Effects of high myoplasmic L-lactate concentration on E-C coupling in mammalian skeletal muscle.
The effects of high myoplasmic L-lactate concentrations (20-40 mM) at constant pH (7.1) were investigated on contractile protein function, voltage-dependent Ca(2+) release, and passive Ca(2+) leak from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in mechanically skinned fast-twitch (extensor digitorum longus; EDL) and slow-twitch (soleus) fibers of the rat. L-Lactate (20 mM) significantly reduced maximum Ca(2+)-activated force by 4 +/- 0.5% (n = 5, P < 0.05) and 5 +/- 0.4% (n = 6, P < 0.05) for EDL and soleus, respectively. The Ca(2+) sensitivity was also significantly decreased by 0.06 +/- 0. 002 (n = 5, P < 0.05) and 0.13 +/- 0.01 (n = 6, P < 0.001) pCa units, respectively. Exposure to L-lactate (20 mM) for 30 s reduced depolarization-induced force responses by ChCl substitution by 7 +/- 3% (n = 17, P < 0.05). This inhibition was not obviously affected by the presence of the lactate transport blocker quercetin (10 microM), or the chloride channel blocker anthracene-9-carboxylic acid (100 microM). L-Lactate (20 mM) increased passive Ca(2+) leak from the SR in EDL fibers (the integral of the response to caffeine was reduced by 16 +/- 5%, n = 9, P < 0.05) with no apparent effect in soleus fibers (100 +/- 2%, n = 3). These results indicate that the L-lactate ion per se has negligible effects on either voltage-dependent Ca(2+) release or SR Ca(2+) handling and exerts only a modest inhibitory effect on muscle contractility at the level of the contractile proteins.
Posterino
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GS
School of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. zoogp@zoo.latrobe.edu.au
Fryer
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MW
D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D004058:Diffusion; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D008274:Magnesium / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D019289:Pyruvic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure
D019344:Lactic Acid; D019289:Pyruvic Acid; D008274:Magnesium; D002118:Calcium