Resumen
The role of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in the regulation of cytosolic calcium is briefly reviewed. A method is described for monitoring calcium efflux from relatively large amounts of SR in a newly designed filtration apparatus using membrane filtration. Two phases of Ca2+ efflux from SR preloaded in the presence of oxalate were observed: an early exponential phase, followed by a phase of constant efflux. Changes in pH from 6.8 to 7.4 resulted in increased efflux. A change in the opposite direction resulted in an initial rapid increase in efflux before the expected decrease occurred. Caffeine (10 and 20 mm) caused increased efflux. Addition of 100 μm EGTA to the buffer resulted in major changes in the exponential phase but not in the phase of constant release, and potentiated the effect of caffeine. The method appears suitable for a variety of pharmacological studies in SR as well as other tissue fractions.
Idioma original | English |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 165-174 |
Número de páginas | 10 |
Publicación | Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology |
Volumen | 16 |
N.º | 2 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - feb. 1984 |
Publicado de forma externa | Sí |
Nota bibliográfica
Funding Information:* Supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and the Medical Research Council of Canada. ** To whom requests for offprints should be addressed. t Visiting Research Associate, Presenta ddress: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Molecular Biology
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Comparative Study
- Journal Article
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Review