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. 1996 Feb;70(2):887–895. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79632-7

Mechanochemical coupling in muscle: attempts to measure simultaneously shortening and ATPase rates in myofibrils.

C Lionne 1, F Travers 1, T Barman 1
PMCID: PMC1224989  PMID: 8789106

Abstract

We studied the ATPase of shortening myofibrils at 4 degrees C by the rapid flow quench method. The progress curve has three phases: a P(i) burst, a fast linear phase kF of duration tB, and a deceleration to a slow kS. We propose that kF is the ATPase of myofibrils shortening under zero external load; at tB shortening and ATPase rates are reduced by passive resistance. The total ATP consumed during the rapid shortening is ATPc. Our purpose was to obtain information on the myofibrillar shortening velocity from their ATPase progress curves. We tested tB as an indicator of shortening velocity by determining the effects of different probes upon it and the other ATPase parameters. The dependence of tB upon the initial sarcomere length was linear, giving a shortening velocity close to that of muscle fibres (Vo). The Km of ATP was larger for tB than for kF, as found with fibers for Vo and their ATPase. ADP and 2,3-butanedione monoxime, but not P(i), inhibited tB to the same extent as Vo. The delta H for tB and Vo were similar. ATPc was independent of the sarcomere length, implying that the more the myofibrils shorten, the less ATP expended per myosin head per micron shortened. We propose that tB can be used as an indicator for myofibrillar shortening velocities.

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