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Studies on Skinned Fiber Preparations

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Calcium and Contractility

Part of the book series: Contemporary Biomedicine ((CB,volume 5))

Abstract

Smooth muscle contractility may be discussed in terms of the following basic processes (schematically shown in Fig. 1): (a) excitation of the cell membrane, (b) excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling, which includes the release of Ca2+ from internal stores and increased transmembrane Ca2+ transport resulting ultimately in an increase in the cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration, (c) the supply of ATP for contraction and its resynthesis by cell metabolism, and (d) the chemomechanical energy transformation with ATP hydrolysis, catalyzed by the myosin ATPase as the driving force. To these basic processes one might add for consideration the homeostatic mechanisms controlling osmotic pressure, salt concentration, pH, and so forth of the cytoplasm surrounding the contractile structures. Because of the inherently complex nature of the interactions among the above processes, experiments on intact muscle can provide only suggestive information regarding the contractile machinery itself. On the other extreme, studies of the contractile mechanism with isolated contractile proteins lack the structural integrity of the contractile and regulatory systems that could be of critical importance in the intact muscle.

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Meisheri, K.D., Rüegg, J.C., Paul, R.J. (1985). Studies on Skinned Fiber Preparations. In: Grover, A.K., Daniel, E.E. (eds) Calcium and Contractility. Contemporary Biomedicine, vol 5. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5172-9_8

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