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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 255: C162-C168, 1988;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 255, Issue 2 C162-C168, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Myocyte deenergization and intracellular free calcium dynamics

Q. A. Li, R. A. Altschuld and B. T. Stokes
Department of Physiological Chemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.

Intracellular free calcium in adult rat heart ventricular myocytes was monitored by single cell fura-2 fluorescence microscopy. The average resting free calcium in rod-shaped quiescent cells was 125 nM (range 70-200 nM). When cells were deenergized with an inhibitor (amytal) and an uncoupler (carbonyl-cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone) of oxidative phosphorylation, there was a small but significant increase (125-380 nM) in intracellular free calcium during the transition to a highly contracted (square) rigor form. After the onset of contracture, which occurred 5-15 min after addition of the above compounds, the increase in free calcium was slow for the first 20 min, reaching a value of only 750 nM. Thereafter, the rate of increase accelerated and 50 min after contracture, free calcium was approximately 3 microM. The increase in free calcium was absolutely dependent on extracellular calcium but was not inhibited by high concentrations of verapamil (2-7 microM), suggesting influx via the Na+-Ca2+ exchange transporter as the cause of calcium increase. However, in calcium repletion protocols the rate of increase in sodium-loaded myocytes was greatly accelerated if cells were not depleted of ATP, confirming suggestions that ATP loss partially inhibits Na+-Ca2+ exchange.


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