How well do muscle biomechanics predict whole-animal locomotor performance? The role of Ca2+ handling

The Journal of Experimental Biology
Frank SeebacherRob S James

Abstract

It is important to determine the enabling mechanisms that underlie locomotor performance to explain the evolutionary patterns and ecological success of animals. Our aim was to determine the extent to which calcium (Ca(2+)) handling dynamics modulate the contractile properties of isolated skeletal muscle, and whether the effects of changing Ca(2+) handling dynamics in skeletal muscle are paralleled by changes in whole-animal sprint and sustained swimming performance. Carp (Cyprinus carpio) increased swimming speed by concomitant increases in tail-beat amplitude and frequency. Reducing Ca(2+) release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) by blocking ryanodine receptors with dantrolene decreased isolated peak muscle force and was paralleled by a decrease in tail-beat frequency and whole-animal sprint performance. An increase in fatigue resistance following dantrolene treatment may reflect the reduced depletion of Ca(2+) stores in the SR associated with lower ryanodine receptor (RyR) activity. Blocking RyRs may be detrimental by reducing force production and beneficial by reducing SR Ca(2+) depletion so that there was no net effect on critical sustained swimming speed (U(crit)). In isolated muscle, there was no negative effect on fo...Continue Reading

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