SARCOPLASMIC-CA-2+ TRANSIENTS DURING THE CONTRACTILE CYCLE OF SINGLE BARNACLE MUSCLE-FIBERS - MEASUREMENTS WITH ARSENAZO-III-INJECTED FIBERS
SARCOPLASMIC-CA-2+ TRANSIENTS DURING THE CONTRACTILE CYCLE OF SINGLE BARNACLE MUSCLE-FIBERS - MEASUREMENTS WITH ARSENAZO-III-INJECTED FIBERS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00711882
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
SCARPA, A
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作者:
DUBYAK, GR;SCARPA, A
Single muscle fibers from B. nubilus were injected with the metallochromic Ca2+ indicator arsenazo III; multi-wavelength microspectrophotometry was used to monitor changes in the absorption spectrum of such fibers during isometric tension transients elicited by electrical stimulation. Differential absorbance changes, recorded in the 660-720-nm region of the spectrum, were characterized by rapid, nearly linear increases during constant current depolarizing pulses (25-200 ms); upon termination of electrical stimuli, the increased differential absorbance described an exponential (k = 0.6-2.0 s-1) decay toward baseline levels. The maximal increases in these absorbance signals preceded the peaks of the tension transients by 300-400 ms at 15-17.degree. C. Calibration of these optical transients indicated that the initial velocity of the rising phase corresponded to a 0.03 .mu.M ms-1 increase in sarcoplasmic free Ca2+. Appreciable tension was not generated until the apparent peak magnitude of the free Ca2+ transient exceeded 2 .mu.M; a further 3-fold increase (from 2 to 6 .mu.M) in the maximal value of the free Ca2+ transient was accompanied by a 20-fold increase in the magnitude of the tension transient.