AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 270, Issue 1 C192-C199, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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Steady-state twitch Ca2+ fluxes and cytosolic Ca2+ buffering in rabbit ventricular myocytes

L. M. Delbridge, J. W. Bassani and D. M. Bers
Department of Physiology, Loyola University School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA.

Intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) transients and transsarcolemmal Ca2+ currents were measured in indo 1-loaded isolated rabbit ventricular myocytes during whole cell voltage clamp to quantitate the components of cytosolic Ca2+ influx and to describe the dynamic aspects of cytosolic Ca2+ buffering during steady-state contraction (0.5 Hz, 22 degrees C). Sarcolemmal Ca2+ influx was directly measured from the integrated Ca2+ current (Ica) recorded during the clamp (158 +/- 10 attomoles; amol). Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ content was determined from the integrated electrogenic Na+/Ca2+ exchange current (Ix) induced during rapid application and sustained exposure of cells to caffeine to elicit the release of the SR Ca2+ load (1,208 +/- 170 amol). The mean steady-state SR Ca2+ load was calculated to be 87 +/- 13 microM (mumol/l nonmitochondrial cytosolic volume). Ca2+ influx via Ica represented approximately 14% of the stored SR Ca2+ and 23% of the total cytosolic Ca2+ flux during a twitch (47 +/- 6 microM). Comparison of electrophysiologically measured Ca2+ fluxes with Ca2+ transients yields apparent buffering values of 60 for caffeine contractures and 110 for twitches (delta Ca2+ total/delta Ca2+ free). This is consistent with the occurrence of "active" buffering of cytosolic Ca2+ by SR Ca2+ uptake during the twitch.

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