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J Appl Physiol 65: 1950-1956, 1988;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 65, Issue 5 1950-1956, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Relaxation of the diaphragm muscle: influence of ryanodine and fatigue

P. Herve, Y. Lecarpentier, F. Brenot, M. Clergue, D. Chemla and P. Duroux
Service de Pneumologie, Hopital Antoine Beclere, Universite Paris-Sud, Palaiseau, France.

Relaxation of rat diaphragm was shown to be sensitive to load, as previously described for adult mammalian ventricular muscle, because the time course of isotonic relaxation could be changed by changing the load: the lighter the load, the greater the shortening, the quicker the relaxation. Maximum velocity of isotonic relaxation was linearly related to the extent of shortening (r = 0.90). To quantify the degree of load sensitivity, we measured the tRi, i.e., the ratio of time at which the isometric relaxation of the twitch afterloaded at 50% of the isometric peak active tension began to time at which the isometric twitch was relaxed to 50% of the isometric peak active twitch tension. tRi was 0.76 +/- 0.03 (SE) in control conditions but significantly increased to 0.91 +/- 0.02 after ryanodine, which is an inhibitor of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) function, and to 0.89 +/- 0.03 after fatigue. These results suggest that in adult rat diaphragm, as in cardiac muscle, the load sensitivity of relaxation requires a well-functioning SR and that the relaxation abnormalities observed in fatigued diaphragm are related to a dysfunction of the SR.


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