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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-4-10
pubmed:abstractText
A brief account is given of previous work concerned with the effects which ATP (P2-'purinergic') and alpha-adrenaline receptors have on the activity of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in frog heart atrial cells. More recent experiments made with single atrial trabeculae are also described which suggest, among other things, that ATP and alpha-adrenaline receptors both facilitate the process by which an action potential induces SR calcium discharge in atrial heart cells. The facilitatory effect involved is considerable; at high (greater than or equal to 2 microM) ATP doses, SR calcium discharge seems to be increased about 14-fold and, quite possibly, more than this. Results obtained with different levels of [Ca2+]o during ATP action suggest that the process of calcium-induced calcium release plays little part in the facilitatory process. Its putative mechanism is briefly discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0144-8757
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
987-1002
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Receptor-controlled calcium discharge in frog heart cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, University College London.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article