Rapid replacement of 0.15 M K gluconate with 0.15 M choline Cl led to multiphasic Ca2+ release from a heavy fraction of rabbit skeletal muscle microsomes. Following the initial lag period (0-50 ms), about 15 nmol of Ca2+/mg of protein was rapidly released with first-order rate constants k = 60-140 s-1. Subsequently, a larger amount of Ca2+ (up to 56 nmol/mg) was released at a slower rate (k = 0.8-1.5 s-1). The Ca2+ released in both rapid and slow phases was reaccumulated within 60 s. In agreement with a previous report (Caswell, A. H., Lau, Y. H., Garcia, M., and Brunschwig, J-P. (1979) J. Biol. Chem. 254, 202-208), French press treatment of the tubule/sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) complex results in dissociation of transverse tubular membrane (T-tubules) from SR. Subsequent incubation with 0.4 M potassium cacodylate results in the reassociation of the complex, as shown by sucrose density-gradient sedimentation. Upon T-tubule dissociation, both rapid and slow Ca2+ release was inhibited. Upon reassociation, the rapid Ca2+ release was completely restored and the slow phase partially restored. The results indicate that the T-tubule associated with SR plays a crucial role in triggering rapid Ca2+ release induced by ionic replacement. Other types of Ca2+ release, e.g. those induced by Ca2+ alone or with drugs such as caffeine and quercetin, are unaffected by T-tubule dissociation, and hence produced by direct stimulation of the SR membrane.
Rapid calcium release from the isolated sarcoplasmic reticulum is triggered via the attached transverse tubular system.
Published 1984 in Journal of Biological Chemistry
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1984-11-10
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