title: Estimation of stability of [3H]-ouabain binding site concentration in rat and human skeletal muscle post mortem.
abstract: The post mortem stability of the [3H]-ouabain binding site concentration and 3-O-methylfluorescein phosphatase (MFPase) activity was evaluated in rat skeletal muscle. As compared with the values measured in fresh tissue, the [3H]-ouabain binding site concentration in rat soleus muscle only dropped by around 1% per hour post mortem and a significant decrease was only seen after 12 h (15%, p less than 0.02). The 3-O-MFPase activity in rat gastrocnemius muscle showed a similar decrease. After 4 days, both parameters had dropped by 65% (p less than 0.001). In contrast, when intact fresh rat soleus muscles were incubated in Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate buffer at 20 degrees C for 4 days no significant decrease was seen in the [3H]-ouabain binding site concentration. In 10 human subjects the concentration of [3H]-ouabain binding sites was measured in specimens of the vastus lateralis muscle obtained within half an hour and at 6 and 12 h post mortem. The relative decrease after 6 h was insignificant (8%, p less than 0.30), whereas it was significant after 12 h (29%, p less than 0.005). These results have shown that the [3H]-ouabain binding sites in human skeletal muscle are resistant to post mortem degradation during the first 6 h after death. This makes it possible to perform measurements post mortem of the [3H]-ouabain binding site concentration in human skeletal muscle.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nørgaard
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kjeldsen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stenfatt Larsen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grønhøj Larsen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grønhøj Larsen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy; D001665:Binding Sites; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*; D010042:Ouabain / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010042:Ouabain; C045349:3-O-methyl-fluorescein phosphatase; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase