TY - JOUR
T1 - Lactic acid restores skeletal muscle force in an in vitro fatigue model
T2 - Are voltage-gated chloride channels involved?
AU - Bandschapp, Oliver
AU - Soule, Charles L.
AU - Iaizzo, Paul A
PY - 2012/4/1
Y1 - 2012/4/1
N2 - High interstitial K + concentration ([K +]) has been reported to impede normal propagation of electrical impulses along the muscle cell membrane (sarcolemma) and then also into the transverse tubule system; this is one considered underlying mechanism associated with the development of muscle fatigue. Interestingly, the extracellular buildup of lactic acid, once considered an additional cause for muscle fatigue, was recently shown to have force-restoring effects in such conditions. Specifically, it was proposed that elevated lactic acid (and intracellular acidosis) may lead to inhibition of voltage-gated chloride channels, thereby reestablishing better excitability of the muscle cell sarcolemma. In the present study, using an in vitro muscle contractile experimental setup to study functionally viable rectus abdominis muscle preparations obtained from normal swine, we examined the effects of 20 mM lactic acid and 512μM 9-anthracenecarboxylic acid (9-AC; a voltage-gated chloride channel blocker) on the force recovery of Kdepressed (10 mM K +) twitch forces. We observed a similar muscle contractile restoration after both treatments. Interestingly, at elevated [K ++], myotonia (i.e., hyperexcitability or afterdepolarizations), usually present in skeletal muscle with inherent or induced chloride channel dysfunctions, was not observed in the presence of either lactic acid or 9-AC. In part, these data confirm previous studies showing a force-restoring effect of lactic acid in high-[K +] conditions. In addition, we observed similar restorative effects of lactic acid and 9-AC, implicating a beneficial mechanism via voltage-gated chloride channel modulation.
AB - High interstitial K + concentration ([K +]) has been reported to impede normal propagation of electrical impulses along the muscle cell membrane (sarcolemma) and then also into the transverse tubule system; this is one considered underlying mechanism associated with the development of muscle fatigue. Interestingly, the extracellular buildup of lactic acid, once considered an additional cause for muscle fatigue, was recently shown to have force-restoring effects in such conditions. Specifically, it was proposed that elevated lactic acid (and intracellular acidosis) may lead to inhibition of voltage-gated chloride channels, thereby reestablishing better excitability of the muscle cell sarcolemma. In the present study, using an in vitro muscle contractile experimental setup to study functionally viable rectus abdominis muscle preparations obtained from normal swine, we examined the effects of 20 mM lactic acid and 512μM 9-anthracenecarboxylic acid (9-AC; a voltage-gated chloride channel blocker) on the force recovery of Kdepressed (10 mM K +) twitch forces. We observed a similar muscle contractile restoration after both treatments. Interestingly, at elevated [K ++], myotonia (i.e., hyperexcitability or afterdepolarizations), usually present in skeletal muscle with inherent or induced chloride channel dysfunctions, was not observed in the presence of either lactic acid or 9-AC. In part, these data confirm previous studies showing a force-restoring effect of lactic acid in high-[K +] conditions. In addition, we observed similar restorative effects of lactic acid and 9-AC, implicating a beneficial mechanism via voltage-gated chloride channel modulation.
KW - Chloride channel
KW - Skeletal muscle fatigue
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U2 - 10.1152/ajpcell.00279.2011
DO - 10.1152/ajpcell.00279.2011
M3 - Article
C2 - 22237405
AN - SCOPUS:84859466141
SN - 0363-6143
VL - 302
SP - C1019-C1025
JO - American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology
JF - American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology
IS - 7
ER -