A multisegmental cross-bridge kinetics model of the myofibril.
J Theor Biol
; 259(4): 714-26, 2009 Aug 21.
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ABSTRACT
Striated muscle is a mechanical system that develops force and generates power in serving vital activities in the body. Striated muscle is a complex biological system; a single mammalian muscle fibre contains up to hundred or even more myofibrils in parallel connected via an inter-myofibril filament network. In one single myofibril thousands of sarcomeres are lined up as a series of linear motors. We recently demonstrated that half-sarcomeres (hS) in a single myofibril operate non-uniformly. We outline a mathematical framework based on cross-bridge kinetics for the simulation of the force response and length change of individual hS in a myofibril. The model describes the muscle myofibril in contraction experiments under various conditions. The myofibril is modeled as a multisegmental mechanical system of hS models, which have active and viscoelastic properties. In the first approach, a two-state cross-bridge formalism relates the hS force to the chemical kinetics of ATP hydrolysis, as first described by Huxley [1957. Muscle structure and theories of contraction. Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 7, 255-318]. Two possible types of biological variability are introduced and modeled. Numerical simulations of a myofibril composed of four to eight hS show a non-uniform hS length distribution and complex internal dynamics upon activation. We demonstrate that the steady-state approximation holds only in restricted time zones during activation. Simulations of myofibril contraction experiments that reproduce the classic steady-state force-length and force-velocity relationships, strictly constrained or "clamped" in either end-held isometric or isotonic contraction conditions, reveal a small but conspicuous effect of hS dynamics on force.
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Modelos Biológicos
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Contracción Muscular
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Miofibrillas
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Animals
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J Theor Biol
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2009
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Article
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