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Correspondence to Julian E. Stelzer: stelzer{at}physiology.wisc.edu
The regulatory light chains (RLCs) of vertebrate muscle myosins bind to the neck region of the heavy chain domain and are thought to play important structural roles in force transmission between the cross-bridge head and thick filament backbone. In vertebrate striated muscles, the RLCs are reversibly phosphorylated by a specific myosin light chain kinase (MLCK), and while phosphorylation has been shown to accelerate the kinetics of force development in skeletal muscle, the effects of RLC phosphorylation in cardiac muscle are not well understood. Here, we assessed the effects of RLC phosphorylation on force, and the kinetics of force development in myocardium was isolated in the presence of 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM) to dephosphorylate RLC, subsequently skinned, and then treated with MLCK to phosphorylate RLC. Since RLC phosphorylation may be an important determinant of stretch activation in myocardium, we recorded the force responses of skinned myocardium to sudden stretches of 1% of muscle length both before and after treatment with MLCK. MLCK increased RLC phosphorylation, increased the Ca2+ sensitivity of isometric force, reduced the steepness of the force–pCa relationship, and increased both Ca2+-activated and Ca2+-independent force. Sudden stretch of myocardium during an otherwise isometric contraction resulted in a concomitant increase in force that quickly decayed to a minimum and was followed by a delayed redevelopment of force, i.e., stretch activation, to levels greater than pre-stretch force. MLCK had profound effects on the stretch activation responses during maximal and submaximal activations: the amplitude and rate of force decay after stretch were significantly reduced, and the rate of delayed force recovery was accelerated and its amplitude reduced. These data show that RLC phosphorylation increases force and the rate of cross-bridge recruitment in murine myocardium, which would increase power generation in vivo and thereby enhance systolic function.
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