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Stretch of contracting muscle fibres: evidence for regularly spaced active sites along the filaments and enhanced mechanical performance.

Abstract：

:Single frog skeletal muscle fibres were stretched during fused tetanic contractions. The force increase during stretch exhibited a breakpoint at a mean critical length change of 16.6 nm per half sarcomere that was independent of stretch velocity and sarcomere length. The early decaying extra force after stretch (component 2) was removed by a small quick release, leaving a longer lasting component (component 3). The amplitude of release required increased with time up to the angle in the force record during stretch, was constant for the remainder of the stretch and decreased with time after the end of stretch; it was consistently less than the critical amplitude of stretch (above). Component 3 occurred at sarcomere lengths above 2.3 microns and was amplitude dependent. The final force after stretch was usually higher than the isometric force at the starting length of the stretch. Non-uniformity as a cause of this component was examined by (a) laser diffraction studies which showed sarcomere stretch at all locations and (b) 0.6-0.7 mm long segments along the entire fibre which all elongated during stretch. After stretch the sarcomeres and segments were significantly more stable than during control isometric tetani. Segments which were clamped by a servo system demonstrated component 3. Shortening during contraction followed by stretch back to the starting length led to nearly as much force enhancement as stretch alone, suggesting that component 3 is not due to a passive elastic element recruited during activation. An increase in temperature decreased components 1 (velocity dependent force during stretch) and 2 but increased component 3. The critical length features of component 2 suggest a cross-bridge mechanism. However, the sarcomere length dependence of all components differs from that of isometric force and from predictions based on filament overlap.

journal_name

Adv Exp Med Biol

journal_title

Advances in experimental medicine and biology

authors

Edman KA,Elzinga G,Noble MI

doi

10.1007/978-1-4684-4703-3_71

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1984-01-01 00:00:00

pages

739-51

eissn

0065-2598

issn

2214-8019

journal_volume

170

pub_type

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Stretch of contracting muscle fibres: evidence for regularly spaced active sites along the filaments and enhanced mechanical performance.