Lecture 7: Skeletal Muscle Flashcards

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Characteristics of skeletal muscle cells

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AKA striated muscle fiber. Very large, elongated, and multinucleated. Fuse from undifferentiated myoblasts.

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Satellite cells

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Quiescent skeletal muscle stem cells. Proliferate in response to strain/injury and mediate hypertrophy of other fibers in repair.

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Skeletal muscle striations

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Composed of cytosolic thick myosin and thin actin filaments.

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Myofibril

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Thick/thin filament bundles that attach to tendons and extend end to end within muscle cells, filling most of the cytoplasm

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Thick filaments

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Primarily made of myosin. Tails extend along axis of thick filament with heads extending out the sides as cross bridges

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Thin filaments

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Primarily made of actin in 2 helical intertwined chains; also nebulin, troponin, and tropomyosin. Each actin molecule is a myosin binding site

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Myosin structure

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Composed of 2 heavy chains and 4 light chains. Heavy chains intertwine into a long tail and form the two globular heads of the motor region. Light chains are at the neck.

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Myosin motor head region

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Responsible for contacting the thin filament and exerting force. Contains one binding site for actin (thin-f) and another for ATP (myosin-ATPase)

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Sarcomere

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Basic contractile unit. Bounded by Z-lines and composed of overlapping thick + thin filaments and titin

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Sections of sarcomere

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Z-line, M-line, I band, A band, H zone

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Z-line (disc)

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Defines boundary of sarcomere and anchors thin filaments + titin

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M-line (disc)

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Line (disc) in middle of sarcomere that binds thick filaments + titin

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I band

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Area of sarcomere that contains only thin filaments, no thick

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H zone

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Area of sarcomere that contains only thick filaments, no thin

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A band

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Anisotropic band. Area of sarcomere with entire thick filament. Contains overlapping thick + thin filaments

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Titin

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Protein that gives sarcomere its elastic properties. Links to M-lines and thin filaments.

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Transverse arrangement of thick and thin filaments

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Each thick filament is surrounded by a hexagon of thin filaments; each thin-f is surrounded by a triangle of thick-f. Thus there are about 2x as many thin as there are thick filaments.

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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Network of tubules/sacs that form sleeves around each myofibril and are responsible for storing/releasing Ca2+

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Terminal cisternae

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Located at ends of sarcoplasmic reticulum. Store a high concentration of Ca2+ through calsequestrin and are connected by tubes.

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Transverse tubules

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Invaginations continuous with the sarcolemma and whose lumen is continuous with the ECF. Allow APs to penetrate into the muscle fiber.

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Contraction vs relaxation

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Activation of force generating cross-bridges in muscle. Relaxation is inactivation

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Alpha motor neuron properties

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Alpha motor neurons innervate skeletal muscle fibers and are myelinated + large diameter. 1 motor neuron axon branch innervates 1 fiber, so 1 motor neuron innervates many fibers.

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Motor unit

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Comprised of a motor neuron and all its innervated fibers. All fibers within a motor unit get stimulated together.

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Motor end plate

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Sarcolemma under the motor axon terminal with junctional folds for more surface area. Contains ACh receptors.

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Neuromuscular junction
Structure composed of the motor axon terminal and the motor end plate
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Motor neuron action potentials per muscle fiber action potentials
The NMJ has 1:1 transmission (1 neuron AP means 1 muscle fiber AP)
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Acetylcholinesterase
Enzyme that breaks down ACh at the NMJ for reuptake and recycling.
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How does curare affect muscle contraction?
Inverse agonist for nicotinic ACh receptors. Binds with high affinity without opening channels while resisting AChesterase breakdown, preventing fiber activation.
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Tropomyosin
Protein chains 7 g-actin long that run along the thin-f and partially cover actin's myosin-binding site, preventing cross-bridge contact at rest
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Troponin
"Staples" tropomyosin to its blocking position on actin, 1 per tropomyosin. Complex of TnI, TnT, TnC.
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TnI
Inhibitory subunit of troponin. Binds complex + tropomyosin to actin filament
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TnT
Tropomyosin-binding subunit of troponin
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TnC
Calcium-binding subunit of troponin
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Excitation-contraction coupling
Sequence by which an AP in the sarcolemma activates force-generating mechanism
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How do organophosphates affect skeletal muscle?
Organophosphates inhibit AChesterase, preventing repolarization for further APs. Can be rescued with pralidoxime
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What are rocuronium and vecuronium used for and why?
Both are used in anesthesia. They are nondepolarizing long-lasting NMJ blocks that act similar to curare
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How does botulinum toxin affect the NMJ?
Botunlinum cleaves SNARE proteins, preventing vesicle fusion and thus NT release.
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Dihydropyridine receptor (DHPR)
The DHPR is a transmembrane voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channel in the t-tubule that acts as a voltage sensor for the muscle fiber
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Ryanodine receptor (RyR)
Sarcoplasmic reticulum transmembrane calcium channel which is connected to the DHPR by a foot process, allowing the DHPR to open the RyR and briefly release calcium from the SR on stimulation.
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How much calcium is released from 1 skeletal muscle AP relative to the muscle fiber?
1 AP typically releases enough calcium to briefly saturate all troponin binding sites
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Sliding filament mechanism
Contraction happens by sliding thick and thin filaments past each other, shortening sarcomeres without changing filament length
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Cross-bridge cycle (Lymn Taylor Model)
1. Actin binding (tropomyosin moves) 2. Power stroke (ADP leaves) 3. Dissociation from actin (ATP binding) 4. Myosin cocking (ATP hydrolysis)
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Roles of ATP in skeletal muscle contraction
1. Maintain membrane excitability through resting potential 2. Regulate cytosolic Ca++ 3. Provide energy for cross-bridge motion 4. Dissociate myosin from actin
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Rigor mortis
Without fresh ATP calcium leaks out of the SR -> cross-bridges power stroke but can't release actin -> muscle rigidity
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Rate limiting step of myosin ATPase
Myosin ATPase is rate limited by product dissociation (releasing ADP + Pi); bound actin increases this step by over 2000X
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SERCA
Sarcoendoplasmic Reticulum Calcium ATPase: removes cytosol Ca++ and pumps back into SR; works much slower vs action potential time, so 1 AP lasts 1-2 ms but the corresponding contraction lasts ~100 ms.