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6235979

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-10-25
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of experiments described here was to test whether deactivation of cardiac myofibrils in acidic pH is associated with decreases in amounts of calcium bound to myofilament troponin. We determined the amounts of myofibrillar bound calcium attributable to troponin, from measurements of calcium binding to myofibrils and to myosin and from determination of the troponin C content of the myofibrillar preparations (0.40 nmol troponin C/mg protein). In measurements done at 2 mM free magnesium, 2 mM (magnesium-adenosine triphosphate, ionic strength 0.12, 22 degrees C, the pCa50 (-log of the half maximally activating molar free calcium) for myofibrillar magnesium-adenosine triphosphatase activity was 5.87 at pH 7.0, 5.49 at pH 6.5, and 5.04 at pH 6.2. This change in calcium sensitivity of myofibrillar magnesium-adenosine triphosphatase activity was present whether or not ethyleneglycol-bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N, N'-tetraacetic acid, was used to buffer the free calcium and whether or not myofibrillar troponin I had been phosphorylated by cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase. However, the change in pCa50 of myofibrillar adenosine triphosphatase activity induced by acidic pH, was greater when free magnesium was reduced from 2.0 to 0.05 mM, and less when free magnesium was increased from 2.0 mM to 10 and 15 mM. The change in pCa50 with acidic pH was less if the ionic strength was reduced from 0.12 to 0.035 M. The magnesium-adenosine triphosphatase activity of troponin/tropomyosin-free myofibrils was independent of pCa and unaffected by a reduction of pH from 7.0 to 6.5. The affinity of myofibrillar troponin C for calcium decreased as pH was reduced from 7.0 to 6.5 and to 6.2 with and without ethyleneglycolbis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N'-tetraacetic acid, and in a manner predicted from the effect of acidic pH on pCa50 for myofibrillar activation. Our results are consistent with the idea that at least part of the mechanism responsible for deactivation of the adenosine triphosphatase activity of cardiac myofilaments in acidic pH is a reduction in the affinity of myofibrillar troponin C for calcium.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0009-7330
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
382-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Inhibition of the activation and troponin calcium binding of dog cardiac myofibrils by acidic pH.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.