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The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 63, 509-530, Copyright © 1974 by The Rockefeller University Press

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Ionic Strength and the Contraction Kinetics of Skinned Muscle Fibers

Marc D. Thames 1, Louis E. Teichholz 1, and Richard J. Podolsky 1

1 From the Laboratory of Physical Biology, National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

The influence of KCl concentration on the contraction kinetics of skinned frog muscle fibers at 5–7°C was studied at various calcium levels. The magnitude of the calcium-activated force decreased continuously as the KCl concentration of the bathing solution was increased from 0 to 280 mM. The shortening velocity at a given relative load was unaffected by the level of calcium activation at 140 mM KCl, as has been previously reported by Podolsky and Teichholz (1970. J. Physiol. [Lond.]. 211: 19), and was independent of ionic strength when the KCl concentration was increased from 140 to 280 mM. In contrast, the shortening velocity decreased as the KCl concentration was reduced below 140 mM; the decrease in velocity was enhanced when the fibers were only partially activated. In the low KCl range, the resting tension of the fibers increased after the first contraction cycle. The results suggest that in fibers activated at low ionic strength some of the cross bridges that are formed are abnormal in the sense that they retard shortening and persist in relaxing solution.

Submitted on August 6, 1973


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