Arterial muscle myosin heavy chains and light chains in spontaneous hypertension

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
C S Packer

Abstract

Increased maximum velocity of shortening (Vmax), increased shortening ability (delta Lmax) and decreased relaxation rate have been reported for arterial smooth muscle from 16- to 18-week-old spontaneously, hypertensive rats (SHR) compared with age-matched normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). Vmax is dependent on actomyosin ATPase activity, and this activity is in turn dependent on the level of phosphorylation of the 20-kDa myosin light chain (MLC20) normally a function of calcium concentration. In this article, methods are described and data are presented from studies addressing possible intracellular regulatory mechanisms that might lead to the altered contractility of the SHR arterial muscle. In one study, myofibrillar protein was extracted from 16- to 18-week-old SHR and WKY caudal arterial muscle. The Mg(2+)-activated ATPase activity was measured under conditions where the Ca2+ concentration was controlled. In another study, the amount of myosin present and relative proportions of the myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms were determined by quantitative SDS-PAGE using heavy molecular weight standards and bovine serum albumin as the standard for concentration. In a third study, MLC20 phosphorylation levels in electrically stimu...Continue Reading

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