Population
Isolated cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and myofibrils
Comparison
Acidosis (pH 6.4-6.6) vs Normal pH (pH 7.0)
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for SR calcium uncoupling in ischemia; leaves open contribution to human ischemic contracture.
Acidosis (pH 6.4-6.6) significantly uncouples calcium transport from ATP hydrolysis in cardiac SR and alters myofibrillar ATPase activity, potentially mediating contracture in ischemic myocardium.
Okabe et al. (1981) studied this question.
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