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. 1992 Mar;448:99–119. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1992.sp019031

Actions of perchlorate ions on rat soleus muscle fibres.

A F Dulhunty 1, P H Zhu 1, M F Patterson 1, G Ahern 1
PMCID: PMC1176189  PMID: 1317445

Abstract

1. The effects of perchlorate (ClO4-) on contraction have been studied in rat soleus muscle fibres using (i) potassium (K+) contracture and (ii) two-microelectrode-point voltage clamp techniques. 2. Membrane potentials (Vm) at all external [K+] were 3-5 mV more negative in ClO4-. The hyperpolarization could not be attributed to a change in Na+, K+, or Cl- permeability, or to an effect on the Na(+)-K+ pump. 3. ClO4- shifts the voltage dependence of tension activation, and contraction threshold, to more negative membrane potentials without altering maximum tension. Consequently, twitches and submaximal K+ contractures were potentiated, whereas tetanic contractions and 200 mM-K+ contractures were unaltered. 4. The decay of K+ contractures during steady depolarization with ClO4- developed a slow exponential phase with an average time constant of 6.05 +/- 0.76 min at -38 mV, and 1.68 +/- 0.15 min at -19 mV. This slow component was (a) under the rapid control of the surface Vm and (b) did not depend on external Ca2+. 5. Inactivation of E-C coupling was measured with a test 200 mM-K+ depolarization following 3-10 min depolarizations in conditioning solutions containing 20-120 mM-K+. ClO4- induced a negative shift in the curve-relating test K+ contracture amplitude to conditioning Vm but did not alter the rate of repriming of tension upon repolarization. 6. The results suggest that ClO4- increases the amount of activator produced during depolarization and thus allows the slow inactivation step in excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling to be reflected in the decay of K+ contracture tension. 7. A 'perchlorate contracture', which did not depend on the activation of E-C coupling, was observed. The contracture depended on external Ca2+, but not on voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels or Na(+)-Ca2+ exchange.

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