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Distribution of calcium ATPase in the sarcoplasmic reticulum of fast- and slow-twitch muscles determined with monoclonal antibodies

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Four monoclonal antibodies against the calcium ATPase in sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of rabbit fast-twitch skeletal muscle were characterized using SDS-PAGE, Western blots and immunofluorescence. The ultrastructural distribution of the antigens was determined using post-embedding immunolabeling. The antibodies recognized the calcium ATPase in the SR but not in transverse (T-) tubule or plasma membranes. The antibody, D12, had the same binding affinity for the calcium ATPase from fast-twitch (rabbit sternomastoid) and slow-twitch (rabbit soleus) fibers and the affinity fell by 30% after fixation for electron microscopy in both types of muscle fiber. Ultrastructural studies revealed that the density of D12 antibody binding to the terminal cisternae membrane of extensor digitorum longus (edl) and sternomastoid fibers was on average seven times greater than in the slow-twitch soleus and semimembranosus fibers. Since the affinity of the ATPase for the antibody was the same in SR from fast- and slow-twitch muscles, the concentration of calcium ATPase in the terminal cisternae membrane of fast-twitch fibers was seven times greater than in slow-twitch fibers. This conclusion was supported by the fact that the concentration of calcium ATPase in light SR membranes was six times greater in SR from fast-twitch fibers than in SR from slow-twitch fibers. The results provide strong evidence that the different calcium accumulation rates in mammalian fast- and slow-twitch muscles are due to different concentrations of calcium ATPase molecules in the SR membrane.

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    Angela F. Dulhunty, Michael R. C. Banyard & C. Jill Medveczky

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Dulhunty, A.F., Banyard, M.R.C. & Medveczky, C.J. Distribution of calcium ATPase in the sarcoplasmic reticulum of fast- and slow-twitch muscles determined with monoclonal antibodies. J. Membrain Biol. 99, 79–92 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01871228

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