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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 274: C1273-C1282, 1998;
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Vol. 274, Issue 5, C1273-C1282, May 1998

Basis for late rise in fura 2 R signal reporting [Ca2+]i during relaxation in intact rat ventricular trabeculae

Yandong Jiang, Michael F. Patterson, David L. Morgan, and Fred J. Julian

Department of Anesthesia Research Laboratories, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Intact rat ventricular trabeculae were injected with the salt form of fura 2, and the fura 2 ratio signal (R) was used to report intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). The fixed end relaxation phase of a twitch is associated with a slowing of the decay of the R signal, or even a reversal, to form a distinct bump, indicating a transient rise in [Ca2+]i. The bump is most prominent at 30°C, and motion artifact is not its cause. Increasing doses of 2,3-butanedione monoxime caused progressive attenuation of the twitch and bump. Increasing the bathing Ca2+ concentration potentiated the twitch and enhanced the bump. Imposed muscle shortening during relaxation caused a much quicker force decline, and this led to the appearance of a much more prominent associated bump. The amplitude of the bump depends on the amplitude of twitch force and the rate of relaxation. These findings can be explained, as in skeletal muscle, by making cross-bridge attachment and Ca2+ binding to troponin C strongly cooperative; therefore, the bump during fast relaxation is produced by a reversal of this cooperativity, leading to rapid dissociation of Ca2+ from troponin C into the myoplasm.

fluorescence; intracellular calcium; 2,3-butanedione monoxime; bathing calcium; ramp shortening


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