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  • Title: Coordinated control of cell Ca(2+) loading and triggered release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum underlies the rapid inotropic response to increased L-type Ca(2+) current.
    Author: Trafford AW, Díaz ME, Eisner DA.
    Journal: Circ Res; 2001 Feb 02; 88(2):195-201. PubMed ID: 11157672.
    Abstract:
    The aim of this study was to investigate how sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) content and systolic Ca(2+) are controlled when Ca(2+) entry into the cell is varied. Experiments were performed on voltage-clamped rat and ferret ventricular myocytes loaded with fluo-3 to measure intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)). Increasing external Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](o)) from 1 to 2 mmol/L increased the amplitude of the systolic Ca(2+) transient with no effect on SR Ca(2+) content. This constancy of SR content is shown to result because the larger Ca(2+) transient activates a larger Ca(2+) efflux from the cell that balances the increased influx. Decreasing [Ca(2+)](o) to 0.2 mmol/L decreased systolic Ca(2+) but produced a small increase of SR Ca(2+) content. This increase of SR Ca(2+) content is due to a decreased release of Ca(2+) from the SR resulting in decreased loss of Ca(2+) from the cell. An increase of [Ca(2+)](o) has two effects: (1) increasing the fraction of SR Ca(2+) content, which is released on depolarization and (2) increasing Ca(2+) entry into the cell. The results of this study show that the combination of these effects results in rapid changes in the amplitude of the systolic Ca(2+) transient. In support of this, the changes of amplitude of the transient occur more quickly following changes of [Ca(2+)](o) than following refilling of the SR after depletion with caffeine. We conclude that the coordinated control of increased Ca(2+) entry and greater fractional release of Ca(2+) is an important factor in regulating excitation-contraction coupling.
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