Table II.

Estimated intrinsic cross-bridge parameters of skeletal (larvae and adult zebrafish) and cardiac (adult zebrafish and mouse) myofibrils based on the Brenner's model (Brenner, 1988)

Cross-bridges from: Skeletal sarcomeres Cardiac sarcomeres 
 Larvae zebrafish Adult zebrafish Adult zebrafish Mouse 
fapp (s−116.5 ± 4.3a 4.6 ± 1.1 3.5 ± 0.6 3.4 ± 0.2 
gapp (s−111.1 ± 2.2a 6.3 ± 0.7 1.8 ± 0.1 2.2 ± 0.1 
αF 0.57 ± 0.06 0.40 ± 0.06 0.63 ± 0.04 0.61 ± 0.02 
NF (kPa) 71 ± 8b 46 ± 4 79 ± 7 96 ± 7 
Cross-bridges from: Skeletal sarcomeres Cardiac sarcomeres 
 Larvae zebrafish Adult zebrafish Adult zebrafish Mouse 
fapp (s−116.5 ± 4.3a 4.6 ± 1.1 3.5 ± 0.6 3.4 ± 0.2 
gapp (s−111.1 ± 2.2a 6.3 ± 0.7 1.8 ± 0.1 2.2 ± 0.1 
αF 0.57 ± 0.06 0.40 ± 0.06 0.63 ± 0.04 0.61 ± 0.02 
NF (kPa) 71 ± 8b 46 ± 4 79 ± 7 96 ± 7 

Values were compared between skeletal myofibrils from larvae and adult zebrafish (second and third columns), and between cardiac myofibrils from adult zebrafish and mouse (fourth and fifth columns); 1 kPa = 1 nN/µm2.

a

P < 0.05; unpaired t test.

b

P < 0.01; unpaired t test.

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