Research Article

Micromechanical Thermal Assays of Ca2+-Regulated Thin-Filament Function and Modulation by Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mutants of Human Cardiac Troponin

Table 1

Metabolite concentrations in standard and modified motility buffers.

MetabolitesStandard1Modified solutions for motility assays2
Motility bufferControlHigh PiLow ATP

[ ATP ] 2 mM2 mM2 mM0.2 mM
Sucrose phosphorylase5.3 μg/mL5.3 μg/mL
Sucrose10 mM10 mM10 mM
[ Pi ] ~10 μM~1 μM4 mM~1 μM

Creatine kinase (CK)0.1 mg/mL0.1 mg/mL0.1 mg/mL
Creatine (Cr)30 μM30 μM12 μM
Creatine phosphate (CP)1 mM1 mM1 mM
[ ADP ] ~10 μM0.42–0.57 μM0.42–0.57 μM~0.02 μM

Values for [ATP], [Pi], and [ADP] represent final concentrations in motility buffers. [Pi] in columns 3 and 5 were estimated using 𝐾 e q = 0 . 0 6 for the reaction sucrose + Pi ↔α-D-glucose-1-phosphate + D-fructose [52, 54]. [ADP] estimates are based on the equilibrium constant ( 𝐾 e q ) for the reaction ATP + Cr ADP + CP, and are given in columns 3-4 with lowest and highest value corresponding to the lowest (27°C) and highest (42°C) temperatures employed, respectively. The estimate of [ADP] in column 2 was based on Chase and Kushmerick [53].
1Motility buffer (MB) employed in the majority of experiments (data in Figures 14) did not include sucrose phosphorylase and creatine kinase.
2Modified motility buffers were used for experiments shown in Figure 5.