Intracellular EDTA mimics parvalbumin in the promotion of skeletal muscle relaxation.
Parvalbumin (PA) is an intracellular Ca2+-binding protein found in some muscle and nerves. Its ability to bind Ca2+ and facilitate skeletal muscle relaxation is limited by its Mg2+ off-rate. EDTA serves as an "artificial" PA in that it exhibited similar rate constants for Mg2+ (3 s-1) and Ca2+ (0.7 s-1) dissociation at 10 degrees C. When introduced into frog skeletal muscle, EDTA increased the relaxation rate by approximately 2.7-fold, and with increasing tetanus duration, EDTA lost its ability to contribute to relaxation (and Ca2+ sequestration) at its Mg2+ off-rate. Intracellular EDTA recovered its ability to contribute to muscle relaxation and Ca2+ sequestration at its Ca2+ off-rate. Like PA, EDTA's contribution to muscle relaxation and Ca2+ sequestration was more clearly observed when the SR Ca-ATPase was inhibited. Introduction of EDTA into rat soleus muscle, which has low [PA], increased the relaxation rate in a manner that was analogous to the way in which PA facilitates relaxation of frog skeletal muscle. Thus intracellular EDTA serves as an effective mimic of PA, and its use should aid in our understanding of PA's function in muscle and nerve.
Department of Medical Biochemistry, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1218 USA. johnson.52@osu.edu
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D000818:Animals; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008274:Magnesium / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D018657:Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010320:Parvalbumins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011896:Rana temporaria; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D019209:Troponin C / Q000378:metabolism
D002614:Chelating Agents; D010320:Parvalbumins; D019209:Troponin C; D004492:Edetic Acid; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D008274:Magnesium; D002118:Calcium