The frequency response of smooth muscle stiffness during Ca2+-activated contraction.
The frequency response of smooth muscle stiffness during Ca2+-activated contraction.
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Ca2 激活收缩过程中平滑肌硬度的频率响应。
DOI:
10.1016/s0006-3495(99)77393-5
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发表时间:
1999
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Brozovich,FV
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作者:
Shue,GH;Brozovich,FV
To investigate the mechanism of smooth muscle contraction, the frequency response of the muscle stiffness of singleβ-escin permeabilized smooth muscle cells in the relaxed state was studied. Also, the response was continuously monitored for 3min from the beginning of the exchange of relaxing solution to activating solution, and then at 5-min intervals for up to 20min. The frequency response (30Hz bandwidth, 0.33Hz (or 0.2Hz) resolution) was calculated from the Fourier-transformed force and length sampled during a 3-s (or 5-s) constant-amplitude length perturbation of increasing-frequency (1–32Hz) sine waves. In the relaxed state, a large negative phase angle was observed, which suggests the existence of attached energy generating cross-bridges. As the activation progressed, the muscle stiffness and phase angle steadily increased; these increases gradually extended to higher frequencies, and reached a steady state by 100s after activation or ∼40s after stiffness began to increase. The results suggest that a fixed distribution of cross-bridge states was reached after 40s of Ca2+activation and the cross-bridge cycling rate did not change during the period of force maintenance.