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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 246: C308-C314, 1984;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 246, Issue 3 308-C314, Copyright © 1984 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of calmodulin, Ca2+, and cAMP protein kinase on skinned tracheal smooth muscle

M. P. Sparrow, G. Pfitzer, M. Gagelmann and J. C. Ruegg

The characteristics of contraction and relaxation of membrane skinned smooth muscle from guinea pig trachealis muscle are described. Micromolar Ca2+ elicited reproducible contractions in Mg-ATP salt solution at 20 degrees C. The speed of contraction was much faster at 30 and 37 degrees C, enabling cumulative concentration-response curves to be obtained. At these temperatures, a progressive increase in basal tension occurred in the absence of Ca2+. This tension was active and developed more rapidly at pH 6.7 than at pH 7.0. Calmodulin (0.1-10 microM) greatly increased the speed of contraction and lowered the threshold Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]) required to initiate contraction from 0.13 to 0.02 microM Ca2+. Trifluoperazine antagonized responses to Ca2+. Thiophosphorylation with adenosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) produced maximum tension development, which was Ca2+-independent. This effect was reversible. The results are compatible with myosin-linked regulation of contraction in which a Ca2+ X calmodulin complex activates myosin light chain kinase to phosphorylate myosin. The catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase strongly inhibited tension development and slowly relaxed fibers contracted with threshold [Ca2+] consistent with an action via phosphorylation of myosin light chain kinase. This effect was extremely slow compared with the rate of relaxation by Ca2+ withdrawal or with relaxation of intact smooth muscle by beta-adrenergic agonists.


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