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Title: Inorganic phosphate accelerates cardiac myofilament relaxation in response to lengthening
Myocardial relaxation in late systole is enhanced by increasing velocities of lengthening. Given that inorganic phosphate (Pi) can rebind to the force-producing myosin enzyme prior to MgADP release and hasten crossbridge detachment, we hypothesized that myocardial relaxation in late systole would be further enhanced by lengthening in the presence of Pi. Wistar rat left ventricular papillary muscles were attached to platinum clips, placed between a force transducer and a length motor at room temperature, and bathed in Krebs solution with 1.8 mM Ca 2+ and varying Pi of 0, 1, 2, and 5 mM. Tension transients were elicited by electrical stimulation at 1 Hz. Peak tension was significantly enhanced by Pi: 0.593 ± 0.088 mN mm −2 at 0 mM Pi and 0.817 ± 0.159 mN mm −2 at 5 mM Pi (mean ± SEM, p < 0.01 by ANCOVA). All temporal characteristics of the force transient were significantly shortened with increasing Pi, e.g., time-to-50% recovery was shortened from 305 ± 14 ms at 0 mM Pi to 256 ± 10 ms at 5 mM Pi ( p < 0.01). A 1% lengthening stretch with varying duration of 10–200 ms was applied at time-to-50% recovery during the descending phase of the force transient. Matching lengthening stretches were also applied when the muscle was not stimulated, thus providing a control for the passive viscoelastic response. After subtracting the passive from the active force response, the resulting myofilament response demonstrated features of faster myofilament relaxation in response to the stretch. For example, time-to-70% relaxation with 100 ms lengthening duration was shortened by 8.8 ± 6.8 ms at 0 Pi, 19.6 ± 4.8* ms at 1 mM Pi, 31.0 ± 5.6* ms at 2 Pi, and 25.6 ± 5.3* ms at 5 mM Pi (* p < 0.01 compared to no change). Using skinned myocardium, half maximally calcium-activated myofilaments underwent a 1% quick stretch, and the tension response was subjected to analysis for sensitivity of myosin detachment rate to stretch, g 1 , at various Pi concentrations. The parameter g 1 was enhanced from 15.39 ± 0.35 at 0 Pi to 22.74 ± 1.31 s −1 /nm at 8 Pi ( p < 0.01). Our findings suggest that increasing Pi at the myofilaments enhances lengthening-induced relaxation by elevating the sensitivity of myosin crossbridge detachment due to lengthening and thus speed the transition from late-systole to early-diastole.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1660908
PAR ID:
10377054
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Frontiers in Physiology
Volume:
13
ISSN:
1664-042X
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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