9-Methyl-7-bromoeudistomin D induces Ca2+ release from cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum |
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Authors: | A Seino-Umeda YI Fang M Ishibashi J Kobayashi Y Ohizumi |
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Affiliation: | Yokohama Research Center, Mitsubishi Chemical, Japan. |
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Abstract: | 9-Methyl-7-bromoeudistomin D (MBED), the most powerful caffeine-like releaser of Ca2+ from skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum, induced Ca2+ release from the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum. MBED (5 microM) and caffeine (1 mM) caused rapid Ca2+ release from the fragmented cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum in a Ca2+ electrode experiment. 3H]MBED bound to a single class of high-affinity binding sites in cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes (Kd = 150 nM). These results suggest that MBED binds to a specific binding site on cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes to induce Ca2+ release from the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum. Thus, MBED is a useful probe for characterizing Ca2+ release the channels not only in skeletal sarcoplasmic reticulum but also in cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum. |
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