The effect of pH on the passive transport of Ca2+ by membranes of fragmented sarcoplasmic reticulum of skeletal muscles
Tugaĭ, V.A.; Kurskiĭ, M.D.; Diadiusha, G.P.; Zakharchenko, A.N.
Ukrainskii Biokhimicheskii Zhurnal 62(4): 67-71
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0201-8470 PMID: 2238156 Document Number: 349937
The initial rate of Ca2+ translocation in vesicular preparations of the sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes is shown to fall with a pH decrease to 6.0 or 5.0 and to rise with a pH change to 7.0 to 7.8 in respect to the initial 6.5. It is established that the Ca2+ sorption by the membranes or their fluidity make no essential contribution to the recorded changes of 45Ca2+ level in the membrane preparations. It is shown that the passive Ca2+ transport depends to a considerable extent on the concentration of a proton at the outer surface of the sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane: an excess of H+ inhibits the Ca2+ input and output, while a decrease of the proton concentration promotes an increase in the rate of these processes in the sarcoplasmic reticulum.