Mg2+Dependence of Halothane-induced Ca2+Release from the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in Skeletal Muscle from Humans Susceptible to Malignant Hyperthermia

Abstract

When Mg(2+) inhibition of the ryanodine receptor is reduced, the halothane sensitivity of MHN fibers and the characteristics of the Ca release process approach that of the MHS phenotype. In MHS fibers, reduced Mg(2+) inhibition of the ryanodine receptor would be expected to have a major influence on halothane sensitivity. The Mg dependence of the halothane response in MHN and MHS may have important clinical implications in circumstances where intracellular [Mg(2+)] deviates from normal physiologic concentrations.