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. 2019 Apr;59(4):509-516.
doi: 10.1002/mus.26423. Epub 2019 Feb 6.

The effects of ATP on the contractions of rat and mouse fast skeletal muscle

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The effects of ATP on the contractions of rat and mouse fast skeletal muscle

Ayrat U Ziganshin et al. Muscle Nerve. 2019 Apr.

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) and adenosine on the contractility of rodent extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle at normal and low temperatures.

Methods: Contractions of rat and mouse isolated EDL were induced by either electrical stimulation (ES) or exogenous carbachol and recorded in the presence of ATP or adenosine (both at 100 μM).

Results: ATP at all temperatures caused a decrease of the contractions induced by carbachol in rat and mouse EDL and ES-induced contractions in rat EDL, while it potentiated the ES-induced contractions of mouse EDL. Adenosine reduced the contractility of rat and mouse EDL evoked by ES and did not affect the carbachol-induced contractions of rat and mouse EDL at any temperature.

Discussion: Under various temperature conditions, ATP inhibits pre- but potentiates postsynaptic processes in the mouse EDL; in the rat EDL ATP causes only inhibition of neuromuscular conduction. Muscle Nerve 59:509-516, 2019.

Keywords: ATP; P2 receptors; adenosine; extensor digitorum longus; fast skeletal muscle; hypothermia.

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