AN INTERNAL VISCOUS ELEMENT LIMITS UNLOADED VELOCITY OF SARCOMERE SHORTENING IN RAT MYOCARDIUM
AN INTERNAL VISCOUS ELEMENT LIMITS UNLOADED VELOCITY OF SARCOMERE SHORTENING IN RAT MYOCARDIUM
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1992.sp019283
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发表时间:
1992-08-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
TERKEURS, HEDJ
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作者:
DETOMBE, PP;TERKEURS, HEDJ
1. Peak twitch force (F0) and sarcomere length (SL) were measured in trabeculae that had been dissected from the right ventricle of rat heart and that were superfused with a modified Krebs-Henseleit solution at 25-degrees-C. Sarcomere length was measured by laser diffraction techniques. Force was measured with a silicone strain gauge. Unloaded velocity of sarcomere shortening (V0) was measured by the 'isovelocity release' technique.2. At [Ca2+]. = 1.5 mm and SL below 1.9-mu-m, V0 increased in proportion to SL, while V0 was independent of SL above 1.9-mu-m. At [Ca2+]o = 0.5 mm, V0 was proportional to SL up to 2.2-mu-m. At [Ca2+]o = 0.2 mm. V0 was proportional to SL up to 2.3-mu-m which is the longest SL that we were able to study in our trabeculae.3. A unique relationship was observed between V0 and F0, irrespective of whether F0 was altered by variation of [Ca2+]o or sarcomere length above slack length.4. Passive viscosity (F(v)) was measured during the pause between contractions in the presence of 1.5 mm [Ca2+]o and in the range SL = 2-0-2.1-mu-m by applying 0.1-mu-m stretches at various velocities up to v = 30-mu-m s-1. The force response to stretch. corrected for the contribution of parallel elastic force, showed viscoelastic characteristics with an exponential increase to a maximum (F(v)) during stretch and an exponential decline after the end of the stretch. F(v) increased, by 0.3 % F0-mu-m-1 s-1, in proportion to v < 5-mu-m s-1; the increase of F(v) was smaller at higher v, suggesting non-Newtonian viscous properties. 5. The time constant of the increase of force during the stretch decreased (tau(rise) congruent-to 7 ms to tau(rise) congruent-to 4 ms) with increases in v ( congruent-to 4-mu-m s-1 to v congruent-to 10-mu-m s-1; P = 0.02). The time constant of decay of force at the end of the stretch also decreased with increases in v (tau(decay) congruent-to 8 ms at v congruent-to 4-mu-m s-1 to tau(decay) congruent-to 3 ms at v congruent-to 30-mu-m s-1; P < 0-001). Calculated stiffness of the elastic term of the viscoelastic element was independent of v, i.e. 45-50 N mm-3. 6. F(v) was slightly larger in muscles that were superfused with Ca2+-free Krebs-Henseleit solution: at SL = 2.0-2.1-mu-m, F(v) increased by 0.4 % F0-mu-m-1 s-1 at [Ca2+]. = 1.5 mm; at SL = 2.0-2.1 pm in Ca2+-free solution, F(v) increased by 0.53 % F0-mu-m-1 s-1 at v < 5-mu-m s-1. 7. Dynamic stiffness (DS) was measured as the force response to sinusoidal sarcomere length perturbations (500 Hz: SL = 11 +/- 0.7 nm peak to peak). Dynamic stiffness during shortening was proportional to the load (L/F0) and was fitted to: DS = 12.0 + 0.084L/F0 (r = 0.84). The phase shift (PHI) on the other hand, was independent of L: PHI = 51.8 + 0.05L (r = 0.01).8. The force-velocity relation calculated for one crossbridge on the basis of the observed relationship between DS and L/F0 was close to linear, as is predicted by Huxley's (1957) model.9. These results are discussed in relation to a model in which the unloaded shortening velocity of the cardiac sarcomere is limited by the passive viscosity of the muscle. The model adequately predicts the observed relation between V0 and F0.