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January 1, 1981Japanese Circulation Journal-english EditionOpen Access

Effects of acidosis on the excitation-contraction coupling system of cardiac muscle.

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Population

Isolated cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and myofibrils

Comparison

Acidosis (pH 6.4-6.6) vs Normal pH (pH 7.0)

Design

Preclinical

Authors

EOEiichiro OkabeMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and TechnologyMHMichael L. HessVirginia Commonwealth University

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Overview

Hypothesis-generating for SR calcium uncoupling in ischemia; leaves open contribution to human ischemic contracture.

Structured PICO

P
Population
Isolated cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and myofibrils
I
Intervention
Acidosis (pH 6.4-6.6)
C
Comparator
Normal pH (pH 7.0)
O
Outcome
Calcium uptake velocity and ATPase activitysurrogate

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.

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Okabe et al. (1981) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a858e567fcf0fdb395e239bhttps://doi.org/10.1253/jcj.45.1291
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