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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 200, Issue 23 3033-3041, Copyright © 1997 by Company of Biologists

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Different excitation-contraction coupling mechanisms exist in squid, cuttlefish and octopod mantle muscle

C Rogers, L Nelson and B Brown

Excitation-contraction (EC) coupling was studied in central zone mantle muscle fibres of a squid (Alloteuthis subulata), a cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) and an octopod (Eledone cirrhosa). Thin slices of muscle were used for twitch experiments and enzymatic isolation of single fibres for whole-cell patch-clamp studies. The current required for a supramaximal twitch response during direct stimulation of muscle slices was lower for squid than for cuttlefish. In squid, but not in cuttlefish, the current-response relationship was independent of slice thickness (range 0.1-0.5 mm). Twitches of squid and cuttlefish slices were reversibly abolished by removal of extracellular Ca2+. In squid, but not in cuttlefish, the current-response relationship was Na+-dependent, and in the absence of Na+ higher current strengths were required to generate a supramaximal response. In whole-cell voltage-clamp experiments on isolated muscle fibres from squid, cuttlefish and Eledone cirrhosa, a sustained inward current was recorded upon depolarisation. This current was blocked by 5 mmol l-1 Co2+ and suppressed by 10 micromol l-1 nifedipine. In squid, an additional inward fast-activating transient current was seen which was blocked by 2 micromol l-1 tetrodotoxin and depolarised holding potentials. The fast current represents a voltage-activated Na+ channel, and the slow currents represent L-type Ca2+ channels. We conclude that squid possess a specialised rapid EC coupling mechanism in central zone fibres that is absent in cuttlefish and Eledone cirrhosa.


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