| Literature DB >> 2726431 |
M Valdeolmillos1, S C O'Neill, G L Smith, D A Eisner.
Abstract
The "caged" calcium chelator Nitr-5 was incorporated into isolated rat ventricular myocytes. Brief illumination with ultra-violet light made the cell twitch. The light-induced twitch was inhibited by ryanodine (1-10/microM) suggesting that it resulted from calcium-induced release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Inhibition of the Ca current (Ni, 10 mM) abolished the electrically stimulated twitch but did not inhibit the light-induced twitch. These results provide direct evidence for the importance of Ca-induced Ca release in excitation-contraction coupling in the heart.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2726431 DOI: 10.1007/bf00581820
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pflugers Arch ISSN: 0031-6768 Impact factor: 3.657