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Biophys J, August 1998, p. 948-956, Vol. 75, No. 2

Distributions of Calcium in A and I Bands of Skinned Vertebrate Muscle Fibers Stretched to Beyond Filament Overlap

Marie E. Cantino,* Joseph G. Eichen,# and Stephen B. Daniels*

 *Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269 and  #Sloan-Kettering Research Center, New York, New York 10024 USA

Measurements were made of the distributions of total calcium along the length of A and I bands in skinned frog semitendinosus muscles using electron probe x-ray microanalysis. Since calcium in the water space was kept below the detection limit of the technique, the signal was assumed to reflect the distribution of calcium bound to myofilament proteins. Data from sarcomeres with overlap between thick and thin filaments showed enhancement of calcium in this region, as previously demonstrated in rabbit psoas muscle fibers in rigor (Cantino, M. E., T. S. Allen, and A. M. Gordon. 1993. Subsarcomeric distribution of calcium in demembranated fibers of rabbit psoas muscle. Biophys. J. 64:211-222). Such enhancement could arise from intrinsic non-uniformities in calcium binding to either thick or thin filaments or from enhancement of calcium binding to either filament by rigor cross-bridge attachment. To test for intrinsic variations in calcium binding, calcium distributions were determined in fibers stretched to beyond filament overlap. Calcium binding was found to be relatively uniform along both thick and thin filaments, and therefore cannot account for the increased calcium observed in the overlap region. From these results it can be concluded that the observed enhancement of calcium is due to an increase in calcium binding to myofilaments as a result of rigor attachment of cross-bridges to actin. The source of the enhancement is most likely an increase in calcium binding to troponin, although enhancement of calcium binding to myosin light chains cannot be ruled out.

Biophys J, August 1998, p. 948-956, Vol. 75, No. 2
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