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Increased sarcolemmal Ca2+ transport activity in skeletal muscle of diabetic rats

Y. Taira, T. Hata, P. K. Ganguly, V. Elimban and N. S. Dhalla
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Sarcolemmal membranes were isolated from skeletal muscle by a sucrose density gradient method from rats with diabetes induced by a streptozotocin injection (65 mg/kg iv). The activities of Na(+)-dependent Ca2+ uptake and Ca2(+)-stimulated adenosine-triphosphatase (ATPase) in the sarcolemmal fraction from diabetic rats was higher than those from the control animals. These changes were apparent at various times of incubation (1-10 min) as well as at different concentrations of free Ca2+ (10(-7) to 10(-5) M) and developed during the third and/or fourth weeks after streptozotocin injection. ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake in the sarcolemmal vesicles was also increased at 28 and 56 days after inducing diabetes. Treatment of diabetic animals with insulin for 14 days reversed the changes in Ca2+ transport activities toward the control levels. Sarcolemmal Mg2(+)-ATPase and Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activities remained unchanged in diabetic preparations. Furthermore, no difference in the sarcolemmal phospholipid composition and sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoretic pattern was evident between the control and experimental groups. These results indicate a higher activity of the sarcolemmal Ca2+ transport, which may be associated with hyperfunction of the skeletal muscle in diabetic rats.

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