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• Today– Role of calcium– Muscle fiber membrane potential & contraction
– Neural control of muscle
Role of calcium
Troponin complex
Tropomyosin
•Troponin and Tropomyosin bind to actinblock the actin – myosin binding sites
•Troponin is a calcium binding protein
• When Troponin binds calcium it moves Tropomyosin away from the actin-myosin binding site
CaCa
Where does Calcium come from?
• Intracellular storage called Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
• Surround each myofibril of the whole muscle• Contains high concentration of calcium
• Transverse Tubules connects plasma membrane to deep inside muscle
Myofibril
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
Transverse tubules
Transverse tubules
• So far:– Actin and myosin will bind to each other– Troponin / tropomyosin inhibit this– Calcium removes inhibition
What controls muscle calcium?
• What else do we know?– Neurons initiate muscle contraction at NMJs
by generating postsynaptic potentials
(some muscle fibers have APs)
• Maybe muscle membrane potential is important
Muscle fiber
Tension
VmStimulate nerve
Te
nsio
n
Vm
Time
Muscle AP
Force Transducer
Excitation-Contraction coupling:1
‘twitch’
Vm
Tension
Force TransducerVary [K+] outside
Vm (mV)
Ten
sion
1.0
0-70 -60 -50 -40 -30
Conclusion: Muscle contraction occurs with Vm depolarization
Muscle fiber
Excitation-Contraction coupling:2
Why T-tubules important?Stimulate near T-tubule see contractionof adjoining sarcomeres
No contractions
T-tubule ‘Local stimulation’
Motor nerve
Neurotransmitter receptors
Membrane depolarization or APs carried deep into the muscle by T-tubules
+
T-tubule
SR
Text Fig 10-21Myofibril
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
Transverse tubules
Transverse tubules
MyT-tubule
SR
SR
Ryanodine Receptor
Dihydropyridine receptor
myoplasm
T-tubule(extracellular)
SR
Myoplasm(intracellular)
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++++
_ _ _ _ _ _
Ca++Ca++Ca++
_ _ _
+++
_ _ _+++
Ca++ pump
1. Synaptic Depolarization of the plasma membrane is carried into the muscle by T-Tubules
2. Conformational change of dihydropyridine receptor directly opens the ryanodine receptor calcium channel
3. Calcium flows into myoplasm where it binds troponin
4. Calcium pumped back into SR
Summary of events
• Neural Control of Muscle– Voluntary– Reflex
Neural control of muscle contraction
Motor Pool: all of the motor neurons that innervate a single muscle
Motor Unit: single motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates– a few fibers 1000s of fibers
• Size of the motor units determines precision of movementFingers have small motor units, legs have big
motor units
• Recruitment of twitch fibers• Smallest motor units to a single muscle are
recruited first• Why?
Allow smooth generation of movement
First
Little force
Second
More force Even more force
Third
1+2+3 = maximum force
Whole muscle
Individual myofibrils
Motor neurons
Reflex control of muscle contraction
Two sensory receptors
1. Muscle Spindle• Monitors muscle length
2. Golgi Tendon Organ• Monitors muscle tension
Muscle Spindle
Motorneurons
Group I and IISensory fibers
IntrafusalMuscle fibers
ExtrafusalMuscle fibers
Muscle Spindle
Motor neurons
Muscle spindle
Extrafusal muscle fibers
nerve
motor neurons innervate extrafusal muscle fibers and cause the muscle to contract
motot neurons innervate only the intrafusal muscle fibers and cause them to contract
• The sensory endings in the muscle spindle are activated by muscle lengthening
Isolated muscleIa sensoryneuron
Motor neurons
Muscle stretch
Muscle length
APs insensory
APs inmotor
Spinal cord
Longer
AP
AP
Effect of muscle spindle
• When muscle stretches, spindle stretches1. Increase APs in 1a sensory neuron
2. Increase APs in motor neuron
3. Muscle contracts and returns to original length (almost)
• When muscle contracts, spindle shortens– Might expect activity of spindle to decrease
• BUT– To maintain sensitivity of the spindle, the
intrafusal fibers also contract– Controlled by motor neurons
Muscle Spindle
Motor neurons
ExtrafusalMuscle fibers
Motorneurons
Group I and IISensory fibers
IntrafusalMuscle fibers
Muscle length
longer
shorter
Motor neuron
Ia sensoryneuronstimulate
record
APs in sensory - Motor neuron only
Muscle length
longer
shorter
Motor neuron
Ia sensoryneuronstimulate
record
Motor neuron
APs in sensory - Motor neuron only
APs in sensory - and Motor neurons
Muscle Spindle motor neurons
• permit muscle spindle to function at all muscle lengths
• Maintains sensitivity of the spindle
Ia sensoryneuron
Muscle spindle
Motor neurons
Inhibitory interneuron
Spinal cord
Golgi Tendon Organ
• Operates like muscle spindle, but monitors muscle tension (force)
• Negative feedback because they inhibit the muscle they are located in
APs from GTO
Muscle length
longer
shorter
Increased APs during contraction
Very little at rest
Golgi Tendon Organ
sensoryneuron
Golgi tendon organ
Motor neurons
Inhibitory
interneuron
Spinal cord
Muscle Spindle Response Tendon Organ Response
Passive Stretch Increase APs Decrease APs
Active Contraction No change Increase APs
Summary
• Muscle Spindles– Monitor muscle length– When activated cause contraction
• Golgi Tendon Organ– Monitor muscle tension– When activated reduce contraction
Whole muscle physiology
• Types of skeletal muscle fibers
• Neural control of muscle contraction
• Production of force
Classification of muscle fiber types
1. Electrical properties of muscle membrane – does muscle have APs?
2. Maximal rate of contraction (Vmax) • determined by myosin ATPase activity
3. Density of SR calcium pumps
4. Density of mitochondria and blood supply
Vertebrate Skeletal Muscle Fiber Types:
1. Tonic
2. Twitch (or Phasic)a. Slow oxidative (Type I)
b. Fast oxidative (Type IIa)
c. Fast glycolytic (Type IIb)
• Tonic fibers– Very slow contractions– Do not produce APs do not twitch– Postural muscles
Twitch muscles• Slow oxidative (Type I)
– Contract slowly– Resist fatigue – Postural
• Fast Oxidative– High rate of contraction– Moderately resistant to fatigue– Rapid, repetitive motion (flight muscles migratory
birds)
• Fast Glycolytic– Rapid contraction– Rapid fatigue
Non-twitch fibers
• Many arthropods (crayfish, insects) do not have muscle APs
• Rather they have graded synaptic potentials
• Calcium released from SR in graded manner
• Degree of contraction depends on summation and facilitation of neural input
Te
nsio
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Vm
Time
Muscle AP
Te
nsio
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Vm
Time
Summation of Synaptic Potential
Non-twitch fibers
• Graded potential graded contraction
• Even large motor units can have precise contraction
Force is proportional to cross-sectional area