Ryanodine receptor dysfunction in porcine stunned myocardium

1997 ◽  
Vol 273 (2) ◽  
pp. H796-H804 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Valdivia ◽  
J. O. Hegge ◽  
R. D. Lasley ◽  
H. H. Valdivia ◽  
R. Mentzer

We investigated the effects of myocardial stunning on the function of the two main Ca2+ transport proteins of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), the Ca(2+)-adenosinetriphosphatase and the Ca(2+)-release channel or ryanodine receptor. Regional myocardial stunning was induced in open-chest pigs (n = 6) by a 10-min occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) and 2 h reperfusion. SR vesicles isolated from the LAD-perfused region (stunned) and the normal left circumflex coronary artery (LC)-perfused region were used to assess the oxalate-supported 45Ca2+ uptake, [3H]ryanodine binding, and single-channel recordings of ryanodine-sensitive Ca(2+)-release channels in planar lipid bilayers. Myocardial stunning decreased LAD systolic wall thickening to 20% of preischemic values. The rate of SR 45Ca2+ uptake in the stunned LAD bed was reduced by 37% compared with that of the normal LC bed (P < 0.05). Stunning was also associated with a 38% reduction in the maximal density of high-affinity [3H]ryanodine binding sites (P < 0.05 vs. normal LC) but had no effect on the dissociation constant. The open probability of ryanodine-sensitive Ca(2+)-release channels determined by single channel recordings in planar lipid bilayers was 26 +/- 2% for control SR (n = 33 channels from 3 animals) and 14 +/- 2% for stunned SR (n = 21 channels; P < 0.05). This depressed activity of SR function observed in postischemic myocardium could be one of the mechanisms underlying myocardial stunning.

1991 ◽  
Vol 273 (2) ◽  
pp. 449-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Fill ◽  
R Mejia-Alvarez ◽  
F Zorzato ◽  
P Volpe ◽  
E Stefani

A large (565 kDa) junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) protein, the ryanodine receptor (RYR), may play both a structural and a functional role in the mechanism of skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling. Recently, the primary amino acid sequence of the RYR has been elucidated. In this paper, we introduce an immunological approach to examine the functional (electrophysiological) properties of the RYR when it is incorporated into planar lipid bilayers. The effects of two polyclonal antibodies against the SR junctional face membrane (JFM) and the RYR (anti-JFM and anti-RYR) were tested on the single-channel gating properties of the RYR SR Ca2(+)-release channel. Junctional SR vesicles were fused into planar lipid bilayers in solutions containing caesium salts. Solutions were designed to minimize the background conductances of the SR K+ and Cl- channels. Three actions of the anti-JFM antibody were distinguished on the basis of single-channel gating and conductance. The anti-RYR antibody had a single action, a simultaneous decrease in single-channel open probability (Po) and conductance. Both antibodies appear to alter single-channel gating by disrupting the Ca2(+)-activation mechanism of the channel. Anti-RYR-antibody-induced gating abnormalities were reversed by ATP, although the ATP-re-activated channels had altered gating kinetics. Two antigenic regions, recognizing the anti-RYR antibody, in the C-terminal end of the RYR primary amino acid sequence contain or are closely associated with putative ligand (Ca2+ and ATP)-binding sites identified previously. Our results demonstrate (1) that the antibodies induced abnormal gating (decreased open probability and stabilization of subconducting states) of SR release channels, and (2) that abnormal gating is not associated with physical obstruction or alteration of the conduction pathway. Thus antibodies directed at specific regions of the RYR (e.g. putative ligand-binding sites) can be used as effective probes with which to study the structural and functional properties of the SR Ca2(+)-release channel gating at the single-channel level.


1998 ◽  
Vol 330 (1) ◽  
pp. 559-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Edwin THROWER ◽  
J. A. Edward LEA ◽  
P. Alan DAWSON

Cytosolic free Ca2+ has been shown to have both activating and inhibitory effects upon the inositol (1,4,5) trisphosphate receptor (InsP3R) during intracellular Ca2+ release. The effects of cytosolic free Ca2+ on the InsP3R have already been monitored using cerebellar microsomes (containing InsP3R) incorporated into planar lipid bilayers [Bezprozvanny, Watras and Ehrlich (1991) Nature (London) 351, 751-754]. In these experiments the open probability of the channel exhibited a ‘bell-shaped Ca2+ dependence’. However, this has only been seen when the receptor is in the presence of its native membrane (e.g. microsomal vesicles). Using solubilized, purified InsP3R incorporated into planar lipid bilayers using the ‘tip-dip’ technique, investigations were carried out to see if the same effect was seen in the absence of the native membrane. Channel activity was observed in the presence of 4 μM InsP3 and 200 nM free Ca2+. Mean single channel current was 2.69 pA and more than one population of lifetimes was observed. Two populations had mean open times of approx. 9 and 97 ms. Upon increasing the free [Ca2+] to 2 μM, the mean single channel current decreased slightly to 2.39 pA, and the lifetimes increased to 30 and 230 ms. Elevation of free [Ca2+] to 4 μM resulted in a further decrease in mean single channel current to 1.97 pA as well as a decrease in lifetime to approx. 8 and 194 ms. At 10 μM free [Ca2+] no channel activity was observed. Thus, with purified receptor in artificial bilayers, free [Ca2+] on the cytosolic face of the receptor has major effects on channel behaviour, particularly on channel closure, although inhibition of channel activity is not seen until very high free [Ca2+] is reached.


2010 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 539a-540a
Author(s):  
Prithwish Pal ◽  
Geoffrey A. Barrall ◽  
Ariel L. Escobar ◽  
Melissa A. Poquette ◽  
Patricio Velez ◽  
...  

1999 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Mejía-Alvarez ◽  
Claudia Kettlun ◽  
Eduardo Ríos ◽  
Michael Stern ◽  
Michael Fill

Single canine cardiac ryanodine receptor channels were incorporated into planar lipid bilayers. Single-channel currents were sampled at 1–5 kHz and filtered at 0.2–1.0 kHz. Channel incorporations were obtained in symmetrical solutions (20 mM HEPES-Tris, pH 7.4, and pCa 5). Unitary Ca2+ currents were monitored when 2–30 mM Ca2+ was added to the lumenal side of the channel. The relationship between the amplitude of unitary Ca2+ current (at 0 mV holding potential) and lumenal [Ca2+] was hyperbolic and saturated at ∼4 pA. This relationship was then defined in the presence of different symmetrical CsCH3SO3 concentrations (5, 50, and 150 mM). Under these conditions, unitary current amplitude was 1.2 ± 0.1, 0.65 ± 0.1, and 0.35 ± 0.1 pA in 2 mM lumenal Ca2+; and 3.3 ± 0.4, 2.4 ± 0.2, and 1.63 ± 0.2 pA in 10 mM lumenal Ca2+ (n &gt; 6). Unitary Ca2+ current was also defined in the presence of symmetrical [Mg2+] (1 mM) and low [Cs+] (5 mM). Under these conditions, unitary Ca2+ current in 2 and 10 mM lumenal Ca2+ was 0.66 ± 0.1 and 1.52 ± 0.06 pA, respectively. In the presence of higher symmetrical [Cs+] (50 mM), Mg2+ (1 mM), and lumenal [Ca2+] (10 mM), unitary Ca2+ current exhibited an amplitude of 0.9 ± 0.2 pA (n = 3). This result indicates that the actions of Cs+ and Mg2+ on unitary Ca2+ current were additive. These data demonstrate that physiological levels of monovalent cation and Mg2+ effectively compete with Ca2+ as charge carrier in cardiac ryanodine receptor channels. If lumenal free Ca2+ is 2 mM, then our results indicate that unitary Ca2+ current under physiological conditions should be &lt;0.6 pA.


1987 ◽  
Vol 253 (3) ◽  
pp. C364-C368 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Rousseau ◽  
J. S. Smith ◽  
G. Meissner

Ryanodine affects excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal and cardiac muscle by specifically interacting with the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ release channel. The effect of the drug at the single channel level was studied by incorporating skeletal and cardiac SR vesicles into planar lipid bilayers. The two channels were activated by micromolar free Ca2+ and millimolar ATP and inhibited by Mg2+ and ruthenium red. Addition of micromolar concentrations of ryanodine decreased about twofold the unit conductance of the Ca2+- and ATP-activated skeletal and cardiac channels. A second effect of ryanodine was to increase the open probability (Po) of the channels in such a way that Po was close to unity under a variety of activating and inactivating conditions. The effects of ryanodine were long lasting in that removal of ryanodine by perfusion did not return the channels into their fully conducting state.


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.


1995 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 766-771 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. R. Waldenberger ◽  
B. Meyns ◽  
P. Wouters ◽  
E. De Ruyter ◽  
E. Pongo ◽  
...  

Postischemic myocardial dysfunction affects morbidity and mortality in patients with coronary artery disease. It is known that mechanical unloading of the left heart ventricle can positively influence postischemic myocardial dysfunction. In this respect we tested two miniaturised axial flow pumps, i.e. the 14-F and the 21-F Hemopump®. An experimental study was carried out on 30 open chest sheep where regional myocardial wall motion was followed using sonomicrometry in a preparation of transient coronary artery occlusion. Only the larger 21-F Hemopump® showed hemodynamically significant unloading of the left ventricle. Furthermore, as far as stunning is concerned, systolic wall thickening recovered better when this type of pump was used during reperfusion. Also postejection thickening, which is an indication of diastolic postischemic dysfunction, is reduced significantly in the postischemic area (ANOVA, p<0.05). Thus, the 21F Hemopump®, but not the 14F Hemopump®, provides adequate mechanical unloading in order to beneficially influence myocardial stunning.


2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azusa Oshima ◽  
Ayumi Hirano-Iwata ◽  
Tomohiro Nasu ◽  
Yasuo Kimura ◽  
Michio Niwano

1992 ◽  
Vol 262 (3) ◽  
pp. C708-C713 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. S. Scornik ◽  
L. Toro

Thromboxane A2 (TxA2) is a potent vasoconstrictor derived from the metabolism of arachidonic acid. Because potassium channels are involved in the contraction of vascular smooth muscle, their blockade could contribute to the TxA2-induced contraction. To test this possibility, we studied the effect of the TxA2 stable analogue U46619 on calcium-activated potassium (KCa) channels from coronary artery reconstituted into lipid bilayers. Addition of U46619 (50-150 nM) to the external but not to the internal side of the channel decreased the channel open probability (Po) between 15 and 80% of the control value. The inhibitory effect of U46619 affected both the open and closed states of the channel and could be reversed by internal calcium. Thromboxane B2, the inactive hydrolysis derivative of TxA2, did not affect channel activity. SQ 29548, a TxA2 receptor antagonist, was able to prevent the inhibition by U46619. Furthermore, SQ 29548 added after U46619 could restore channel activity to near control values. These results suggest that TxA2 could be a regulatory factor of KCa channels from coronary smooth muscle and that this regulation could be related to its action as a vasoconstrictor.


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