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Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163
Na+-K+-Cl
cotransporter (NKCC) activity in quiescent skeletal muscle is modest.
However, ex vivo stimulation of muscle for as little as 18 contractions
(1 min, 0.3 Hz) dramatically increased the activity of the
cotransporter, measured as the bumetanide-sensitive 86Rb
influx, in both soleus and plantaris muscles. This activation of
cotransporter activity remained relatively constant for up to 10-Hz
stimulation for 1 min, falling off at higher frequencies (30-Hz
stimulation for 1 min). Similarly, stimulation of skeletal muscle with
adrenergic receptor agonists phenylephrine, isoproterenol, or
epinephrine produced a dramatic stimulation of NKCC activity. It did
not appear that stimulation of NKCC activity was a reflection of
increased Na+-K+-ATPase activity because
insulin treatment did not stimulate NKCC activity, despite insulin's
well-known stimulation of Na+-K+-ATPase
activity. Stimulation of NKCC activity could be blocked by pretreatment
with inhibitors of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase 1/2
(MEK1/2) activity, indicating that activation of the
extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) MAPKs may be
required. These data indicate a regulated NKCC activity in skeletal
muscle that may provide a significant pathway for potassium transport
into skeletal muscle fibers.
potassium; electrical stimulation; adrenergic receptor; epinephrine; slow-twitch muscle; fast-twitch muscle; bumetanide; sodium-potassium-adenosinetriphosphatase; ouabain
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