Cell and Tissue Research

, Volume 257, Issue 2, pp 237–246 | Cite as

Evidence for extracellular localization of activator calcium in dog coronary artery smooth muscle as studied by the pyroantimonate method

  • Suechika Suzuki
  • Haruo Sugi
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Summary

Correlated physiological and electron-microscopic studies were made on the source of calcium activating the contractile system (activator calcium) in dog coronary artery smooth muscle fibers. The magnitude of contracture tension induced by 100 mM K+ was dependent on external Ca2+ concentration and reduced or eliminated by factors known to reduce the Ca2+ spike or ca2+ influx. Little or no mechanical response was elicited by treatments known to cause release of intracellularly stored calcium. These results indicated that the contractile system is mainly activated by the inward movement of extracellular calcium. In accordance with the physiological experiments, electron-opaque pyroantimonate precipitate containing calcium was found in the lumina of caveolae, but not in any intracellular structures close to the plasma membrane, when the relaxed fibers were fixed in a 1% osmium tetroxide solution containing 2% potassium pyroantimonate. If the contracted fibers were fixed in the same solution, the pyroantimonate precipitate was diffusely distributed in the myoplasm in the form of numerous particles, while the precipitate in the caveolar lumina was scarcely seen. These findings are discussed in connection with the regulation of intracellular Ca2+ concentration in dog coronary artery smooth muscle.

Key words

Coronary vessels Arteries Calcium, localization Cytochemistry X-ray spectral analysis Dog (Carnivora) 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Suechika Suzuki
    • 1
  • Haruo Sugi
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of PhysiologyTeikyo University, School of MedicineTokyoJapan

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