Abstract:
:The length-dependence of myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity is considered to be an important component of the steep force-length relationship in cardiac muscle (Frank-Starling relation). Recent studies suggest that Ca(2+) sensitivity is a function of the number of strong-binding cross-bridge interactions formed at a given sarcomere length. However, the length-dependent step in the thin filament activation process is still unknown. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that sarcomere length influences the transition of the thin filament from the unattached (blocked) state to the weakly bound (closed) state. This hypothesis was tested by determining the length-dependence of Ca(2+) sensitivity as a function of ionic strength in skinned bovine ventricular muscle. Previous studies have shown that reduction in ionic strength below a critical level, in the absence of Ca(2+), shifts the thin filament to the closed state. In this study normal Ca(2+) regulation was maintained at low ionic strength but the length-dependence of Ca(2+) sensitivity and the length-dependence of Ca(2+) binding were eliminated. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the transition from the blocked to the closed state is a function of filament geometry as well as Ca(2+) and ionic strength.
journal_name
J Mol Cell Cardioljournal_title
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiologyauthors
Smith SH,Fuchs Fdoi
10.1006/jmcc.1999.1043keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
1999-12-01 00:00:00pages
2115-25issue
12eissn
0022-2828issn
1095-8584pii
S0022-2828(99)91043-Xjournal_volume
31pub_type
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