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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-7-20
pubmed:abstractText
The bioluminescent calcium indicator aequorin was successfully loaded into mammalian working myocardium of ferrets by a chemical procedure which makes the cells reversibly hyperpermeable through exposure to Ethylenebis-( oxyethylenenitrilo ) tetraacetic acid (EGTA). After undergoing the loading procedure, developed tension at Lmax was 103 +/- 26% of the control, which indicates that the muscles regained normal function. The configurations of the aequorin signals (i.e., calcium transients) and their responses to drugs were the same as reported after microinjection of aequorin. The peak of the Ca++ transient determined by the method of fractional luminescence at 3s intervals of stimulation, 2.5mM [Ca++]o, 22.5 degrees C was 1.1 microM; this value is similar to that reported for microinjection. These results indicate that the chemical loading procedure is a useful alternative to microinjection for loading aequorin into mammalian working myocardium.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0031-6768
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
400
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
338-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
A chemical procedure for loading the calcium indicator acquorin into mammalian working myocardium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't