On prognosis of manufacturing of a comparator in latch state to increase integration rate of elements

Author(s):  
E. L. Pankratov
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1988 ◽  
Vol 255 (1) ◽  
pp. C86-C94 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Hai ◽  
R. A. Murphy

We have proposed a model that incorporates a dephosphorylated "latch bridge" to explain the mechanics and energetics of smooth muscle. Cross-bridge phosphorylation is proposed as a prerequisite for cross-bridge attachment and rapid cycling. Features of the model are 1) myosin light chain kinase and phosphatase can act on both free and attached cross bridges, 2) dephosphorylation of an attached phosphorylated cross bridge produces a noncycling "latch bridge," and 3) latch bridges have a slow detachment rate. This model quantitatively predicts the latch state: stress maintenance with reduced phosphorylation, cross-bridge cycling rates, and ATP consumption. In this study, we adapted A. F. Huxley's formulation of crossbridge cycling (A. F. Huxley, Progr. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 7: 255-318, 1957) to the latch-bridge model to predict the relationship between isotonic shortening velocity and phosphorylation. The model successfully predicted the linear dependence of maximum shortening velocity at zero external load (V0) on phosphorylation, as well as the family of stress-velocity curves determined at different times during a contraction when phosphorylation values varied. The model implies that it is unnecessary to invoke an internal load or multiple regulatory mechanisms to explain regulation of V0 in smooth muscle.


Author(s):  
L.J. McDaid ◽  
S. Hall ◽  
J.S. Marsland ◽  
W. Eccleston ◽  
J.C. Alderman ◽  
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1988 ◽  
Vol 254 (1) ◽  
pp. C99-C106 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Hai ◽  
R. A. Murphy

We have developed a minimum kinetic model for cross-bridge interactions with the thin filament in smooth muscle. The model hypothesizes two types of cross-bridge interactions: 1) cycling phosphorylated cross bridges and 2) noncycling dephosphorylated cross bridges ("latch bridges"). The major assumptions are that 1) Ca2+-dependent myosin phosphorylation is the only postulated regulatory mechanism, 2) each myosin head acts independently, and 3) latch bridges are formed by dephosphorylation of an attached cross bridge. Rate constants were resolved by fitting data on the time courses of myosin phosphorylation and stress development. Comparison of the rate constants indicates that latch-bridge detachment is the rate-limiting step. Model simulations predicted a hyperbolic dependence of steady-state stress on myosin phosphorylation, which corresponded with the experimental observation of high values of stress with low levels of phosphorylation in intact tissues. Model simulations also predicted the experimental observation that an initial phosphorylation transient only accelerates stress development, with no effect on the final steady-state levels of stress. Because the only Ca2+-dependent regulatory mechanism in this model was activation of myosin light chain kinase, these results are consistent with the hypothesis that myosin phosphorylation is both necessary and sufficient for the development of the latch state.


2018 ◽  
Vol 114 (3) ◽  
pp. 320a ◽  
Author(s):  
Zsombor Balassy ◽  
Linda Kachmar ◽  
Gijs Ijpma ◽  
Anne-Marie Lauzon
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2008 ◽  
Vol 295 (3) ◽  
pp. C653-C660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renaud Léguillette ◽  
Nedjma B. Zitouni ◽  
Karuthapillai Govindaraju ◽  
Laura M. Fong ◽  
Anne-Marie Lauzon

Smooth muscle is unique in its ability to maintain force at low MgATP consumption. This property, called the latch state, is more prominent in tonic than phasic smooth muscle. Studies performed at the muscle strip level have suggested that myosin from tonic muscle has a greater affinity for MgADP and therefore remains attached to actin longer than myosin from phasic muscle, allowing for cross-bridge dephosphorylation and latch-bridge formation. An alternative hypothesis is that after dephosphorylation, myosin reattaches to actin and maintains force. We investigated these fundamental properties of smooth muscle at the molecular level. We used an in vitro motility assay to measure actin filament velocity (νmax) when propelled by myosin purified from phasic or tonic muscle at increasing [MgADP]. Myosin was 25% thiophosphorylated and 75% unphosphorylated to approximate in vivo conditions. The slope of νmax versus [MgADP] was significantly greater for tonic (−0.51 ± 0.04) than phasic muscle myosin (−0.15 ± 0.04), demonstrating the greater MgADP affinity of myosin from tonic muscle. We then used a laser trap assay to measure the unbinding force from actin of populations of unphosphorylated tonic and phasic muscle myosin. Both myosin types attached to actin, and their unbinding force (0.092 ± 0.022 pN for phasic muscle and 0.084 ± 0.017 pN for tonic muscle) was not statistically different. We conclude that the greater affinity for MgADP of tonic muscle myosin and the reattachment of dephosphorylated myosin to actin may both contribute to the latch state.


Author(s):  
Horia N. Roman ◽  
Nedjma B. Zitouni ◽  
Linda Kachmar ◽  
Apolinary Sobieszek ◽  
Anne-Marie Lauzon

1986 ◽  
Vol 251 (6) ◽  
pp. C892-C903 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Moreland ◽  
R. A. Murphy

Ca2+-dependent stress maintenance without proportional myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation was demonstrated in the detergent-skinned swine carotid media when [Ca2+] was reduced from high to intermediate concentrations (Chatterjee, M., and R. A. Murphy. Science Wash. DC 221: 464-466, 1983). In this study of the same preparation, we examined the influence of the initial [Ca2+] and MLC phosphorylation levels on the formation of a stress maintaining state (the "latch" state). Fibers were contracted with 0.82, 1.3, 2.1, or 7.2 microM Ca2+ and then exposed to a lower [Ca2+] to determine the magnitude and Ca2+ sensitivity of stress maintenance. MLC phosphorylation levels were measured in all strips. The magnitude of the stress that rapidly developed was dependent on the initial activating [Ca2+]. The Ca2+ sensitivity of stress maintenance appeared to be independent of the initial levels of stress and MLC phosphorylation. However, the magnitude of the maintained stress was dependent on the initial levels of Ca2+. Only two values for half-maximal responses were evinced in all Ca2+-dependent stress curves: 1.4 X 10(-6) M Ca2+ for rapid stress development and 3.1 X 10(-7) M for stress maintenance. Cumulative [Ca2+]-response curves were shown to result in a decreased maximal stress response and an increase in the apparent Km compared with curves determined by responses to single [Ca2+] exposures. This was associated with a time- and stress-related deterioration of the preparation. The latter was not prevented by exogenous calmodulin or leupeptin (an effective inhibitor of an endogenous Ca2+-dependent protease shown to disrupt the cellular cytoskeleton).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1986 ◽  
Vol 251 (3) ◽  
pp. C435-C442 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. L. Stephens ◽  
M. L. Kagan ◽  
C. S. Packer

It seems fairly well established that in the early phase of smooth muscle contraction cross bridges cycle at a relatively rapid rate. Later on these are replaced by very slowly cycling cross bridges or "latch bridges," operating with high economy. We describe a method to identify the time at which the transition occurs. By abruptly applying a light afterload at varying time intervals after stimulation of a canine tracheal smooth muscle, a point in time could be identified when cross-bridge cycling slowed. This was called the transition time. Because this transition was load dependent, the study was repeated with the preload abruptly reduced to zero. This permitted analysis of data in terms of cross-bridge activity. Maximum zero load velocity (Vo) of the contractile machinery was plotted against time and yielded a biphasic curve. The descending limb of the curve was fitted by a curve of the form Vo(t) = alpha e-K1t + beta e-K2t; K1 was almost three times greater than K2. We speculate that the faster rate constant represented activity of the early rapidly cycling cross bridges, and the slower constant reflected cycling rates in the latch state. These results are consistent with the latch bridge hypothesis put forward by Dillon et al. and enable us to provide a first approximation of the relative velocities of the two types of cross bridges.


1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (11) ◽  
pp. 1334-1337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Hellstrand

Stiffness measurements were performed on smooth muscle preparations from guinea-pig taenia coli to obtain information on the number of attached cross bridges under varying contractile conditions. The normalized stiffness of the cross-bridge system in smooth muscle may be of a magnitude similar to that assumed in skeletal muscle. Transition from isometric contraction to unloaded shortening was associated with a decrease in stiffness to 50% or less of the isometric value, slightly higher than that found in skeletal muscle fibers. Comparison of phasic (5 s) and tonic (5 min) contractions showed lower Vmax, intracellular [Ca2+], and myosin 20 kDa light chain phosphorylation at 5 min, indicating development of a latch state. Isometric force and stiffness were identical in the two types of contraction. However, stiffness during unloaded shortening was greater in the latch state, which may be the result of the presence of a population of cross bridges with a low rate constant for detachment.Key words: smooth muscle mechanics, cross bridges, latch, myosin phosphorylation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 548-549 ◽  
pp. 868-872
Author(s):  
Nan Wang ◽  
Hong Tan ◽  
Shan Shan Shi ◽  
Zhi Qiang Yuan

Abstract: Analyzing the rules of microgrid operation based on the design principle and engineering philosophy, and then defining seven microgrid operation states included: grid-tied state, and/off state, off-grid state, off/and state, fault state, power-latch state and shutdown state. Based on these seven modes, the different control strategy will be set out. These seven strategies can be integrated and be used to control the microgrid together. So we can gain the maximum efficiency of the microgrid through that above. At the same time, the appropriate control mode will be selected to guarantee the microgrid can be switched from one mode to another smoothly.. Above all, the microgrid can operate reliably through the integrated control strategy.


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