title: Comparison of Ca++ uptake and spontaneous Ca++ release from sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles isolated from muscle of malignant hyperthermia diagnostic patients.
abstract: Inward Ca++ transport and spontaneous Ca++ release activities were compared among sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) membrane fractions isolated from human skeletal muscle in patients undergoing malignant hyperthermia (MH) diagnostic contracture testing. Two different membrane fractions were isolated, a heavy (8-12,000 X g) and light (12-48,000 X g) fraction, from each diagnostic subject. The rates of inward Ca++ transport were faster in light SR compared to heavy SR, but no statistically significant difference was observed among MH diagnostic groups. Spontaneous Ca++ release occurred at optimum Ca++ preload in all SR fractions and this preload did not differ among MH diagnostic groups. Optimal Ca++ preload for rate of spontaneously released Ca++ was greater in light SR compared to heavy SR. Similarly, rate of Ca++ release was faster in light SR than in heavy SR, but no difference in rate of spontaneously released Ca++ was observed among MH diagnostic groups. Amount of Ca++ released did not differ among SR fractions and it did not differ among diagnostic groups. In contrast to previous studies showing a defect in Ca++-induced Ca++ release, the mechanisms related to spontaneous Ca++ release and to oxalate-facilitated inward Ca++ transport, as measured in this study, appear to be normal in SR from human MH skeletal muscle.
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008305:Malignant Hyperthermia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology; D010070:Oxalates / Q000494:pharmacology; D010641:Phenotype; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010070:Oxalates; D010042:Ouabain; D002118:Calcium