Myosin Binding-induced Cooperative Activation of the Thin Filament in Cardiac Myocytes and Skeletal Muscle Fibers
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Myosin binding-induced activation of the thin filament was examined in isolated cardiac myocytes and single slow and fast skeletal muscle fibers. The number of cross-bridge attachments was increased by stepwise lowering of the [MgATP] in the Ca(2+)-free solution bathing the preparations. The extent of thin filament activation was determined by monitoring steadystate isometric tension at each MgATP concentration. As pMgATP (where pMgATP is -log [MgATP]) was increased from 3.0 to 8.0, isometric tension increased to a peak value in the pMgATP range of 5.0-5.4. The steepness of the tension-pMgATP relationship, between the region of the curve where tension was zero and the peak tension, is hypothesized to be due to myosin-induced cooperative activation of the thin filament. Results showed that the steepness of the tension-pMgATP relationship was markedly greater in cardiac as compared with either slow or fast skeletal muscle fibers. The steeper slope in cardiac myocytes provides evidence of greater myosin binding-induced cooperative activation of the thin filament in cardiac as compared with skeletal muscle, at least under these experimental conditions of nominal free Ca2+. Cooperative activation is also evident in the tension-pCa relation, and is dependent upon thin filament molecular interactions, which require the presence of troponin C. Thus, it was determined whether myosin-based cooperative activation of the thin filament also requires troponin C. Partial extraction of troponin C reduced the steepness of the tension-pMgATP relationship, with the effect being significantly greater in cardiac than in skeletal muscle. After partial extraction of troponin C, muscle type differences in the steepness of the tension-pMgATP relationship were no longer apparent, and reconstitution with purified troponin C restored the muscle lineage differences. These results suggest that, in the absence of Ca2+, myosin-mediated activation of the thin filament is greater in cardiac than in skeletal muscle, and this apparent cooperativity requires the presence of troponin C on thin filament regulatory strands.
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