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2014 ; 552-553
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Titin-mediated control of cardiac myofibrillar function
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Hanft LM
; Greaser ML
; McDonald KS
Arch Biochem Biophys
2014[Jun]; 552-553
(ä): 83-91
PMID24269766
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According to the Frank-Starling relationship, ventricular pressure or stroke
volume increases with end-diastolic volume. This is regulated, in large part, by
the sarcomere length (SL) dependent changes in cardiac myofibrillar force, loaded
shortening, and power. Consistent with this, both cardiac myofibrillar force and
absolute power fall at shorter SL. However, when Ca(2+) activated force levels
are matched between short and long SL (by increasing the activator [Ca(2+)]),
short SL actually yields faster loaded shortening and greater peak normalized
power output (PNPO). A potential mechanism for faster loaded shortening at short
SL is that, at short SL, titin becomes less taut, which increases the flexibility
of the cross-bridges, a process that may be mediated by titin's interactions with
thick filament proteins. We propose a more slackened titin yields greater myosin
head radial and azimuthal mobility and these flexible cross-bridges are more
likely to maintain thin filament activation, which would allow more
force-generating cross-bridges to work against a fixed load resulting in faster
loaded shortening. We tested this idea by measuring SL-dependence of power at
matched forces in rat skinned cardiac myocytes containing either N2B titin or a
longer, more compliant N2BA titin. We predicted that, in N2BA titin containing
cardiac myocytes, power-load curves would not be shifted upward at short SL
compared to long SL (when force is matched). Consistent with this, peak
normalized power was actually less at short SL versus long SL (at matched force)
in N2BA-containing myocytes (N2BA titin: ?PNPO (Short SL peak power minus long SL
peak power)=-0.057±0.049 (n=5) versus N2B titin: ?PNPO=+0.012±0.012 (n=5). These
findings support a model whereby SL per se controls mechanical properties of
cross-bridges and this process is mediated by titin. This myofibrillar mechanism
may help sustain ventricular power during periods of low preloads, and perhaps a
breakdown of this mechanism is involved in impaired function of failing hearts.