Mechanical Characteristics of Ultrafast Zebrafish Larval Swimming Muscles.

Abstract:

:Zebrafish (Danio rerio) swim within days of fertilization, powered by muscles of the axial myotomes. Forces generated by these muscles can be measured rapidly in whole, intact larval tails by adapting protocols developed for ex vivo muscle mechanics. But it is not known how well these measurements reflect the function of the underlying muscle fibers and sarcomeres. Here, we consider the anatomy of the 5-day-old, wild-type larval tail, and implement technical modifications to measuring muscle physiology in intact tails. Specifically, we quantify fundamental relationships between force, length, and shortening velocity, and capture the extreme contractile speeds required to swim with tail-beat frequencies of 80-100 Hz. Therefore, we analyze 1000 frames/s videos to track the movement of structures, visible in the transparent tail, which correlate with sarcomere length. We also characterize the passive viscoelastic properties of the preparation to isolate forces contributed by nonmuscle structures within the tail. Myotomal muscles generate more than 95% of their maximal isometric stress (76 ± 3 mN/mm2) over the range of muscle lengths used in vivo. They have rapid twitch kinetics (full width at half-maximal stress: 11 ± 1 ms) and a high twitch/tetanus ratio (0.91 ± 0.05), indicating adaptations for fast excitation-contraction coupling. Although contractile stress is relatively low, myotomal muscles develop high net power (134 ± 20 W/kg at 80 Hz) in cyclical work loop experiments designed to simulate the in vivo dynamics of muscle fibers during swimming. When shortening at a constant speed of 7 ± 1 muscle lengths/s, muscles develop 86 ± 2% of isometric stress, whereas peak instantaneous power during 100 Hz work loops occurs at 18 ± 2 muscle lengths/s. These approaches can improve the usefulness of zebrafish as a model system for muscle research by providing a rapid and sensitive functional readout for experimental interventions.

journal_name

Biophys J

journal_title

Biophysical journal

authors

Mead AF,Kennedy GG,Palmer BM,Ebert AM,Warshaw DM

doi

10.1016/j.bpj.2020.06.036

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-08-18 00:00:00

pages

806-820

issue

4

eissn

0006-3495

issn

1542-0086

pii

S0006-3495(20)30559-2

journal_volume

119

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