Functional coupling of TRPV4 channels and BK channels in regulating spontaneous contractions of the guinea pig urinary bladder

2016 ◽  
Vol 468 (9) ◽  
pp. 1573-1585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayu Isogai ◽  
Ken Lee ◽  
Retsu Mitsui ◽  
Hikaru Hashitani
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Bladder ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Bk Channels ◽  
Functional Coupling ◽  
Spontaneous Contractions

scholarly journals Local Ca2+transients and distribution of BK channels and ryanodine receptors in smooth muscle cells of guinea-pig vas deferens and urinary bladder

2001 ◽  
Vol 534 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiaki Ohi ◽  
Hisao Yamamura ◽  
Norihiro Nagano ◽  
Susumu Ohya ◽  
Katsuhiko Muraki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Urinary Bladder ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Smooth Muscle Cells ◽  
Vas Deferens ◽  
Ryanodine Receptors ◽  
Muscle Cells ◽  
Bk Channels

scholarly journals Ethanol-mediated relaxation of guinea pig urinary bladder smooth muscle: involvement of BK and L-type Ca2+ channels

2014 ◽  
Vol 306 (1) ◽  
pp. C45-C58 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Malysz ◽  
Serge A. Y. Afeli ◽  
Aaron Provence ◽  
Georgi V. Petkov
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Urinary Bladder ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Open Channel ◽  
Bk Channels ◽  
Bk Channel ◽  
Muscle Involvement ◽  
Whole Cell ◽  
Intracellular Ca ◽  
Probability Number

Mechanisms underlying ethanol (EtOH)-induced detrusor smooth muscle (DSM) relaxation and increased urinary bladder capacity remain unknown. We investigated whether the large conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (BK) channels or L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels (VDCCs), major regulators of DSM excitability and contractility, are targets for EtOH by patch-clamp electrophysiology (conventional and perforated whole cell and excised patch single channel) and isometric tension recordings using guinea pig DSM cells and isolated tissue strips, respectively. EtOH at 0.3% vol/vol (∼50 mM) enhanced whole cell BK currents at +30 mV and above, determined by the selective BK channel blocker paxilline. In excised patches recorded at +40 mV and ∼300 nM intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]), EtOH (0.1–0.3%) affected single BK channels (mean conductance ∼210 pS and blocked by paxilline) by increasing the open channel probability, number of open channel events, and open dwell-time constants. The amplitude of single BK channel currents and unitary conductance were not altered by EtOH. Conversely, at ∼10 μM but not ∼2 μM intracellular [Ca2+], EtOH (0.3%) decreased the single BK channel activity. EtOH (0.3%) affected transient BK currents (TBKCs) by either increasing frequency or decreasing amplitude, depending on the basal level of TBKC frequency. In isolated DSM strips, EtOH (0.1–1%) reduced the amplitude and muscle force of spontaneous phasic contractions. The EtOH-induced DSM relaxation, except at 1%, was attenuated by paxilline. EtOH (1%) inhibited L-type VDCC currents in DSM cells. In summary, we reveal the involvement of BK channels and L-type VDCCs in mediating EtOH-induced urinary bladder relaxation accommodating alcohol-induced diuresis.

scholarly journals Constitutive PKA activity is essential for maintaining the excitability and contractility in guinea pig urinary bladder smooth muscle: role of the BK channel

2014 ◽  
Vol 307 (12) ◽  
pp. C1142-C1150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenkuan Xin ◽  
Ning Li ◽  
Qiuping Cheng ◽  
Vitor S. Fernandes ◽  
Georgi V. Petkov
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Urinary Bladder ◽  
Fluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Bk Channels ◽  
Bk Channel ◽  
Bladder Smooth Muscle ◽  
Ratiometric Fluorescence ◽  
Urinary Bladder Smooth Muscle

The elevation of protein kinase A (PKA) activity activates the large-conductance voltage- and Ca2+-activated K+ (BK) channels in urinary bladder smooth muscle (UBSM) cells and consequently attenuates spontaneous phasic contractions of UBSM. However, the role of constitutive PKA activity in UBSM function has not been studied. Here, we tested the hypothesis that constitutive PKA activity is essential for controlling the excitability and contractility of UBSM. We used patch clamp electrophysiology, line-scanning confocal and ratiometric fluorescence microscopy on freshly isolated guinea pig UBSM cells, and isometric tension recordings on freshly isolated UBSM strips. Pharmacological inhibition of the constitutive PKA activity with H-89 or PKI 14–22 significantly reduced the frequency and amplitude of spontaneous transient BK channel currents (TBKCs) in UBSM cells. Confocal and ratiometric fluorescence microscopy studies revealed that inhibition of constitutive PKA activity with H-89 reduced the frequency and amplitude of the localized Ca2+ sparks but increased global Ca2+ levels and the magnitude of Ca2+ oscillations in UBSM cells. H-89 abolished the spontaneous transient membrane hyperpolarizations and depolarized the membrane potential in UBSM cells. Inhibition of PKA with H-89 or KT-5720 also increased the amplitude and muscle force of UBSM spontaneous phasic contractions. This study reveals the novel concept that constitutive PKA activity is essential for controlling localized Ca2+ signals generated by intracellular Ca2+ stores and cytosolic Ca2+ levels. Furthermore, constitutive PKA activity is critical for mediating the spontaneous TBKCs in UBSM cells, where it plays a key role in regulating spontaneous phasic contractions in UBSM.

scholarly journals Unique properties of muscularis mucosae smooth muscle in guinea pig urinary bladder

2011 ◽  
Vol 301 (2) ◽  
pp. R351-R362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Heppner ◽  
Jeffrey J. Layne ◽  
Jessica M. Pearson ◽  
Hagop Sarkissian ◽  
Mark T. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Urinary Bladder ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Purinergic Receptor ◽  
Bk Channels ◽  
Bk Channel ◽  
Cholinergic Receptors ◽  
Bladder Function ◽  
Muscularis Mucosae ◽  
Maximal Force

The muscularis mucosae, a type of smooth muscle located between the urothelium and the urinary bladder detrusor, has been described, although its properties and role in bladder function have not been characterized. Here, using mucosal tissue strips isolated from guinea pig urinary bladders, we identified spontaneous phasic contractions (SPCs) that appear to originate in the muscularis mucosae. This smooth muscle layer exhibited Ca2+ waves and flashes, but localized Ca2+ events (Ca2+ sparks, purinergic receptor-mediated transients) were not detected. Ca2+ flashes, often in bursts, occurred with a frequency (∼5.7/min) similar to that of SPCs (∼4/min), suggesting that SPCs are triggered by bursts of Ca2+ flashes. The force generated by a single mucosal SPC represented the maximal force of the strip, whereas a single detrusor SPC was ∼3% of maximal force of the detrusor strip. Electrical field stimulation (0.5–50 Hz) evoked force transients in isolated detrusor and mucosal strips. Inhibition of cholinergic receptors significantly decreased force in detrusor and mucosal strips (at higher frequencies). Concurrent inhibition of purinergic and cholinergic receptors nearly abolished evoked responses in detrusor and mucosae. Mucosal SPCs were unaffected by blocking small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (SK) channels with apamin and were unchanged by blocking large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (BK) channels with iberiotoxin (IbTX), indicating that SK and BK channels play a much smaller role in regulating muscularis mucosae SPCs than they do in regulating detrusor SPCs. Consistent with this, BK channel current density in myocytes from muscularis mucosae was ∼20% of that in detrusor myocytes. These findings indicate that the muscularis mucosae in guinea pig represents a second smooth muscle compartment that is physiologically and pharmacologically distinct from the detrusor and may contribute to the overall contractile properties of the urinary bladder.

scholarly journals Stretch effects on whole-cell currents of guinea-pig urinary bladder myocytes.

1994 ◽  
Vol 480 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
M C Wellner ◽  
G Isenberg
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Bladder ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Whole Cell

scholarly journals Large-conductance voltage- and Ca2+-activated K+ channel regulation by protein kinase C in guinea pig urinary bladder smooth muscle

2014 ◽  
Vol 306 (5) ◽  
pp. C460-C470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiril L. Hristov ◽  
Amy C. Smith ◽  
Shankar P. Parajuli ◽  
John Malysz ◽  
Georgi V. Petkov
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Membrane Potential ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Bk Channels ◽  
Bk Channel ◽  
K Channel ◽  
Channel Activity ◽  
Open Probability ◽  
Channel Regulation ◽  
Pkc Activation

Large-conductance voltage- and Ca2+-activated K+ (BK) channels are critical regulators of detrusor smooth muscle (DSM) excitability and contractility. PKC modulates the contraction of DSM and BK channel activity in non-DSM cells; however, the cellular mechanism regulating the PKC-BK channel interaction in DSM remains unknown. We provide a novel mechanistic insight into BK channel regulation by PKC in DSM. We used patch-clamp electrophysiology, live-cell Ca2+ imaging, and functional studies of DSM contractility to elucidate BK channel regulation by PKC at cellular and tissue levels. Voltage-clamp experiments showed that pharmacological activation of PKC with PMA inhibited the spontaneous transient BK currents in native freshly isolated guinea pig DSM cells. Current-clamp recordings revealed that PMA significantly depolarized DSM membrane potential and inhibited the spontaneous transient hyperpolarizations in DSM cells. The PMA inhibitory effects on DSM membrane potential were completely abolished by the selective BK channel inhibitor paxilline. Activation of PKC with PMA did not affect the amplitude of the voltage-step-induced whole cell steady-state BK current or the single BK channel open probability (recorded in cell-attached mode) upon inhibition of all major Ca2+ sources for BK channel activation with thapsigargin, ryanodine, and nifedipine. PKC activation with PMA elevated intracellular Ca2+ levels in DSM cells and increased spontaneous phasic and nerve-evoked contractions of DSM isolated strips. Our results support the concept that PKC activation leads to a reduction of BK channel activity in DSM via a Ca2+-dependent mechanism, thus increasing DSM contractility.

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