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Ca2+ uptake by cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum at low temperature in rat and ground squirrel

B. Liu, D. D. Belke and L. C. Wang
Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

The Ca2+ uptake by isolated cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) was compared between Richardson's ground squirrels and rats at 37, 25, 15, and 5 degrees C. The rate of SR Ca2+ uptake in ground squirrels was significantly higher than in rats over the temperature range. This marked species difference was observed over a Ca2+ concentration range from 0.1 to 10 microM. The Arrhenius plot for Ca2+ uptake was linear for ground squirrels between 37 and 5 degrees C but showed a depression from linearity for rats at 5 degrees C. This temperature sensitivity was also reflected in rat SR Ca2+-adenosinetriphosphatase activity. Analysis of [3H]ryanodine binding in SR suggests that more Ca2+ release channels are in an open state at low temperatures in rats than in ground squirrels. Together, these results suggest that species differences in the response of SR to low temperature may account for the rise in cytosolic free Ca2+ in cold-sensitive species and may be responsible, at least in part, for the inability of cold-sensitive hearts to function at low temperature.

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