The effects of the inotropic agent EMD 57033 on activation and relaxation kinetics in frog skinned skeletal muscle

Lipscomb-Allhouse, S; Mulligan, I; Ashley, Christopher

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“…EMD increases contraction by enhancing the force produced by individual cross-bridges. 28–31 A comparison of cardiomyocytes treated with EMD or those expressing RR + GFP should determine whether myofibril force per se and/or the relative number of force producing cross-bridges is regulated by tensional homeostasis. Prior to adding EMD, initial twitch behavior was assessed.…”

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Enhanced contractility with 2-deoxy-ATP and EMD 57033 is correlated with reduced myofibril structure and twitch power in neonatal cardiomyocytes

Rodriguez

Han

et al. 2013

Integr. Biol.

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As cardiomyocytes mature, their sarcomeres and Z-band widths increase in length in order for their myofibrils to produce stronger twitch forces during a contraction. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that tensional homeostasis is affected by altering myofibril forces. To assess this hypothesis, neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were cultured on arrays of microposts to measure cellular contractility. An optical line scanning technique was used to measure the deflections in the microposts with high temporal resolution, enabling the analysis of twitch force, twitch velocity, and twitch power. Myofibril force production was elevated by vector-mediated overexpression of ribonucleotide reductase (RR) to increase cellular dATP content or by adding the inotropic agent EMD 57033 (EMD). We found that RR and EMD treatment did not affect cardiomyocyte twitch force, but it did lead to reduced twitch velocity and twitch power. Immunofluorescent analysis of α-actinin revealed that RR-over-expressing cardiomyocytes and EMD-treated cardiomyocytes had lower spread area, sarcomere length, and Z-band width as compared to control cells. These results indicate a correlation between myofibril structure and cardiac power. This correlation was confirmed by exposing the cells to the myosin II inhibitor blebbistatin, and then subsequently washing it out. After wash-out, cardiomyocytes exhibited a reduction in twitch force, velocity, and power due to shorter sarcomere length and Z-band widths. Our results suggest that cardiac myofibril structure is regulated by tensional homeostasis. If myofibril-generated forces in cardiomyocytes are elevated, a state of tensional homeostasis is maintained by producing sufficient twitch forces with a lower degree myofibril structure.

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“…22–27 Alternatively, EMD 57033 (EMD) is an inotropic agent that can be used to increase the average force per actomyosin cross-bridge. 28–31 …”

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Enhanced contractility with 2-deoxy-ATP and EMD 57033 is correlated with reduced myofibril structure and twitch power in neonatal cardiomyocytes

Rodriguez

Han

et al. 2013

Integr. Biol.

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Functional effects of the DCM mutant Gly159Asp Troponin C in skinned muscle fibres

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Lipscomb

Robinson

et al. 2006

Pflugers Arch - Eur J Physiol

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We recently reported a dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) causing mutation in a novel disease gene, TNNC1, which encodes cardiac troponin C (TnC). We have determined how this mutation, Gly159Asp, affects contractile regulation when incorporated into muscle fibres. Endogenous troponin in rabbit skinned psoas fibres was partially replaced by recombinant human cardiac troponin containing either wild-type or Gly159Asp TnC. We measured both the force-pCa relationship of these fibres and the activation rate using the caged-Ca(2+) compound nitrophenyl-EGTA. Gly159Asp TnC had no significant effect on either the Ca(2+) sensitivity or cooperativity of force generation when compared to wild type. However, the mutation caused a highly significant (ca. 50%) decrease in the rate of activation. This study shows that whilst not affecting the force-pCa relationship, the mutation Gly159Asp causes a significant decrease in the rate of force production and a change in the relationship between the rate of force production and generated force. In vivo, this mutation may cause both a slowing of force generation and reduction in total systolic force. This represents a novel mechanism by which a cardiomyopathy-causing mutation can affect contractility.

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Differential effects of a green tea-derived polyphenol (−)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate on the acidosis-induced decrease in the Ca2+ sensitivity of cardiac and skeletal muscle

Liou

Kuo

Hsieh

2008

Pflugers Arch - Eur J Physiol

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(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCg), a green tea-derived polyphenol, has received much attention as a protective agent against cardiovascular diseases. In this study, we determined its effects on the acidosis-induced change in the Ca(2+) sensitivity of myofilaments in myofibrils prepared from porcine ventricular myocardium and chicken pectoral muscle. EGCg (0.1 mM) significantly inhibited the decrease caused by lowering the pH from 7.0 to 6.0 in the Ca(2+) sensitivity of myofibrillar ATPase activity in cardiac muscle, but not in skeletal muscle. Studies on recombinant mouse cardiac troponin C (cTnC) and chicken fast skeletal troponin C (sTnC) using circular dichroism and intrinsic and extrinsic fluorescence spectroscopy showed that EGCg bound to cTnC with a dissociation constant of approximately 3-4 muM, but did not bind to sTnC. By presumably binding to the cTnC C-lobe, EGCg decreased Ca(2+) binding to cTnC and overcame the depressant effect of protons on the Ca(2+) sensitivity of the cardiac contractile response. To demonstrate isoform-specific effects of the action of EGCg, the pH sensitivity of the Ca(2+) response was examined in cardiac myofibrils in which endogenous cTnC was replaced with exogenous sTnC or cTnC and in skeletal myofibrils in which the endogenous sTn complex was replaced with whole cardiac Tn complex (cTn). The results suggest that the binding of EGCg to the cardiac isoform-specific TnC or Tn complex alters the effect of pH on myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity in striated muscle.

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The effects of the inotropic agent EMD 57033 on activation and relaxation kinetics in frog skinned skeletal muscle

Cited by 8 publications

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Enhanced contractility with 2-deoxy-ATP and EMD 57033 is correlated with reduced myofibril structure and twitch power in neonatal cardiomyocytes

Enhanced contractility with 2-deoxy-ATP and EMD 57033 is correlated with reduced myofibril structure and twitch power in neonatal cardiomyocytes

Functional effects of the DCM mutant Gly159Asp Troponin C in skinned muscle fibres

Differential effects of a green tea-derived polyphenol (−)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate on the acidosis-induced decrease in the Ca2+ sensitivity of cardiac and skeletal muscle

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