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Overgaard K, Gittings W, Vandenboom R. Potentiation of force by extracellular potassium and posttetanic potentiation are additive in mouse fast-twitch muscle in vitro. Pflugers Arch 2022; 474:637-646. [PMID: 35266019 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-022-02681-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The influence of moderately elevated extracellular potassium concentration ([K+]) on muscle force has marked similarities to that of posttetanic potentiation (PTP) in that twitch force may be enhanced whilst high-frequency force is depressed. The purpose of this work was to test whether K+-induced potentiation is mechanistically related to PTP via skeletal myosin light-chain kinase (skMLCK)-catalyzed phosphorylation of the myosin regulatory light chains (RLC). To do this, we assessed the influence of elevated [K+] on the force response at various frequencies in extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles isolated from wild-type and skeletal myosin light-chain kinase (skMLCK-/-) absent mice. Changing [K+] of the incubation medium from 5 to 10 mmol increased isometric twitch force by a similar amount in wild-type and skMLCK-/- muscles (~ 13% in both genotypes) (all data n = 7-8, P < 0.05). In contrast, 100- and 200-Hz forces were depressed in both genotypes (by 5-7 and 15-18%, respectively). The isometric twitch potentiation caused by a tetanic stimulus series was similar at both [K+] levels for each genotype but was much greater for wild-type than for skMLCK-/- muscles (i.e., 23-25 and 8-9%, respectively). Thus, we conclude that [K+]- and stimulation-induced potentiation are additive and that [K+]-induced potentiation is independent of RLC phosphorylation.
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- Kristian Overgaard
- Department of Public Health, Research Unit for Exercise Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
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- Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
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MacDougall KB, Devrome AN, Kristensen AM, MacIntosh BR. Force-frequency relationship during fatiguing contractions of rat medial gastrocnemius muscle. Sci Rep 2020; 10:11575. [PMID: 32665563 PMCID: PMC7360560 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68392-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The force–frequency relationship presents the amount of force a muscle can produce as a function of the frequency of activation. During repetitive muscular contractions, fatigue and potentiation may both impact the resultant contractile response. However, both the apparent fatigue observed, and the potential for activity-dependent potentiation can be affected by the frequency of activation. Thus, we wanted to explore the effects that repetitive stimulation had on the force–frequency relationship. The force–frequency relationship of the rat medial gastrocnemius muscle was investigated during consecutive bouts of increasing fatigue with 20 to 100 Hz stimulation. Force was measured prior to the fatiguing protocol, during each of three levels of fatigue, and after 30 min of recovery. Force at each frequency was quantified relative to the pre-fatigued 100 Hz contractions, as well as the percentage reduction of force from the pre-fatigued level at a given frequency. We observed less reduction in force at low frequencies compared to high frequencies, suggesting an interplay of fatigue and potentiation, in which potentiation can “protect” against fatigue in a frequency-dependent manner. The exact mechanism of fatigue is unknown, however the substantial reduction of force at high frequency suggests a role for reduced force per cross-bridge.
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada.
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Unterbuchner C, Werkmann M, Ziegleder R, Kraus S, Seyfried T, Graf B, Zeman F, Blobner M, Sinner B, Metterlein T. Shortening of the twitch stabilization period by tetanic stimulation in acceleromyography in infants, children and young adults (STSTS-Study): a prospective randomised, controlled trial. J Clin Monit Comput 2019; 34:1343-1349. [PMID: 31786715 DOI: 10.1007/s10877-019-00435-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Acceleromyography is characterised by an increase of the twitch response T1 (first twitch of the train-of-four [TOF]) during first 30 min of monitoring known as the staircase phenomenon. In adults the staircase phenomenon can be avoided by tetanic prestimulation. This study examined, if tetanic prestimulation eliminates the staircase phenomenon in children. After written informed consent, the neuromuscular function of 80 children, 10 in each age group (< 6 months, 6-12 months, 12-24 months, 2-3 years, 3-6 years, 6-12 years, 12-18 years, and ≥ 18 years) was measured on both arms simultaneously over 30 min under general anaesthesia. The ulnaris nerve was stimulated using the TOF technique every 15 s. The twitch response (T1, TOF ratio [TOFR]) was measured by acceleromyography. Before calibration, tetanic prestimmulation (50 Hz for 5 s) was administered to one randomly selected arm. The effect of tetanic prestimulation and age was analysed using general linear models based on the normalized T1 and TOFRs of both arms. Tetanic prestimulation significantly affected T1 values avoiding the staircase phenomenon (p < 0.0001). After 5.8 min [1.0-17.2 min] the normalized T1 values increased to 117% [102-147%] without prestimulation (p < 0.0001) independent of the age group (p = 0.539). The normalized TOFR was stable throughout the observation period of 30 min 100% [95-107%]. Infants (> 12 weeks), children, and young adults (< 18 years) develop similar characteristics of the staircase phenomenon than adults. Tetanic prestimulation prevents the staircase phenomenon in these age groups. The stability of the TOFR reading confirms its value to monitor neuromuscular function over time.Registration: The study was registered as NCT02552875 on Clinical Trials.gov on July 29, 2014.
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- Christoph Unterbuchner
- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Centre for Clinical Studies, University Medical Centre, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical School, Technical University of Munich, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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Zimmermann HB, MacIntosh BR, Dal Pupo J. Does postactivation potentiation (PAP) increase voluntary performance? Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2019; 45:349-356. [PMID: 31557447 DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2019-0406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The transient increase in torque of an electrically evoked twitch following a voluntary contraction is called postactivation potentiation (PAP). Phosphorylation of myosin regulatory light chains is the most accepted mechanism explaining the enhanced electrically evoked twitch torque. While many authors attribute voluntary postactivation performance enhancement (PAPE) to the positive effects of PAP, few actually confirmed that contraction was indeed potentiated using electrical stimulation (twitch response) at the time that PAPE was measured. Thus, this review aims to investigate if increases in voluntary performance after a conditioning contraction (CC) are related to the PAP phenomenon. For this, studies that confirmed the presence of PAP through an evoked response after a voluntary CC and concurrently evaluated PAPE were reviewed. Some studies reported increases in PAPE when PAP reaches extremely high values. However, PAPE has also been reported when PAP was not present, and unchanged/diminished performance has been identified when PAP was present. This range of observations demonstrates that mechanisms of PAPE are different from mechanisms of PAP. These mechanisms of PAPE still need to be understood and those studying PAPE should not assume that regulatory light chain phosphorylation is the mechanism for such enhanced voluntary performance. Novelty The occurrence of PAP does not necessarily mean that the voluntary performance will be improved. Improvement in voluntary performance is sometimes observed when the PAP level reaches extremely high values. Other mechanisms may be more relevant than that for PAP in the manifestation of acute increases in performance following a conditioning contraction.
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- Haiko Bruno Zimmermann
- Biomechanics Laboratory, Sports Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC 88040900, Brazil
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- Human Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Biomechanics Laboratory, Sports Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC 88040900, Brazil
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Morris SR, Gittings W, Vandenboom R. Epinephrine augments posttetanic potentiation in mouse skeletal muscle with and without myosin phosphorylation. Physiol Rep 2018; 6:e13690. [PMID: 29718592 PMCID: PMC5931225 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.13690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Revised: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Sympathetic tone may influence force potentiation, that is, the stimulation-induced increase in skeletal muscle mechanical function associated with myosin phosphorylation, although the mechanism for this effect remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of epinephrine on concentric twitch force potentiation of wild-type and skeletal myosin light-chain kinase devoid mouse muscle (skMLCK-/- ). To this end, concentric twitch force was assessed before and after a potentiating stimulus (PS) to determine the peak and the duration of potentiation in the absence (-EPI) and presence (+EPI) of 1 μmol/L epinephrine in both genotypes. Twitch force of wild-type and skMLCK-/- muscles was increased by up to 31 and 35% and 18 and 23% in the -EPI and EPI conditions, respectively (all data n = 8, P < 0.05). In wild-type muscles, the PS increased RLC phosphorylation from 0.14 ± 0.05 (rest) to 0.66 ± 0.08 mol phos mol RLC; by 480 sec RLC phosphorylation had returned to baseline (all data n = 4 each time point, P < 0.05). Neither resting nor peak levels of RLC phosphorylation were altered by +EPI, although the duration of RLC phosphorylation was prolonged. In skMLCK-/- muscles, RLC phosphorylation was not elevated above constituent levels by stimulation in either the -EPI or +EPI condition. Thus, given the similarity in potentiation responses between genotypes our data suggest that the influence of epinephrine on potentiation was independent of skMLCK catalyzed phosphorylation of the RLC, although the clinical significance of this pathway for skeletal muscle function remains to be identified.
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- Department of KinesiologyBrock UniversitySt. CatharinesOntarioCanada
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- Department of KinesiologyBrock UniversitySt. CatharinesOntarioCanada
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Bunda J, Gittings W, Vandenboom R. Myosin phosphorylation improves contractile economy of mouse fast skeletal muscle during staircase potentiation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 221:jeb.167718. [PMID: 29361581 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.167718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 12/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Phosphorylation of the myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) by skeletal myosin light chain kinase (skMLCK) potentiates rodent fast twitch muscle but is an ATP-requiring process. Our objective was to investigate the effect of skMLCK-catalyzed RLC phosphorylation on the energetic cost of contraction and the contractile economy (ratio of mechanical output to metabolic input) of mouse fast twitch muscle in vitro (25°C). To this end, extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles from wild-type (WT) and from skMLCK-devoid (skMLCK-/-) mice were subjected to repetitive low-frequency stimulation (10 Hz for 15 s) to produce staircase potentiation of isometric twitch force, after which muscles were quick frozen for determination of high-energy phosphate consumption (HEPC). During stimulation, WT muscles displayed significant potentiation of isometric twitch force while skMLCK-/- muscles did not (i.e. 23% versus 5% change, respectively). Consistent with this, RLC phosphorylation was increased ∼3.5-fold from the unstimulated control value in WT but not in skMLCK-/- muscles. Despite these differences, the HEPC of WT muscles was not greater than that of skMLCK-/- muscles. As a result of the increased contractile output relative to HEPC, the calculated contractile economy of WT muscles was greater than that of skMLCK-/- muscles. Thus, our results suggest that skMLCK-catalyzed phosphorylation of the myosin RLC increases the contractile economy of WT mouse EDL muscle compared with skMLCK-/- muscles without RLC phosphorylation.
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- Jordan Bunda
- Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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Gittings W, Bunda J, Vandenboom R. Myosin phosphorylation potentiates steady-state work output without altering contractile economy of mouse fast skeletal muscles. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 221:jeb.167742. [PMID: 29122950 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.167742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Skeletal myosin light chain kinase (skMLCK)-catalyzed phosphorylation of the myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) increases (i.e. potentiates) mechanical work output of fast skeletal muscle. The influence of this event on contractile economy (i.e. energy cost/work performed) remains controversial, however. Our purpose was to quantify contractile economy of potentiated extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles from mouse skeletal muscles with (wild-type, WT) and without (skMLCK ablated, skMLCK-/-) the ability to phosphorylate the RLC. Contractile economy was calculated as the ratio of total work performed to high-energy phosphate consumption (HEPC) during a period of repeated isovelocity contractions that followed a potentiating stimulus (PS). Consistent with genotype, the PS increased RLC phosphorylation measured during, before and after isovelocity contractions in WT but not in skMLCK-/- muscles (i.e. 0.65 and 0.05 mol phosphate mol-1 RLC, respectively). In addition, although the PS enhanced work during repeated isovelocity contractions in both genotypes, the increase was significantly greater in WT than in skMLCK-/- muscles (1.51±0.03 versus 1.10±0.05, respectively; all data P<0.05, n=8). Interestingly, the HEPC determined during repeated isovelocity contractions was statistically similar between genotypes at 19.03±3.37 and 16.02±3.41 μmol P; respectively (P<0.27). As a result, despite performing significantly more work, the contractile economy calculated for WT muscles was similar to that calculated for skMLCK-/- muscles (i.e. 5.74±0.67 and 4.61±0.71 J kg-1 μmol-1 P, respectively (P<0.27). In conclusion, our results support the notion that myosin RLC phosphorylation enhances dynamic contractile function of mouse fast skeletal muscle but does so without decreasing contractile economy.
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- William Gittings
- Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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Gittings W, Bunda J, Vandenboom R. Shortening speed dependent force potentiation is attenuated but not eliminated in skeletal muscles without myosin phosphorylation. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2017; 38:157-162. [PMID: 28251466 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-017-9465-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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We investigated the influence of shortening speed on concentric force potentiation at different frequencies in muscles devoid of skeletal myosin light chain kinase (skMLCK-/-) and unable to phosphorylate myosin. EDL muscles from skMLCK-/- mice were activated in vitro (25 °C) across a range of stimulation frequencies (10-100 Hz) during shortening ramps at 0.10, 0.30, or 0.50 of maximum shortening velocity (Vmax) before and after a potentiating stimulus (PS). When collapsed across all frequencies, the PS increased relative (post/pre) concentric force to 1.27 ± 0.02 and 1.17 ± 0.02 of pre-PS values at 0.50 and 0.30 Vmax, respectively (n = 4, P < 0.05 for all speeds). In addition, potentiation was significantly greater at low and intermediate-than at high stimulus frequencies at both speeds. In contrast, during shortening at 0.10 Vmax, a posttetanic depression was observed as mean concentric forces were reduced to 0.85 ± 0.02 of pre-PS values. Thus, although reduced compared to published values for wildtype muscles (Gittings et al., J Muscle Res Cell Motil 33:359-368, 2012), skMLCK-/- muscles displayed a speed dependent potentiation of concentric force during moderate and fast shortening speed at all frequencies tested. Our data support the presence of a myosin phosphorylation-independent mechanism(s) for concentric force potentiation at moderate speeds of shortening, and also suggests that myosin phosphorylation may be necessary to prevent the concentric force depression that may be present at slow speeds of shortening. Although additive in nature, further work is needed to parse out the relative influence of myosin phosphorylation-independent and dependent potentiation mechanisms on wildtype contractile function during dynamic conditions.
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- William Gittings
- Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Brock University, 274 Walker Complex, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Brock University, 274 Walker Complex, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Brock University, 274 Walker Complex, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1, Canada.
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Vandenboom R. Modulation of Skeletal Muscle Contraction by Myosin Phosphorylation. Compr Physiol 2016; 7:171-212. [PMID: 28135003 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c150044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The striated muscle sarcomere is a highly organized and complex enzymatic and structural organelle. Evolutionary pressures have played a vital role in determining the structure-function relationship of each protein within the sarcomere. A key part of this multimeric assembly is the light chain-binding domain (LCBD) of the myosin II motor molecule. This elongated "beam" functions as a biological lever, amplifying small interdomain movements within the myosin head into piconewton forces and nanometer displacements against the thin filament during the cross-bridge cycle. The LCBD contains two subunits known as the essential and regulatory myosin light chains (ELC and RLC, respectively). Isoformic differences in these respective species provide molecular diversity and, in addition, sites for phosphorylation of serine residues, a highly conserved feature of striated muscle systems. Work on permeabilized skeletal fibers and thick filament systems shows that the skeletal myosin light chain kinase catalyzed phosphorylation of the RLC alters the "interacting head motif" of myosin motor heads on the thick filament surface, with myriad consequences for muscle biology. At rest, structure-function changes may upregulate actomyosin ATPase activity of phosphorylated cross-bridges. During activation, these same changes may increase the Ca2+ sensitivity of force development to enhance force, work, and power output, outcomes known as "potentiation." Thus, although other mechanisms may contribute, RLC phosphorylation may represent a form of thick filament activation that provides a "molecular memory" of contraction. The clinical significance of these RLC phosphorylation mediated alterations to contractile performance of various striated muscle systems are just beginning to be understood. © 2017 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 7:171-212, 2017.
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- Rene Vandenboom
- Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, Ontario, Canada
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Myosin light chain phosphorylation is required for peak power output of mouse fast skeletal muscle in vitro. Pflugers Arch 2016; 468:2007-2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-016-1897-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Revised: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Gittings W, Aggarwal H, Stull JT, Vandenboom R. The force dependence of isometric and concentric potentiation in mouse muscle with and without skeletal myosin light chain kinase. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2015; 93:23-32. [DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2014-0118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The isometric potentiation associated with myosin phosphorylation is force dependent. The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of a pre-existing period of isometric force on the concentric force potentiation displayed by mouse muscles with and without the ability to phosphorylate myosin. We tested isometric (ISO) and concentric (CON) potentiation, as well as concentric potentiation after isometric force (ISO-CON), in muscles from wild-type (WT) and skeletal myosin light chain kinase-deficient (skMLCK−/−) mice. A conditioning stimulus increased (i.e., potentiated) mean concentric force in the ISO-CON and CON conditions to 1.31 ± 0.02 and 1.35 ± 0.02 (WT) and to 1.19 ± 0.02 and 1.21 ± 0.01 (skMLCK−/−) of prestimulus levels, respectively (data n = 6–8, p < 0.05). No potentiation of mean isometric force was observed in either genotype. The potentiation of mean concentric force was inversely related to relative tetanic force level (P/Po) in both genotypes. Moreover, concentric potentiation varied greatly within each contraction type and was negatively correlated with unpotentiated force in both genotypes. Thus, although no effect of pre-existing force was observed, strong and inverse relationships between concentric force potentiation and unpotentiated concentric force may suggest an influence of attached and force-generating crossbridges on potentiation magnitude in both WT and skMLCK−/− muscles.
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- William Gittings
- Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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Smith IC, Vandenboom R, Tupling AR. Juxtaposition of the changes in intracellular calcium and force during staircase potentiation at 30 and 37°C. J Gen Physiol 2014; 144:561-70. [PMID: 25422504 PMCID: PMC4242813 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201411257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Temperature-dependent changes in basal calcium and in the calcium transient contribute to force potentiation during repetitive stimulation. Ca2+ entry during the action potential stimulates muscle contraction. During repetitive low frequency stimulation, skeletal muscle undergoes staircase potentiation (SP), a progressive increase in the peak twitch force induced by each successive stimulus. Multiple mechanisms, including myosin regulatory light chain phosphorylation, likely contribute to SP, a temperature-dependent process. Here, we used the Ca2+-sensitive fluorescence indicators acetoxymethyl (AM)-furaptra and AM-fura-2 to examine the intracellular Ca2+ transient (ICT) and the baseline Ca2+ level at the onset of each ICT during SP at 30 and 37°C in mouse lumbrical muscle. The stimulation protocol, 8 Hz for 8 s, resulted in a 27 ± 3% increase in twitch force at 37°C and a 7 ± 2% decrease in twitch force at 30°C (P < 0.05). Regardless of temperature, the peak rate of force production (+df/dt) was higher in all twitches relative to the first twitch (P < 0.05). Consistent with the differential effects of stimulation on twitch force at the two temperatures, raw ICT amplitude decreased during repetitive stimulation at 30°C (P < 0.05) but not at 37°C. Cytosolic Ca2+ accumulated during SP such that baseline Ca2+ at the onset of ICTs occurring late in the train was higher (P < 0.05) than that of those occurring early in the train. ICT duration increased progressively at both temperatures. This effect was not entirely proportional to the changes in twitch duration, as twitch duration characteristically decreased before increasing late in the protocol. This is the first study identifying a changing ICT as an important, and temperature-sensitive, modulator of muscle force during repetitive stimulation. Moreover, we extend previous observations by demonstrating that contraction-induced increases in baseline Ca2+ coincide with greater +df/dt but not necessarily with higher twitch force.
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- Ian C Smith
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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Myosin phosphorylation and force potentiation in skeletal muscle: evidence from animal models. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2013; 34:317-32. [PMID: 24162313 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-013-9363-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2013] [Accepted: 10/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The contractile performance of mammalian fast twitch skeletal muscle is history dependent. The effect of previous or ongoing contractile activity to potentiate force, i.e. increase isometric twitch force, is a fundamental property of fast skeletal muscle. The precise manifestation of force potentiation is dependent upon a variety of factors with two general types being identified; staircase potentiation referring to the progressive increase in isometric twitch force observed during low frequency stimulation while posttetanic potentiation refers to the step-like increase in isometric twitch force observed following a brief higher frequency (i.e. tetanic) stimulation. Classic studies established that the magnitude and duration of potentiation depends on a number of factors including muscle fiber type, species, temperature, sarcomere length and stimulation paradigm. In addition to isometric twitch force, more recent work has shown that potentiation also influences dynamic (i.e. concentric and/or isotonic) force, work and power at a range of stimulus frequencies in situ or in vitro, an effect that may translate to enhanced physiological function in vivo. Early studies performed on both intact and permeabilized models established that the primary mechanism for this modulation of performance was phosphorylation of myosin, a modification that increased the Ca(2+) sensitivity of contraction. More recent work from a variety of muscle models indicates, however, the presence of a secondary mechanism for potentiation that may involve altered Ca(2+) handling. The primary purpose of this review is to highlight these recent findings relative to the physiological utility of force potentiation in vivo.
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Smith IC, Gittings W, Huang J, McMillan EM, Quadrilatero J, Tupling AR, Vandenboom R. Potentiation in mouse lumbrical muscle without myosin light chain phosphorylation: is resting calcium responsible? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 141:297-308. [PMID: 23401574 PMCID: PMC3581688 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201210918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The increase in isometric twitch force observed in fast-twitch rodent muscles during or after activity, known universally as potentiation, is normally associated with myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) phosphorylation. Interestingly, fast muscles from mice devoid of detectable skeletal myosin light chain kinase (skMLCK) retain a reduced ability to potentiate twitch force, indicating the presence of a secondary origin for this characteristic feature of the fast muscle phenotype. The purpose of this study was to assess changes in intracellular cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) after a potentiating stimulus in mouse lumbrical muscle (37°C). Lumbricals were loaded with the Ca2+-sensitive fluorescent indicators fura-2 or furaptra to detect changes in resting and peak, respectively, intracellular Ca2+ levels caused by 2.5 s of 20-Hz stimulation. Although this protocol produced an immediate increase in twitch force of 17 ± 3% (all data are n = 10) (P < 0.01), this potentiation dissipated quickly and was absent 30 s afterward. Fura-2 fluorescence signals at rest were increased by 11.1 ± 1.3% (P < 0.01) during potentiation, indicating a significant increase in resting [Ca2+]i. Interestingly, furaptra signals showed no change to either the amplitude or the duration of the intracellular Ca2+ transients (ICTs) that triggered potentiated twitches during this time (P < 0.50). Immunofluorescence work showed that 77% of lumbrical fibers expressed myosin heavy chain isoform IIx and/or IIb, but with low expression of skMLCK and high expression of myosin phosphatase targeting subunit 2. As a result, lumbrical muscles displayed no detectable RLC phosphorylation either at rest or after stimulation. We conclude that stimulation-induced elevations in resting [Ca2+]i, in the absence of change in the ICT, are responsible for a small-magnitude, short-lived potentiation of isometric twitch force. If operative in other fast-twitch muscles, this mechanism may complement the potentiating influence of myosin RLC phosphorylation.
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- Ian C Smith
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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Stull JT, Kamm KE, Vandenboom R. Myosin light chain kinase and the role of myosin light chain phosphorylation in skeletal muscle. Arch Biochem Biophys 2011; 510:120-8. [PMID: 21284933 PMCID: PMC3101293 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2011.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2010] [Revised: 01/24/2011] [Accepted: 01/24/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Skeletal muscle myosin light chain kinase (skMLCK) is a dedicated Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent serine-threonine protein kinase that phosphorylates the regulatory light chain (RLC) of sarcomeric myosin. It is expressed from the MYLK2 gene specifically in skeletal muscle fibers with most abundance in fast contracting muscles. Biochemically, activation occurs with Ca(2+) binding to calmodulin forming a (Ca(2+))(4)•calmodulin complex sufficient for activation with a diffusion limited, stoichiometric binding and displacement of a regulatory segment from skMLCK catalytic core. The N-terminal sequence of RLC then extends through the exposed catalytic cleft for Ser15 phosphorylation. Removal of Ca(2+) results in the slow dissociation of calmodulin and inactivation of skMLCK. Combined biochemical properties provide unique features for the physiological responsiveness of RLC phosphorylation, including (1) rapid activation of MLCK by Ca(2+)/calmodulin, (2) limiting kinase activity so phosphorylation is slower than contraction, (3) slow MLCK inactivation after relaxation and (4) much greater kinase activity relative to myosin light chain phosphatase (MLCP). SkMLCK phosphorylation of myosin RLC modulates mechanical aspects of vertebrate skeletal muscle function. In permeabilized skeletal muscle fibers, phosphorylation-mediated alterations in myosin structure increase the rate of force-generation by myosin cross bridges to increase Ca(2+)-sensitivity of the contractile apparatus. Stimulation-induced increases in RLC phosphorylation in intact muscle produces isometric and concentric force potentiation to enhance dynamic aspects of muscle work and power in unfatigued or fatigued muscle. Moreover, RLC phosphorylation-mediated enhancements may interact with neural strategies for human skeletal muscle activation to ameliorate either central or peripheral aspects of fatigue.
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- James T Stull
- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 75390-9040, USA.
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Xeni J, Gittings WB, Caterini D, Huang J, Houston ME, Grange RW, Vandenboom R. Myosin light-chain phosphorylation and potentiation of dynamic function in mouse fast muscle. Pflugers Arch 2011; 462:349-58. [PMID: 21499697 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-011-0965-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2011] [Revised: 04/02/2011] [Accepted: 04/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The intent of this study was to determine if the stimulation-induced increase or "potentiation" of dynamic function of mouse extensor digitorum longus muscle (in vitro 25°C) during work cycles is graded to myosin regulatory light-chain (RLC) phosphorylation. To do this, concentric force and muscle work output during sinusoidal length changes were determined before (unpotentiated) and after (potentiated) the application of conditioning stimuli (CS) producing incremental elevations in RLC phosphorylation from rest. Sine wave excursion was from 1.09 to 0.91 of L (o) with a period of 142 ms; stimulating muscles to twitch and generate force during these cycles produced plots of force × displacement termed work loops. Stimulation at 2.5-, 5.0-, and 100-Hz elevated RLC phosphorylation from 0.16±0.02 (rest) to 0.29±0.03, 0.45±0.02 and 0.56±0.02 mol phos per mole RLC, respectively (n= 6-7, P<0.05). These CS potentiated mean concentric force (at all lengths) to 1.14±0.02, 1.26±0.04 and 1.41±0.06 of pre-stimulus, control levels (all n= 5-7, P<0.05) while work was increased to 1.07±0.02, 1.17±0.02 and 1.34±0.03 of controls, respectively. In a No CS condition that did not elevate RLC phosphorylation, neither mean concentric force nor work was altered. Thus, strong correlations between RLC phosphorylation and mean concentric force and work support the hypothesis that this molecular mechanism modulates muscle power output. No length-dependence for concentric force potentiation was observed in any condition, an outcome suggesting that interactions between instantaneous variations in muscle length and shortening velocity during work cycles modulates the potentiation response.
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- Jason Xeni
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Iguchi M, Shields RK. Quadriceps low-frequency fatigue and muscle pain are contraction-type-dependent. Muscle Nerve 2010; 42:230-8. [PMID: 20544933 DOI: 10.1002/mus.21679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Eccentric contractions are thought to induce greater low-frequency fatigue (LFF) and delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) than concentric contractions. In this study we induced a similar amount of eccentric quadriceps muscle fatigue during either a concentric or eccentric fatigue task to compare LFF and DOMS. Subjects (n = 22) performed concentric or eccentric fatigue tasks using 75% of the pre-fatigue maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) torque, and both tasks ended when the MVC eccentric torque decreased by 25% pre-fatigue. When subjects reached the failure criterion during the eccentric and concentric tasks, the concentric MVC was 78 +/- 9.8% and 64 +/- 8.4% of initial, respectively. LFF was greater after the concentric than the eccentric protocols (22 +/- 12.4% and 15 +/- 7.6% increase, respectively; P < 0.01). DOMS was over 100% greater for the eccentric protocol. These results indicate that DOMS is not dependent on the events that contribute to LFF.
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- Masaki Iguchi
- Graduate Program in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 1-252 Medical Education Building, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1190, USA
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Meszaros AJ, Iguchi M, Chang SH, Shields RK. Repetitive eccentric muscle contractions increase torque unsteadiness in the human triceps brachii. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2010; 20:619-26. [PMID: 20060317 DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2009.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2009] [Revised: 12/05/2009] [Accepted: 12/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Torque steadiness and low-frequency fatigue (LFF) were examined in the human triceps brachii after concentric or eccentric fatigue protocols. Healthy young males (n=17) performed either concentric or eccentric elbow extensor contractions until the eccentric maximal voluntary torque decreased to 75% of pre-fatigue for both (concentric and eccentric) protocols. The number of concentric contractions was greater than the number of eccentric contractions needed to induce the same 25% decrease in eccentric MVC torque (52.2+/-2.9 vs. 41.5+/-2.1 for the concentric and eccentric protocols, respectively, p<.01). The extent of peripheral fatigue was approximately 12% greater after the concentric compared to the eccentric protocol (twitch amplitude), whereas LFF (increase in double pulse torque/single pulse torque), was similar across protocols. Steadiness, or the ability for a subject to hold a submaximal isometric contraction, was approximately 20 % more impaired during the Ecc protocol (p=.052). Similarly, the EMG activity required to hold the torque steady was nearly 20% greater after the eccentric compared to concentric protocol. These findings support that task dependent eccentric contractions preferentially alter CNS control during a precision based steadiness task.
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- Andrew J Meszaros
- Neuroscience Department, College of Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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Cellular and whole muscle studies of activity dependent potentiation. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2010; 682:315-42. [PMID: 20824534 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6366-6_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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With a single activation, a skeletal muscle fiber, motor unit or whole muscle will yield a twitch contraction. The twitch is not an "all-or-none" response, but a submaximal response that can vary from one time to another. Prior activation causes myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) phosphorylation, by an enzyme called myosin light chain kinase. This phosphorylation dissipates slowly over the next several minutes due to a slow activity of light chain phosphatase. Phosphorylation of the RLC increases the mobility of the S1 head of myosin, bringing the S1 head in closer proximity to the myosin binding sites on actin. This increased mobility increases the rate of engagement of cross-bridges and increases the rate of force development and contraction magnitude on subsequent twitch or other submaximal contractions. We call this increased contractile response "activity dependent potentiation". With sequential twitches or incompletely fused tetanic contractions, the term staircase is used to describe the progressive increase in amplitude of contraction. If a twitch is elicited after a tetanic contraction, we call the enhanced response posttetanic potentiation. Stretching a muscle fiber to a longer length will also bring the actin filaments close to the myosin heads. This increases the Ca²(+) sensitivity, independent of RLC phosphorylation. At long sarcomere lengths, the impact of RLC phosphorylation is diminished, because Ca²(+) sensitivity is already increased. Similarly, lowering the temperature at which the muscle is tested increases Ca²(+) sensitivity. At low temperatures, staircase and posttetanic potentiation are diminished, but RLC phosphorylation still occurs. Activity dependent potentiation is an important functional modulator of contractile response.
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MacIntosh BR, Smith MJ, Rassier DE. Staircase but not posttetanic potentiation in rat muscle after spinal cord hemisection. Muscle Nerve 2008; 38:1455-1465. [DOI: 10.1002/mus.21096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Raikova R, Celichowski J, Pogrzebna M, Aladjov H, Krutki P. Modeling of summation of individual twitches into unfused tetanus for various types of rat motor units. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2007; 17:121-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2005] [Revised: 10/19/2005] [Accepted: 01/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Shields RK, Dudley-Javoroski S, Cole KR. Feedback-controlled stimulation enhances human paralyzed muscle performance. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2006; 101:1312-9. [PMID: 16809630 PMCID: PMC3270310 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00385.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Chronically paralyzed muscle requires extensive training before it can deliver a therapeutic dose of repetitive stress to the musculoskeletal system. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation, under feedback control, may subvert the effects of fatigue, yielding more rapid and extensive adaptations to training. The purposes of this investigation were to 1) compare the effectiveness of torque feedback-controlled (FDBCK) electrical stimulation with classic open-loop constant-frequency (CONST) stimulation, and 2) ascertain which of three stimulation strategies best maintains soleus torque during repetitive stimulation. When torque declined by 10%, the FDBCK protocol modulated the base stimulation frequency in three ways: by a fixed increase, by a paired pulse (doublet) at the beginning of the stimulation train, and by a fixed decrease. The stimulation strategy that most effectively restored torque continued for successive contractions. This process repeated each time torque declined by 10%. In fresh muscle, FDBCK stimulation offered minimal advantage in maintaining peak torque or mean torque over CONST stimulation. As long-duration fatigue developed in subsequent bouts, FDBCK stimulation became most effective ( approximately 40% higher final normalized torque than CONST). The high-frequency strategy was selected approximately 90% of the time, supporting that excitation-contraction coupling compromise and not neuromuscular transmission failure contributed to fatigue of paralyzed muscle. Ideal stimulation strategies may vary according to the site of fatigue; this stimulation approach offered the advantage of online modulation of stimulation strategies in response to fatigue conditions. Based on stress-adaptation principles, FDBCK-controlled stimulation may enhance training effects in chronically paralyzed muscle.
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- Richard K Shields
- Graduate Program in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1190, USA.
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Shields RK, Dudley-Javoroski S, Littmann AE. Postfatigue potentiation of the paralyzed soleus muscle: evidence for adaptation with long-term electrical stimulation training. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2006; 101:556-65. [PMID: 16575026 PMCID: PMC3270308 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00099.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Understanding the torque output behavior of paralyzed muscle has important implications for the use of functional neuromuscular electrical stimulation systems. Postfatigue potentiation is an augmentation of peak muscle torque during repetitive activation after a fatigue protocol. The purposes of this study were 1) to quantify postfatigue potentiation in the acutely and chronically paralyzed soleus and 2) to determine the effect of long-term soleus electrical stimulation training on the potentiation characteristics of recently paralyzed soleus muscle. Five subjects with chronic paralysis (>2 yr) demonstrated significant postfatigue potentiation during a repetitive soleus activation protocol that induced low-frequency fatigue. Ten subjects with acute paralysis (<6 mo) demonstrated no torque potentiation in response to repetitive stimulation. Seven of these acute subjects completed 2 yr of home-based isometric soleus electrical stimulation training of one limb (compliance = 83%; 8,300 contractions/wk). With the early implementation of electrically stimulated training, potentiation characteristics of trained soleus muscles were preserved as in the acute postinjury state. In contrast, untrained limbs showed marked postfatigue potentiation at 2 yr after spinal cord injury (SCI). A single acute SCI subject who was followed longitudinally developed potentiation characteristics very similar to the untrained limbs of the training subjects. The results of the present investigation support that postfatigue potentiation is a characteristic of fast-fatigable muscle and can be prevented by timely neuromuscular electrical stimulation training. Potentiation is an important consideration in the design of functional electrical stimulation control systems for people with SCI.
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- Richard K Shields
- Graduate Program in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, The Univ. of Iowa, 1-252 Medical Education Bldg., Iowa City, IA 52242-1190, USA.
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Rassier D, Herzog W. The effects of training on fatigue and twitch potentiationin human skeletal muscle. Eur J Sport Sci 2001. [DOI: 10.1080/17461390100071302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Twitch potentiation and fatigue in skeletal muscle are two conditions in which force production is affected by the stimulation history. Twitch potentiation is the increase in the twitch active force observed after a tetanic contraction or during and following low-frequency stimulation. There is evidence that the mechanism responsible for potentiation is phosphorylation of the regulatory light chains of myosin, a Ca2+-dependent process. Fatigue is the force decrease observed after a period of repeated muscle stimulation. Fatigue has also been associated with a Ca2+-related mechanism: decreased peak Ca2+ concentration in the myoplasm is observed during fatigue. This decrease is probably due to an inhibition of Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Although potentiation and fatigue have opposing effects on force production in skeletal muscle, these two presumed mechanisms can coexist. When peak myoplasmic Ca2+ concentration is depressed, but myosin light chains are relatively phosphorylated, the force response can be attenuated, not different, or enhanced, relative to previous values. In circumstances where there is interaction between potentiation and fatigue, care must be taken in interpreting the contractile responses.
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- D E Rassier
- Laboratório de Fisiologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil.
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