Creatine kinase in regulation of heart function and metabolism. II. The effect of phosphocreatine on the rigor tension of EGTA-treated rat myocardial fibers

Bundles of rat cardiac fibers were treated with EGTA to increase the permeability of the sarcolemma to ions and small molecules. In the medium without calcium, the EGTA-treated fibers developed rigor tension dependent on the concentration of MgATP in the bathing solution: half-maximal tension was re...

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Published inBiochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular cell research Vol. 803; no. 4; pp. 265 - 270
Main Authors Veksler, Vladimir I., Kapelko, Valery I.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 16.04.1984
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Summary:Bundles of rat cardiac fibers were treated with EGTA to increase the permeability of the sarcolemma to ions and small molecules. In the medium without calcium, the EGTA-treated fibers developed rigor tension dependent on the concentration of MgATP in the bathing solution: half-maximal tension was recorded at 2.5 mM MgATP and maximal tension at 0.1 mM MgATP in the medium. However, in the presence of 15 mM phosphocreatine without added creatine kinase a decrease of MgATP concentration to 0.1 mM did not result in any development of rigor tension. Phosphocreatine prevented rigor tension development in the absence of added MgATP when MgADP was added. In the presence of MgADP, phosphocreatine decreased rigor tension more rapidly and to a higher extent than added MgATP. At 5 mM MgADP, half-maximal rigor tension was observed in the presence of 2 mM phosphocreatine which is close to the K m value for phosphocreatine in the creatine-kinase reaction. These results demonstrate that the intact creatine kinase in the EGTA-treated fibers with increased sarcolemmal permeability is able to ensure rapid replenishment of MgATP in the myofibrillar compartment at the expense of phosphocreatine. The data obtained conform completely to the concept of adenine-nucleotide compartmentation in cardiac cells and of energy channelling by the phosphocreatine-creatine shuttle mechanism.
ISSN:0167-4889
1879-2596
DOI:10.1016/0167-4889(84)90116-2