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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol (October 24, 2007). doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00155.2007
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Submitted on April 12, 2007
Accepted on October 22, 2007

Comparison of the effects of inorganic phosphate on caffeine-induced Ca2+-release in fast- and slow-twitch mammalian skeletal muscle

Giuseppe Saverio Posterino1* and Stacey Leanne Dunn2

1 Discipline of Physiology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
2 Discipline of Physiology, Adelaide University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: giuseppe.posterino{at}adelaide.edu.au.

We compared the effects of 50 mM Pi on caffeine-induced Ca2+ release (Caff-ICR) in mechanically-skinned fast-twitch (FT) and slow-twitch (ST) skeletal muscle fibers of the rat. The time integral (area) of the Caffeine response was reduced by ~57% (FT) and ~27% (ST) after 30 s exposure to 50 mM Pi in either the presence or absence of creatine phosphate (to buffer ADP). Differences in the SR Ca2+ content between FT and ST fibers (~40% vs. 100% SR Ca2+ content (pCa 6.7), respectively) did not contribute to the different effects of Pi observed above; under-loading the SR of ST fibers so that the SR Ca2+ content approximated that of FT fibers resulted in an even smaller (~21%), but not significant reduction in Caff-ICR by Pi. The observed differences between FT and ST fibers described above could arise from fiber type differences in the ability of the SR to accumulate Ca2+-Pi precipitate. To test this, fibers were Ca2+ loaded in the presence of 50 mM Pi. In FT fibers the maximum SR Ca2+ content (pCa 6.7) was subsequently increased by up to 13 times of that achieved when loading for 2 mins in the absence of Pi. In ST fibers, the SR Ca2+ content was only doubled. These data show that Ca2+ release in ST fibers was less affected by Pi than FT fibers and this may be due to a reduced capacity of ST SR to accumulate Ca2+-Pi precipitate. This may account in part for the fatigue-resistant nature of ST fibers.







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