Abstract
The ability of the sarcoplasmic reticulum of skinned cardiac muscle of the rat to accumulate and release Ca2+ was studied in the presence and absence of procaine. Ca2+ accumulation was estimated from the magnitude of the caffeine- (30 mM) induced force transient in a weakly Ca2+ buffered solution. The relative area under the caffeine-induced force transient was up to 4-fold greater when 5 mM-procaine had been present during the preceding period of Ca2+ loading, than that after an equivalent period of Ca2+ loading in the absence of procaine. Procaine antagonized the caffeine-induced release of Ca2+ when present in the Ca2+ releasing solution, however, the ability of procaine to attenuate the caffeine-induced Ca2+ release diminished as the extent to which the sarcoplasmic reticulum was loaded with Ca2+ increased. In the presence of 1 mM-Mg2+ procaine also markedly attenuated the small spontaneous force oscillations (5-10% P0) associated with the cyclic release and reuptake of Ca2+ by the sarcoplasmic reticulum. When the Mg2+ concentration was reduced to 0.1 mM, procaine initially suppressed the small spontaneous oscillations in force, however, large force oscillations (40-80% P0) of lower frequency were invariably initiated after 20-60 s exposure to 5 mM-procaine. Procaine (5 mM) produced a slight shift (approximately 0.04 pCa unit) of the force-pCa relation toward lower Ca2+ concentrations. This effect is too small to influence in any substantial way the apparent effects of procaine on the sarcoplasmic reticulum. The results indicate that whilst procaine is indeed able to suppress Ca2+ release under certain circumstances, in its presence the net accumulation of Ca2+ by the sarcoplasmic reticulum can be markedly enhanced.
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