The effect of volatile anesthetics (VA) on the pH dependence of calcium uptake by cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) was studied. SR was incubated at 37°C with 45CaCl2 in the control state (no anesthetic) and in the presence of each of the VA from pH 6.6–7.6. The VA used were: halothane, 1.3%; enflurane, 1.8%; and isoflurane, 1.2%. In the control state, the initial rate of calcium uptake, measured after a 2-min incubation, was maximal at pH 6.8 (mean ± SEM:665 ± 37 nmoles/mg) and markedly inhibited at pH 7.6 (107 ± 9 nmoles/mg). In the presence of the VA, the calcium uptake rate was mildly depressed (7–32%) at pH 6.6–6.8, unchanged at pH 7.0, and greatly enhanced (52–78%) at pH 7.2–7.6, when compared to control. The maximal uptake of calcium by the SR at a calcium concentration of 10−6M, measured by a 20-min incubation, had a similar pH dependence in the control state, with a decline first evident at pH 7.2 and a 50% drop in the maximal uptake of calcium from pH 7.0–7.6. The presence of the VA was associated with a uniform depression of the maximal uptake of calcium by the SR at all pH levels measured. In view of these findings, it appears that pH does affect SR function in the presence of VA. This alteration of the pH effect by VA may be a factor responsible for discrepancies in results previously reported by investigators studying the effects of VA on the uptake of calcium by the SR.
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September 1987
The Effect of Volatile Anesthetics on the pH Dependence of Calcium Uptake by Cardiac Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
Eugenie Shalhoub Casella, M.D.;
Eugenie Shalhoub Casella, M.D.
* Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Pediatrics, Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine.
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Nicholas D. A. Suite, B.A.;
Nicholas D. A. Suite, B.A.
† Medical Student.
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Yvonne I. Fisher, B.S.;
Yvonne I. Fisher, B.S.
‡ Research Assistant in Cardiac Anesthesia.
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Thomas J. J. Blanck, M.D., Ph.D.
Thomas J. J. Blanck, M.D., Ph.D.
§ Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine.
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Received from the Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Accepted for publication April 13, 1987.
Supported by the National Institutes of Health Grants GM-30799. Presented in part at the 1986 Meeting of the Biophysical Society, San Francisco, Calilfornia, and at the 1986 meeting of American Society of Anesthesiologists. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Address reprint requests to Dr. Casella: Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Tower 711, 601 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
Anesthesiology September 1987, Vol. 67, 386–390.
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Eugenie Shalhoub Casella, Nicholas D. A. Suite, Yvonne I. Fisher, Thomas J. J. Blanck; The Effect of Volatile Anesthetics on the pH Dependence of Calcium Uptake by Cardiac Sarcoplasmic Reticulum. Anesthesiology 1987; 67:386–390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/00000542-198709000-00016
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