Abstract Stretching of active muscles leads to a great enhancement of the force developed without increased ATP consumption. The mechanism of force enhancement is still debated and it is not clear if it is due to increased crossbridge strain or to a stretch-induced increase in crossbridge number. The present study, performed on single fibres from tibialis anterior or interosseus muscles of the frog at 5 C, was aimed at clarifying this point. A striation follower device was used to measure sarcomere length changes. Force was measured during the application of stretches (0.15–3.9 ms duration, 3–7.8 nm per half-sarcomere amplitude) to activated fibres. Small 4 kHz sinusoidal length oscillations, superimposed on the stretches, were used to calculate fibre stiffness with high time resolution. Stiffness increased during the stretch then subsequently decayed, all in parallel with tension. Likewise, during quick releases, stiffness decreased during the release then subsequently recovered in parallel with tension. Comparison of tension and stiffness both during the tetanus rise and also during stretches which doubled tension, imposed on the tetanus rise, indicated that stretch-induced crossbridge recruitment was only about 11 %, suggesting that force enhancement by stretching is mainly due to an increase of individual crossbridge force, whereas crossbridge recruitment plays only a minor role. The accompanying stiffness changes can be explained by non-linearity of myofilament compliance.

Mechanism of force enhancement during stretching of skeletal muscle fibres investigated by high time-resolved stiffness measurements / Marta Nocella;Maria Angela Bagni;Giovanni Cecchi;Barbara Colombini. - In: JOURNAL OF MUSCLE RESEARCH AND CELL MOTILITY. - ISSN 0142-4319. - STAMPA. - 34:(2013), pp. 71-81. [10.1007/s10974-012-9335-4]

Mechanism of force enhancement during stretching of skeletal muscle fibres investigated by high time-resolved stiffness measurements

NOCELLA, MARTA;BAGNI, MARIA ANGELA;CECCHI, GIOVANNI;COLOMBINI, BARBARA
2013

Abstract

Abstract Stretching of active muscles leads to a great enhancement of the force developed without increased ATP consumption. The mechanism of force enhancement is still debated and it is not clear if it is due to increased crossbridge strain or to a stretch-induced increase in crossbridge number. The present study, performed on single fibres from tibialis anterior or interosseus muscles of the frog at 5 C, was aimed at clarifying this point. A striation follower device was used to measure sarcomere length changes. Force was measured during the application of stretches (0.15–3.9 ms duration, 3–7.8 nm per half-sarcomere amplitude) to activated fibres. Small 4 kHz sinusoidal length oscillations, superimposed on the stretches, were used to calculate fibre stiffness with high time resolution. Stiffness increased during the stretch then subsequently decayed, all in parallel with tension. Likewise, during quick releases, stiffness decreased during the release then subsequently recovered in parallel with tension. Comparison of tension and stiffness both during the tetanus rise and also during stretches which doubled tension, imposed on the tetanus rise, indicated that stretch-induced crossbridge recruitment was only about 11 %, suggesting that force enhancement by stretching is mainly due to an increase of individual crossbridge force, whereas crossbridge recruitment plays only a minor role. The accompanying stiffness changes can be explained by non-linearity of myofilament compliance.
2013
34
71
81
Marta Nocella;Maria Angela Bagni;Giovanni Cecchi;Barbara Colombini
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