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. 2000 Mar 1;346(Pt 2):385–391.

Estimation of systolic and diastolic free intracellular Ca2+ by titration of Ca2+ buffering in the ferret heart.

H L Kirschenlohr 1, A A Grace 1, J I Vandenberg 1, J C Metcalfe 1, G A Smith 1
PMCID: PMC1220864  PMID: 10677357

Abstract

Spectroscopic Ca(2+)-indicators are thought to report values of free intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) that may differ from unperturbed values because they add to the buffering capacity of the tissue. To check this for the heart we have synthesized a new (19)F-labelled NMR Ca(2+) indicator, 1, 2-bis-[2-bis(carboxymethyl)amino-4,5-difluorophenoxy]ethane ('4, 5FBAPTA'), with a low affinity (K(d) 2950 nM). The new indicator and four previously described (19)F-NMR Ca(2+) indicators 1,2-bis-[2-(1 - carboxyethyl)(carboxymethyl)amino - 5 - fluorophenoxy]ethane ('DiMe-5FBAPTA'), 1, 2-bis-[2-(1-carboxyethyl)(carboxymethyl)amino-4-fluorophenoxy]ethane ('DiMe-4FBAPTA'), 1, 2-bis-[2-bis(carboxymethyl)amino-5-fluorophenoxy]ethane ('5FBAPTA') and 1, 2-bis-[2-bis(carboxymethyl)amino-5-fluoro-4-methylphenoxy]ethane ('MFBAPTA'), with dissociation constants for Ca(2+) ranging from 46 to 537 nM, have been used to measure [Ca(2+)](i), over the range from less than 100 nM to more than 3 microM, in Langendorff-perfused ferret hearts (30 degrees C, pH 7.4, paced at 1.0 Hz) by (19)F-NMR spectroscopy. Loading hearts with indicators resulted in buffering of the Ca(2+) transient. The measured end-diastolic and peak-systolic [Ca(2+)](i) were both positively correlated with indicator K(d). The positive correlations between indicator K(d) and the measured end-diastolic and peak-systolic [Ca(2+)](i) were used to estimate the unperturbed end-diastolic and peak-systolic [Ca(2+)](i) by extrapolation to K(d)=0 (diastolic) and to K(d)=infinity (systolic) respectively. The extrapolated values in the intact beating heart were 161 nM for end-diastolic [Ca(2+)](i) and 2650 nM for peak-systolic [Ca(2+)](i), which agree well with values determined from single cells and muscle strips.

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