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The role of sarcoplasmic reticulum and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase in the smooth muscle tone of the cat gastric fundus

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Circular smooth muscle strips isolated from cat gastric fundus were studied in order to understand whether the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and SR Ca2+-ATPase could play a role in the regulation of the muscle tone. Cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), a specific inhibitor of SR Ca2+-ATPase, caused a significant and sustained increase in muscle tone, depending on the presence of extracellular Ca2+. Nifedipine and cinnarizin only partially suppressed the CPA-induced tonic contraction. Bay K 8644 antagonized the relaxant effect of nifedipine in CPA-contracted fundus. Nitric-oxide-releasing agents sodium nitroprusside and 3-morpholino-syd-nonimine completely suppressed the CPA-induced tonic contraction. The blockers of Ca2+-activated K+ channels, tetraethylammonium, charybdotoxin and/or apamin, decreased the contractile effect of CPA. Vanadate increased the tone but did not change significantly the effect of CPA. CPA exerted its contractile effect even when Ca2+ influx was triggered through the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger and the other Ca2+ entry pathways were blocked. Thapsigargin, another specific SR Ca2+-ATPase inhibitor, also increased the muscle tone. The effect of thapsigargin was completely suppressed by sodium nitroprusside and 3-morpholino-sydnonimine and partially by nifedipine. In conclusion, under conditions when the SR Ca2+ATPase is inhibited, the tissue develops a strong tonic contraction and a large part of this is mediated by Ca2+ influx presumably via nifedipine-sensitive Ca2+ channels. This study suggests the important role of SR Ca2+-ATPase in the modulation of the muscle tone and the function of SR as a “buffer barrier” to Ca2+entry in the cat gastric fundus smooth muscle.

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Petkov, G.V., Boev, K.K. The role of sarcoplasmic reticulum and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase in the smooth muscle tone of the cat gastric fundus. Pflügers Arch. 431, 928–935 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004240050087

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