Myosin II Adjusts Motility Properties and Regulates Force Production Based on Motor Environment.
Cell Mol Bioeng
; 15(5): 451-465, 2022 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Myosin II has been investigated with optical trapping, but single motor-filament assay arrangements are not reflective of the complex cellular environment. To understand how myosin interactions propagate up in scale to accomplish system force generation, we devised a novel actomyosin ensemble optical trapping assay that reflects the hierarchy and compliancy of a physiological environment and is modular for interrogating force effectors.Methods:
Hierarchical actomyosin bundles were formed in vitro. Fluorescent template and cargo actin filaments (AF) were assembled in a flow cell and bundled by myosin. Beads were added in the presence of ATP to bind the cargo AF and activate myosin force generation to be measured by optical tweezers.Results:
Three force profiles resulted across a range of myosin concentrations high force with a ramp-plateau, moderate force with sawtooth movement, and baseline. The three force profiles, as well as high force output, were recovered even at low solution concentration, suggesting that myosins self-optimize within AFs. Individual myosin steps were detected in the ensemble traces, indicating motors are taking one step at a time while others remain engaged in order to sustain productive force generation.Conclusions:
Motor communication and system compliancy are significant contributors to force output. Environmental conditions, motors taking individual steps to sustain force, the ability to backslip, and non-linear concentration dependence of force indicate that the actomyosin system contains a force-feedback mechanism that senses the local cytoskeletal environment and communicates to the individual motors whether to be in a high or low duty ratio mode. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12195-022-00731-1.
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