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  • Title: Intracellular calcium signals measured with indo-1 in isolated skeletal muscle fibres from control and mdx mice.
    Author: Collet C, Allard B, Tourneur Y, Jacquemond V.
    Journal: J Physiol; 1999 Oct 15; 520 Pt 2(Pt 2):417-29. PubMed ID: 10523411.
    Abstract:
    1. Intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) was measured with the fluorescent indicator indo-1 in single skeletal fibres enzymatically isolated from the flexor digitorum brevis and interosseus muscles of control and dystrophic mdx C57BL/10 mice. Measurements were taken from a portion of fibre that was voltage clamped to allow detection of depolarization-induced changes in [Ca2+]i. 2. The mean (+/- s.e.m.) initial resting [Ca2+]i from all control and mdx fibres tested was 56 +/- 5 nM (n = 72) and 48 +/- 7 nM (n = 57), respectively, indicating no significant overall difference between the two groups. However, when comparing a batch of control and mdx fibres obtained from mice older than approximately 35 weeks, resting [Ca2+]i was significantly lower in mdx (16 +/- 4 nM, n = 11) than in control fibres (71 +/- 10 nM, n = 14). 3. Changes in [Ca2+]i elicited by short (5-35 ms) depolarizing pulses from -80 to 0 mV showed similar properties in control and mdx fibres. After a 5 ms duration pulse the mean time constant of [Ca2+]i decay was, however, significantly elevated in mdx as compared to control fibres, by a factor of 1.5-2. For longer pulses, no significant difference could be detected. 4. In response to 50 ms duration depolarizing pulses of various amplitudes the threshold for detection of an [Ca2+]i change and the peak [Ca2+]i reached for a given potential were similar in control and mdx fibres. 5. Overall results show that mdx skeletal muscle fibres are quite capable of handling [Ca2+]i at rest and in response to membrane depolarizations.
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