Calcium-induced chloride currents were studied in Xenopus oocytes using the two-electrode voltage clamp technique. Fluctuations of chloride currents measured under a voltage clamp were elicited by injection of calcium into the cytoplasm. Contrary to infrequent injections of small amounts of calcium which evoked smooth transient responses, these fluctuating chloride currents are due to overloading of intracellular calcium stores which then release calcium repeatedly. Chloride current fluctuations in calcium-overloaded oocytes can be reversibly suppressed by caffeine. This effect is concentration dependent and an amplitude decrease of fluctuations is already apparent at 2 mmoi/1 caffeine. The analysis of power spectra density of fluctuations have displayed the pronounced effect of caffeine. These results suggest that at least a part of the endoplasmic reticulum in Xenopus oocytes is a calcium-releasable calcium store which can be activated at the resting inositol trisphosphate concentration.
The aim of the present study was to compare the oscillations of oxygenation in skeletal muscle between early and late phases in prolonged exercise. During prolonged exercise at 60 % of peak oxygen uptake ( o2) for 60 min and at rest, oxygenated hemoglobin/myoglobin (Hb/MbO2) and total Hb/Mb (THb/Mb) were determined by near-infrared spectroscopy in the vastus lateralis. Power spectra density (PSD) for the difference between Hb/MbO2 and THb/Mb (−HHb/MbO2: deoxygenation) was obtained by fast Fourier transform at rest, in the early phase (1-6 min) and in the late phase (55-60 min) in exercise. Peak PSD in the early phase was significantly higher than that at rest. There were at least three peaks of PSD in exercise. The highest peak was a band around 0.01 Hz, the next peak was a band around 0.04 Hz, and the lowest peak was a band around 0.06 Hz. PSD in the early phase was not significantly different from that in the late phase in exercise. Heart rate (HR) showed a continuous significant increase from 3 min in exercise until the end of exercise. Skin blood flow (SBF) around the early phase was significantly lower than that around the late phase. It was concluded that oscillation of oxygenation in the muscle oxygen system in the early phase is not different from that in the late phase in prolonged exercise despite cardiovascular drift., T. Yano, ... [et al.]., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
It was hypothesized that an oscillation of tissue oxygen index (TOI) determined by near-infrared spectroscopy during recovery from exercise occurs due to feedback control of adenosine triphosphate and that frequency of the oscillation is affected by blood pH. In order to examine these hypotheses, we aimed 1) to determine whether there is an oscillation of TOI during recovery from exercise and 2) to determine the effect of blood pH on frequency of the oscillation of TOI. Three exercises were performed with exercise intensities of 30 % and 70 % peak oxygen uptake (Vo2peak) for 12 min and with exercise intensity of 70 % Vo2peak for 30 s. TOI during recovery from the exercise was analyzed by fast Fourier transform in order to obtain power spectra density (PSD). There was a significant difference in the frequency at which maximal PSD of TOI appeared (Fmax) between the exercises with 70 % Vo2peak for 12 min (0.0039±0 Hz) and for 30 s (0.0061±0.0028 Hz). However, there was no significant difference in Fmax between the exercises with 30 % (0.0043±0.0013 Hz) and with 70 % Vo2peak for 12 min despite differences in blood pH and blood lactate from the warmed fingertips. It is concluded that there was an oscillation in TOI during recovery from the three exercises. It was not clearly shown that there was an effect of blood pH on Fmax., T. Yano, R. Afroundeh, K. Shirakawa, C.-S. Lian, K. Shibata, Z. Xiao, T. Yunoki., and Obsahuje bibliografii