Altered cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum function of intact myocytes of rat ventricle during metabolic inhibition

Stephen O'Neill, C. L. Overend, D. A. Eisner, S. C. O'Neill

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    Abstract

    Changes in the behavior of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in rat ventricular myocytes were investigated under conditions of metabolic inhibition using laser-scanning confocal microscopy to measure intracellular Ca2+ and the perforated patch-clamp technique to measure SR Ca2+ content. Metabolic inhibition had several effects on SR function, including reduced frequency of spontaneous releases of Ca2+ (sparks and waves of Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release), increased SR Ca2+ content (79.4±5.7 to 115.2±6.6 μmol/L cell volume [mean±SEM; P
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)181-187
    Number of pages6
    JournalCirculation research
    Volume88
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2 Feb 2001

    Keywords

    • Calcium
    • Cardiac
    • Metabolic inhibition
    • Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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