Developmental changes of Ca++ transport systems in chick heart
Vetter, R.; Will, H.; Küttner, I.; Kemsies, C.; Will-Shahab, L.
Biomedica Biochimica Acta 45(1-2): S219-S222
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0232-766X PMID: 3008712 Document Number: 277150
Sarcolemma (SL) Na+/Ca++ exchange, binding of the Ca++ channel antagonist [3H]nitrendipine and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca++ uptake were studied in crude membranes from developing chick heart. Energy-linked Ca++ uptake of mitochondria (MT) was measured in tissue homogenates. When reckoned per unit of heart mass Na+/Ca++ exchange increases linearly (20-fold) from embryonic day 4 to postnatal day 10. These changes correlate strongly with developmental variations of (Na+, K+)ATPase activity. The density of high-affinity [3H]nitrendipine receptors increases in parallel, while the specific affinity does not change SR Ca++ uptake rises steadily during embryogenesis and increases steeply (3-fold) at the time of hatching. Hearts of 10-day-old chickens exhibit 50-fold higher SR Ca++ transport activities than those of 4-day-old embryos. Between the latter stage and postnatal day 10 a more than 100-fold increase of MT Ca++ uptake occurs. The results suggest developmental variations in the contribution of single Ca++ transporting systems in cardiac Ca++ control.