Time-Resolved X-Ray Diffraction from Frog Skeletal Muscle during an Isotonic Twitch under a Small Load
Time-Resolved X-Ray Diffraction from Frog Skeletal Muscle during an Isotonic Twitch under a Small Load
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小负荷下等张抽搐过程中青蛙骨骼肌的时间分辨 X 射线衍射
DOI:
10.2183/pjab.54.559
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发表时间:
1978
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H. Hashizume
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作者:
H. Sugi;Y. Amemiya;H. Hashizume
When vertebrate skeletal muscle contracts isometrically, the intensity of 1,0 equatorial reflection (Il,o) decreases while that of the 1,1 reflection (I1,1) increases.l>'2) This has been interpreted as being due to the movement of the cross-bridges from the vicinity of the thick filaments towards the thin filaments.2>-4) Though, in the sliding filament model of A. F. Huxley,5~ the number of the cross-bridges attached to the thin filaments at any one moment is less the greater the shortening velocity, Podolsky et al.° have reported that the intensity ratio 11,0/11,1 is almost the same in both isometric and isotonic contractions, claiming that the number of attached cross-bridges may not differ significantly between isometric and isotonic conditions. Since their work seems not conclusive because of the difficulty in repeating many tetanic contractions, the above problem still remains to be clarified. The present experiments were undertaken to study the time course of change in the intensity ratio 11,0/11,1 during isotonic shortening under a small load by means of a time-resolved X-ray diffraction technique, to give information about the kinetic properties of the cross-bridges responsible for muscle contraction. The sartorius muscle dissected from the bullfrog Rana catesbiana was mounted in an experimental chamber with two Mylar windows and a multi-electrode assembly ; the pelvic end was clamped while the tibial end was connected to an isotonic lever, the movement of which was sensed with a differential transformer. The initial sarcomere length was adjusted to 2.2-2.4 pm by the diffraction pattern of He-Ne laser light. The muscle was continuously perf used with oxygenated Ringer solution (2-4°C), and stimulated with a single supramaximal current pulse to produce an after-loaded twitch under a small load of 2-3% of the maximum isometric tension P0. The low angle equatorial X-ray diffraction patterns (specimen to focus distance, 36 cm) during the isotonic twitch were recorded with a linear position-sensitive