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. 1995 Feb 15;483(Pt 1):155–166. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1995.sp020575

Effects of creatine phosphate and inorganic phosphate on the sarcoplasmic reticulum of saponin-treated rat heart.

D S Steele 1, A M McAinsh 1, G L Smith 1
PMCID: PMC1157879  PMID: 7776229

Abstract

1. Ventricular trabeculae from rat heart were permeabilized by treatment with saponin. In the presence of 150 nM Ca2+, application of 20 mM caffeine released Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), resulting in a transient contracture. Ca2+ released from the SR was detected using fura-2 fluorescence. The amplitudes of the caffeine-induced Ca2+ transients were used to assess SR Ca2+ content. 2. In the absence of creatine phosphate (CP), introduction of 5-30 mM inorganic phosphate (Pi) caused a net release of Ca2+ from the SR. Subsequent caffeine-induced Ca2+ and tension transients were smaller in the presence of Pi. Under these conditions, 30 mM Pi decreased the caffeine-induced Ca2+ transients by 45 +/- 3.1% (mean +/- S.D., n = 14). On removal of Pi, the [Ca2+] transiently decreased and the caffeine-induced Ca2+ transients returned to control levels over 4-6 min. 3. In the presence of CP (5-15 mM), the Ca2+ transients were unaffected by the introduction of Pi (5-30 mM) or slightly increased in amplitude. Pi (30 mM) significantly increased the caffeine-induced Ca2+ transients by 7 +/- 8.8% (mean +/- S.D., n = 19, P < 0.05) in the presence of 15 mM CP. The release of Ca2+ on addition of Pi and decrease in [Ca2+] on Pi withdrawal was less pronounced or absent completely in the presence of CP. The inhibitory effects of Pi on caffeine-induced Ca2+ release became apparent as the [CP] was decreased from 5 to 0 mM. 4. In the presence of the creatine phosphokinase inhibitor dinitro-fluorobenzene (DNFB) the effects of Pi (in the presence of CP) were qualitatively similar to the results obtained in the absence of CP, although the decrease in caffeine-induced Ca2+ release was less pronounced. 5. These results suggest that the rise in [Pi]i during ischaemia or anoxia will have little effect on the regulation of Ca2+ by the SR while the [CP]i remains above 5 mM. However, as the [CP] decreases below 5 mM, the accumulation of Pi within the cytosol will progressively reduce the SR Ca2+ content. CP may act in conjunction with endogenous creatine phosphokinase to modify the response of the SR to Pi, and possible mechanisms are considered.

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