Ca(+) sparklets are subcellular Ca(2+) signals produced by the opening of sarcolemmal L-type Ca(2+) channels. Ca(2+) sparklet activity varies within the sarcolemma of arterial myocytes. In this study, we examined the relationship between Ca(2+) sparklet activity and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) accumulation and release in cerebral arterial myocytes. Our data indicate that the SR is a vast...

Contraction in skeletal muscle is initiated when Ca stored in the SR is released into the myoplasm in response to membrane depolarization. Studies of the mechanisms that control SR Ca release are aided by methods that permit estimating the Ca permeability of the SR membrane or, equivalently, the extent of activation of the SR Ca release channels. This quantity is proportional to the rate of Ca ...

A 4-yr study of spatial and temporal variability in the geochemistry of vadose groundwaters from caves within the Edwards aquifer region of central Texas offers new insights into controls on vadose groundwater evolution, the relationship between vadose and phreatic groundwaters, and the fundamental influence of soil composition on groundwater geochemistry. Variations in Sr isotopes and trace el...

Properties of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) with respect to Ca(2+) loading and release were measured in mechanically skinned fiber preparations from isolated extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles of the rat that were either kept at room temperature (23 degrees C) or exposed to temperatures in the upper physiological range for mammalian skeletal muscle (30 min at 40 or 43 degrees C). The abi...

Rationale: Mutations of the ryanodine receptor (RyR) cause catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT). These mutations predispose to the generation of Ca waves and delayed afterdepolarizations during adrenergic stimulation. Ca waves occur when either sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca content is elevated above a threshold or the threshold is decreased. Which of these occurs in car...

In skeletal muscle, the release of calcium (Ca(2+)) by ryanodine sensitive sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) release channels (i.e., ryanodine receptors; RyR1s) is the primary determinant of contractile filament activation. Much attention has been focused on calsequestrin (CASQ1) and its role in SR Ca(2+) buffering as well as its potential for modulating RyR1, the L-type Ca(2+) channel (dihydr...

هدیکچ هقباس و فده : ناطرس زا بسانم تاعلاطا اب یم صاخ یئایفارغج هیحان رد فلتخم یاه همانرب ناوت ار یبط یاه یارب لابرغ و نامرد یرگ ) Screening ( هورگ دومن صخشم رطخرپ یاه . نآ زا هک اج گرم نازیم نانمس ناتسا تشادهب زکرم لااب ریم و ی زکرم رد یناقوف شراوگ هاگتسد ناطرس رثا رب ار ی ا هدرک شرازگ ناریا تس . یماـمت تـبث و یـسررب یارـب تفریذپ ماجنا یعماج قیقحت نانمس ناتسا یموب تیعمج نیب رد ناطرس دراوم ...