Skeletal muscle force and actomyosin ATPase activity reduced by nitric oxide donor
Skeletal muscle force and actomyosin ATPase activity reduced by nitric oxide donor
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1997.83.4.1326
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发表时间:
1997-10-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Sieck, GC
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作者:
Perkins, WJ;Han, YS;Sieck, GC
Nitric oxide (NO) may exert direct effects on actin-myosin cross-bridge cycling by modulating critical thiols on the myosin head. In the present study, the effects of the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP; 100 mu M to 10 mM) on mechanical properties and actomyosin adenosinetriphosphatase (ATPase) activity of single permeabilized muscle fibers from the rabbit psoas muscle were determined. The effects of N-ethylmaleimide (NEM; 5-250 mu M), a thiol-specific alkylating reagent, on mechanical properties of single fibers were also evaluated. Both NEM (greater than or equal to 25 mu M) and SNP (greater than or equal to 1 mM) significantly inhibited isometric force and actomyosin ATPase activity. The unloaded shortening velocity of SNP-treated single fibers was decreased, but to a lesser extent, suggesting that SNP effects on isometric force and actomyosin ATPase were largely due to decreased cross-bridge recruitment. The calcium sensitivity of SNP-treated single fibers was also decreased. The effects of SNP, but not NEM, on force and actomyosin ATPase activity were reversed by treatment with 10 mM DL-dithiothreitol, a thiol-reducing agent. We conclude that the NO donor SNP inhibits contractile function caused by reversible oxidation of contractile protein thiols.