In a tail suspension rat model, we investigated changes in myofilament protein during cardiac adaptation in simulated microgravity. Contractile force and velocity of cardiac muscle were decreased in the tail suspension rats as compared with the control. Ca 2؉ -dependent actomyosin ATPase activity was also decreased; however, sensitivity of cardiac muscle to Ca 2؉ activation was unchanged. There was no change in expression of myosin heavy chain, tropomyosin, troponin T, or troponin I isoforms in hearts of tail suspension rats. A novel finding is a fragment of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) that had increased amounts in the heart of tail suspension rats. Binding of this cTnI fragment by a monoclonal antibody that specifically recognizes the COOH terminus indicates an intact COOH terminus.

The purpose of this study was to develop the anodized titanium oxide nanotubes (ATONs) as a pH electrode with amperometric and potentiometric method. Titanium oxide nanotubes film was produced on pure titanium piece by titanium anodization at room temperature. The best one ATONs electrode has a linear pH response approximately 53 mV/pH with potentiometric method and 13 A/pH with amperometric method in the concentration range between pH 2 and 12.

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