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The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 72, 701-715, Copyright © 1978 by The Rockefeller University Press

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Contraction transients of skinned muscle fibers: effects of calcium and ionic strength

J Gulati and RJ Podolsky

Calcium and ionic strength are both known to modify the force developed by skinned frog muscle fibers. To determine how these parameters affect the cross-bridge contraction mechanism, the isotonic velocity transients following step changes in load were studied in solutions in which calcium concentration and ionic strength were varied. Analysis of the motion showed that calcium has no effect on either the null time or the amplitude of the transients. In contrast, the transient amplitude was increased in high ionic strength and was suppressed in low ionic strength. These results are consistent with the idea that calcium affects force in skeletal muscle by modulating the number of force generators in a simple switchlike "on-off" manner and that the steady force at a given calcium level is proportional to cross-bridge number. On the other hand, the effect of ionic strength on force is associated with changes in the kinetic properties of the cross-bridge mechanism.
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