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Effects of amrinone on shortening velocity and force development in skinned skeletal muscle fibres

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The effects of amrinone were studied on single skinned fibres isolated from rat hindlimb muscles. In each fibre a force-velocity relation was determined during maximal calcium activation (pCa=4.45) in control conditions and in the presence of amrinone. The MgATP concentration was 3.93 mm, close to the physiological value. After the experiment the fibre was classified as fast or slow on the basis of its reactivity with anti-myosin monoclonal antibodies. In fast fibres amrinone (3 mm) potentiated isometric tension (P 0) by 13.8±2.9% (n=13), reduced maximum shortening velocity (V max ) by 32.6±3.2% and the curvature of the force-velocity relation (a/P 0) was increased by 98.9±46.0%. All these effects were less pronounced in slow fibres, where V max was reduced only by 11.4±3.6 (n=16). The effects of amrinone (0.3–6 mm) on the ATPase activity of myofibrils and myosin prepared from fast (tibialis anterior) and slow (soleus) rat skeletal muscles were studied. Amrinone was found to depress Ca−Mg dependent ATPase activity of myofibrillar preparations of the tibialis anterior (up to 16.6±2%) and, to a lesser extent, of the soleus (up to 7.2±1.2%). On the contrary, Ca-stimulated myosin ATPase activity was significantly increased by amrinone in myosin preparations from the tibialis anterior. Experiments were carried out to test whether amrinone (3 mm) might affect the sensitivity of the contractile system to MgATP concentration ([MgATP]). The results obtained showed that (1) the [MgATP] value at which isometric tension reached its maximum was shifted by amrinone from 0.1 mm to 0.3 mm, (2) the slope of the negative relation between [MgATP] and a/P 0 was made more steep by amrinone, and (3) the Km of the hyperbolic relation between [MgATP] and V max was increased from 0.39 to 1.71 mm by amrinone, thus indicating a reduced affinity of myosin for MgATP. These results are in accordance with the hypothesis that amrinone exerts a direct effect on the contractile mechanism.

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    R. Aottinelli, V. Cappelli & C. Reggiani

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Aottinelli, R., Cappelli, V., Morner, S.E.J.N. et al. Effects of amrinone on shortening velocity and force development in skinned skeletal muscle fibres. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 14, 110–120 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00132185

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