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. 2020 Apr 16;11:278. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00278

TABLE 1.

Effects of alteration of temperature on functional properties of mammalian striated muscles.

Preparation Parameter Temperature change (°C) Change in parameter value Direction, change in parameter value References
Canine heart (isolated) Systolic pressure (mmHg) 35.9→30.7 35.9→39.8 69.4→102.0* 69.4→44.8* Increase Decrease Mikane et al., 1999
Canine heart (isolated) Systolic pressure (mmHg) 36.3→41 125.1→80.5*** Decrease Saeki et al., 2000
Rat heart (isolated) Systolic pressure (mmHg) 37→32 37→42 103.4→134.6* 103.4→76.0* Increase Decrease Obata et al., 2018
Guinea pig cardiac muscle Force 36.5→17 Increase Kurihara and Sakai, 1985
Rabbit cardiac muscle Force 30→1 Increase Bridge, 1986
Rabbit cardiac muscle Twitch force 37→25 Increase Shattock and Bers, 1987
Rat cardiac muscle Twitch force 37→25 Increase Shattock and Bers, 1987
Rat cardiac muscle Twitch force (mN/mm2) 37.5→30 30→86 Increase Janssen et al., 2002
Rat cardiac muscle Twitch force (%, normalized at 37°C) 37→32 37→42 – 100→67.2 Increase Decrease Hiranandani et al., 2006
Rabbit cardiac muscle Twitch shortening (%) 35→25 7.6→13.1** Increase Puglisi et al., 1996
Ferret cardiac muscle Twitch shortening (%) 35→25 2.9→4.9* Increase Puglisi et al., 1996
Cat cardiac muscle Twitch shortening (%) 35→25 10.8→6.0* Decrease Puglisi et al., 1996
Guinea pig cardiac muscle Twitch shortening (%) 37→22 2.6→8.3* Increase Shutt and Howlett, 2008
Rabbit cardiac muscle (skinned) Maximal force (%, normalized at 22°C) 36→29 36→22 118.5→108* 118.5→100** Decrease Decrease Harrison and Bers, 1989
Rat skeletal fiber Resting force (intact) Resting force (skinned) 30→40 30→40 – – Increase Increase Ranatunga, 1994
Rat cardiac muscle Shortening 36→41 Increase Oyama et al., 2012
C2C12 myotube Shortening (%) 36.5→41.5 0→2.4* Increase Marino et al., 2017
Rabbit cardiac muscle Ca2+ transient amplitude (nM) 35→25 248→454** Increase Puglisi et al., 1996
Rat cardiac muscle Ca2+ transient amplitude (μM) 37.5→30 0.73→1.33 Increase Janssen et al., 2002
Guinea pig cardiac muscle Ca2+ transient amplitude (nM) 37→22 35→157* Increase Shutt and Howlett, 2008
Actin (RS) + Tm (HC) + Tn (HC) + HMM (RS) Sliding velocity at pCa 5 Sliding velocity at pCa 9 Sliding velocity at pCa 9 ∼20→∼60 ∼20→∼43 ∼43→∼60 – – – Increase No change Increase Brunet et al., 2012
Actin (RS) + Tm (HC) + Tn (BC) + HMM (RS) Sliding velocity at pCa 5 (μm/s) Sliding velocity at pCa 9 (μm/s) 25→41.0 25→40.8 6.4→17.9 0→14.5 Increase Increase Ishii et al., 2019
Actin (RS) + Tm (HC) + Tn (BC) + HMM (BC) Sliding velocity at pCa 5 (μm/s) Sliding velocity at pCa 9 (μm/s) 24→40.0 24→39.9 1.19→8.89 0→3.37 Increase Increase Ishii et al., 2019
Rabbit cardiac muscle (skinned) pCa50 (active force) 36→29 36→22 5.473→5.494 (NS) 5.473→5.340** No change Decrease Harrison and Bers, 1989
Rabbit skeletal myofibril pCa50 (ATPase) 30→37 7.05→7.52 Increase Mühlrad and Hegyi, 1965
Rabbit skeletal myofibril pCa50 (ATPase) 30→40 Increase Murphy and Hasselbach, 1968
TnC (BC) pCa50 (Ca2+ binding) 21→37 5.29→5.42* Increase Gillis et al., 2000
TnC (HC) pCa50 (Ca2+ binding) 30→45 5.04→5.17 Increase Veltri et al., 2017

Data obtained under various experimental conditions are summarized. Sliding velocity was obtained in the in vitro motility assay with reconstituted thin filaments (actin plus Tn–Tm). BC, bovine cardiac; HC, human cardiac; HMM, heavy meromyosin; RS, rabbit skeletal. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001. NS, not significant.