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Friction in Myocardial Anoxia Leads to Negative Excess Entropy Production, Self-Organization, and Dissipative Structures
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Jean-Louis, Hébert Alexandre, Vallée Lecarpentier, Yves Claes, Victor Krokidis, Xénophon Schussler, Olivier |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Abstract | Contraction of the heart is caused by actin filaments sliding along myosin filaments. This generates a frictional force inducing wear of the contractile apparatus. We postulated that this process could be exacerbated when the heart was submitted to severe anoxia. Anoxia induced dramatic abnormalities in the molecular properties of actin-myosin crossbridges. We applied the formalism of far-from-equilibrium thermodynamics to the left ventricular papillary muscles (LVPMs) of mammalian rat hearts which had been subjected to a prolonged anoxia (3 h). We showed that when subjected to prolonged anoxia, the heart operated far-from-equilibrium as evidenced by the non-linearity between thermodynamic force (F/T: Frictional force/Kelvin temperature) and thermodynamic flow (v0: myofilament sliding velocity). The rate of entropy production (EPR) was the product of (F/T) and v0. The excess entropy production (EEP) was equal to |
| Starting Page | 6967 |
| e-ISSN | 14220067 |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijms23136967 |
| Journal | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
| Issue Number | 13 |
| Volume Number | 23 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2022-06-23 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | International Journal of Molecular Sciences Biophysics Friction Myocardium Anoxia Far-from-equilibrium Thermodynamics Excess Entropy Production Self-organisation Dissipative Structures |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |