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Effects of a preferential myosin loss on Ca2+ activation of force generation in single human skeletal muscle fibres
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- Ochala, Julien (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap
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- Larsson, Lars (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap
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- 2008-03-16
- 2008
- English.
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In: Experimental Physiology. - : Wiley. - 0958-0670 .- 1469-445X. ; 93:4, s. 486-495
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- Preferential loss of the motor protein myosin, as observed in patients with acute quadriplegic myopathy (AQM) or cancer cachexia, causes generalized muscle wasting, muscle weakness and a decrease in muscle fibre force normalized to cross-sectional area. It remains unclear, however, whether this myosin loss influences other important features of muscle fibre function, such as Ca2+ activation of the contractile proteins. To address this question, we have studied Ca2+ sensitivity of force generation using skinned muscle fibres from four patients with AQM or cancer cachexia and a preferential loss of myosin; and from seven healthy control individuals. Force and apparent rate constant of force redevelopment (k(tr)) were assessed in solutions with varying Ca2+ concentrations (pCa), allowing construction of relative force-pCa and k(tr)-pCa relationships. Results showed a rightward shift of the relative force-pCa relationship and a leftward shift of the relative k(tr)-pCa curve in muscle fibres with a preferential myosin loss. To improve the understanding of the mechanisms underlying these alterations, the relative stiffness-pCa relationship was evaluated. A rightward shift of this curve was observed, suggesting that the changes in the Ca2+ activation of force and k(tr) were predominantly due to a decrease in the relative number of attached cross-bridges at different pCa values. Thus, a change in Ca2+ activation of the contractile apparatus in patients with preferential myosin loss is proposed as an additional factor contributing to the muscle function impairment in these patients.
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