Developmental changes in contractility and sarcomeric proteins from the early embryonic to the adult stage in the mouse heart
Developmental changes in force-generating capacity and Ca 2+ sensitivity of contraction in murine hearts were correlated with changes in myosin heavy chain (MHC) and troponin (Tn) isoform expression, using Triton-skinned fibres. The maximum Ca 2+ -activated isometric force normalized to the cross-se...
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Published in | The Journal of physiology Vol. 548; no. 2; pp. 493 - 505 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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England
The Physiological Society
15.04.2003
Blackwell Science Inc |
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Summary: | Developmental changes in force-generating capacity and Ca 2+ sensitivity of contraction in murine hearts were correlated with changes in myosin heavy chain (MHC) and troponin (Tn) isoform
expression, using Triton-skinned fibres. The maximum Ca 2+ -activated isometric force normalized to the cross-sectional area ( F CSA ) increased mainly during embryogenesis and continued to increase at a slower rate until adulthood. During prenatal development,
F CSA increased about 5-fold from embryonic day (E)10.5 to E19.5, while the amount of MHC normalized to the amount of total protein
remained constant (from E13.5 to E19.5). This suggests that the development of structural organization of the myofilaments
during the embryonic and the fetal period may play an important role for the improvement of force generation. There was an
overall decrease of 0.5 pCa units in the Ca 2+ sensitivity of force generation from E13.5 to the adult, of which the main decrease (0.3 pCa units) occurred within a short
time interval, between E19.5 and 7 days after birth (7 days pn). Densitometric analysis of SDS-PAGE and Western blots revealed
that the major switches between troponin T (TnT) isoforms occur before E16.5, whereas the transition points of slow skeletal
troponin I (ssTnI) to cardiac TnI (cTnI) and of β-MHC to α-MHC both occur around birth, in temporal correlation with the main
decrease in Ca 2+ sensitivity. To test whether the changes in Ca 2+ sensitivity are solely based on Tn, the native Tn complex was replaced in fibres from E19.5 and adult hearts with fast skeletal
Tn complex (fsTn) purified from rabbit skeletal muscle. The difference in pre-replacement values of pCa 50 (âlog([Ca 2+ ] m â1 )) required for half-maximum force development) between E19.5 (6.05 ± 0.01) and adult fibres (5.64 ± 0.04) was fully abolished
after replacement with the exogenous skeletal Tn complex (pCa 50 = 6.12 ± 0.05 for both stages). This suggests that the major developmental changes in Ca 2+ sensitivity of skinned murine myocardium originate primarily from the switch of ssTnI to cTnI. |
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ISSN: | 0022-3751 1469-7793 |
DOI: | 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.036509 |