title: Voltage dependence of depolarization-contraction coupling processes in skeletal muscle cells.
abstract: Changes of contraction and optical anisotropy of isolated skeletal muscle cells from Rana temporaria and Astacus fluviatilis were compared under voltage clamp conditions. The time course of the optical signal from frog muscle was shown to consist of two components which could be attributed to calcium binding both on the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca-ATPase and troponin C. The optical signal from the crayfish muscle has no distinguishable components, and its onset probably reflects the start of Ca-ATPase activity. This hypothesis is supported by the analysis of effects of some pharmacological agents and conditioning depolarization on tension and optical signal.
authors.affiliation: Centre of Physiological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lacinová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poledna
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003400:Astacoidea; D001718:Birefringence; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011896:Rana temporaria; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D002110:Caffeine