THE CONTRACTILE RESPONSE DURING STEADY LENGTHENING OF STIMULATED FROG-MUSCLE FIBERS
THE CONTRACTILE RESPONSE DURING STEADY LENGTHENING OF STIMULATED FROG-MUSCLE FIBERS
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1990.sp018324
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发表时间:
1990-12-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
PIAZZESI, G
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作者:
LOMBARDI, V;PIAZZESI, G
1. Steady lengthenings at different velocities (0.025-1.2 .mu.m/s per half-sarcomere; temperature 2-5.5.degree.C) were imposed on isolated frog muscle fibers at the isomertic tetanus plateau by means of a loudspeaker motor. The lengthening at the sarcomere level was measured by means of a striation follower either in fixed-end or in length-clamp mode. The force response was measured by a capacitance gauge transducer (resonance frequency 50 kHz). Preparations showing gross non-homogeneity during lengthening were excluded. 2. A steady tension was in all cases reached after about 20 nm per half-sarcomere of lengthening. Tension during this steady phase rose with speed of elongation up to 0.25-0.4 .mu.m/s per half-sarcomere, when tension was 1.9-2 times isometric tetanic force (T0). Further increase in speed produced only very little increase in the steady tension. 3. During the transitory phase, before steady tension was reached, the tension rose monotonically if speed of lengthening was less than 0.25-0.3 .mu.m/s per half-sarcomere; at higher speed the tension rose above the steady level, reaching a peak when extension was 10-14 nm per half-sarcomere, and then fell to the steady level. Tension at the peak continued to rise with speed of lengthening above 0.3 .mu.m/s per half-sarcomere. 4. During the tension rise within the transitory phase of force reponse the segment elongated at a speed 15-20% lower than that imposed on the whole fibre, as a consequence of tendon compliance. 5. During the steady phase, non-homogeneity of lengthening speed began above a speed of lengthening which varied from fibre to fibre. At speeds below this value, segments elongated at the same speed as that imposed on the fibre. 6. Tension responses to large step stretches (up to 12 nm per half-sarcomere), applied at the plateau of isometric tetanus, showed that the instantenous elasticitiy of contracitle machinery is not responsible for the limit in force attained with high-speed lengthening. 7. Instantaneous stiffness was determined during the steady state or force response by superposing small steps (< 1.5 nm per half-sarcomere) on steady lengthening at different velocities. Stiffness was 10-20% larger during lengthening than at the plateau of isometric tetanus and remained practically constant, independent of lengthening velocity, in the range of velocities used. 8. The results indicate that steady lengthening of a tetanized fibre induces a crossbridge cycle characterized by fast-detachment of the cross-bridge extended beyond a critical level. Reattachment of cross-bridges detached in this way is also very rapid. 9. A model of contraction, including separate steps for cross-bridge attachment, force generation and detachment, was found to be compatible with the experimental force- and stiffness-velocity relations. In the model, detachment of extended crossbridges occurs at an early stage of the cycle. The rate constant of this detachment process increases sharply beyond a critical amount of cross-bridge strain; reattachment of forcibly detached cross-bridges is two hundred times faster than attachment of cross-bridges which detach after completion of the cycle.