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Comparative Study
. 1982 Oct;92(4):1287-96.
doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a134047.

Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release from fragmented sarcoplasmic reticulum: a comparison with skinned muscle fiber studies

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Comparative Study

Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release from fragmented sarcoplasmic reticulum: a comparison with skinned muscle fiber studies

Y Kirino et al. J Biochem. 1982 Oct.
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Abstract

Uptake and release of Ca2+ in heavy and light fractions of fragmented sarcoplasmic reticulum (FSR) isolated from frog and rabbit skeletal muscle was studied under conditions similar to those employed in skinned muscle fiber experiments, where ATP and Mg2+ concentrations were considered to be physiological and free Ca2+ concentration was kept constant during the Ca2+ uptake and release. Ca2+ level in FSR monotonously approached a steady state level which depended only on the final experimental conditions. Heavy fractions, but not light fractions, exhibited characteristics similar to those of Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release reported in skinned fiber studies: i) the rate and steady state level of Ca2+ uptake increased with increase in free Ca2+ concentration in the reaction medium up to 10(-6) M. With further increase in free Ca2+ concentration, the steady state level of Ca2+ taken up decreased while the Ca2+ uptake rate increased. ii) The steady state Ca2+ level was decreased by caffeine but increased by procaine or ruthenium red. Parallel measurement of Ca2+-ATPase activity clearly showed that these drugs modify the Ca2+ efflux but hardly affect the Ca2+-pump activity. It was concluded that the Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release mechanism was in operation at as low as 10(-6) M free Ca2+ concentration. Treatment of FSR with 0.6 M KCl did not have any significant effect.

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