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. 1995 Jun;115(3):522–526. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb16365.x

All-or-none augmentation of Ca2+ sensitivity in alpha-toxin-permeabilized single smooth muscle cells from guinea-pig taenia caecum.

M Mita 1, T Hashimoto 1
PMCID: PMC1908411  PMID: 7582467

Abstract

1. Isolated smooth muscle cells from guinea-pig taenia caecum were permeabilized by use of Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin, and the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ store was depleted by exposure to 0.1 microM A23187. 2. Shortening of alpha-toxin-permeabilized single smooth muscle cells was induced by increasing free Ca2+ but was not induced by 0.2 microM free Ca2+. 3. Shortening of the permeabilized cells was caused by application of acetylcholine (ACh) with free Ca2+ concentration held at 0.2 microM. Permeabilized smooth muscle cells responded to 0.3 microM or 1 microM ACh with 0.2 microM Ca2+ with maximal shortening. The concentration-response relationship to ACh had a very steep slope and the cell shortening appeared to be an all-or-none response rather than a graded response, as was the shortening of intact cells to ACh. 4. The shortening of permeabilized cells was also induced by application of guanosine 5'-triphosphate (GTP) with 0.2 microM free Ca2+, showing an all-or-none response. The threshold concentration of GTP that induced an all-or-none response was between 10 microM and 30 microM. 5. These results suggest that Ca2+ sensitivity is augmented by stimulation of the muscarinic receptor or GTP-binding protein(s) in an all-or-none manner. It seems probable that this contributes to the all-or-none response to ACh in intact smooth muscle cells.

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