In skeletal muscle the relaxation of the resting membrane potential induced by K+ permeability changes depends on Cl? transport

2004 ◽  
Vol 447 (4) ◽  
pp. 416-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Geukes Foppen
1979 ◽  
Vol 236 (5) ◽  
pp. C249-C254 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Moore ◽  
J. L. Rabovsky

At a concentration that stimulates the Na pump, insulin hyperpolarizes the plasma membrane of frog sartorius in the presence of substrate-free Ringer. The hyperpolarization ranged from 3.5 to 7.3 mV and averaged 4.7 mV. Ouabain, 10(-4) M, completely blocked the effect of insulin on the membrane potential. Moreover, ouabain completely reversed the insulin-induced hyperpolarization within 20 min. The hyperpolarization produced by insulin was not associated with a detectable increase in the ratio of K+ permeability to Na+ permeability nor with a detectable increase in the concentration of intracellular K+, although a depletion of K+ near the external surface of the membrane cannot be excluded. The results clearly indicate that the hyperpolarization is secondary to stimulation of the Na pump by insulin.


1979 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elis F. Stanley ◽  
Daniel B. Drachman

1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 600-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Thomson ◽  
W. F. Dryden

Resting membrane potentials and membrane conductances of chick skeletal muscle in culture were determined from the 3rd to the 10th day after plating. The effect of tetraethylammonium (TEA) and of replacement of potassium with caesium on these parameters was investigated. Resting membrane potential (Em) rises during myogenesis in vitro and resting membrane conductance (Gm) falls. The initial level of Gm was relatively high (1.2 mS cm−2) but this fell to a final level around 0.2 mS cm−2. The most rapid changes in both parameters occurred between days 3 and 5 of culture. Both TEA and caesium depressed Em and Gm at all stages of development. On the 3rd day of culture Gm was reduced by 0.2 mS cm−2 by both agents. Thereafter, Gm was depressed by about 0.1 mS cm−2. Caesium does not penetrate potassium channels and the reduction in Gm is attributed to block of these channels. This indicates that resting potassium conductance is relatively constant at 0.1 mS cm−2 throughout muscle fibre development. Because TEA produces changes in Gm similar to those produced by caesium, TEA is concluded to be acting at the potassium channel in a manner similar to caesium.


2001 ◽  
Vol 153 (4) ◽  
pp. 677-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Fischer-Lougheed ◽  
Jian-Hui Liu ◽  
Estelle Espinos ◽  
David Mordasini ◽  
Charles R. Bader ◽  
...  

Myoblast fusion is essential to skeletal muscle development and repair. We have demonstrated previously that human myoblasts hyperpolarize, before fusion, through the sequential expression of two K+ channels: an ether-à-go-go and an inward rectifier. This hyperpolarization is a prerequisite for fusion, as it sets the resting membrane potential in a range at which Ca2+ can enter myoblasts and thereby trigger fusion via a window current through α1H T channels.


1990 ◽  
Vol 259 (2) ◽  
pp. E148-E154 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. S. Hundal ◽  
P. Babij ◽  
P. W. Watt ◽  
M. R. Ward ◽  
M. J. Rennie

Rat skeletal muscle glutamine fell by 40% from 4.18 to 2.5 mumols/g wet weight (P less than 0.01) after 4 days of denervation. Over the same period net glutamine efflux from denervated hindlimbs [i.e., arteriovenous (a-v) concentration differences x blood flow] increased 3.5-fold (from -6.72 +/- 1.73 to -26 +/- 4.81 nmol.min-1.g-1, P less than 0.001). Gastrocnemius glutamine synthetase activity fell 48% after denervation (from 475 +/- 81 to 248 +/- 39 nmol.min-1.g-1, P less than 0.001), but glutaminase activity was not significantly altered (17 nmol.min-1.g-1). The maximal activity (Vmax) of the unidirectional Na(+)-dependent glutamine transporter (system Nm) was depressed by 45% from 1,020 +/- 104 to 571 +/- 9 nmol.min-1.g-1 (P less than 0.01), but the concentration at which transport was half maximal (Km) was not significantly altered (control 8.1 +/- 0.6 mM; denervated 6.52 +/- 0.12). Hindlimb denervation resulted in an increase of intramuscular Na+ by 17% and a fall of K+ by 12%, and the resting membrane potential in isolated muscles decreased from -75 +/- 10 to -59.5 +/- 5.5 mV. Membrane potential of perfused denervated muscle, isolated after acute addition of the Na+ channel blocker tetrodotoxin (TTX, 3 microM), repolarized to -66.4 +/- 3.2 mV. In perfused denervated preparations TTX caused an acute recovery of Vmax of unidirectional glutamine transport to 848 +/- 75 nmol.min-1.g-1; Km was unaffected.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1973 ◽  
Vol 52 (12) ◽  
pp. 3011-3018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon L. Bilbrey ◽  
Luis Herbin ◽  
Norman W. Carter ◽  
James P. Knochel

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