Muscle anatomy is a primary determinant of muscle relaxation dynamics in the lobster (Panulirus interruptus) stomatogastric system.
We stained sarcomere thin filaments with fluorescently labeled phalloidin, measured sarcomere and muscle length, and calculated sarcomere number in pyloric and gastric mill muscles. A wide range of sarcomere lengths (3.25-12.29 microm), muscle lengths (5.9-21.1 mm), and sarcomere numbers (648-3,036) were observed. Sarcomere number differences occurred both because of changes in sarcomere length and muscle length, and sarcomere and muscle length varied independently. This independence, the wide range of sarcomere numbers present, and the muscles being all 'slow', graded muscles allowed us to use these data to test Huxley and Neidergerke's (1954) hypothesis that muscle dynamics depend on sarcomere number. The time constants of exponential fits to contraction relaxations were used to measure muscle dynamics, and comparison of theoretical predictions and experimental results quantitatively confirm the predicted dependence. The differing dynamics of the various pyloric muscles are likely functionally important, and the dependence of muscle dynamics on sarcomere number implies that sarcomere number is likely closely regulated in these muscles. The stomatogastric system may thus be an excellent model system for studying the mechanisms regulating muscle sarcomere number.
Thuma
Jeffrey B
JB
Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, 107 Irvine Hall, Athens, OH 45701, USA. thuma@ohio.edu
Harness
Patricia I
PI
Koehnle
Thomas J
TJ
Morris
Lee G
LG
Hooper
Scott L
SL
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D004068:Digestive System Physiological Phenomena; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000502:physiology*; D033521:Palinuridae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D012518:Sarcomeres / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*
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