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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 259: C911-C919, 1990;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 259, Issue 6 C911-C919, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Ca sensitivity and acetylcholine receptor currents of twitch and tonic snake muscle fibers

R. L. Ruff and P. Spiegel
Neurology Service, Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ohio 44106.

Myofibrillar Ca sensitivity and single-channel acetylcholine receptor (AChR) currents were studied in garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) costocutaneous muscle fibers. Nomarski optics were used to identify tonic and fast- and slow-twitch fibers. Measurements of tension generation were made using chemically skinned fibers. The maximum tensions of the three types of fibers were similar, and the fast- and slow-twitch fibers had similar Ca sensitivities. Compared with twitch fibers, tonic fibers had lower threshold Ca concentrations for tension generation and a larger range of Ca concentrations between threshold and maximum tension. The AChR channels were studied by enzymatically removing the nerve terminals and performing patch-clamp recordings on the exposed postsynaptic membrane. Twitch fibers had only one class of end-plate channel with a conductance of approximately 51 pS. Tonic fibers had two types of synaptic channels. One AChR channel in the tonic fibers resembled the type seen in twitch fibers. The other channel in tonic fibers had a smaller conductance of approximately 33 pS and resembled extrajunctional AChRs on denervated twitch fibers.


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