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ArticleJournal of muscle research and cell motility2009

Local calcium signals induced by hyper-osmotic stress in mammalian skeletal muscle cells.

Simona Apostol, Daniel Ursu, Frank Lehmann-Horn, Werner Melzer

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Article in Journal of muscle research and cell motility, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Simona ApostolInstitute of Applied Physiology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89069 Ulm, Germany.
Daniel Ursu
Frank Lehmann-Horn
Werner Melzer
Universität Ulm · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Strenuous activitiy of skeletal muscle leads to temporary osmotic dysbalance and isolated skeletal muscle fibers exposed to osmotic stress respond with characteristic micro-domain calcium signals. It has been suggested that osmotic stress targets transverse tubular (TT) dihydropyridine receptors (DHPRs) which normally serve as voltage-dependent activators of Ca release via ryanodine receptor (RyR1s) of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). Here, we pursued this hypothesis by imaging the response to hyperosmotic solutions in both mouse skeletal muscle fibers and myotubes. Ca fluctuations in the cell periphery of fibers exposed to osmotic stress were accompanied by a substantial dilation of the peripheral TT. The Ca signals were completely inhibited by a conditioning depolarization that inactivates the DHPR. Dysgenic myotubes, lacking the DHP-receptor-alpha1-subunit, showed strongly reduced, yet not completely inhibited activity when stimulated with solutions of elevated tonicity. The results point to a modulatory, even though not essential, role of the DHP receptor for osmotic stress-induced Ca signals in skeletal muscle.

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Calcium SignalingAnimalsCalcium Channels, L-TypeMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMuscle Fibers, SkeletalOsmotic PressureRyanodine Receptor Calcium Release ChannelSaline Solution, HypertonicSarcoplasmic ReticulumCalcium Channels, L-TypeRyanodine Receptor Calcium Release ChannelSaline Solution, Hypertonic

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PMID19437123
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