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9038837

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-3-28
pubmed:abstractText
Experiments were undertaken to study the possibility that the calcium channel blocker D-600 (gallopamil), which penetrates into muscle cells (20), facilitates excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle (7) by a direct effect on the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). The effects of D-600 were studied on single phasic muscle fibers, either intact or split open. D-600 potentiated twitches in intact fibers at concentrations lower than those reported in whole muscles. In split fibers, the force produced by caffeine-induced Ca2+ release from the SR was reversibly inhibited by 5 microM D-600, when added to the Ca2+ loading solution. This inhibitory effect was inversely related to temperature, and it was dose dependent. When D-600 was added after Ca2+ loading and before caffeine exposure, or during the caffeine exposure itself, it did not inhibit Ca2+ release, but rather increased the development of force. We conclude that, apart from the blocking effect that D-600 may have on the voltage sensor, the drug penetrates into the myoplasm and affects excitation-contraction coupling by inhibiting the SR Ca2+ pump. This may be the consequence of a conformational change in the transmembrane Ca2+ binding domain of the ATPase.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
272
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
C310-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of the organic Ca2+ channel blocker D-600 on sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ uptake in skeletal muscle.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't