cADP-ribose activates reconstituted ryanodine receptors from coronary arterial smooth muscle

2001 ◽  
Vol 280 (1) ◽  
pp. H208-H215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pin-Lan Li ◽  
Wang-Xian Tang ◽  
Hector H. Valdivia ◽  
Ai-Ping Zou ◽  
William B. Campbell

The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that cADP-ribose (cADPR) increases Ca2+release through activation of ryanodine receptors (RYR) on the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in coronary arterial smooth muscle cells (CASMCs). We reconstituted RYR from the SR of CASMCs into planar lipid bilayers and examined the effect of cADPR on the activity of these Ca2+ release channels. In a symmetrical cesium methanesulfonate configuration, a 245 pS Cs+ current was recorded. This current was characterized by the formation of a subconductance and increase in the open probability (NPo) of the channels in the presence of ryanodine (0.01–1 μM) and imperatoxin A (100 nM). A high concentration of ryanodine (50 μM) and ruthenium red (40–80 μM) substantially inhibited the activity of RYR/Ca2+ release channels. Caffeine (0.5–5 mM) markedly increased the NPo of these Ca2+release channels of the SR, but d- myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphospate and heparin were without effect. Cyclic ADPR significantly increased the NPo of these Ca2+release channels of SR in a concentration-dependent manner. Addition of cADPR (0.01 μM) into the cis bath solution produced a 2.9-fold increase in the NPo of these RYR/Ca2+release channels. An eightfold increase in the NPo of the RYR/Ca2+ release channels (0.0056 ± 0.001 vs. 0.048 ± 0.017) was observed at a concentration of cADPR of 1 μM. The effect of cADPR was completely abolished by ryanodine (50 μM). In the presence of cADPR, Ca2+-induced activation of these channels was markedly enhanced. These results provide evidence that cADPR activates RYR/Ca2+ release channels on the SR of CASMCs. It is concluded that cADPR stimulates Ca2+ release through the activation of RYRs on the SR of these smooth mucle cells.

1998 ◽  
Vol 275 (3) ◽  
pp. H1002-H1010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pin-Lan Li ◽  
Ai-Ping Zou ◽  
William B. Campbell

The enzymatic pathway responsible for the production and metabolism of cyclic ADP-ribose (cADP-R) in small bovine coronary arteries was characterized, and the role of cADP-R and ADP-ribose (ADP-R) in the regulation of the activity of large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+(KCa) channels was determined in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) prepared from these vessels. We found that cADP-R and ADP-R were produced when the coronary arterial homogenates were incubated with 1 mM β-NAD. The time course of the enzyme reactions showed that the maximal conversion rate (1.37 ± 0.03 nmol ⋅ min−1 ⋅ mg protein−1) of β-NAD to cADP-R was reached after 3 min of incubation. As incubation time was prolonged, the production of ADP-R was increased to a maximal rate of 3.66 ± 0.03 nmol ⋅ min−1 ⋅ mg protein−1, whereas cADP-R production decreased. Incubation of the homogenate with cADP-R produced a time-dependent increase in the synthesis of ADP-R. Comparison of coronary arterial microsomes with cytosols shows that the production of both cADP-R and ADP-R in microsomes was significantly greater. In excised inside-out membrane patches of single coronary SMC, the KCa channels were activated when β-NAD, the precursor for both cADP-R and ADP-R, was applied to the internal surface. This effect of β-NAD may be associated with the production of ADP-R, because the KCa-channel activity was increased by ADP-R in a concentration-dependent manner. The open-state probability of the KCa channels increased from a control level of 0.08 ± 0.03 to 0.17 ± 0.05 even at the lowest ADP-R concentration (0.1 μM) studied. However, cADP-R reduced the KCa-channel activity, and the threshold concentration of cADP-R that decreased the average channel activity of the KCa channels was 1 μM. These results provide evidence that cADP-R is produced and metabolized in the coronary arterial smooth muscle and that a cADP-R/ADP-R pathway participates in the control of the KCa-channel activity in vascular SMC.


2009 ◽  
Vol 297 (2) ◽  
pp. L347-L361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Bai ◽  
Martin Edelmann ◽  
Michael J. Sanderson

The relative contribution of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptors (IP3Rs) and ryanodine receptors (RyRs) to agonist-induced Ca2+ signaling in mouse airway smooth muscle cells (SMCs) was investigated in lung slices with phase-contrast or laser scanning microscopy. At room temperature (RT), methacholine (MCh) or 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) induced Ca2+ oscillations and an associated contraction in small airway SMCs. The subsequent exposure to an IP3R antagonist, 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB), inhibited the Ca2+ oscillations and induced airway relaxation in a concentration-dependent manner. 2-APB also inhibited Ca2+ waves generated by the photolytic release of IP3. However, the RyR antagonist ryanodine had no significant effect, at any concentration, on airway contraction or agonist- or IP3-induced Ca2+ oscillations or Ca2+ wave propagation. By contrast, a second RyR antagonist, tetracaine, relaxed agonist-contracted airways and inhibited agonist-induced Ca2+ oscillations in a concentration-dependent manner. However, tetracaine did not affect IP3-induced Ca2+ release or wave propagation nor the Ca2+ content of SMC Ca2+ stores as evaluated by Ca2+-release induced by caffeine. Conversely, both ryanodine and tetracaine completely blocked agonist-independent slow Ca2+ oscillations induced by KCl. The inhibitory effects of 2-APB and absence of an effect of ryanodine on MCh-induced airway contraction or Ca2+ oscillations of SMCs were also observed at 37°C. In Ca2+-permeable SMCs, tetracaine inhibited agonist-induced contraction without affecting intracellular Ca2+ levels indicating that relaxation also resulted from a reduction in Ca2+ sensitivity. These results indicate that agonist-induced Ca2+ oscillations in mouse small airway SMCs are primary mediated via IP3Rs and that tetracaine induces relaxation by both decreasing Ca2+ sensitivity and inhibiting agonist-induced Ca2+ oscillations via an IP3-dependent mechanism.


2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1164-1171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Faltinová ◽  
Alexandra Zahradníková

AbstractThe effect of a domain peptide DPCPVTc from the central region of the RYR2 on ryanodine receptors from rat heart has been examined in planar lipid bilayers. At a zero holding potential and at 8 mmol L−1 luminal Ca2+ concentration, DPCPVTc induced concentrationdependent activation of the ryanodine receptor that led up to 20-fold increase of PO at saturating DPCPVTc concentrations. DPCPVTc prolonged RyR2 openings and increased RyR2 opening frequency. At all peptide concentrations the channels displayed large variability in open probability, open time and frequency of openings. With increasing peptide concentration, the fraction of high open probability records increased together with their open time. The closed times of neither low- nor high-open probability records depended on peptide concentration. The concentration dependence of all gating parameters had EC50 of 20 μmol L−1 and a Hill slope of 2. Comparison of the effects of DPCPVTc with the effects of ATP and cytosolic Ca2+ suggests that activation does not involve luminal feed-through and is not caused by modulation of the cytosolic activation A-site. The data suggest that although “domain unzipping” by DPCPVTc occurs in both modes of RyR activity, it affects RyR gating only when the channel resides in the H-mode of activity.


2000 ◽  
Vol 349 (3) ◽  
pp. 797-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aki YAMADA ◽  
Osamu SATO ◽  
Minoru WATANABE ◽  
Michael P. WALSH ◽  
Yasuo OGAWA ◽  
...  

Ruthenium Red (RuR) is widely used as an inhibitor of ryanodine receptor Ca2+ release channels, but has additional effects such as the induction of Ca2+ sensitization of contraction of permeabilized smooth muscles. To address the mechanism underlying this process, we examined the effects of RuR on contractility in permeabilized guinea-pig ileum and on the activity of myosin-light-chain phosphatase (MP). RuR increased the force at submaximal [Ca2+] (pCa 6.3) approx. 4-fold. This effect was not observed after thiophosphorylation of MP. RuR also seemed capable of preventing the thiophosphorylation of MP, suggesting a direct interaction of RuR with MP. Consistent with this possibility, smooth-muscle MP was inhibited by RuR in a concentration-dependent manner (IC50 23µM). Exogenous calmodulin significantly increased RuR-induced contraction at pCa 6.3 but had little effect on contraction induced by microcystin at this [Ca2+]. Ca2+-independent contraction was induced by RuR (EC50 843µM) and by microcystin (EC50 59nM) but the maximal force induced by RuR was smaller than that induced by microcystin. The addition of 300µM RuR enhanced the contraction induced by 30nM microcystin but markedly decreased that induced by 1µM microcystin. Such a dual action of RuR on microcystin-induced effects was not observed in experiments using purified MP. We conclude that the RuR-induced Ca2+ sensitization of smooth-muscle contraction is due to the direct inhibition of MP by RuR.


1997 ◽  
Vol 273 (5) ◽  
pp. C1588-C1595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiharu Oba

The effects of niflumic acid on ryanodine receptors (RyRs) of frog skeletal muscle were studied by incorporating sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) vesicles into planar lipid bilayers. Frog muscle had two distinct types of RyRs in the SR: one showed a bell-shaped channel activation curve against cytoplasmic Ca2+ or niflumic acid, and its mean open probability ( P o) was increased by perchlorate at 20–30 mM (termed “α-like” RyR); the other showed a sigmoidal activation curve against Ca2+ or niflumic acid, with no effect on perchlorate (termed “β-like” RyR). The unitary conductance and reversal potential of both channel types were unaffected after exposure to niflumic acid when clamped at 0 mV. When clamped at more positive potentials, the β-like RyR channel rectified this, increasing the unitary current. Treatment with niflumic acid did not inhibit the response of both channels to Ca2+ release channel modulators such as caffeine, ryanodine, and ruthenium red. The different effects of niflumic acid on P o and the unitary current amplitude in both types of channels may be attributable to the lack or the presence of inactivation sites and/or distinct responses to agonists.


1999 ◽  
Vol 276 (3) ◽  
pp. C566-C575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aki Yamada ◽  
Susumu Ohya ◽  
Masaru Hirano ◽  
Minoru Watanabe ◽  
Michael P. Walsh ◽  
...  

The effects of ruthenium red (RuR) on contractility were examined in skinned fibers of guinea pig smooth muscles, where sarcoplasmic reticulum function was destroyed by treatment with A-23187. Contractions of skinned fibers of the urinary bladder were enhanced by RuR in a concentration-dependent manner (EC50 = 60 μM at pCa 6.0). The magnitude of contraction at pCa 6.0 was increased to 320% of control by 100 μM RuR. Qualitatively, the same results were obtained in skinned fibers prepared from the ileal longitudinal smooth muscle layer and mesenteric artery. The maximal contraction induced by pCa 4.5 was not affected significantly by RuR. The enhanced contraction by RuR was not reversed by the addition of guanosine 5′- O-(2-thiodiphosphate) or a peptide inhibitor of protein kinase C [PKC-(19—31)]. The application of microcystin, a potent protein phosphatase inhibitor, induced a tonic contraction of skinned smooth muscle at low Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]; pCa > 8.0). RuR had a dual effect on the microcystin-induced contraction-to- enhancement ratio at low concentrations and suppression at high concentrations. The relaxation following the decrease in [Ca2+] from pCa 5.0 to >8.0 was significantly slowed down by an addition of RuR. Phosphorylation of the myosin light chain at pCa 6.3 was significantly increased by RuR in skinned fibers of the guinea pig ileum. These results indicate that RuR markedly increases the Ca2+ sensitivity of the contractile system, at least in part via inhibition of myosin light chain phosphatase.


2002 ◽  
Vol 282 (4) ◽  
pp. H1304-H1310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang-Xian Tang ◽  
Ya-Fei Chen ◽  
Ai-Ping Zou ◽  
William B. Campbell ◽  
Pin-Lan Li

cADP ribose (cADPR) serves as second messenger to activate the ryanodine receptors (RyRs) of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and mobilize intracellular Ca2+in vascular smooth muscle cells. However, the mechanisms mediating the effect of cADPR remain unknown. The present study was designed to determine whether FK-506 binding protein 12.6 (FKBP12.6), an accessory protein of the RyRs, plays a role in cADPR-induced activation of the RyRs. A 12.6-kDa protein was detected in bovine coronary arterial smooth muscle (BCASM) and cultured CASM cells by being immunoblotted with an antibody against FKBP12, which also reacted with FKBP12.6. With the use of planar lipid bilayer clamping techniques, FK-506 (0.01–10 μM) significantly increased the open probability ( NP O) of reconstituted RyR/Ca2+release channels from the SR of CASM. This FK-506-induced activation of RyR/Ca2+ release channels was abolished by pretreatment with anti-FKBP12 antibody. The RyRs activator cADPR (0.1–10 μM) markedly increased the activity of RyR/Ca2+ release channels. In the presence of FK-506, cADPR did not further increase the NP O of RyR/Ca2+ release channels. Addition of anti-FKBP12 antibody also completely blocked cADPR-induced activation of these channels, and removal of FKBP12.6 by preincubation with FK-506 and subsequent gradient centrifugation abolished cADPR-induced increase in the NP O of RyR/Ca2+ release channels. We conclude that FKBP12.6 plays a critical role in mediating cADPR-induced activation of RyR/Ca2+ release channels from the SR of BCASM.


2006 ◽  
Vol 398 (3) ◽  
pp. 485-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebekah H. Gensure ◽  
Mark L. Zeidel ◽  
Warren G. Hill

H+/OH− permeation through lipid bilayers occurs at anomalously high rates and the determinants of proton flux through membranes are poorly understood. Since all life depends on proton gradients, it is important to develop a greater understanding of proton leak phenomena. We have used stopped-flow fluorimetry to probe the influence of two lipid raft components, chol (cholesterol) and SM (sphingomyelin), on H+/OH− and water permeability. Increasing the concentrations of both lipids in POPC (palmitoyl-2-oleoyl phosphatidylcholine) liposomes decreased water permeability in a concentration-dependent manner, an effect that correlated with increased lipid order. Surprisingly, proton flux was increased by increasing the concentration of chol and SM. The chol effect was complex with molar concentrations of 17.9, 33 and 45.7% giving 2.8-fold (P<0.01), 2.2-fold (P<0.001) and 5.1-fold (P<0.001) increases in H+/OH− permeability from a baseline of 2.4×10−2 cm/s. SM at 10 mole% effected a 2.8-fold increase (P<0.01), whereas 20 and 30 mole% enhanced permeability by 3.6-fold (P<0.05) and 4.1-fold respectively (P<0.05). Supplementing membranes containing chol with SM did not enhance H+/OH− permeability. Of interest was the finding that chol addition to soya-bean lipids decreased H+/OH− permeability, consistent with an earlier report [Ira and Krishnamoorthy (2001) J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 1484–1488]. We speculate that the presence of proton carriers in crude lipid extracts might contribute to this result. We conclude that (i) chol and SM specifically and independently increase rates of proton permeation in POPC bilayers, (ii) domains enriched in these lipids or domain interfaces may represent regions with high H+/OH− conductivity, (iii) H+/OH− fluxes are not governed by lipid order and (iv) chol can inhibit or promote H+/OH− permeability depending on the total lipid environment. Theories of proton permeation are discussed in the light of these results.


2011 ◽  
Vol 301 (5) ◽  
pp. C1027-C1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana V. Skarra ◽  
Trudy Cornwell ◽  
Viktoriya Solodushko ◽  
Amber Brown ◽  
Mark S. Taylor

Organized uterine contractions, including those necessary for parturition, are dependent on calcium entry through voltage-gated calcium channels in myometrial smooth muscle cells. Recent evidence suggests that small-conductance Ca2+-activated potassium channels (KCa2), specifically isoforms KCa2.2 and 2.3, may control these contractions through negative feedback regulation of Ca2+ entry. We tested whether selective pharmacologic activation of KCa2.2/2.3 channels might depress uterine contractions, providing a new strategy for preterm labor intervention. Western blot analysis and immunofluorescence microscopy revealed expression of both KCa2.2 and KCa2.3 in the myometrium of nonpregnant (NP) and pregnant (gestation day 10 and 16; D10 and D16, respectively) mice. Spontaneous phasic contractions of isolated NP, D10, and D16 uterine strips were all suppressed by the KCa2.2/2.3-selective activator CyPPA in a concentration-dependent manner. This effect was antagonized by the selective KCa2 inhibitor apamin. Whereas CyPPA sensitivity was reduced in D10 and D16 versus NP strips (pIC50 5.33 ± 0.09, 4.64 ± 0.03, 4.72 ± 0.10, respectively), all contractions were abolished between 30 and 60 μM. Blunted contractions were associated with CyPPA depression of spontaneous Ca2+ events in myometrial smooth muscle bundles. Augmentation of uterine contractions with oxytocin or prostaglandin F2α did not reduce CyPPA sensitivity or efficacy. Finally, in an RU486-induced preterm labor model, CyPPA significantly delayed time to delivery by 3.4 h and caused a 2.5-fold increase in pup retention. These data indicate that pharmacologic stimulation of myometrial KCa2.2/2.3 channels effectively suppresses Ca2+-mediated uterine contractions and delays preterm birth in mice, supporting the potential utility of this approach in tocolytic therapies.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke Jordan ◽  
Nathan Wittenberg

This is a comprehensive study of the effects of the four major brain gangliosides (GM1, GD1b, GD1a, and GT1b) on the adsorption and rupture of phospholipid vesicles on SiO2 surfaces for the formation of supported lipid bilayer (SLB) membranes. Using quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) we show that gangliosides GD1a and GT1b significantly slow the SLB formation process, whereas GM1 and GD1b have smaller effects. This is likely due to the net ganglioside charge as well as the positions of acidic sugar groups on ganglioside glycan head groups. Data is included that shows calcium can accelerate the formation of ganglioside-rich SLBs. Using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) we also show that the presence of gangliosides significantly reduces lipid diffusion coefficients in SLBs in a concentration-dependent manner. Finally, using QCM-D and GD1a-rich SLB membranes we measure the binding kinetics of an anti-GD1a antibody that has similarities to a monoclonal antibody that is a hallmark of a variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome.


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