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Recent Publications:

Loya, A.K., S.K. Van Houten, B.M. Glasheen and D.M. Swank (2022) Shortening deactivation: quantifying a critical component of cyclical muscle contraction. American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology. 322:C653-C665.

Trujillo A.S., K.H. Hsu, J. Puthawala, M.C. Viswanathan, A. Loya, T.C. Irving, A. Cammarato, D.M. Swank and S.I. Bernstein (2021) Myosin dilated cardiomyopathy mutation S532P disrupts actomyosin interactions, leading to altered muscle kinetics, reduced locomotion, and cardiac dilation in Drosophila. Mol. Biol. Cell. 32:1690-1706.

Jarvis K.J., K.M. Bell, A.K. Loya, D.M. Swank and S. Walcott (2021) Force-velocity and tension transient measurements from Drosophila jump muscle reveal the necessity of both weakly-bound cross-bridges and series elasticity in models of muscle contraction. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 701:108809.

Bell K.M., A. Huang, W.A. Kronert, S.I. Bernstein and D.M. Swank (2021) Prolonged myosin binding increases muscle stiffness in Drosophila models of Freeman-Sheldon syndrome. Biophys. J. 120:844-854.

Guo, T., W.A. Kronert, K,H. Hsu, A. Huang, F. Sarsoza, K.M. Bell, J.A. Suggs, D.M. Swank and S.I. Bernstein (2020) Drosophila myosin mutants model the disparate severity of type 1 and type 2B distal arthrogryposis and indicate an enhanced actin affinity mechanism. Skeletal Muscle 10:24.

Viswanathan, M.C., W. Schmidt, P. Franz, M.J. Rynkiewicz, C.S. Newhard, A. Madan, W. Lehman, D.M. Swank, M. Preller and A. Cammarato (2020) A role for actin flexibility in thin filament-mediated contractile regulation and myopathy. Nature Commun. 11:2417.

Palmer, B.M., D.M. Swank, M.S. Miller, B.C.W. Tanner, M. Meyer, and M.M. LeWinter (2020) Enhancing diastolic function by strain-dependent detachment of cardiac myosin crossbridges. J. Gen. Physiol. 152:e201912484.

Straight, C.R., K.M. Bell, J.N. Slosberg, M.S. Miller and D.M. Swank (2019) A myosin-based mechanism for stretch activation and its possible role revealed by varying phosphate concentration in fast and slow mouse skeletal muscle fibers. Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol. 317:C1143-1152.

Newhard, C.S., S. Walcott and D.M. Swank (2019) The load dependence of muscle's force-velocity curve is modulated by alternative myosin converter domains. Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol. 316:C844-C861.

Bell, K.M., W.A. Kronert, A. Huang, S.I. Bernstein, and D.M. Swank (2019) The R249Q hypertrophic cardiomyopathy myosin mutation decreases contractility in Drosophila by impeding force production. J. of Physiology. 597:2403-2420.

Kronert, W.A., K.M. Bell, M.C. Viswanathan, G.C. Melkani, A.S. Trujillo, A. Huang, A. Melkani, A. Cammarato, D.M. Swank, and S.I. Bernstein (2018) Prolonged cross-bridge binding triggers muscle dysfunction in a Drosophila model of myosin-based hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Elife. 7:e38064.

Glasheen, B.M., S. Ramanath, M. Patel, D. Sheppard, J.T. Puthawala, L.A. Riley, and D.M. Swank (2018) Five alternative myosin converter domains influence Drosophila muscle power, stretch activation, cross-bridge kinetics and flight. Biophysical Journal. 114(5):1142-1152.

Glasheen, B.M., C.C. Eldred, L.C. Sullivan, C. Zhao, M.K. Reedy, R.J. Edwards, D.M. Swank (2017) Stretch activation properties of Drosophila and Lethocerus indirect flight muscle suggest similar calcium dependent mechanisms. Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol. 313(6):C621-C631.

Suggs J.A., Melkani G.C., Glasheen B.M., Detor M.M., Melkani A., Marsan N.P., Swank D.M., Bernstein S.I. (2017) A Drosophila model of dominant inclusion body myopathy type 3 shows diminished myosin kinetics that reduce muscle power and yield myofibrillar defects. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 10(6):761-771.

Zhao C., Swank D.M. (2017) The Drosophila indirect flight muscle myosin heavy chain isoform is insufficient to transform the jump muscle into a highly stretch-activated muscle type. American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology. 312(2):C111-C118.

Achal M., Trujillo A.S., Melkani G.C., Farman G.P., Ocorr K., Viswanathan M.C., Kaushik G., Newhard C.S., Glasheen B.M., Melkani A., Suggs J.A., Moore J.R., Swank D.M., Bodmer R., Cammarato A., and Bernstein S.I. (2016) A Restrictive Cardiomyopathy Mutation in an Invariant Proline at the Myosin Head/Rod Junction Enhances Head Flexibility and Function, Yielding Muscle Defects in Drosophila. Journal of Molecular Biology. 428(11):2446-61.

Koppes R.A., Swank D.M., Corr D.T. (2015) A new experimental model for force enhancement: steady-state and transient observations of the Drosophila jump muscle. American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology. 309(8):C551-7.

Eldred, C.C., A. Katzemich, M. Patel, B. Bullard and D.M. Swank (2014) The roles of troponin C isoforms in the mechanical function of Drosophila indirect flight muscle. J. Muscle Research and Cell Motility. 35(3-4):211-23.

Koppes, R.A., D.M. Swank, D.T. Corr (2014) A new experimental model to study force depression: The Drosophila jump muscle. Journal of Applied Physiology. 116:1543-1550.

Wang, Q., C.S. Newhard, S. Ramanath, D. Sheppard, and D.M. Swank (2013) An embryonic myosin converter domain influences Drosophila indirect flight muscle stretch activation, power generation and flight. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217:290-298.

Zhao, C. and D.M. Swank (2013) An embryonic myosin isoform enables stretch activation and cyclical power in Drosophila jump muscle. Biophysical Journal.:104, 2662-2670.

Eldred, C.C., N. Naber, R. Cooke, E. Pate, and D. M. Swank (2013) Conformational changes at the nucleotide site in the presence of bound ADP do not set the velocity of fast Drosophila myosins. J. Muscle Research and Cell Motility.: 34:35-42.

Swank, D.M. (2012) Mechanical analysis of Drosophila indirect flight and jump muscles. Methods. 56: 69-77

Wang, Q., C. Zhao and D.M. Swank (2011) Calcium and stretch-activation modulate power generation in Drosophila flight muscle. Biophysical Journal. 101: 2207-2213.

Ramanath, S., Q. Wang, W. A. Kronert, S. I. Bernstein and D. M. Swank (2011) Disrupting the myosin converter-relay interface impairs Drosophila indirect flight muscle performance. Biophysical Journal. 101: 1114-1122.

Clark, K.A., H. Lesage, C. Zhao, M. Beckerle and D. M. Swank (2011) Deletion of Drosophila muscle LIM protein decreases flight muscle stiffness and power generation. Amer. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol. 301:C373-C382

Purcell, T. J., N. Naber, K. Franks-Skiba, A. R. Dunn, C. C. Eldred, C. L. Berger, A. Malnasi-Csizmadia, J. A. Spudich, D. M. Swank, E. Pate, and R. Cooke (2011). Nucleotide pocket thermodynamics measured by EPR reveal how energy partitioning relates myosin speed to efficiency. J. Mol. Biol. 407:79-91.

Yang, C., C. Kaplan, M. Thatcher and D. M. Swank (2010) The influence of myosin converter and relay domains on cross-bridge kinetics of Drosophila indirect flight muscle. Biophysical Journal. 99:1546-1555.

Eldred, C.C. D.R. Simeonov, R.A. Koppes, C. Yang, D.T. Corr and D.M. Swank (2010) The mechanical properties of Drosophila jump muscle expressing wild-type and embryonic myosin isoforms. Biophysical Journal. 98:1218-1226.