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J Muscle Res Cell Motil ; 19(8): 865-76, 1998 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10047986

ABSTRACT

Recently it has been hypothesized that, in skeletal muscle, NO produced directly by high-frequency stimulation could produce contraction through reactions with thiol groups on the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). However, a possible cGMP-mediated relaxing effect, similar to that seen in smooth muscle, has also been demonstrated. We used purified SR preparations and single fibres from frog fast muscles incubated with different concentrations of sodium nitroprusside (SNP) in this study. The results obtained from a long low-frequency stimulation, together with those from a study on Ca2+ transport regulation, showed that the presence of NO precursor induced: an acceleration of the onset of fatigue in single fibres; a decreased vesicular Ca2+ content due to increased Ca2+ release; a shift to open status in SR Ca2+ channels; an increase in SR Ca2+ pump activity. The data presented in this paper seem to indicate that the increased NO in the muscle fibres can influence muscle activity in different ways, perhaps depending on the metabolic status of the muscle and target (filaments, sarcolemma, SR) with which the NO (or its derivatives) acts.


Subject(s)
Calcium/pharmacokinetics , Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/enzymology , Nitric Oxide Donors/pharmacology , Nitroprusside/pharmacology , Sulfhydryl Reagents/pharmacology , Animals , Anura , Biological Transport/drug effects , Biological Transport/physiology , Calcium-Transporting ATPases/metabolism , Dibutyryl Cyclic GMP/pharmacology , Guanylate Cyclase/metabolism , Image Processing, Computer-Assisted , Microscopy, Video , Muscle Contraction/drug effects , Muscle Contraction/physiology , Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/chemistry , Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/drug effects , Muscle, Skeletal/cytology , NADPH Dehydrogenase/metabolism , Nitric Oxide/metabolism , Ryanodine/metabolism , Ryanodine/pharmacology , Stress, Mechanical , Tritium
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J Muscle Res Cell Motil ; 13(5): 511-5, 1992 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1281164

ABSTRACT

The S-100ab protein, a mixed isoform member of the S-100 family, stimulates Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+)-release from sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles purified from frog skeletal muscle cells. The effects of S-100ab appear to be specific and result from its peculiar characteristics rather than the fact that it is a calcium-binding protein. Moreover, the addition of S-100ab to the solution completely abolished the inhibition provoked when Ruthenium Red was added alone. Experiments that added labelled Ryanodine with and without S-100 indicated that the protein diminished the affinity of the alkaloid at its receptor site.


Subject(s)
Biomarkers , Calcium Channels/drug effects , Calcium-Binding Proteins/physiology , Calcium/metabolism , S100 Proteins/pharmacology , Sarcoplasmic Reticulum/drug effects , Animals , Calcium Channels/metabolism , Cattle , Muscle Contraction , Muscles/ultrastructure , Nerve Growth Factors , Ranidae/metabolism , Ruthenium Red/pharmacology , Ryanodine/pharmacology , S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit , Sarcoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism
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J Muscle Res Cell Motil ; 5(5): 503-13, 1984 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6334695

ABSTRACT

The maximum velocity of shortening (Vmax) was determined at preset times during the development and the plateau of isometric tetani in single fibres isolated from the tibialis anterior muscle of the frog. Experiments were performed at low temperature (3.6-6 degrees C) and at about 2.25 micron sarcomere length. The controlled velocity release method was used. Vmax was measured by determining the lowest velocity of release required to keep the tension at zero. Extreme care was taken in dissection and mounting of the fibres in order to make the passive series compliance very small. The value of Vmax at the end of the latent period for the development of isometric tension (at 4.5 degrees C about 10 ms after the beginning of the stimulus volley) was already the same as later during either the tension rise or at the plateau of isometric tetani. These results show that the value of Vmax of intact fibres is independent of time and activation subsequent to the latent period, and suggest that the cycling rate of the crossbridges may thus attain its steady-state value just at the end of the isometric latent period.


Subject(s)
Muscle Contraction , Muscles/physiology , Animals , Computers , Electric Stimulation , In Vitro Techniques , Isometric Contraction , Kinetics , Rana esculenta
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Pflugers Arch ; 401(4): 396-401, 1984 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6333016

ABSTRACT

The time course of the contractile process was investigated in the presence of AR-L 115BS, a twitch potentiator which is thought to increase the rate of the Ca2+ binding by troponin and to improve the Ca2+ mobilization from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. AR-L 115BS increased markedly the rate of development of the force-velocity (T-V) relation and of the isometric tetanic tension. The effect on the rate of development of the T-V relation was however substantially more intense than that on the speed of rise of tetanic tension, thus reducing considerably the isometric tension level at which the T-V relation attained its final characteristics. The velocity of shortening under zero load and the degree of curvature of the T-V relation were not affected by AR-L 115BS. These findings support the view that the development of the T-V relation and the rise of the isometric tetanic tension measure the time course of two different processes.


Subject(s)
Imidazoles/pharmacology , Muscle Contraction , Muscles/physiology , Animals , Electric Stimulation , Muscle Contraction/drug effects , Rana esculenta
6.
Cell Biochem Funct ; 2(2): 119-24, 1984 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6088113

ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to determine the possible correlations between cyclic nucleotides cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic guanine monophosphate (cGMP), and haemoglobin (Hb) concentration in nucleated cell suspensions of rabbit bone marrow incubated with erythropoietin (Ep). The levels of cAMP and cGMP were measured following the addition of different Ep concentrations to the suspensions. The Hb concentration was also measured in suspensions treated with Ep, dibutyryl cAMP (db-cAMP) or dibutyryl cGMP (db-cGMP), respectively. The following results were obtained: (1) upon the addition of 1 IU ml-1 Ep, an increase of cAMP levels was related to an increase in Hb concentration; while a decrease of Hb concentration was related to an increase of cGMP levels obtained when 0.1 IU ml-1 Ep was present in the incubation mixture. (2) A mimetic effect on Hb concentration was obtained upon the addition of db-cAMP or db-cGMP to the suspensions. (3) A quantitative correlation was found between the cAMP/cGMP ratio and Hb levels in cellular suspensions. This rapport was reviewed with respect to the controls as a decrease in Hb concentration when the ratio is less than one and an increase in Hb concentration when the ratio is greater than one.


Subject(s)
Bone Marrow/drug effects , Erythropoietin/pharmacology , Hemoglobins/metabolism , Nucleotides, Cyclic/metabolism , Animals , Bone Marrow/metabolism , Bucladesine/pharmacology , Cyclic AMP/metabolism , Cyclic GMP/metabolism , Dibutyryl Cyclic GMP/pharmacology , Erythropoiesis , Female , In Vitro Techniques , Rabbits
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