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Received March 11, 2003
Accepted after revision April 28, 2003

pH-dependent and -independent effects inhibit Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release during metabolic blockade in rat ventricular myocytes

S. C. O'Neill1* and D.A. Eisner1

1 Unit of Cardiac Physiology, Stopford Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: stephen.c.o'neill{at}man.ac.uk.

We have investigated the role of changes of intracellular pH (pHi) in the effects of metabolic blockade (cyanide plus 2-deoxyglucose) on Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in rat ventricular myocytes. pHi and cell length were measured simultaneously. Metabolic blockade decreased the frequency of Ca2+ waves, an effect previously shown to be due to inhibition of Ca2+ release from the SR. This was accompanied by an intracellular acidification. Intracellular acidification was produced in the absence of metabolic inhibition by application of sodium butyrate. A maintained intracellular acidosis produced a decrease of wave frequency. A hysteresis between pHi and wave frequency was observed such that during the onset of the acidification the wave frequency decreased more than in the steady state. Comparison of the steady state relationship between pHi and wave frequency showed that the decrease of wave frequency produced by metabolic blockade was greater than could be accounted for simply by the accompanying decrease of pHi. In other experiments the buffering power of the solution was increased. Under these conditions, metabolic blockade produced no change of pHi but the decrease of wave frequency persisted. We conclude that, although intracellular acidification occurs during metabolic blockade, it is not responsible for most of the inhibition of Ca2+ release from the SR.




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