Excitation-Contraction Coupling In Skeletal Muscle: Comparisons With Cardiac Muscle

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gd Lamb
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Cardiac Muscle ◽  
Excitation Contraction Coupling ◽  
Contraction Coupling

scholarly journals THE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF FROG VENTRICULAR CARDIAC MUSCLE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO MECHANISMS OF EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING

1968 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy A. Staley ◽  
Ellis S. Benson
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Cardiac Muscle ◽  
Striated Muscle ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Mammalian Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Striated Muscles ◽  
Thin Filaments ◽  
Excitation Contraction Coupling ◽  
Contraction Coupling ◽  
Dense Granules

Frog ventricular cardiac muscle has structural features which set it apart from frog and mammalian skeletal muscle and mammalian cardiac muscle. In describing these differences, our attention focused chiefly on the distribution of cellular membranes. Abundant inter cellular clefts, the absence of tranverse tubules, and the paucity of sarcotubules, together with exceedingly small cell diameters (less than 5 µ), support the suggestion that the mechanism of excitation-contraction coupling differs in these muscle cells from that now thought to be characteristic of striated muscle such as skeletal muscle and mammalian cardiac muscle. These structural dissimilarities also imply that the mechanism of relaxation in frog ventricular muscle differs from that considered typical of other striated muscles. Additional ultrastructural features of frog ventricular heart muscle include spherical electron-opaque bodies on thin filaments, inconstantly present, forming a rank across the I band about 150 mµ from the Z line, and membrane-bounded dense granules resembling neurosecretory granules. The functional significance of these features is not yet clear.

scholarly journals Triadin Binding to the C-Terminal Luminal Loop of the Ryanodine Receptor is Important for Skeletal Muscle Excitation–Contraction Coupling

2007 ◽  
Vol 130 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjeewa A. Goonasekera ◽  
Nicole A. Beard ◽  
Linda Groom ◽  
Takashi Kimura ◽  
Alla D. Lyfenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Calcium Release ◽  
Striated Muscle ◽  
Single Channel ◽  
Triple Mutant ◽  
Double Mutation ◽  
Excitation Contraction Coupling ◽  
Contraction Coupling ◽  
Functional Studies

Ca2+ release from intracellular stores is controlled by complex interactions between multiple proteins. Triadin is a transmembrane glycoprotein of the junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum of striated muscle that interacts with both calsequestrin and the type 1 ryanodine receptor (RyR1) to communicate changes in luminal Ca2+ to the release machinery. However, the potential impact of the triadin association with RyR1 in skeletal muscle excitation–contraction coupling remains elusive. Here we show that triadin binding to RyR1 is critically important for rapid Ca2+ release during excitation–contraction coupling. To assess the functional impact of the triadin-RyR1 interaction, we expressed RyR1 mutants in which one or more of three negatively charged residues (D4878, D4907, and E4908) in the terminal RyR1 intraluminal loop were mutated to alanines in RyR1-null (dyspedic) myotubes. Coimmunoprecipitation revealed that triadin, but not junctin, binding to RyR1 was abolished in the triple (D4878A/D4907A/E4908A) mutant and one of the double (D4907A/E4908A) mutants, partially reduced in the D4878A/D4907A double mutant, but not affected by either individual (D4878A, D4907A, E4908A) mutations or the D4878A/E4908A double mutation. Functional studies revealed that the rate of voltage- and ligand-gated SR Ca2+ release were reduced in proportion to the degree of interruption in triadin binding. Ryanodine binding, single channel recording, and calcium release experiments conducted on WT and triple mutant channels in the absence of triadin demonstrated that the luminal loop mutations do not directly alter RyR1 function. These findings demonstrate that junctin and triadin bind to different sites on RyR1 and that triadin plays an important role in ensuring rapid Ca2+ release during excitation–contraction coupling in skeletal muscle.

Monoclonal Antibodies as Probes of Triad Structure and Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle

1990 ◽  
pp. 371-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario S. Rosemblatt ◽  
Gonzalo Pérez ◽  
Bojena Antoniu ◽  
Evelyn Reilley ◽  
Noriaki Ikemoto
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Monoclonal Antibodies ◽  
Excitation Contraction Coupling ◽  
Contraction Coupling

The Effect of Lanthanum on Excitation–Contraction Coupling in Frog Skeletal Muscle

1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 1126-1135 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Parry ◽  
A. Kover ◽  
G. B. Frank
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Action Potential ◽  
Muscle Membrane ◽  
Frog Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Tension Development ◽  
Excitation Contraction Coupling ◽  
Contraction Coupling ◽  
Reduced Rate ◽  
Caffeine Contractures

Exposure of frog toe muscles to 1 mM La3+ results in a decrease in amplitude and rate of tension development of potassium contractures and twitches. At this concentration La3+ also inhibits the uptake of calcium, both in the resting condition and during stimulation. Caffeine contractures are unaffected even after a 5-min pre-exposure to La3+. The depolarization induced by various concentrations of K+ is reduced by about 10 mV as is the amplitude of the action potential. The rate of rise of the action potential is reduced by about 40% after 1 min in La3+ Ringer. Neither the decreased amplitude nor the reduced rate of depolarization is considered to be sufficient to explain the inhibition of tension development. It is suggested that La3+ partially uncouples excitation from contraction by preventing the release of a trigger-Ca2+ fraction from some site on the muscle membrane. This fraction normally plays a role in excitation–contraction coupling, although some tension may still be developed in the absence of a trigger-Ca2+ influx.

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