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Rapid report: a novel technique for quantitative measurement of free Ca2+ concentration in rat heart mitochondria.
Sheu SS
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Sharma VK
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1. The free mitochondrial Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]m) in rat heart mitochondria was measured quantitatively by loading the mitochondria with fura-2 and then injecting them into Xenopus laevis oocytes. 2. When oocytes were incubated with a physiological solution, the free cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]c) in the oocytes was 82 +/- 11 nM (n = 20, mean +/- s.e.m.) and the [Ca2+]m of the injected rat heart mitochondria was 116 +/- 10 nM (n = 18, mean +/- s.e.m.). 3. Inhibition of the oocyte endoplasmic reticular Ca2+-ATPase with thapsigargin produced a transient increase in averaged [Ca2+]c at sub-micromolar concentrations. 4. Injection of cardiac mitochondria blunted the peak and prolonged the duration of thapsigargin-induced [Ca2+]c transients as a result of Ca2+ sequestration by the cardiac mitochondria. 5. These results demonstrate that the present technique provides a new approach for studying [Ca2+]m regulation quantitatively under physiological environments. Furthermore, it clearly shows that cardiac mitochondria can modify the shape of thapsigargin-induced cytosolic Ca2+ pulses in Xenopus oocytes.
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