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  • Title: [Measuring real-time sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium pumping in skinned muscle fibers].
    Author: Klimov AA.
    Journal: Biofizika; 2006; 51(5):844-51. PubMed ID: 17131823.
    Abstract:
    A method and a device for direct measurements of accumulation of calcium in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and its release from SR as a function of free Ca2+ in bath have been developed. About 30% of the volume inside muscle fibers of swimbladder of Opsanus tau is occupied by SR. A set of solutions was prepared for fiber dissection and making holes in outer membrane without destruction of membranes of the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Calcium was unloaded from SR using EGTA as a pCa buffer. Then solutions with 50-100 microM CaFURA2 or CabisFURA2 were used as pCa-buffer and fluorescent Ca-indicators for measurement of Ca exchange between a fiber with a volume of approximately 10 nl and a solution in the cuvette with a volume of 5 microl. An increase in fluorescence signified an increase in unbound FURA in the bath since Ca2+ pumped into the SR was removed from the bath. The slope represented the rate of Ca2+ uptake by the SR in the muscle fiber, the maximum being about 1.6 M/s per liter of solution in bath or 2.6 mM/s per liter of SR volume. In solutions without oxalate and Ruthenium Red, more Ca2+ was taken up by the SR, and oscillations of the bath free FURA level were often observed, which can be explained by calcium-induced calcium release.
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