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标题：Myosin light chain kinase and myosin phosphorylation effect frequency-dependent potentiation of skeletal muscle contraction
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作者：Gang Zhi ; Jeffrey W. Ryder ; Jian Huang 等
期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：2005
卷号：102
期号：48
页码：17519-17524
DOI：10.1073/pnas.0506846102
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Repetitive stimulation potentiates contractile tension of fast-twitch skeletal muscle. We examined the role of myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) phosphorylation in this physiological response by ablating Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent skeletal muscle myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) gene expression. Western blot and quantitative-PCR showed that MLCK is expressed predominantly in fast-twitch skeletal muscle fibers with insignificant amounts in heart and smooth muscle. In contrast, smooth muscle MLCK had a more ubiquitous tissue distribution, with the greatest expression observed in smooth muscle tissue. Ablation of the MYLK2 gene in mice resulted in loss of skeletal muscle MLCK expression, with no change in smooth muscle MLCK expression. In isolated fast-twitch skeletal muscles from these knockout mice, there was no significant increase in RLC phosphorylation in response to repetitive electrical stimulation. Furthermore, isometric twitch-tension potentiation after a brief tetanus (posttetanic twitch potentiation) or low-frequency twitch potentiation (staircase) was attenuated relative to responses in muscles from wild-type mice. Interestingly, the site of phosphorylation of the small amount of monophosphorylated RLC in the knockout mice was the same site phosphorylated by MLCK, indicating a potential alternative signaling pathway affecting contractile potentiation. Loss of skeletal muscle MLCK expression had no effect on cardiac RLC phosphorylation. These results identify myosin light chain phosphorylation by the dedicated skeletal muscle Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent MLCK as a primary biochemical mechanism for tension potentiation due to repetitive stimulation in fast-twitch skeletal muscle.
关键词：calcium ; calmodulin ; twitch