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. 1981 Feb;311:605–622. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1981.sp013607

Potential and tension changes induced by sodium removal in dog Purkinje fibres: role of an electrogenic sodium-calcium exchange.

E Croaboeuf, P Gautier, P Giuraudou
PMCID: PMC1275432  PMID: 7264984

Abstract

1. Isolated dog Purkinje fibres were bathed in K-free media or in the presence of ouabain 10(-4) M in order to depress the electrogenic sodium pump activity. Membrane potential and mechanical tension were recorded in the presence of normal external sodium concentration and during lowering or removal of external Na. 2. Lowering or removal of external Na (Na being replaced by choline, Tris, sucrose or Li) induced a hyperpolarization and a contracture which reached a maximum after 1 or 2 min and then decreased progressively. Using Tris, Em increased from -40 +/- 3 to -72 +/- 10 mV (n = 39). The Na-free contracture and hyperpolarization did not occur in the absence of Na pump depression. 3. Tetrodotoxin (1.2 x 10(-5)M), Mn (4 mM), verapamil (1-4 x 10(-5) M) tetraethylammonium (5 mM), 4-aminopyridine (5 mM) and Cs (20 mM, in the presence of ouabain) did not alter the Na-free contracture and hyperpolarization. On the other hand Mn (20 mM), acid media (external pH less than 6.0) and low temperatures depressed or suppressed both the hyperpolarization and contracture. Lanthanum (0.4 mM) did not suppress the hyperpolarization and the contracture. On the contrary the Na-free contracture was generally increased in the presence of La. 4. Caffeine (10 mM) induced strong contractures with no changes in Em, thus demonstrating the possibility for the Purkinje fibers of developing contractures without concomitant hyperpolarizations. 5. It can be concluded that the Na-free contracture and hyperpolarization are not due to changes in passive conductances but are related to the functioning of an electrogenic Na-Ca exchange mechanism which carries inwardly 1 Ca and outwardly 3 or more Na.

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