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History-dependent Properties of Skeletal Muscle Myofibrils Contracting Along the Ascending Limb of the Force-length Relationship

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Journal Proc Biol Sci
Specialty Biology
Date 2009 Oct 23
PMID 19846455
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There is a history dependence of skeletal muscle contraction: stretching activated muscles induces a long-lasting force enhancement, while shortening activated muscles induces a long-lasting force depression. These history-dependent properties cannot be explained by the current model of muscle contraction, and its mechanism is unknown. The purposes of this study were (i) to evaluate if force enhancement and force depression are present at short lengths (the ascending limb of the force-length (FL) relationship), (ii) to evaluate if the history-dependent properties are associated with sarcomere length (SL) non-uniformity and (iii) to determine the effects of cross-bridge (de)activation on force depression. Rabbit psoas myofibrils were isolated and attached between two microneedles for force measurements. Images of the myofibrils were projected onto a linear photodiode array for measurements of SL. Myofibrils were activated by either Ca(2+) or MgADP; the latter induces cross-bridge attachment to actin independently of Ca(2+). Activated myofibrils were subjected to three stretches or shortenings (approx. 4% SL at approx. 0.07 microm s(-1) sarcomere(-1)) along the ascending limb of the FL relationship separated by periods (approx. 5 s) of isometric contraction. Force after stretch was higher than force after shortening at similar SLs. The differences in force could not be explained by SL non-uniformity. The FL relationship produced by Ca(2+)- and MgADP-activated myofibrils were similar in stretch experiments, but after shortening MgADP activation produced forces that were higher than Ca(2+) activation. Since MgADP induces the formation of strongly bound cross-bridges, this result suggests that force depression following shortening is associated with cross-bridge deactivation.

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