Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Article
  • Published:

Calcium Induced Release of Calcium from the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum of Skinned Skeletal Muscle Fibres

Nature volume 228, pages 34–36 (1970)Cite this article

Abstract

The repeated contractions which can be observed in skinned fibres in appropriate concentrations of caffeine, Ca2+ and chelating agent suggest that calcium release is a regenerative process in which calcium itself causes the release of calcium from the reticulum.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Ebashi, S., and Endo, M., Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol., 18, 123 (1968).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Natori, R., Jikeikai Med. J., 1, 119 (1954).

    Google Scholar 

  3. Hellam, D. C., and Podolsky, R. J., Fed. Proc., 25, 466 (1966).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Weber, A., and Herz, R., J. Gen. Physiol., 52, 750 (1968).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Endo, M., Tanaka, M., and Ebashi, S., Proc. Twenty-fourth Intern. Cong. Physiol. Sci., 7, 126 (1968).

    Google Scholar 

  6. Ebashi, S., Endo, M., and Ohtsuki, I., Quart. Rev. Biophys., 2, 351 (1969).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Ebashi, S., Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 76, 410 (1958).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Martonosi, A., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 13, 273 (1963).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Ohnishi, T., and Ebashi, S., J. Biochem., 54, 506 (1963).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Weber, A., J. Gen. Physiol., 52, 760 (1968).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Adrian, R. H., Chandler, W. K., and Hodgkin, A. L., J. Physiol., 204, 207 (1969).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Weber, A., Herz, R., and Reiss, I., Biochem. Z., 345, 329 (1966).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Ogawa, Y., J. Biochem., 67, 667 (1970).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

    MAKOTO ENDO, MINORU TANAKA & YASUO OGAWA

Authors
  1. MAKOTO ENDO
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. MINORU TANAKA
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. YASUO OGAWA
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

ENDO, M., TANAKA, M. & OGAWA, Y. Calcium Induced Release of Calcium from the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum of Skinned Skeletal Muscle Fibres. Nature 228, 34–36 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228034a0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/228034a0

This article is cited by

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing