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The resting transmembrane potential of skeletal muscle (E(m)) is thought to be a function of the ratio of intracellular to extracellular potassium concentration ([K(i)]/[K(o)]). In potassium deficiency, the fall of [K(i)] is proportionately less than the fall of [K(o)], thus theoretically predicting a rise of E(m). To examine this theory and to characterize E(m) in kaliopenic myopathy, muscle composition and E(m) were measured during moderate (n = 5) and severe (n = 11) K deficiency in the dog and compared with measurements in the severely K-deficient rat (n = 10). Mean measured E(m) rose during moderate K deficiency in four of five dogs (-85.4 to -94.6 mV) and during severe K deficiency in the rat (-89.1 to -94.9 mV). Both values closely approximated the increase in E(m) predicted by the Goldman equation. In contrast, during severe K deficiency in the dog, a significant decline (P &lt; 0.001) of mean E(m) to -55 mV was observed.Since skeletal myopathy and paralysis do not occur in the rat as a consequence of K deficiency, the observation that E(m) falls as paralysis occurs in the unexercised dog suggests that alteration of muscle membrane function may play a role in kaliopenic myopathy. Such an event could explain the ease with which frank muscle necrosis may be induced by exercise in the K-deficient dog.

Skeletal Muscle Resting Membrane Potential in Potassium Deficiency