title: Calcium sequestration by isolated sarcoplasmic reticulum: real-time monitoring using ratiometric dual-emission spectrofluorometry and the fluorescent calcium-binding dye indo-1.
abstract: This study demonstrates a simple, rapid, and reproducible microassay for real-time monitoring of Ca2(+)-sequestration by isolated sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) using ratiometric dual-emission spectrofluorometry and the fluorescent calcium-binding dye indo-1. The SR membranes were isolated by differential centrifugation and suspended in a medium including Ca2+, indo-1, ATP and oxalate. As Ca2+ was sequestered by SR, Ca2(+)-bound indo-1 fluorescence decreased equivalently but reciprocally to the increase in Ca2(+)-free indo-1 fluorescence. The kinetic and thermodynamic properties of Ca2(+)-transport measured fluorometrically were similar to those measured radiometrically by 45Ca2+, with the exception that the former monitors changes in free Ca2+ whereas the latter monitors total Ca2+. An estimate of the maximal rate of change in total Ca2+ could be made by multiplying the maximal rate of change in free Ca2+ by the ratio of initial total Ca2+ to free Ca2+ concentration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Canada.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: O'Brien
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007211:Indoles; D007700:Kinetics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods*; D013552:Swine; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007211:Indoles; C048960:indo-1; D002118:Calcium