Electrogenesis of embryonic chick skeletal muscle cells differentiated in monolayer cultures was investigated. Muscle fibers in uitro generate spike potentials similar to those of fibers in wino. However, other responses, plateaux resembling those i n heart muscle, are also elicited. These results s
Development of excitability in embryonic chick skeletal muscle cells
β Scribed by Masaakira Kano
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 541 KB
- Volume
- 86
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9541
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
During embryonic and early postnatal development, the chick leg muscle cells undergo a series of changes in their electrical responses in the following sequence: passive response, plateau response, plateau plus spike response and spike response. This suggests that the electrogenetic mechanism of muscles matures during development; a mechanism producing the plateau may first be induced, and then that producing the spike. The plateau is sensitive to manganese or cobalt ions, while the spike to tetrodotoxin. This suggests that the plateau is related to the increase in permeability to calcium ions, while the spike to sodium ions.
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