Structural and Functional Characterization of Dog Heart Microsomes
| Autor: | Giuseppe Inesi, W. Gerhard Pohl, Petrus J. Pretorius, Charles S. Smithen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1969 |
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Cytoplasm
Physiology Muscle Proteins chemistry.chemical_element Propranolol Biology Calcium Methoxamine Electron Transport Complex IV Adenosine Triphosphate Dogs Oxygen Consumption Tetracaine Caffeine Microsomes medicine Animals Adenosine Triphosphatases Muscles Myocardium Endoplasmic reticulum Vesicle Skeletal muscle Heart Succinates Mitochondria Muscle Microscopy Electron medicine.anatomical_structure Biochemistry chemistry Microsome Specific activity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Intracellular medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Circulation Research. 25:487-499 |
| ISSN: | 1524-4571 0009-7330 |
| DOI: | 10.1161/01.res.25.4.487 |
| Popis: | Several procedures for the preparation of microsomes from heart tissue were compared. Sucrose was found the most effective addition to preserve the activity of the sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles. Electron microscopy of sectioned pellets shows uniform vesicles, but negative staining of microsomal suspensions allows recognition of mitochondrial fragments, which are found in cardiac microsomal fractions in greater amounts than in skeletal muscle preparations. The quantity of mitochondrial contaminations in different fractions was estimated by measuring enzymatic activities. A comparison of Ca 2+ accumulation, Ca 2+ efflux, and ATPase activity shows identical features in preparations from the heart and from skeletal muscle, although the specific activity is approximately ten times lower in those from the heart. The apparent affinity of sarcoplasmic reticulum for Ca 2+ in vitro justifies the assumption that sarcoplasmic reticulum lowers the intracellular Ca 2+ concentration in the in-vivo heart below the level required for contraction. However, in a weight unit of fresh tissue, the ratio between the maximal Ca 2+ accumulated by SR and the amount of contractile protein is much lower in the heart than in skeletal muscle. Caffeine and, more markedly, propranolol and tetracaine increase efflux of accumulated Ca 2+ and thereby reduce net uptake by fragmented sarcoplasmic reticulum. Isopropylmethoxamine is not effective at millimolar concentrations. |
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