Contractility of myofibrils from the heart and diaphragm muscles measured with atomic force cantilevers : effects of heart-specific deletion of arginyl-tRNA-protein transferase

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BACKGROUND: Contractile properties of myofibrils from the myocardium and diaphragm in chronic heart failure are not well understood. We investigated myofibrils in a knockout (KO) mouse model with cardiac-specific deletion of arginyl-tRNA-protein transferase (α-MHCAte1), which presents dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that chronic heart failure in α-MHCAte1 mice is associated with abnormal contractile properties of the heart and diaphragm.

METHODS: We used a newly developed system of atomic force cantilevers (AFC) to compare myofibrils from α-MHCAte1 and age-matched wild type mice (WT). Myofibrils from the myocardium and the diaphragm were attached to the AFC used for force measurements during activation/deactivation cycles at different sarcomere lengths.

RESULTS: In the heart, α-MHCAte1 myofibrils presented a reduced force during full activation (89±9 nN/μm(2)) when compared to WT (132±11 nN/μm(2)), and the decrease was not influenced by sarcomere length. These myofibrils presented similar kinetics of force development (K(act)), redevelopment (K(tr)), and relaxation (K(rel)). In the diaphragm, α-MHCAte1 myofibrils presented an increased force during full activation (209±31 nN/μm(2)) when compared to WT (123±20 nN/μm(2)). Diaphragm myofibrils of α-MHCAte1 and WT presented similar K(act), but α-MHCAte1 myofibrils presented a faster K(rel) (6.11±0.41s(-1) vs 4.63±0.41 s(-1)).

CONCLUSION: Contrary to our working hypothesis, diaphragm myofibrils from α-MHCAte1 mice produced an increased force compared to myofibrils from WT. These results suggest a potential compensatory mechanism by which the diaphragm works under loading conditions in the α-MHCAte1 chronic heart failure model.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:168

Enthalten in:

International journal of cardiology - 168(2013), 4 vom: 09. Okt., Seite 3564-71

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ribeiro, Paula A B [VerfasserIn]
Ribeiro, Jorge P [VerfasserIn]
Minozzo, Fábio C [VerfasserIn]
Pavlov, Ivan [VerfasserIn]
Leu, Nicolae A [VerfasserIn]
Kurosaka, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Kashina, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Rassier, Dilson E [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aminoacyltransferases
Arginylation
Arginyltransferase
Atomic force cantilever
Cardiomyopathy
EC 2.3.2.-
EC 2.3.2.8
Journal Article
Myofibrils
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 26.06.2014

Date Revised 21.10.2013

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.05.069

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM228094011