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. 1977 Oct;20(1):113–136. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(77)85539-2

Calcium diffusion in transient and steady states in muscle.

R E Safford, J B Bassingthwaighte
PMCID: PMC1473340  PMID: 901900

Abstract

Rates of diffusion through the extracellular space of thin sheets of myocardium from the right ventricular outflow tract of kittens were estimated at 23 degrees C for 45Ca2+ and an inert reference tracer, [14C]sucrose. The myocardial sheets were mounted in an Ussing chamber and equilibrated with Tyrode solution with varied calcium concentrations, Cao. The tracers were added to one side and their concentrations on the other side measured at 5-15-min intervals for 6 h. The apparent tracer diffusion coefficient for sucrose was 1.11 +/- 0.06 X 10(-6) cm2s-1 (mean +/- SEM, n = 74), 22% of the free diffusion coefficient; the lag time before reaching a steady state provided estimates of the intratissue volume of distribution or diffusion space of 0.41 +/- 0.15 ml/ml tissue (n = 74), a value compatible with expectations for extracellular fluid space. Over the range of Cao from 0.02 to 9.0 mM, the intratissue apparent diffusion coefficient for Ca, DCa, averaged 1.65 +/- 0.10 X 10(-6) cm2s-1, n = 74, which is 21% of the free DoCa, and was not influenced by Cao. Because transsarcolemmal Ca permeation is slow, DCa is the diffusion coefficient in the extracellular region. The paired ratios DCa/Ds averaged 1.32 +/- 0.05 (n = 67) for all levels of Cao but at physiologic or higher Cao averaged 1.45 +/- 0.07 (n = 39), close to the ratio of free diffusion coefficients, 1.53. Equations distinguishing transient from steady state diffusion were fitted to the data, showing that the apparent distribution volume of "binding sites" external to the diffusion pathway diminished at higher Cao in a fashion suggesting that a least two different Ca2+ binding sites were present.

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