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Duke, A.M. et al.

Effects of Mg(2+) and SR luminal Ca(2+) on caffeine-induced Ca(2+) release in skeletal muscle from humans susceptible to malignant hyperthermia.

Regulation of the ryanodine receptor ( RYR) by Mg(2+) and SR luminal Ca(2+) was studied in mechanically skinned malignant hyperthermia susceptible (MHS) and non-susceptible (MHN) fibres from human vastus medialis. Preparations were perfused with solutions mimicking the intracellular milieu and changes in [Ca(2+)] were detected using fura-2 fluorescence. At 1 mM cytosolic Mg(2+), MHS fibres had a higher sensitivity to caffeine (2-40 mM) than MHN fibres. The inhibitory effect of Mg(2+) on caffeine-induced Ca(2+) release was studied by increasing [Mg(2+)] of the solution containing 40 mM caffeine. Increasing [Mg(2+)] from 1 to 3 mM reduced the amplitude of the caffeine-induced Ca(2+) transient by 77 +/- 7.4 % (n = 8) in MHN fibres. However, the caffeine-induced Ca(2+) transient decreased by only 24 +/- 8.1 % (n = 9) in MHS fibres. In MHN fibres, reducing the Ca(2+) loading period from 4 to 1 min (at 1 mM Mg(2+)) decreased the fraction of the total sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) content released in response to 40 mM caffeine by 90.4 +/- 6.2 % (n = 6). However, in MHS fibres the response was reduced by only 31.2 +/- 17.4 % (n = 6) under similar conditions. These results suggest that human malignant hyperthermia (MH) is associated with reduced inhibition of the RYR by (i) cytosolic Mg(2+) and (ii) SR Ca(2+) depletion. Both of these effects may contribute to increased sensitivity of the RYR to caffeine and volatile anaesthetics.[1]

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Effects of Mg(2+) and SR luminal Ca(2+) on caffeine-induced Ca(2+) release in skeletal muscle from humans susceptible to malignant hyperthermia. Duke, A.M., Hopkins, P.M., Steele, D.S. J. Physiol. (Lond.) (2002) [Pubmed]

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