Calcium sparks in mouse ventricular myocytes at physiological temperature

2003 ◽  
Vol 285 (4) ◽  
pp. H1495-H1505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory R. Ferrier ◽  
Robin H. Smith ◽  
Susan E. Howlett
Keyword(s):  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Cardiac Muscle ◽  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Rise Time ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Ventricular Myocytes ◽  
Field Stimulation ◽  
Receptor Function ◽  
Decay Times ◽  
Effects Of Temperature

In cardiac muscle, Ca2+ is released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in units called Ca2+ sparks. Ca2+ spark characteristics have been studied almost entirely at room temperature. This study compares characteristics of spontaneous sparks detected with fluo 3 in resting mouse ventricular myocytes at 22 and 37°C. The incidence and frequency of Ca2+ sparks decreased dramatically at 37°C compared with 22°C. Also, spark amplitudes and times to peak were significantly reduced at 37°C. In contrast, spatial width and decay times were unchanged. During field stimulation, peak spatially averaged transients were similar at 22 and 37°C, and experiments with fura 2 demonstrated that diastolic and systolic Ca2+ concentrations were unchanged. However, SR Ca2+ content decreased significantly at 37°C. Restoration of SR Ca2+ by superfusion with 5 mM Ca2+ increased spark frequency but did not reverse the effects of temperature on spark parameters. Thus effects of temperature on spark frequency may reflect changes in SR stores, whereas changes in spark amplitude and rise time may reflect known effects of temperature on ryanodine receptor function.

scholarly journals The recombinant dihydropyridine receptor II–III loop and partly structured ‘C’ region peptides modify cardiac ryanodine receptor activity

2005 ◽  
Vol 385 (3) ◽  
pp. 803-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela F. DULHUNTY ◽  
Yamuna KARUNASEKARA ◽  
Suzanne M. CURTIS ◽  
Peta J. HARVEY ◽  
Philip G. BOARD ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Secondary Structure ◽  
Cardiac Muscle ◽  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Structure Analysis ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Random Coil ◽  
Cardiac Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Excitation Contraction Coupling ◽  
Contraction Coupling

A physical association between the II–III loop of the DHPR (dihydropryidine receptor) and the RyR (ryanodine receptor) is essential for excitation–contraction coupling in skeletal, but not cardiac, muscle. However, peptides corresponding to a part of the II–III loop interact with the cardiac RyR2 suggesting the possibility of a physical coupling between the proteins. Whether the full II–III loop and its functionally important ‘C’ region (cardiac DHPR residues 855–891 or skeletal 724–760) interact with cardiac RyR2 is not known and is examined in the present study. Both the cardiac DHPR II–III loop (CDCL) and cardiac peptide (Cc) activated RyR2 channels at concentrations >10 nM. The skeletal DHPR II–III loop (SDCL) activated channels at ≤100 nM and weakly inhibited at ≥1 μM. In contrast, skeletal peptide (Cs) inhibited channels at all concentrations when added alone, or was ineffective if added in the presence of Cc. Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release from cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum was enhanced by CDCL, SDCL and the C peptides. The results indicate that the interaction between the II–III loop and RyR2 depends critically on the ‘A’ region (skeletal DHPR residues 671–690 or cardiac 793–812) and also involves the C region. Structure analysis indicated that (i) both Cs and Cc are random coil at room temperature, but, at 5 °C, have partial helical regions in their N-terminal and central parts, and (ii) secondary-structure profiles for CDCL and SDCL are similar. The data provide novel evidence that the DHPR II–III loop and its C region interact with cardiac RyR2, and that the ability to interact is not isoform-specific.

Interaction of Bupivacaine and Tetracaine with the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+Release Channel of Skeletal and Cardiac Muscles 

1999 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 835-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirochika Komai ◽  
Andrew J. Lokuta
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Cardiac Muscle ◽  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Local Anesthetic ◽  
Local Anesthetics ◽  
Specific Effect ◽  
Receptor Activity ◽  
Maximal Inhibition ◽  
Release Channel

Background Although various local anesthetics can cause histologic damage to skeletal muscle when injected intramuscularly, bupivacaine appears to have an exceptionally high rate of myotoxicity. Research has suggested that an effect of bupivacaine on sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release is involved in its myotoxicity, but direct evidence is lacking. Furthermore, it is not known whether the toxicity depends on the unique chemical characteristics of bupivacaine and whether the toxicity is found only in skeletal muscle. Methods The authors studied the effects of bupivacaine and the similarly lipid-soluble local anesthetic, tetracaine, on the Ca2+ release channel-ryanodine receptor of sarcoplasmic reticulum in swine skeletal and cardiac muscle. [3H]Ryanodine binding was used to measure the activity of the Ca2+ release channel-ryanodine receptors in microsomes of both muscles. Results Bupivacaine enhanced (by two times at 5 mM) and inhibited (66% inhibition at 10 mM) [3H]ryanodine binding to skeletal muscle microsomes. In contrast, only inhibitory effects were observed with cardiac microsomes (about 3 mM for half-maximal inhibition). Tetracaine, which inhibits [3H]ryanodine binding to skeletal muscle microsomes, also inhibited [3H]ryanodine binding to cardiac muscle microsomes (half-maximal inhibition at 99 microM). Conclusions Bupivacaine's ability to enhance Ca2+ release channel-ryanodine receptor activity of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum most likely contributes to the myotoxicity of this local anesthetic. Thus, the pronounced myotoxicity of bupivacaine may be the result of this specific effect on Ca2+ release channel-ryanodine receptor superimposed on a nonspecific action on lipid bilayers to increase the Ca2+ permeability of sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes, an effect shared by all local anesthetics. The specific action of tetracaine to inhibit Ca2+ release channel-ryanodine receptor activity may in part counterbalance the nonspecific action, resulting in moderate myotoxicity.

scholarly journals Intra-sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+oscillations are driven by dynamic regulation of ryanodine receptor function by luminal Ca2+in cardiomyocytes

2009 ◽  
Vol 587 (20) ◽  
pp. 4863-4872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah C.W. Stevens ◽  
Dmitry Terentyev ◽  
Anuradha Kalyanasundaram ◽  
Muthu Periasamy ◽  
Sandor Györke
Keyword(s):  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Receptor Function ◽  
Dynamic Regulation

Regulation of intracellular calcium oscillations in porcine tracheal smooth muscle cells

1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (3) ◽  
pp. C966-C975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. S. Prakash ◽  
M. S. Kannan ◽  
G. C. Sieck
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Confocal Microscopy ◽  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Rise Time ◽  
Oscillation Amplitude ◽  
Calcium Oscillations ◽  
Tracheal Smooth Muscle ◽  
Release Mechanism ◽  
Ca2 Channels

Using real-time confocal microscopy, we examined the dynamic intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) response of porcine tracheal smooth muscle (TSM) cells to acetylcholine (ACh). Exposure to ACh caused regenerative, propagating [Ca2+]i oscillations. The amplitude and fall time of the [Ca2+]i oscillations were inversely correlated to basal [Ca2+]i, whereas the frequency and rise time were directly correlated to basal [Ca2+]i. ACh-induced [Ca2+]i oscillations were initiated in the absence of extracellular Ca2+ and after membrane depolarization with KCl, suggesting that 1) [Ca2+]i oscillations primarily arise by release from internal stores such as the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), and 2) Ca2+ influx is necessary for maintenance of oscillations. Exposure to both caffeine and ryanodine inhibited ongoing ACh-induced [Ca2+]i oscillations, suggesting a role for caffeine-sensitive ryanodine receptor (RyR) SR Ca2+ channels. Inhibition of SR Ca2+ reuptake by thapsigargin increased basal [Ca2+]i and decreased [Ca2+]i oscillation amplitude, suggesting that Ca2+ reuptake is also essential. The present results suggest that [Ca2+]i oscillations in porcine TSM cells involve repetitive Ca2+ release and reuptake from RyR channels, perhaps through a Ca2+ -induced Ca2+ release mechanism.

scholarly journals Properties of Ca2+ sparks revealed by four-dimensional confocal imaging of cardiac muscle

2012 ◽  
Vol 139 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vyacheslav M. Shkryl ◽  
Lothar A. Blatter ◽  
Eduardo Ríos
Keyword(s):  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Cardiac Muscle ◽  
Rise Time ◽  
Confocal Imaging ◽  
Imaging Studies ◽  
Atrial Cells ◽  
Ventricular Cells ◽  
Release Flux ◽  
Functional Relevance ◽  
Kinetics Of

Parameters (amplitude, width, kinetics) of Ca2+ sparks imaged confocally are affected by errors when the spark source is not in focus. To identify sparks that were in focus, we used fast scanning (LSM 5 LIVE; Carl Zeiss) combined with fast piezoelectric focusing to acquire x–y images in three planes at 1-µm separation (x-y-z-t mode). In 3,000 x–y scans in each of 34 membrane-permeabilized cat atrial cardiomyocytes, 6,906 sparks were detected. 767 sparks were in focus. They had greater amplitude, but their spatial width and rise time were similar compared with all sparks recorded. Their distribution of amplitudes had a mode at ΔF/F0 = 0.7. The Ca2+ release current underlying in-focus sparks was 11 pA, requiring 20 to 30 open channels, a number at the high end of earlier estimates. Spark frequency was greater than in earlier imaging studies of permeabilized ventricular cells, suggesting a greater susceptibility to excitation, which could have functional relevance for atrial cells. Ca2+ release flux peaked earlier than the time of peak fluorescence and then decayed, consistent with significant sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) depletion. The evolution of fluorescence and release flux were strikingly similar for in-focus sparks of different rise time (T). Spark termination involves both depletion of Ca2+ in the SR and channel closure, which may be synchronized by depletion. The observation of similar flux in sparks of different T requires either that channel closure and other termination processes be independent of the determinants of flux (including [Ca2+]SR) or that different channel clusters respond to [Ca2+]SR with different sensitivity.

scholarly journals cADP ribose and [Ca2+]iregulation in rat cardiac myocytes

2000 ◽  
Vol 279 (4) ◽  
pp. H1482-H1489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. S. Prakash ◽  
Mathur S. Kannan ◽  
Timothy F. Walseth ◽  
Gary C. Sieck
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Confocal Microscopy ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Cardiac Myocytes ◽  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Ventricular Myocytes ◽  
Adult Rat ◽  
Intracellular Ca ◽  
Rat Cardiac Myocytes

cADP ribose (cADPR)-induced intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) responses were assessed in acutely dissociated adult rat ventricular myocytes using real-time confocal microscopy. In quiescent single myocytes, injection of cADPR (0.1–10 μM) induced sustained, concentration-dependent [Ca2+]i responses ranging from 50 to 500 nM, which were completely inhibited by 20 μM 8-amino-cADPR, a specific blocker of the cADPR receptor. In myocytes displaying spontaneous [Ca2+]i waves, increasing concentrations of cADPR increased wave frequency up to ∼250% of control. In electrically paced myocytes (0.5 Hz, 5-ms duration), cADPR increased the amplitude of [Ca2+]i transients in a concentration-dependent fashion, up to 150% of control. Administration of 8-amino-cADPR inhibited both spontaneous waves as well as [Ca2+]i responses to electrical stimulation, even in the absence of exogenous cADPR. However, subsequent [Ca2+]i responses to 5 mM caffeine were only partially inhibited by 8-amino-cADPR. In contrast, even under conditions where ryanodine receptor (RyR) channels were blocked with ryanodine, high cADPR concentrations still induced an [Ca2+]i response. These results indicate that in cardiac myocytes, cADPR induces Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum through both RyR channels and via mechanisms independent of RyR channels.

Role of calmodulin methionine residues in mediating productive association with cardiac ryanodine receptors

2006 ◽  
Vol 290 (2) ◽  
pp. H794-H799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward M. Balog ◽  
Laura E. Norton ◽  
David D. Thomas ◽  
Bradley R. Fruen
Keyword(s):  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Cardiac Muscle ◽  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Ryanodine Receptors ◽  
Release Channel ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Methionine Residues ◽  
Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor

Calmodulin (CaM) binds to the cardiac ryanodine receptor Ca2+ release channel (RyR2) with high affinity and may act as a regulatory channel subunit. Here we determine the role of CaM Met residues in the productive association of CaM with RyR2, as assessed via determinations of [3H]ryanodine and [35S]CaM binding to cardiac muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) vesicles. Oxidation of all nine CaM Met residues abolished the productive association of CaM with RyR2. Substitution of the COOH-terminal Mets of CaM with Leu decreased the extent of CaM inhibition of cardiac SR (CSR) vesicle [3H]ryanodine binding. In contrast, replacing the NH2-terminal Met of CaM with Leu increased the concentration of CaM required to inhibit CSR [3H]ryanodine binding but did not alter the extent of inhibition. Site-specific substitution of individual CaM Met residues with Gln demonstrated that Met124 was required for both high-affinity CaM binding to RyR2 and for maximal CaM inhibition. These results thus identify a Met residue critical for the productive association of CaM with RyR2 channels.

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