title: Regulatory mechanism of length-dependent activation in skinned porcine ventricular muscle: role of thin filament cooperative activation in the Frank-Starling relation.
abstract: Cardiac sarcomeres produce greater active force in response to stretch, forming the basis of the Frank-Starling mechanism of the heart. The purpose of this study was to provide the systematic understanding of length-dependent activation by investigating experimentally and mathematically how the thin filament "on-off" switching mechanism is involved in its regulation. Porcine left ventricular muscles were skinned, and force measurements were performed at short (1.9 µm) and long (2.3 µm) sarcomere lengths. We found that 3 mM MgADP increased Ca(2+) sensitivity of force and the rate of rise of active force, consistent with the increase in thin filament cooperative activation. MgADP attenuated length-dependent activation with and without thin filament reconstitution with the fast skeletal troponin complex (sTn). Conversely, 20 mM of inorganic phosphate (Pi) decreased Ca(2+) sensitivity of force and the rate of rise of active force, consistent with the decrease in thin filament cooperative activation. Pi enhanced length-dependent activation with and without sTn reconstitution. Linear regression analysis revealed that the magnitude of length-dependent activation was inversely correlated with the rate of rise of active force. These results were quantitatively simulated by a model that incorporates the Ca(2+)-dependent on-off switching of the thin filament state and interfilament lattice spacing modulation. Our model analysis revealed that the cooperativity of the thin filament on-off switching, but not the Ca(2+)-binding ability, determines the magnitude of the Frank-Starling effect. These findings demonstrate that the Frank-Starling relation is strongly influenced by thin filament cooperative activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terui
authors.forename: Yuta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimamoto
authors.forename: Mitsunori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamane
authors.forename: Fuyu
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kobirumaki
authors.forename: Iwao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ohtsuki
authors.forename: Shin'ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishiwata
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kurihara
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fukuda
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000378:metabolism*; D016014:Linear Models; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D002118:Calcium