the presence of 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM) to dephosphorylate RLC from its baseline level. Subsequent phosphorylation to approximately 58% of total was achieved by incubating BDM-treated trabeculae in solution containing smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase, calmodulin, and Ca2+ (i.e., MLCK treatment). After MLCK treatment, Ca2+ sensitivity of force increased by 0.06 pCa units and maximum force increased by 5%. The rate constant of force development (ktr) increased as a function of Ca2+ concentration in the range between pCa 5.8 and pCa 4.5. When expressed versus pCa, the activation dependence of ktr appeared to be unaffected by MLCK treatment; however, when activation was expressed in terms of isometric force-generating capability (as a fraction of maximum), MLCK treatment slowed ktr at submaximal activations. These results suggest that basal phosphorylation of RLC plays a role in setting the kinetics of force development and Ca2+ sensitivity of force in cardiac muscle. Our results also argue that changes in RLC phosphorylation in the range examined here influence actin-myosin interaction kinetics differently in heart muscle than was previously reported for skeletal muscle.
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- M Charlotte Olsson
- Dept. of Physiology, Univ. of Wisconsin Medical School, 1300 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Stehle R, Krüger M, Pfitzer G. Does cross-bridge activation determine the time course of myofibrillar relaxation? ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2003; 538:469-79; discussion 479. [PMID: 15098692 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9029-7_43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The ability of force-generating cross-bridges to activate the thin filament in cardiac muscle was tested by studying the effects of initial force and [MgADP] on force relaxation kinetics in subcellular myofibrillar bundles prepared from left ventricles of the guinea pig. Relaxation was initiated by rapidly reducing the [Ca(2+)] from pCa 4.5 to 7.5. Initiating relaxation from lower force levels during pre-steady-state force development did not significantly accelerate the kinetics of the force decay compared to relaxations initiated from steady-state force development. This suggests that the force-generating cross-bridges which become formed during maximally Ca(2+)-activated steady-state contractions do not maintain thin filament activation for significant enough times after Ca(2+)-removal to exert a rate-limiting influence on force relaxation kinetics. Adding 2 mM MgADP to solutions slowed down relaxation kinetics approximately 4-fold. To differentiate whether these slower kinetics result from either (1) MgADP favoring accumulation of cross-bridges during the preceding contraction in a state of activating capability or (2) slow-down of cross-bridge turnover by the presence of the product MgADP during relaxation, the [MgADP] was either increased or removed at the time of Ca(2+)-removal. The addition of 2 mM MgADP to activating solutions (subsequent relaxation in the absence of MgADP) slowed-down the kinetics of the initial, slow, linear force decay following Ca(2+)-removal approximately 1.5-fold, suggesting that the high [MgADP] during contraction favors formation of cross-bridges which contribute in rate-limiting early relaxation kinetics by transiently sustaining thin filament activation. On the other hand, the addition of 2 mM MgADP to the relaxing solution (preceding Ca(2+)-activation in absence of MgADP) slowed-down the kinetics of the initial force decay approximately 3-fold, more similar to the kinetics observed in the continuous presence of 2 mM MgADP both before and after Ca(2+)-removal. This suggest that, despite some influence of cross-bridge activation, the main effect of MgADP on relaxation kinetics results from product inhibition of cross-bridge turnover. In summary, whereas under certain conditions (high [MgADP]) cross-bridge activation of the thin filament can weakly take part in rate-limiting relaxation kinetics induced by complete Ca(2+)-removal, cross-bridge activation does not influence relaxation kinetics under more physiologically normal conditions.
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- Robert Stehle
- Institute of Physiology, University of Cologne, Robert-Koch-Str. 39, D-50931 Köln, Germany
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Luo Y, Davis JP, Smillie LB, Rall JA. Determinants of relaxation rate in rabbit skinned skeletal muscle fibres. J Physiol 2002; 545:887-901. [PMID: 12482894 PMCID: PMC2290727 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.031757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The influence of Ca(2+)-activated force, the rate of dissociation of Ca(2+) from troponin C (TnC) and decreased crossbridge detachment rate on the time course of relaxation induced by flash photolysis of diazo-2 in rabbit skinned psoas fibres was investigated at 15 degrees C. The rate of relaxation increased as the diazo-2 chelating capacity (i.e. free [diazo-2]/free [Ca(2+)]) increased. At a constant diazo-2 chelating capacity, the rate of relaxation was independent of the pre-photolysis Ca(2+)-activated force in the range 0.3-0.8 of maximum isometric force. A TnC mutant that exhibited increased Ca(2+) sensitivity caused by a decreased Ca(2+) dissociation rate in solution (M82Q TnC) also increased the Ca(2+) sensitivity of steady-state force and decreased the rate of relaxation in fibres by approximately twofold. In contrast, a TnC mutant with decreased Ca(2+) sensitivity caused by an increased Ca(2+) dissociation rate in solution (NHdel TnC) decreased the Ca(2+) sensitivity of steady-state force but did not accelerate relaxation. Decreasing the rate of crossbridge kinetics by reducing intracellular inorganic phosphate concentration ([P(i)]) slowed relaxation by approximately twofold and led to two phases of relaxation, a slow linear phase followed by a fast exponential phase. In fibres, M82Q TnC further slowed relaxation in low [P(i)] conditions by approximately twofold, whereas NHdel TnC had no significant effect on relaxation. These results are consistent with the interpretation that the Ca(2+)-dissociation rate and crossbridge detachment rate are similar in fast-twitch skeletal muscle, such that decreasing either rate slows relaxation, but accelerating Ca(2+) dissociation has little effect on relaxation.
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- Ye Luo
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Ohio State University, 1645 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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Tesi C, Piroddi N, Colomo F, Poggesi C. Relaxation kinetics following sudden Ca(2+) reduction in single myofibrils from skeletal muscle. Biophys J 2002; 83:2142-51. [PMID: 12324431 PMCID: PMC1302302 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(02)73974-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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To investigate the roles of cross-bridge dissociation and cross-bridge-induced thin filament activation in the time course of muscle relaxation, we initiated force relaxation in single myofibrils from skeletal muscles by rapidly (approximately 10 ms) switching from high to low [Ca(2+)] solutions. Full force decay from maximal activation occurs in two phases: a slow one followed by a rapid one. The latter is initiated by sarcomere "give" and dominated by inter-sarcomere dynamics (see the companion paper, Stehle, R., M. Krueger, and G. Pfitzer. 2002. Biophys. J. 83:2152-2161), while the former occurs under nearly isometric conditions and is sensitive to mechanical perturbations. Decreasing the Ca(2+)-activated force preceding the start of relaxation does not increase the rate of the slow isometric phase, suggesting that cycling force-generating cross-bridges do not significantly sustain activation during relaxation. This conclusion is strengthened by the finding that the rate of isometric relaxation from maximum force to any given Ca(2+)-activated force level is similar to that of Ca(2+)-activation from rest to that given force. It is likely, therefore, that the slow rate of force decay in full relaxation simply reflects the rate at which cross-bridges leave force-generating states. Because increasing [P(i)] accelerates relaxation while increasing [MgADP] slows relaxation, both forward and backward transitions of cross-bridges from force-generating to non-force-generating states contribute to muscle relaxation.
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- Chiara Tesi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiologiche, Università di Firenze, Italy
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Davis JS, Satorius CL, Epstein ND. Kinetic effects of myosin regulatory light chain phosphorylation on skeletal muscle contraction. Biophys J 2002; 83:359-70. [PMID: 12080126 PMCID: PMC1302153 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(02)75175-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Kinetic analysis of contracting fast and slow rabbit muscle fibers in the presence of the tension inhibitor 2,3-butanedione monoxime suggests that regulatory light chain (RLC) phosphorylation up-regulates the flux of weakly attached cross-bridges entering the contractile cycle by increasing the actin-catalyzed release of phosphate from myosin. This step appears to be separate from earlier Ca(2+) regulated steps. Small step-stretches of single skinned fibers were used to study the effect of phosphorylation on fiber mechanics. Subdivision of the resultant tension transients into the Huxley-Simmons phases 1, 2(fast), 2(slow), 3, and 4 reveals that phosphorylation reduces the normalized amplitude of the delayed rise in tension (stretch activation response) by decreasing the amplitudes of phase 3 and, to a lesser extent, phase 2(slow). In slow fibers, the RLC P1 isoform phosphorylates at least 4-fold faster than the P2 isoform, complicating the role of RLC phosphorylation in heart and slow muscle. We discuss the functional relevance of the regulation of stretch activation by RLC phosphorylation for cardiac and other oscillating muscles and speculate how the interaction of the two heads of myosin could account for the inverse effect of Ca(2+) levels on isometric tension and rate of force redevelopment (k(TR)).
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- Julien S Davis
- Molecular Physiology Section, Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1760, USA.
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Hong SJ. Inhibition of mouse neuromuscular transmission and contractile function by okadaic acid and cantharidin. Br J Pharmacol 2000; 130:1211-8. [PMID: 10903957 PMCID: PMC1572180 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/1999] [Revised: 04/03/2000] [Accepted: 04/07/2000] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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1. Phosphorylations of cellular proteins modulate biological activities. The effects of okadaic acid (0.1 - 10 microM) and cantharidin (1 - 100 microM), inhibitors of protein phosphatases, on the synaptic transmission at the mouse neuromuscular junction were explored. 2. Both inhibitors almost completely depressed twitch forces elicited by electrical stimulation of diaphragm muscles (the IC(50)s for okadaic acid and cantharidin were 1.1+/-0.2 and 13+/-1 microM, n=5, respectively) and suppressed contractures evoked by high K(+) and ryanodine more than 70%. Contractures caused by cardiotoxin, which destroys the integrity of sarcolemma, were not depressed. 3. Both okadaic acid (10 microM) and cantharidin (100 microM) depolarized muscle membranes from approximately -80 to approximately -60 mV in a partially reversible and tetrodotoxin-sensitive manner. The initial short-term enhancement of twitch responses (up to approximately 40%) was correlated with the inhibitors-induced repetitive firings of muscle action potential. 4. Treatment with either agent resulted in nearly complete inhibitions of endplate potential (epp). The IC(50)s were 0.8+/-0.2 and 9+/-2 microM (n=5), respectively, for okadaic acid and cantharidin. On high frequency stimulation, the coefficient of epps was increased more than 10 fold and the extent of epp run-down during stimulations intensified from approximately 25 to approximately 75%. Analyses of presynaptic quantal releases revealed decreases in epp quantal content and the immediately available vesicle pool. 5. The frequency of miniature epp was initially elevated up to 2 fold then suppressed down to approximately 30%. The small reduction in the amplitude was antagonized when the membrane of endplate area was repolarized. 6. The data suggest that okadaic acid and cantharidin inhibit mobilizations of synaptic vesicles and depress Ca(2+) release from sarcoplasmic reticulum and that protein phosphatases participate in the modulation of motor function.
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- S J Hong
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, ROC
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Ca(2+) regulation of contraction in vertebrate striated muscle is exerted primarily through effects on the thin filament, which regulate strong cross-bridge binding to actin. Structural and biochemical studies suggest that the position of tropomyosin (Tm) and troponin (Tn) on the thin filament determines the interaction of myosin with the binding sites on actin. These binding sites can be characterized as blocked (unable to bind to cross bridges), closed (able to weakly bind cross bridges), or open (able to bind cross bridges so that they subsequently isomerize to become strongly bound and release ATP hydrolysis products). Flexibility of the Tm may allow variability in actin (A) affinity for myosin along the thin filament other than through a single 7 actin:1 tropomyosin:1 troponin (A(7)TmTn) regulatory unit. Tm position on the actin filament is regulated by the occupancy of NH-terminal Ca(2+) binding sites on TnC, conformational changes resulting from Ca(2+) binding, and changes in the interactions among Tn, Tm, and actin and as well as by strong S1 binding to actin. Ca(2+) binding to TnC enhances TnC-TnI interaction, weakens TnI attachment to its binding sites on 1-2 actins of the regulatory unit, increases Tm movement over the actin surface, and exposes myosin-binding sites on actin previously blocked by Tm. Adjacent Tm are coupled in their overlap regions where Tm movement is also controlled by interactions with TnT. TnT also interacts with TnC-TnI in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner. All these interactions may vary with the different protein isoforms. The movement of Tm over the actin surface increases the "open" probability of myosin binding sites on actins so that some are in the open configuration available for myosin binding and cross-bridge isomerization to strong binding, force-producing states. In skeletal muscle, strong binding of cycling cross bridges promotes additional Tm movement. This movement effectively stabilizes Tm in the open position and allows cooperative activation of additional actins in that and possibly neighboring A(7)TmTn regulatory units. The structural and biochemical findings support the physiological observations of steady-state and transient mechanical behavior. Physiological studies suggest the following. 1) Ca(2+) binding to Tn/Tm exposes sites on actin to which myosin can bind. 2) Ca(2+) regulates the strong binding of M.ADP.P(i) to actin, which precedes the production of force (and/or shortening) and release of hydrolysis products. 3) The initial rate of force development depends mostly on the extent of Ca(2+) activation of the thin filament and myosin kinetic properties but depends little on the initial force level. 4) A small number of strongly attached cross bridges within an A(7)TmTn regulatory unit can activate the actins in one unit and perhaps those in neighboring units. This results in additional myosin binding and isomerization to strongly bound states and force production. 5) The rates of the product release steps per se (as indicated by the unloaded shortening velocity) early in shortening are largely independent of the extent of thin filament activation ([Ca(2+)]) beyond a given baseline level. However, with a greater extent of shortening, the rates depend on the activation level. 6) The cooperativity between neighboring regulatory units contributes to the activation by strong cross bridges of steady-state force but does not affect the rate of force development. 7) Strongly attached, cycling cross bridges can delay relaxation in skeletal muscle in a cooperative manner. 8) Strongly attached and cycling cross bridges can enhance Ca(2+) binding to cardiac TnC, but influence skeletal TnC to a lesser extent. 9) Different Tn subunit isoforms can modulate the cross-bridge detachment rate as shown by studies with mutant regulatory proteins in myotubes and in in vitro motility assays. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED)
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- A M Gordon
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7290, USA.
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Abbate F, Sargeant AJ, Verdijk PW, de Haan A. Effects of high-frequency initial pulses and posttetanic potentiation on power output of skeletal muscle. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2000; 88:35-40. [PMID: 10642359 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.1.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The effects of high-frequency initial pulses (HFIP) and posttetanic potentiation on mechanical power output during concentric contractions were examined in the in situ medial gastrocnemius of the rat with an intact origin on the femur and blood supply. Stimulation of the muscle was performed via the severed sciatic nerve. In the experiments, HFIP or the potentiating tetanus was followed by a stimulation of 80, 120, or 200 Hz. The results showed that both HFIP and the tetanus increased power output at high contraction velocities (>75 mm/s) when followed by a train of 80 or 120 Hz (200 Hz resulted in no effects). Mechanical power output was increased maximally by HFIP to 120 and 168% by the tetanus. Furthermore, when HFIP or the tetanus were followed by a train of 80 Hz, the peak power in the power-velocity curve tended to be shifted to a higher velocity.
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- F Abbate
- Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Brown IE, Loeb GE. Measured and modeled properties of mammalian skeletal muscle. I. The effects of post-activation potentiation on the time course and velocity dependencies of force production. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 1999; 20:443-56. [PMID: 10555063 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005590901220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Activation of mammalian fast-twitch skeletal muscle induces a persistent effect known as post-activation potentiation (PAP), classically defined as an increase in force production at sub-maximal levels of activation. The underlying mechanism is thought to be phosphorylation of the myosin regulatory light chain (MRLC), which leads to an increase in the rate constant for cross-bridge attachment (Sweeney et al., 1993). If true, this suggests the hypothesis that other contractile properties should be affected during PAP. Using a feline fast-twitch whole-muscle preparation (caudofemoralis) at 37 degrees C, we observed that PAP greatly increased tetanic forces during active lengthening decreased isometric tetanic rise times and delayed isometric tetanic force relaxation. The first two of these effects were length dependent with a greater effect occurring at shorter lengths. These findings confirmed that PAP has other functionally important effects beyond a simple increase in sub-maximal isometric forces. Furthermore, length was found to have an effect independent of PAP on the shortening half of the FV relationship (less force was produced at longer lengths) and on the rate of force relaxation during the later stages of isometric tetanic force decay (slower relaxation at longer lengths). All of these findings can be explained with a simplified, two-state model of cross-bridge dynamics that accounts for the interaction of both interfilament spacing and MRLC phosphorylation on the apparent rate constants for cross-bridge attachment and detachment. These findings are largely consistent with data collected previously from reduced preparations such as skinned fibers at cold, unphysiological temperatures (e.g. 5 degrees C). One finding that could not be explained by our model was that twitch fall times in the dispotentiated state were parabolically correlated with length, whereas in the potentiated state the relationship was linear. The time course of decay of this effect did not follow the time course of force dispotentiation, suggesting that there are other activation-dependent processes occurring in parallel with MRLC phosphorylation.
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- I E Brown
- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125, USA
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Wahr PA, Johnson JD, Rall JA. Determinants of relaxation rate in skinned frog skeletal muscle fibers. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 274:C1608-15. [PMID: 9611126 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1998.274.6.c1608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The influences of sarcomere uniformity and Ca2+ concentration on the kinetics of relaxation were examined in skinned frog skeletal muscle fibers induced to relax by rapid sequestration of Ca2+ by the photolysis of the Ca2+ chelator, diazo-2, at 10 degreesC. Compared with an intact fiber, diazo-2-induced relaxation exhibited a faster and shorter initial slow phase and a fast phase with a longer tail. Stabilization of the sarcomeres by repeated releases and restretches during force development increased the duration of the slow phase and slowed its kinetics. When force of contraction was decreased by lowering the Ca2+ concentration, the overall kinetics of relaxation was accelerated, with the slow phase being the most sensitive to Ca2+ concentration. Twitchlike contractions were induced by photorelease of Ca2+ from a caged Ca2+ (DM-Nitrophen), with subsequent Ca2+ sequestration by intact sarcoplasmic reticulum or Ca2+ rebinding to caged Ca2+. These twitchlike responses exhibited relaxation kinetics that were about twofold slower than those observed in intact fibers. Results suggest that the slow phase of relaxation is influenced by the degree of sarcomere homogeneity and rate of Ca2+ dissociation from thin filaments. The fast phase of relaxation is in part determined by the level of Ca2+ activation.
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- P A Wahr
- Department of Physiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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