Changes in voltage activation of contraction in frog skeletal muscle fibres as a result of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ -ATPase activity

1999 ◽  
Vol 166 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Même ◽  
Léoty
2009 ◽  
Vol 133 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martijn A. Bekedam ◽  
Brechje J. van Beek-Harmsen ◽  
Willem van Mechelen ◽  
Anco Boonstra ◽  
Frans C. Visser ◽  
...  

Intracellular release of calcium in frog skeletal muscle fibres was monitored by the use of arsenazo III, in response to voltage clamped depolarizing pulses. A latency of a few milliseconds was evident between the onset of depolarization and the first detectable rise in the arsenazocalcium signal, and this decreased logarithmically as the depolarization was increased. The minimal latency with strong depolarization (to +20 to +100 mV) was about 2 ms at 5 °C. This delay appears to be sufficiently long to be compatible with a chemically mediated coupling mechanism between depolarization and calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum.


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