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S T Ohnishi, S Taylor, G A Gronert.
Abstract
Calcium-induced calcium release and halothane-induced calcium release from pig sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) were studied. The SR prepared from pigs susceptible to malignant hyperthermia (MH) was shown to release calcium at a much lower level of calcium content than in normal pig SR. The concentration above which halothane can release calcium is 40 microM for both MH-SR and normal SR, although the latter required a high calcium content to demonstrate the calcium release. Dantrolene was shown to inhibit the halothane-induced calcium release. Results suggest that SR plays an important role in pathogenesis of MH.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6884519 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(83)80739-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124