Voltage-dependent charge movement in frog slow muscle fibres. 1980

W F Gilly, and C S Hui

1. Voltage-clamp experiments on frog slow and twitch fibres were carried out using the three-micro-electrode technique. Potassium currents were blocked by tetraethylammonium. Contraction was blocked by 2 mM-tetracaine. 2. After subtracting the linear capacitive and leakage currents, the delta V(test-control) traces from slow fibres show 'on' and 'off' charge movements similar to those observed in twitch fibres. 3. The time integrals of the 'on' and 'off' transients, Qon and Qoff, in slow fibres are, as in twitch fibres, almost equal in magnitude but opposite in direction. 4. The charge-voltage distribution is well fitted by a sigmoid curve given by (Formula: see text), which has been successfully applied to twitch fibres. Data from three fibres gave V = -25 mV, k = 13 mV, and Qmax = 7 nC/microF. Thus, intramembranous charge in slow fibres has the same steady-state voltage distribution as that in twitch fibres, but the quantity of maximum movable charge is only 1/4 to 1/3 as large. 5. Charge movement in slow fibres does not inactivate completely when the fibres are held at -20 to 0 mV for durations as long as 30 min. 6. These results show that charge movement exists in slow fibres and may serve the same function in regulating contractile activation as that postulated for twitch fibres. The lack of complete inactivation may be consistent with the ability of slow fibres to maintain maximal tension during prolonged depolarizations.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008564 Membrane Potentials The voltage differences across a membrane. For cellular membranes they are computed by subtracting the voltage measured outside the membrane from the voltage measured inside the membrane. They result from differences of inside versus outside concentration of potassium, sodium, chloride, and other ions across cells' or ORGANELLES membranes. For excitable cells, the resting membrane potentials range between -30 and -100 millivolts. Physical, chemical, or electrical stimuli can make a membrane potential more negative (hyperpolarization), or less negative (depolarization). Resting Potentials,Transmembrane Potentials,Delta Psi,Resting Membrane Potential,Transmembrane Electrical Potential Difference,Transmembrane Potential Difference,Difference, Transmembrane Potential,Differences, Transmembrane Potential,Membrane Potential,Membrane Potential, Resting,Membrane Potentials, Resting,Potential Difference, Transmembrane,Potential Differences, Transmembrane,Potential, Membrane,Potential, Resting,Potential, Transmembrane,Potentials, Membrane,Potentials, Resting,Potentials, Transmembrane,Resting Membrane Potentials,Resting Potential,Transmembrane Potential,Transmembrane Potential Differences
D009119 Muscle Contraction A process leading to shortening and/or development of tension in muscle tissue. Muscle contraction occurs by a sliding filament mechanism whereby actin filaments slide inward among the myosin filaments. Inotropism,Muscular Contraction,Contraction, Muscle,Contraction, Muscular,Contractions, Muscle,Contractions, Muscular,Inotropisms,Muscle Contractions,Muscular Contractions
D009132 Muscles Contractile tissue that produces movement in animals. Muscle Tissue,Muscle,Muscle Tissues,Tissue, Muscle,Tissues, Muscle
D011896 Rana temporaria A species of the family Ranidae occurring in a wide variety of habitats from within the Arctic Circle to South Africa, Australia, etc. European Common Frog,Frog, Common European,Common European Frog,Common Frog, European,European Frog, Common,Frog, European Common
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D066298 In Vitro Techniques Methods to study reactions or processes taking place in an artificial environment outside the living organism. In Vitro Test,In Vitro Testing,In Vitro Tests,In Vitro as Topic,In Vitro,In Vitro Technique,In Vitro Testings,Technique, In Vitro,Techniques, In Vitro,Test, In Vitro,Testing, In Vitro,Testings, In Vitro,Tests, In Vitro,Vitro Testing, In

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