Bakker_1998_Am.J.Physiol_274_C1718

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Title : Effect of clenbuterol on sarcoplasmic reticulum function in single skinned mammalian skeletal muscle fibers - Bakker_1998_Am.J.Physiol_274_C1718
Author(s) : Bakker AJ , Head SI , Wareham AC , Stephenson DG
Ref : American Journal of Physiology , 274 :C1718 , 1998
Abstract :

We examined the effect of the beta2-agonist clenbuterol (50 microM) on depolarization-induced force responses and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) function in muscle fibers of the rat (Rattus norvegicus; killed by halothane overdose) that had been mechanically skinned, rendering the beta2-agonist pathway inoperable. Clenbuterol decreased the peak of depolarization-induced force responses in the extensor digitorum longus (EDL) and soleus fibers to 77.2 +/- 9.0 and 55.6 +/- 5.4%, respectively, of controls. The soleus fibers did not recover. Clenbuterol significantly and reversibly reduced SR Ca2+ loading in EDL and soleus fibers to 81.5 +/- 2.8 and 78.7 +/- 4.0%, respectively, of controls. Clenbuterol also produced an approximately 25% increase in passive leak of Ca2+ from the SR of the EDL and soleus fibers. These results indicate that clenbuterol has direct effects on fast- and slow-twitch skeletal muscle, in the absence of the beta2-agonist pathway. The increased Ca2+ leak in the triad region may lead to excitation-contraction coupling damage in the soleus fibers and could also contribute to the anabolic effect of clenbuterol in vivo.

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Bakker AJ, Head SI, Wareham AC, Stephenson DG (1998)
Effect of clenbuterol on sarcoplasmic reticulum function in single skinned mammalian skeletal muscle fibers
American Journal of Physiology 274 :C1718

Bakker AJ, Head SI, Wareham AC, Stephenson DG (1998)
American Journal of Physiology 274 :C1718