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BULLARD RW 《The American journal of physiology》1959,196(2):415-419
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GOULDING DAVID BULLARD BELINDA GAUTEL MATHIAS 《Journal of muscle research and cell motility》1997,18(4):465-472
The giant molecule titin/connectin was demonstrated to connect the ends of thick filaments with the Z-disks and thus to provide an elastic connection that seems to be responsible for passive tension in striated muscle. To investigate the physiological limits of I-band titin extension in skeletal muscle, we have measured sarcomere lengths of a number of mouse postural and clonal muscles in situ under the constraints imposed by the skeletal, ligamentous and tendinous components of the motile apparatus. These values now give upper limits for the extension of the I-band and therefore for the maximal degree of titin extension under physiological constraints. We find that I-band extension in all muscles investigated does not exceed a factor of 2.5 in situ, which is well below values obtainable in isolated fibre preparations. Approach to the yield-point is therefore prevented by extramuscular mechanisms. Sarcomere lengths near the tendinous junction and within the muscle are virtually identical in extended muscle, suggesting that a major function of titin in intact muscle is to ensure uniform sarcomere lengths over the entire muscle length and thus to prevent localized myofibril overstretch during isometric contraction 相似文献
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CLAYTON JONATHAN D. CRIPPS RICHARD M. SPARROW JOHN C. BULLARD BELINDA 《Journal of muscle research and cell motility》1998,19(2):117-127
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Drosophila indirect flight muscles (IFMs) contain a 35 kDa protein which cross-reacts with antibodies to the IFM specific
protein troponin-H isoform 34 (TnH-34). Peptide fingerprinting and peptide sequencing showed that this 35 kDa protein is
glutathione S-transferase-2 (GST-2). GST-2 is present in the asynchronous indirect flight muscles but not in the synchronous
tergal depressor of the trochanter (jump muscle). Genetic dissection of the sarcomere showed that GST-2 is stably associated
with the thin filaments but the presence of myosin is required to achieve the correct stoichiometry, suggesting that there
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also an interaction with the thick filament. The two Drosophila TnHs (isoforms 33 and 34) are naturally occurring fusion
proteins in which a proline-rich extension of ~250 amino acids replaces the 27 C-terminal residues of the muscle-specific
tropomyosin II isoform. The proteolytic enzyme, Igase, cleaves the hydrophobic C-terminal sequence of TnH-34 at three sites
and TnH-33 at one site. This results in the release of GST-2 from the myofibril. The amount of GST-2 stably bound to the
myofibril is directly proportional to the total amount of undigested TnH. It is concluded that GST-2 in the thin filament
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stabilized there by interaction with TnH. We speculate that the hydrophobic N-terminal region of GST-2 interacts with the
hydrophobic C-terminal extension of TnH, and that both are close to a myosin cross-bridge.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Complement receptors for C3‐derived fragments (CR1–4) play critical roles in innate and adaptive immune responses. Of these receptors, CR3 and CR4 are important in binding and phagocytosis of complement‐opsonized pathogens including parasites. The role of CR3 and CR4 in malaria or in cerebral malaria (CM) has received little attention and remains poorly understood in both human disease and rodent models of malaria. CR3 and CR4 are members of the β2‐integrin family of adhesion molecules and are expressed on all leucocytes that participate in the development of CM, most importantly as it relates to parasite phagocytosis (monocytes/macrophages) and antigen processing and presentation (dendritic cells). Thus, it is possible that these receptors might play an important role in disease development. To address this question, we examined the role of CR3?/? and CR4?/? in experimental cerebral malaria (ECM). We found that both CR3?/? and CR4?/? mice were fully susceptible to ECM and developed disease comparable to wild‐type mice. Our results indicate that CR3 and CR4 are not critical to the pathogenesis of ECM despite their role in elimination of complement‐opsonized pathogens. These findings support recent studies indicating the importance of the terminal complement pathway and the membrane attack complex in ECM pathogenesis. 相似文献
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