PMID- 11897856 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20020620 LR - 20191210 IS - 0022-3751 (Print) IS - 1469-7793 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3751 (Linking) VI - 539 IP - Pt 3 DP - 2002 Mar 15 TI - Differential effects of sarcoplasmic reticular Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibition on charge movements and calcium transients in intact amphibian skeletal muscle fibres. PG - 869-82 AB - A hypothesis in which intramembrane charge reflects a voltage sensing process allosterically coupled to transitions in ryanodine receptor (RyR)-Ca(2+) release channels as opposed to one driven by release of intracellularly stored Ca(2+) would predict that such charging phenomena should persist in skeletal muscle fibres unable to release stored Ca(2+). Charge movement components were accordingly investigated in intact voltage-clamped amphibian fibres treated with known sarcoplasmic reticular (SR) Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitors. Cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) pretreatment abolished Ca(2+) transients in fluo-3-loaded fibres following even prolonged applications of caffeine (10 mM) or K(+) (122 mM). Both CPA and thapsigargin (TG) transformed charge movements that included delayed (q(gamma)) "hump" components into simpler decays. However, steady-state charge-voltage characteristics were conserved to values (maximum charge, Q(max) approximately equal to 20-25 nC microF(-1); transition voltage, V* approximately equal to -40 to-50 mV; steepness factor, k approximately equal to 6-9 mV; holding voltage -90 mV) indicating persistent q(gamma) charge. The features of charge inactivation similarly suggested persistent q(beta) and q(gamma) charge contributions in CPA-treated fibres. Perchlorate (8.0 mM) restored the delayed kinetics shown by "on" q(gamma) charge movements, prolonged their "off" decays, conserved both Q(max) and k, yet failed to restore the capacity of such CPA-treated fibres for Ca(2+) release. Introduction of perchlorate (8.0 mM) or caffeine (0.2 mM) to tetracaine (2.0 mM)-treated fibres, also known to restore q(gamma) charge, similarly failed to restore Ca(2+) transients. Steady-state intramembrane q(gamma) charge thus persists with modified kinetics that can be restored to its normally complex waveform by perchlorate, even in intact muscle fibres unable to release Ca(2+). It is thus unlikely that q(gamma) charge movement is a consequence of SR Ca(2+) release rather than changes in tubular membrane potential. FAU - Chawla, Sangeeta AU - Chawla S AD - Physiological Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK. FAU - Skepper, Jeremy N AU - Skepper JN FAU - Huang, Christopher L-H AU - Huang CL LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - J Physiol JT - The Journal of physiology JID - 0266262 RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Indoles) RN - 0 (Perchlorates) RN - 0 (Sodium Compounds) RN - 3G6A5W338E (Caffeine) RN - 67526-95-8 (Thapsigargin) RN - 97F4MTY3VA (sodium perchlorate) RN - EC 7.2.2.10 (Calcium-Transporting ATPases) RN - RWP5GA015D (Potassium) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) RN - X9TLY4580Z (cyclopiazonic acid) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Caffeine/pharmacology MH - Calcium/*metabolism MH - Calcium-Transporting ATPases/antagonists & inhibitors/*physiology MH - Cytosol/drug effects/metabolism MH - Electrophysiology MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Homeostasis/physiology MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Indoles/pharmacology MH - Kinetics MH - Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/*metabolism MH - Muscle, Skeletal/*metabolism MH - Perchlorates/pharmacology MH - Potassium/pharmacology MH - Rana temporaria MH - Reaction Time/drug effects MH - Sarcoplasmic Reticulum/*enzymology MH - Sodium Compounds/pharmacology MH - *Thapsigargin/pharmacology PMC - PMC2290190 EDAT- 2002/03/19 10:00 MHDA- 2002/06/21 10:01 PMCR- 2003/03/15 CRDT- 2002/03/19 10:00 PHST- 2002/03/19 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/06/21 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2002/03/19 10:00 [entrez] PHST- 2003/03/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PHY_13095 [pii] AID - 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.013095 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Physiol. 2002 Mar 15;539(Pt 3):869-82. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.013095.