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1 Department of Medicine, Physiology Division, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bjwalsh{at}ucsd.edu.
The purpose of this investigation was to study the effects of acute creatine kinase (CK) inhibition (CKi) on contractile performance, cytosolic [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]c), and intracellular PO2 (PiO2) in Xenopus laevis isolated single myocytes during a 2-min bout of isometric tetanic contractions (0.33 Hz frequency). [Ca2+]c was measured via ratiometric fluorescence microscopy and PiO2 via phosphorescence quenching techniques. Peak tension was not significantly (p>0.05) different between CKi and CON trials during the first contraction. However, peak tension fell significantly (p<0.05) during the 2nd contraction with CKi and remained attenuated compared to CON for the remainder of the contraction bout. The reduction in peak tension seen after the first contraction was associated with a significant reduction in peak [Ca2+]c. There was a significantly greater fall in PiO2 from resting values in CON (26.0 ± 2.2 mmHg) compared to CKi (17.8 ± 1.8 mmHg). However, as end peak tension was reduced in CKi compared to CON, the ratio of CON-to-CKi end peak tension (1.53 ± 0.11) was not different to the ratio of CON-to-CKi PiO2 fall with contractions (1.49 ± 0.11), suggesting an unaltered aerobic cost of contractions between trials. In addition, the speed of the fall in PiO2 at contractions onset, assessed via the time to 63% of the overall PiO2 fall (i.e., mean response time [MRT]) was significantly faster (p<0.05) in the CKi compared to CON trial (CKi = 31.8 ± 5.5 s; CON = 49.3 ± 5.7). Similarly, the speed of the PiO2 recovery following contraction cessation was significantly faster (CKi MRT = 21.2 ± 4.1 s; CON MRT = 68.0 ± 3.2; p<0.001) in the CKi compared to the CON trial. These data demonstrate that initial PCr hydrolysis in single skeletal muscle fibers is crucial for maintenance of SR Ca2+ release and peak tension during a bout of repetitive tetanic contractions. Furthermore, as PiO2 fell more rapidly at contractions onset in the CKi trial compared to CON, these data suggest CK activity buffers temporally the initial [ATP]/[ADP] at the transition to an augmented energetic demand, thereby slowing the initial mitochondrial activation by mitigating the energetic control signal (i.e., [ADP], phosphorylation potential, etc.) between sites of ATP supply and demand.
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