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1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagoya University, School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
3 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagoya University, School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
4 Department of Physiology, Nagoya University, School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bsuki{at}bu.edu.
The viscoelastic and dynamic nonlinear properties of guinea pig tracheal smooth muscle tissues were investigated by measuring the storage (G') and loss (G") moduli using pseudorandom small-amplitude length oscillations between 0.12 and 3.5 Hz superimposed on static strains of either 10% or 20% of initial length. The G' and G" spectra were interpreted using a linear viscoelastic model incorporating damping (G) and stiffness (H), respectively. Both G and H were elevated following an increase in strain from 10% to 20%. There was no change in harmonic distortion (Kd), an index of dynamic nonlinearity, between 10% and 20% strains. Application of methacholine at 10% strain significantly increased G and H while it decreased Kd. Cytochalasin D, isoproterenol, and HA-1077, a Rho-kinase inhibitor, significantly decreased both G and H but increased Kd. Following cytochalasin D, G, H and Kd were all elevated when mean strain increased from 10% to 20%. There were no changes in hysteresivity, G/H, under any condition. We conclude that not all aspects of the viscoelastic properties of tracheal smooth muscle strips are similar to those previously observed in cultured cells. We attribute these differences to the contribution of the extracellular matrix. Additionally, using a network model, we show that the dynamic nonlinear behavior, which has not been observed in cell culture, is associated with the state of the contractile stress and may derive from active polymerization within the cytoskeleton.
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