A calcium-activated chloride channel in sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles from rabbit skeletal muscle

1996 ◽  
Vol 270 (6) ◽  
pp. C1675-C1686 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. I. Kourie ◽  
D. R. Laver ◽  
G. P. Ahern ◽  
A. F. Dulhunty

A Ca(2+)-activated Cl- channel is described in sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) enriched vesicles of skeletal muscle incorporated into lipid bilayers. Small chloride (SCl) channels (n = 20) were rapidly and reversibly activated when cis- (cytoplasmic) [Ca2+] was increased above 10(-7) M, with trans-(luminal) [Ca2+] at either 10(-3) or 10(-7) M. The open probability of single channels increased from zero when cis-[Ca2+] was 10(-7) M to 0.61 +/- 0.12 when [Ca2+] was 10(-4) M. High- and low-conductance levels in single-channel activity were activated at different cis-[Ca2+]. Channel openings to the maximum conductance, 65-75 pS (250/50 mM Cl-, cis/ trans), were active when cis-[Ca2+] was increased above 5 x 10(-6) M. In contrast to the maximum conductance, channel openings to submaximal levels between 5 and 40 pS were activated at a lower cis-[Ca2+] and dominated channel activity between 5 x 10(-7) and 5 x 10(-6) M. Activation of SCl channels was Ca2+ specific and not reproduced by cytoplasmic Mg2+ concentrations of 10(-3) M. We suggest that the SCl channel arises in the SR membrane. The Ca2+ dependence of this channel implies that it is active at [Ca2+] achieved during muscle contraction.

1997 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 447-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence G. Favero ◽  
, Anthony C. Zable ◽  
, David Colter ◽  
Jonathan J. Abramson

Favero, Terence G., Anthony C. Zable, David Colter, and Jonathan J. Abramson. Lactate inhibits Ca2+-activated Ca2+-channel activity from skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum. J. Appl. Physiol. 82(2): 447–452, 1997.—Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+-release channel function is modified by ligands that are generated during about of exercise. We have examined the effects of lactate on Ca2+- and caffeine-stimulated Ca2+ release, [3H]ryanodine binding, and single Ca2+-release channel activity of SR isolated from rabbit white skeletal muscle. Lactate, at concentrations from 10 to 30 mM, inhibited Ca2+- and caffeine-stimulated [3H]ryanodine binding to and inhibited Ca2+- and caffeine-stimulated Ca2+ release from SR vesicles. Lactate also inhibited caffeine activation of single-channel activity in bilayer reconstitution experiments. These findings suggest that intense muscle activity, which generates high concentrations of lactate, will disrupt excitation-contraction coupling. This may lead to decreases in Ca2+ transients promoting a decline in tension development and contribute to muscle fatigue.


1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (2) ◽  
pp. C622-C627 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Oba ◽  
M. Koshita ◽  
M. Yamaguchi

When sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) vesicles prepared from frog skeletal muscles were actively loaded with Ca2+, pretreatment of the SR with 2.2 mM (0.01%) ethanol for 30 s significantly potentiated 5 mM caffeine-induced release of Ca2+ from 16.7 +/- 3.7 nmol/mg protein in control without ethanol to 28.0 +/- 2.6 nmol/mg (P < 0.05, n = 5). Ethanol alone caused no release of Ca2+ from the SR. Exposure of the Ca2+-release channel, incorporated into planar lipid bilayers, to 2 mM caffeine significantly increased open probability (Po) and mean open time, but unitary conductance was not affected. Ethanol (2.2 mM) enhanced caffeine-induced Ca2+-release channel activity, with Po reaching 3.02-fold and mean open time 2.85-fold the values in the absence of ethanol. However, ethanol alone did not affect electrical parameters of single-channel current, over a concentration range of 2.2 mM (0.01%) to 217 mM (1%). The synergistic action of ethanol and caffeine on the channel activity could be attributable to enhancement of caffeine-induced release of Ca2+ from the SR vesicles in the presence of ethanol.


1986 ◽  
Vol 88 (5) ◽  
pp. 573-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
J S Smith ◽  
R Coronado ◽  
G Meissner

A high-conductance (100 pS in 53 mM trans Ca2+) Ca2+ channel was incorporated from heavy-density skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) fractions into planar lipid bilayers of the Mueller-Rudin type. cis Ca2+ in the range of 2-950 microM increased open probability (Po) in single channel records without affecting open event lifetimes. Millimolar ATP was found to be as good as or better than Ca2+ in activation; however, both Ca2+ and ATP were required to fully activate the channel, i.e., to bring Po = 1. Exponential fits to open and closed single channel lifetimes suggested that the channel may exist in many distinct states. Two open and two closed states were identified when the channel was activated by either Ca2+ or ATP alone or by Ca2+ plus nucleotide. Mg2+ was found to permeate the SR Ca channel in a trans-to-cis direction such that iMg2+/iCa2+ = 0.40. cis Mg2+ was inhibitory and in single channel recordings produced an unresolvable flickering of Ca- and nucleotide-activated channels. At nanomolar cis Ca2+, 4 microM Mg2+ completely inhibited nucleotide-activated channels. In the presence of 2 microM cis Ca2+, the nucleotide-activated macroscopic Ba conductance was inhibited by cis Mg2+ with an IC50 equal to 1.5 mM.


1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 394-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Rousseau ◽  
Janet Pinkos ◽  
Diane Savaria

Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) vesicles, prepared from rabbit skeletal muscle, were characterized by functional and binding assays and incorporated into planar lipid bilayers. Single-channel activity was recorded in an asymmetric calcium buffer system and studied under voltage clamp conditions. Under these experimental conditions, a large conductance (100 pS in 50 mM Ca2+trans) divalent cation selective channel displaying high ruthenium red and low Ca2+ sensitivity was identified. This pathway has been previously described as the Ca2+-release channel of the SR of skeletal muscle. We now report that in the presence of a Mg–ATP complex, the Ca2+ sensitivity of the open probability of this channel is increased. Furthermore, we show that micromolar cis Sr2+ concentrations also activated the Ca2+-release channel. The open probability of the Sr2+-activated channel was increased in the presence of a 2 mM Mg–ATP complex and adenine nucleotides on the cytoplasmic face of the Ca2+-release channel. These results were confirmed by isotopic flux measurements using passively 45Ca2+-loaded vesicles. In the latter case, the presence of extra vesicular AMP-PCP (the nonhydroly sable ATP analog) enhanced the percentage of 45Ca2+ release induced either by Ca2+ or Sr2+ activation. In conclusion our findings emphasize the fact that the divalent cation activation of the Ca2+-release channel may be induced by Ca2+ and Sr2+, but not by Ba2+, in the presence of adenine nucleotides. Furthermore, they support the view that in situ Ca2+ and Mg–ATP complexes are involved in modulating the gating mechanism of this specific pathway.Key words: Ca2+ release, sarcoplasmic reticulum, planar lipid bilayer, strontium.


1995 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
I I Ismailov ◽  
B K Berdiev ◽  
D J Benos

Purified bovine renal epithelial Na+ channels when reconstituted into planar lipid bilayers displayed a specific orientation when the membrane was clamped to -40 mV (cis-side) during incorporation. The trans-facing portion of the channel was extracellular (i.e., amiloride-sensitive), whereas the cis-facing side was intracellular (i.e., protein kinase A-sensitive). Single channels had a main state unitary conductance of 40 pS and displayed two subconductive states each of 12-13 pS, or one of 12-13 pS and the second of 24-26 pS. Elevation of the [Na+] gradient from the trans-side increased single-channel open probability (Po) only when the cis-side was bathed with a solution containing low [Na+] (&lt; 30 mM) and 10-100 microM [Ca2+]. Under these conditions, Po saturated with increasing [Na+]trans. Buffering of the cis compartment [Ca2+] to nearly zero (&lt; 1 nM) with 10 mM EGTA increased the initial level of channel activity (Po = 0.12 +/- 0.02 vs 0.02 +/- 0.01 in control), but markedly reduced the influence of both cis- and trans-[Na+] on Po. Elevating [Ca2+]cis at constant [Na+] resulted in inhibition of channel activity with an apparent [KiCa2+] of 10-100 microM. Protein kinase C-induced phosphorylation shifted the dependence of channel Po on [Ca2+]cis to 1-3 microM at stationary [Na+]. The direct modulation of single-channel Po by Na+ and Ca2+ demonstrates that the gating of amiloride-sensitive Na2+ channels is indeed dependent upon the specific ionic environment surrounding the channels.


1998 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhavna Tanna ◽  
William Welch ◽  
Luc Ruest ◽  
John L. Sutko ◽  
Alan J. Williams

The binding of ryanodine to a high affinity site on the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-release channel results in a dramatic alteration in both gating and ion handling; the channel enters a high open probability, reduced-conductance state. Once bound, ryanodine does not dissociate from its site within the time frame of a single channel experiment. In this report, we describe the interactions of a synthetic ryanoid, 21-amino-9α-hydroxy-ryanodine, with the high affinity ryanodine binding site on the sheep cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-release channel. The interaction of 21-amino-9α-hydroxy-ryanodine with the channel induces the occurrence of a characteristic high open probability, reduced-conductance state; however, in contrast to ryanodine, the interaction of this ryanoid with the channel is reversible under steady state conditions, with dwell times in the modified state lasting seconds. By monitoring the reversible interaction of this ryanoid with single channels under voltage clamp conditions, we have established a number of novel features of the ryanoid binding reaction. (a) Modification of channel function occurs when a single molecule of ryanoid binds to the channel protein. (b) The ryanoid has access to its binding site only from the cytosolic side of the channel and the site is available only when the channel is open. (c) The interaction of 21-amino-9α-hydroxy-ryanodine with its binding site is influenced strongly by transmembrane voltage. We suggest that this voltage dependence is derived from a voltage-driven conformational alteration of the channel protein that changes the affinity of the binding site, rather than the translocation of the ryanoid into the voltage drop across the channel.


2000 ◽  
Vol 279 (5) ◽  
pp. R1889-R1898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffery Morrissette ◽  
Le Xu ◽  
Alexandra Nelson ◽  
Gerhard Meissner ◽  
Barbara A. Block

Two distinct skeletal muscle ryanodine receptors (RyR1s) are expressed in a fiber type–specific manner in fish skeletal muscle (11). In this study, we compare [3H]ryanodine binding and single channel activity of RyR1-slow from fish slow-twitch skeletal muscle with RyR1-fast and RyR3 isolated from fast-twitch skeletal muscle. Scatchard plots indicate that RyR1-slow has a lower affinity for [3H]ryanodine when compared with RyR1-fast. In single channel recordings, RyR1-slow and RyR1-fast had similar slope conductances. However, the maximum open probability (Po) of RyR1-slow was threefold less than the maximum Po of RyR1-fast. Single channel studies also revealed the presence of two populations of RyRs in tuna fast-twitch muscle (RyR1-fast and RyR3). RyR3 had the highest Po of all the RyR channels and displayed less inhibition at millimolar Ca2+. The addition of 5 mM Mg-ATP or 2.5 mM β,γ-methyleneadenosine 5′-triphosphate (AMP-PCP) to the channels increased the Po and [3H]ryanodine binding of both RyR1s but also caused a shift in the Ca2+ dependency curve of RyR1-slow such that Ca2+-dependent inactivation was attenuated. [3H]ryanodine binding data also showed that Mg2+-dependent inhibition of RyR1-slow was reduced in the presence of AMP-PCP. These results indicate differences in the physiological properties of RyRs in fish slow- and fast-twitch skeletal muscle, which may contribute to differences in the way intracellular Ca2+ is regulated in these muscle types.


1994 ◽  
Vol 266 (2) ◽  
pp. C391-C396 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Bull ◽  
J. J. Marengo

The effect of halothane on calcium channels present in sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes isolated from frog skeletal muscle was studied at the single channel level after fusing the isolated vesicles into planar lipid bilayers. Addition of 91 microM halothane to the cytosolic compartment containing 1 microM free calcium activated the channel by increasing fractional open time from 0.11 to 0.59, without changing the channel conductance. The activation of the channels by halothane was calcium dependent. At resting calcium concentrations in the cytosolic compartment, halothane failed to activate the channel, whereas maximal activation was found at 10 microM calcium. The free energy of halothane binding to the channel decreased from -5.8 kcal/mol at 1 microM calcium to -6.6 kcal/mol at 10 microM calcium. Halothane increased the open time constants and decreased the closed time constants, indicating that it binds to both the open and the closed configurations of the channel.


1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (5) ◽  
pp. C1726-C1733 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Barg ◽  
J. A. Copello ◽  
S. Fleischer

In the present study, we compare functional consequences of dissociation and reconstitution of binding proteins FKBP12 and FKBP12.6 with ryanodine receptors from cardiac (RyR2) and skeletal muscle (RyR1). The skeletal muscle RyR1 channel became activated on removal of endogenously bound FKBP12, consistent with previous reports. Both FKBP12 and FKBP12.6 rebind to FKBP-depleted RyR1 and restore its quiescent channel behavior by altering ligand sensitivity, as studied by single-channel recordings in planar lipid bilayers, and macroscopic behavior of the channels (ryanodine binding and net energized Ca2- uptake). By contrast, removal of FKBP12.6 from the cardiac RyR2 did not modulate the function of the channel using the same types of assays as for RyR1. FKBP12 or FKBP12.6 had no effect on channel activity of FKBP12.6-depleted cardiac RyR2, although FKBP12.6 rebinds. Our studies reveal important differences between the two ryanodine receptor isoforms with respect to their functional interaction with FKBP12 and FKBP12.6.


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