PMID:12562924

Citation	Karagiannis, P, Babu, GJ, Periasamy, M and Brozovich, FV (2003) The smooth muscle myosin seven amino acid heavy chain insert's kinetic role in the crossbridge cycle for mouse bladder. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 547:463-73
Abstract	The seven amino acid insert in the smooth muscle myosin heavy chain is thought to regulate the kinetics of contraction, contributing to the differences between fast and slow smooth muscle. The effects of this insert on force and stiffness were determined in bladder tissue of a transgenic mouse line expressing the insert SMB at one of three levels: an SMB wild type (+/+), an SMA homozygous type (-/-) and a heterozygous type (+/-). For skinned muscle, an increase in MgADP or inorganic phosphate (Pi) should shift the distribution of crossbridges in the actomyosin ATPase (AMATPase) to increase the relative population of the crossbridge state prior to ADP release and Pi release, respectively. Exogenous ADP increased force and stiffness in a manner consistent with increasing the Ca2+ concentration in both the +/+ and +/- mouse types. However, the -/- type showed a significantly greater increase in force than in stiffness suggesting that immediately prior to ADP release, the AMATPase either has an additional force producing isomerization state or a slower ADP dissociation rate for the -/- type compared to the +/+ or +/- types. Exogenous Pi led to a significantly greater decrease in stiffness than in force for all three mouse types suggesting that there is a force producing state prior to Pi release. In addition, the increase in Pi showed similar changes in the +/+ and -/- types whereas in the +/- type the decreases in both force and stiffness were greater than the other two mouse types indicating that the insert can affect the cooperativity between myosin heads. In conclusion, the seven amino acid insert modulates the kinetics and/or states of the AMATPase, which could lead to differences in the kinetics of contraction between fast and slow smooth muscle.
Links	PubMed PMC2342653 Online version:10.1113/jphysiol.2002.035717
Keywords	Adenosine Diphosphate/pharmacology; Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Calcium/metabolism; Heterozygote; Homozygote; Kinetics; Mice; Mice, Knockout; Mice, Transgenic; Muscle Contraction/drug effects; Muscle Contraction/physiology; Muscle, Smooth/drug effects; Muscle, Smooth/metabolism; Myosin Heavy Chains/genetics; Myosin Heavy Chains/physiology; Myosins/metabolism; Osmolar Concentration; Phosphates/pharmacology; Urinary Bladder/drug effects; Urinary Bladder/physiology
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