Pc. Pape et al., EFFECT OF FURA-2 ON ACTION-POTENTIAL STIMULATED CALCIUM-RELEASE IN CUT TWITCH FIBERS FROM FROG-MUSCLE, The Journal of general physiology, 102(2), 1993, pp. 295-332
Cut fibers (striation spacing, 3.6-4.2 mum) were mounted in a double V
aseline-gap chamber and studied at 14-15-degrees-C. One or both of the
Ca indicators fura-2 and purpurate-3,3'diacetic acid (PDAA) were intr
oduced into the optical recording site by diffusion from the end pools
. Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca release was elicited by action potent
ial stimulation. With resting [fura-2] = 0 mM at the optical site, the
[Ca] transient measured with PDAA was used to estimate SR Ca release
(Baylor, S.M., W.K. Chandler, and M.W. Marshall. 1983. Journal of Phys
iology. 344:625-666). With resting [fura-2] > 0 mM, the contribution f
rom Ca complexation by fura-2 was added to the estimate. When resting
[fura-2] was increased from 0 to 0.5-2 mM, both the amount of SR Ca re
lease and the maximal rate of release were increased by approximately
20%. These results are qualitatively similar to those obtained in inta
ct fibers (Baylor, S.M., and S. Hollingworth. 1988. Journal of Physiol
ogy. 403:151-192; Hollingworth, S., A. B. Harkins, N. Kurebayashi, M.
Konishi, and S. M. Baylor. 1992. Biophysical Journal. 63:224-234) and
are consistent with a reduction of Ca inactivation of SR Ca release pr
oduced by 0.5-2 mM fura-2. With resting [fura-2] greater-than-or-equal
-to 2 mM, the PDAA [Ca] transient was reduced to nearly zero and SR Ca
release could be estimated from DELTA[Cafura-2] alone. When resting [
fura-2] was increased from 2-4 to 5-6 mM, both the amount of SR Ca rel
ease and the maximal rate of release were decreased by approximately h
alf, consistent with a possible reduction of Ca-induced Ca release (Ja
cquemond, V., L. Csernoch, M. G. Klein, and M. F. Schneider. 1991. Bio
physical Journal. 60:867-873) or a possible pharmacological effect of
fura-2.