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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 274: H147-H154, 1998;
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Vol. 274, Issue 1, H147-H154, January 1998

Effects of acidosis on Ca2+ sensitivity of contractile elements in intact ferret myocardium

Kimiaki Komukai, Tetsuya Ishikawa, and Satoshi Kurihara

Department of Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105, Japan

We investigated the effects of acidosis on the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) and contractile properties of intact mammalian cardiac muscle during tetanic and twitch contractions. Aequorin was injected into ferret papillary muscles, and the [Ca2+]i and tension were simultaneously measured. Acidosis was attained by increasing the CO2 concentration in the bicarbonate (20 mM)-buffered Tyrode solution from 5% (pH 7.35, control) to 15% (pH 6.89, acidosis). Tetanic contraction was produced by repetitive stimulation of the preparation following treatment with 5 µM ryanodine. The relationship between [Ca2+]i and tension was measured 6 s after the onset of the stimulation and was fitted using the Hill equation. Acidosis decreased the maximal tension to 81 ± 2% of the control and shifted the [Ca2+]i-tension relationship to the right by 0.18 ± 0.01 pCa units. During twitch contraction, a quick shortening of muscle length from the length at which developed tension became maximal (Lmax) to 92% Lmax produced a transient change in the [Ca2+]i (extra Ca2+). The magnitude of the extra Ca2+ was dependent on the [Ca2+]i immediately before the length change, suggesting that the extra Ca2+ is related to the amount of troponin-Ca complex. Acidosis decreased the normalized extra Ca2+ to [Ca2+]i immediately before the length change, which indicates that the amount of Ca2+ bound to troponin C is less when [Ca2+]i is the same as in the control. The decrease in the Ca2+ binding to troponin C explains the decrease in tetanic and twitch contraction, and mechanical stress applied to the preparation induced less [Ca2+]i change in acidosis.

troponin C; length change; aequorin; ventricular muscle


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