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Under voltage clamp conditions contractile responses and ionic currents of single fibres isolated from rat soleus, denervated for more than 20 days, were recorded in Na-free TEA containing solutions. The relationship between membrane potential and contraction has been analysed under various conditions. The addition of trivalent cations (La3+, Gd3+) resulted in a dose dependent reduction of the contractile response and similar effects were produced by polymyxin B (0.05–0.5 mM). By contrast in the presence of phospholipase D (1–5 U/ml) contractions were significantly increased for all values of depolarization. The time course of the change of tension amplitude after the application of Ca-free medium, was dependent on the amplitude, the duration and the frequency of the depolarization. Upon depolarization glycerol-treated fibres generated contractile responses which were similar to those recorded in normal muscle and were also dependent on [Ca]o. It is proposed that in denervated soleus muscle the negatively charged phospholipids at the outside of the membrane were involved in the depolarization-contraction coupling by means of their Ca binding properties. The quantity of Ca binding sites would be dependent on [Ca]o and membrane potential and their binding properties modified during and/or following variation in membrane potential.
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Léoty, C., Noireaud, J. Membrane Ca2+ interactions and contraction in denervated rat soleus muscle. Pflugers Arch. 408, 153–159 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00581345
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