Extent of Increase in Intracellular Calcium Concentration in Electrically Stimulated Chick Embryo Heart Cells Does Not Depend on Resting Intracellular Calcium Concentration

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Abstract

Using Fura-2 digital imaging microscopy, we found two cell populations in chick embryo heart with different resting intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i). Electrical stimulation of the cells led to the same increase in [Ca2+]i in both cell types, e.g. from 118 ± 24 n M up to a peak of 243 ± 67 n M (SD, n = 18) and from 44 ± 15 n M up to a peak of 135 ± 59n M(SD, n = 13) in cells with high and low resting [Ca2+]i, respectively. All the cells showed the same rate of decline in [Ca2+]i. Due to synchronic stimulation and contraction, this method is suitable to measure [Ca2+]i transients at a high time resolution in individual cells.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): CRD

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Cardiology

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0008-6312

Title: Cardiology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 0008-6312

ISSN (Electronic): 1421-9751

Publication date Subscription-year: 1993

Publication date (Print): 1993

Publication date (Electronic): 14 November 2008

Volume: 83

Issue: 1-2

Pages: 55-60

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^aInstitut für Ernährungswissenschaft; ^bStrahlenzentrum, und ^cInstitut für Biochemie und Endokrinologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, BRD

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Publisher ID: 175948 Other ID: Cardiology 1993;83:55–60

DOI: 10.1159/000175948

PubMed ID: 8261488

SO-VID: 2943c4c8-ec92-4c4a-9da7-d5da7b1ffde8

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Date received : 12 April 1993

Date accepted : 22 April 1993

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Pages: 6

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