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Intracellular calcium movements during relaxation and recovery of superfast muscle fibers of the toadfish swimbladder
Nelson, FE Hollingworth, S Rome, LC Baylor, SM
Nelson, FE
Hollingworth, S
Rome, LC
Baylor, SM
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2014-01-01
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10.1085/jgp.201411160
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The mating call of the Atlantic toadfish is generated by bursts of high-frequency twitches of the superfast twitch fibers that surround the swimbladder. At 16°C, a calling period can last several hours, with individual 80-100-Hz calls lasting ~500 ms interleaved with silent periods (intercall intervals) lasting ~10 s. To understand the intracellular movements of Ca2+ during the intercall intervals, superfast fibers were microinjected with fluo-4, a high-affinity fluorescent Ca2+ indicator, and stimulated by trains of 40 action potentials at 83 Hz, which mimics fiber activity during calling. The fluo-4 fluorescence signal was measured during and after the stimulus trains; the signal was also simulated with a kinetic model of the underlying myoplasmic Ca2+ movements, including the binding and transport of Ca2+ by the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ pumps. The estimated total amount of Ca2+ released from the SR during a first stimulus train is ~6.5 mM (concentration referred to the myoplasmic water volume). At 40 ms after cessation of stimulation, the myoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]) is below the threshold for force generation (~3 μM), yet the estimated concentration of released Ca2+ remaining in the myoplasm (~[CaM]) is large, ~5 mM, with ~80% bound to parvalbumin. At 10 s after stimulation, [Ca2+] is ~90 nM (three times the assumed resting level) and ~[CaM] is ~1.3 mM, with 97% bound to parvalbumin. Ca2+ movements during the intercall interval thus appear to be strongly influenced by (a) the accumulation of Ca2+ on parvalbumin and (b) the slow rate of Ca2+ pumping that ensues when parvalbumin lowers [Ca2+] near the resting level. With repetitive stimulus trains initiated at 10-s intervals, Ca2+ release and pumping come quickly into balance as a result of the stability (negative feedback) supplied by the increased rate of Ca2+ pumping at higher [Ca2+]. © 2014 Nelson et al.
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Journal of General Physiology
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