Bound calcium and force development in skinned cardiac muscle bundles: effect of sarcomere length.
Bound calcium and force development in skinned cardiac muscle bundles: effect of sarcomere length.
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带皮心肌束中的结合钙和力量发展:肌节长度的影响。
DOI:
10.1016/s0022-2828(88)80012-9
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发表时间:
1988
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
Fuchs,F
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作者:
Hofmann,PA;Fuchs,F
There is evidence that the steep acending limb of the force-length curve in cardiac muscle (Frank-Starling relation) is based on a length-dependence of myofilament Ca2+sensitivity. Previous work from this laboratory has indicated that in the sarcomere length range corresponding to the ascending limb of the cardiac force length curve (1.7 to 2.3 μm) the Ca2+-troponin C affinity is length-dependent. In this study Ca2+binding to chemically skinned bovine cardiac muscle bundles was measured during ATP-induced force generation with fiber bundles having sarcomere lengths of 2.2 to 2.4 μm and 1.6 to 1.8 μm. A double isotope technique was used to make concurrent determinations of the force-pCa and bound Ca2+-pCa relationships. At the longer sarcomere lengths the fibers bound, at saturation, an amount of Ca2+equivalent to ∼3 mol Ca2+/mol troponin C. Force development appeared to be coupled to titration of the single, low-affinity Ca2+-specific site. In thepCa range 7.0 to 6.0 sarcomere length had no effect on Ca2+binding. In thepCa range 6.0 to 5.0, in which force increased steeply, there was, in addition to a decreased relative force, a significant reduction in bound Ca2+at the shorter sarcomere length. Thus sarcomere length appears to influence the Ca2+binding properties of the regulatory site on troponin C. These data provide direct evidence that length-dependent modulation of Ca2+-troponin C affinity may make a major contribution to the force-length relationship in cardiac muscle.