Abstract
We examined effects of ryanodine on tension in intact and skinned amphibian skeletal muscle. 100 μM ryanodine (RY) alone in the frog Ringer's solution (FR) produced tension in the intact muscle reaching its peak by 1 h: 10 min treatment with RY augmented depolarization-induced tension and prevented a subsequent caffeine-induced contraction. In contrast, RY in Ca 2+-free FR was unable to produce tension, after which caffeine produced irreversible tension. In skinned fibers. RY at pCa 6.5 produced tension and abolished a subsequent caffeine-induced contraction: while RY in 2 mM EGTA did not produce tension. These data indicate that RY, in the presence of Ca 2+, releases Ca 2+ from the SR resulting in subsequent depletion of Ca in the SR.
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