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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 80, 期 1, 页码 435-442出版社
BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76026-2
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES [R01DK033833] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK33833] Funding Source: Medline
We measured the osmotic pressure of diffusible myoplasmic proteins in frog (Rana temporaria) skeletal muscle fibers by using single Sephadex beads as osmometers and dialysis membranes as protein filters. The state of the myoplasmic water was probed by determining the osmotic coefficient of parvalbumin, a small, abundant diffusible protein distributed throughout the fluid myoplasm, Tiny sections of membrane (3.5- and 12-14-kDa cutoffs) were juxtaposed between the Sephadex beads and skinned semitendinosus muscle fibers under oil. After equilibration, the beads were removed and calibrated by comparing the diameter of each bead to its diameter measured in solutions containing 3-12% Dextran T500 (a long-chain polymer). The method was validated using 4% agarose cylinders loaded with bovine serum albumin (BSA) or parvalbumin. The measured osmotic pressures for 1.5 and 3.0 mM BSA were similar to those calculated by others. The mean osmotic pressure produced by the myoplasmic proteins was 9.7 mOsm (4 degreesC). The osmotic pressure attributable to parvalbumin was estimated to be 3.4 mOsm. The osmotic coefficient of the parvalbumin in fibers is similar to3.7 mOsm mM(-1), i.e., roughly the same as obtained from parvalbumin-loaded agarose cylinders under comparable conditions, suggesting that the fluid interior of muscle resembles a simple salt solution as in a 4% agarose gel.
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