Developmental changes in intracellular pH buffering power in smooth muscle |
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Authors: | A. J. Bullock R. A. Duquette N. Buttell S. Wray |
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Affiliation: | (1) Physiological Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK, GB |
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Abstract: | Intracellular pH (pHi) is known to modulate contraction. Neonatal tissues can differ from adult tissue in contractile response to stimuli known to alter pHi e.g. hypoxia. Changes of pH are attenuated by buffering, thus any difference in buffering power (β) between tissues could affect their functional response to pHi perturbation. Similarly the extent to which any extracellular pH (pHo) alteration is transmitted into a pHi change will also influence function. We have therefore determined the intrinsic β and effect of pHo change on pHi in neonatal and adult ureteric, uterine and gastric smooth muscles using the pH-sensitive fluorophore carboxy-SNARF. β was found to be similar in the three adult tissues, but there were significant differences between neonatal tissues. In contrast, we found little difference in the amount of pHi change produced by pHo change between neonatal and adult tissues from the same smooth muscle, but a difference between smooth muscles. These data highlight significant differences between smooth muscles and their developmental state, which may contribute to different degrees of protection when pH is perturbed. Received: 17 October 1997 / Received after revision: 27 November 1997 / Accepted: 28 November 1997 |
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Keywords: | pH Smooth muscle Ureter Uterus Stomach Buffering power Development Neonatal |
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