Tetanus responses under rapid bath solution change: electrotonic depolarization of transverse tubules may release Ca2+ from sarcoplasmic reticulum of Rana japonica skeletal muscle.
作者信息
Fujishiro N, Kawata H
机构信息
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
Single skeletal muscle fibers were transferred from a normal Ringer solution to Na+ ion free solution, and vice versa, and tetanus responses were recorded immediately after the transfer. 2. Fractional tetanus tension recorded immediately after the displacement from the Na+ ion free solution to normal Ringer solution was dependent on fiber diameter. 3. Diffusion of Na+ ions along the transverse tubules was simulated [apparent diffusion constant was 3.11 x 10(-6) (cm2/s)]. 4. Our results suggest that the electronic spreading of membrane potential, caused by an action potential in the transverse tubules, could release Ca2+ ions from sarcoplasmic reticulum.