Horia Nicolae Roman1, Nedjma B Zitouni2, Linda Kachmar2, Andrea Benedetti3, Apolinary Sobieszek4, Anne-Marie Lauzon5. 1. Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada. 2. Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada. 3. Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, Montréal, Québec, Canada. 4. Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Smooth Muscle Lab at the Life Science Center, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Mitterweg 24, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. 5. Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Electronic address: anne-marie.lauzon@mcgill.ca.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Studies conducted at the whole muscle level have shown that smooth muscle can maintain tension with low Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) consumption. Whereas it is generally accepted that this property (latch-state) is a consequence of the dephosphorylation of myosin during its attachment to actin, free dephosphorylated myosin can also bind to actin and contribute to force maintenance. We investigated the role of caldesmon (CaD) in regulating the binding force of unphosphorylated tonic smooth muscle myosin to actin. METHODS: To measure the effect of CaD on the binding of unphosphorylated myosin to actin (in the presence of ATP), we used a single beam laser trap assay to quantify the average unbinding force (Funb) in the absence or presence of caldesmon, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)-phosphorylated CaD, or CaD plus tropomyosin. RESULTS: Funb from unregulated actin (0.10±0.01pN) was significantly increased in the presence of CaD (0.17±0.02pN), tropomyosin (0.17±0.02pN) or both regulatory proteins (0.18±0.02pN). ERK phosphorylation of CaD significantly reduced the Funb (0.06±0.01pN). Inspection of the traces of the Funb as a function of time suggests that ERK phosphorylation of CaD decreases the binding force of myosin to actin or accelerates its detachment. CONCLUSIONS: CaD enhances the binding force of unphosphorylated myosin to actin potentially contributing to the latch-state. ERK phosphorylation of CaD decreases this binding force to very low levels. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE: This study suggests a mechanism that likely contributes to the latch-state and that explains the muscle relaxation from the latch-state.
BACKGROUND: Studies conducted at the whole muscle level have shown that smooth muscle can maintain tension with low Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) consumption. Whereas it is generally accepted that this property (latch-state) is a consequence of the dephosphorylation of myosin during its attachment to actin, free dephosphorylated myosin can also bind to actin and contribute to force maintenance. We investigated the role of caldesmon (CaD) in regulating the binding force of unphosphorylated tonic smooth muscle myosin to actin. METHODS: To measure the effect of CaD on the binding of unphosphorylated myosin to actin (in the presence of ATP), we used a single beam laser trap assay to quantify the average unbinding force (Funb) in the absence or presence of caldesmon, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)-phosphorylated CaD, or CaD plus tropomyosin. RESULTS: Funb from unregulated actin (0.10±0.01pN) was significantly increased in the presence of CaD (0.17±0.02pN), tropomyosin (0.17±0.02pN) or both regulatory proteins (0.18±0.02pN). ERK phosphorylation of CaD significantly reduced the Funb (0.06±0.01pN). Inspection of the traces of the Funb as a function of time suggests that ERK phosphorylation of CaD decreases the binding force of myosin to actin or accelerates its detachment. CONCLUSIONS:CaD enhances the binding force of unphosphorylated myosin to actin potentially contributing to the latch-state. ERK phosphorylation of CaD decreases this binding force to very low levels. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE: This study suggests a mechanism that likely contributes to the latch-state and that explains the muscle relaxation from the latch-state.
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