scholarly journals Small, Membrane-bound, Alternatively Spliced Forms of Ankyrin 1 Associated with the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum of Mammalian Skeletal Muscle

1997 ◽  
Vol 136 (3) ◽  
pp. 621-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daixing Zhou ◽  
Connie S. Birkenmeier ◽  
McRae W. Williams ◽  
John J. Sharp ◽  
Jane E. Barker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Mammalian Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Hydrophobic Domain ◽  
Hek 293 ◽  
Reticular Pattern ◽  
293 Cells ◽  
Alternatively Spliced ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Highly Hydrophobic

We have recently found that the erythroid ankyrin gene, Ank1, expresses isoforms in mouse skeletal muscle, several of which share COOH-terminal sequence with previously known Ank1 isoforms but have a novel, highly hydrophobic 72–amino acid segment at their NH2 termini. Here, through the use of domainspecific peptide antibodies, we report the presence of the small ankyrins in rat and rabbit skeletal muscle and demonstrate their selective association with the sarcoplasmic reticulum. In frozen sections of rat skeletal muscle, antibodies to the spectrin-binding domain (anti-p65) react only with a 210-kD Ank1 and label the sarcolemma and nuclei, while antibodies to the COOH terminus of the small ankyrin (anti-p6) react with peptides of 20 to 26 kD on immunoblots and decorate the myoplasm in a reticular pattern. Mice homozygous for the normoblastosis mutation (gene symbol nb) are deficient in the 210-kD ankyrin but contain normal levels of the small ankyrins in the myoplasm. In nb/nb skeletal muscle, anti-p65 label is absent from the sarcolemma, whereas anti-p6 label shows the same distribution as in control skeletal muscle. In normal skeletal muscle of the rat, anti-p6 decorates Z lines, as defined by antidesmin distribution, and is also present at M lines where it surrounds the thick myosin filaments. Immunoblots of the proteins isolated with rabbit sarcoplasmic reticulum indicate that the small ankyrins are highly enriched in this fraction. When expressed in transfected HEK 293 cells, the small ankyrins are distributed in a reticular pattern resembling the ER if the NH2-terminal hydrophobic domain is present, but they are uniformly distributed in the cytosol if this domain is absent. These results suggest that the small ankyrins are integral membrane proteins of the sarcoplasmic reticulum. We propose that, unlike the 210-kD form of Ank1, previously localized to the sarcolemma and believed to be a part of the supporting cytoskeleton, the small Ank1 isoforms may stabilize the sarcoplasmic reticulum by linking it to the contractile apparatus.

scholarly journals Multidrug resistance-associated protein 9 (ABCC12) is present in mouse and boar sperm

2007 ◽  
Vol 406 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuhito Ono ◽  
Ingrid Van der Heijden ◽  
George L. Scheffer ◽  
Koen Van de Wetering ◽  
Elizabeth Van Deemter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multidrug Resistance ◽  
Kidney Cells ◽  
Cell Fractionation ◽  
Hek 293 ◽  
Human Embryonic Kidney Cells ◽  
Hek 293 Cells ◽  
Drug Conjugates ◽  
293 Cells ◽  
Boar Sperm ◽  
Alternatively Spliced

The human and murine genes for MRP9 (multidrug resistance-associated protein 9; ABCC12) yield many alternatively spliced RNAs. Using a panel of monoclonal antibodies, we detected full-length Mrp9 only in testicular germ cells and mouse sperm; we obtained no evidence for the existence of the truncated 100 kDa MRP9 protein reported previously. In contrast with other MRPs, neither murine Mrp9 nor the human MRP9 produced in MRP9-transfected HEK-293 cells (human embryonic kidney cells) appears to contain N-linked carbohydrates. In mouse and boar sperm, Mrp9 localizes to the midpiece, a structure containing all sperm mitochondria. However, immunolocalization microscopy and cell fractionation studies with transfected HEK-293 cells and mouse testis show that MRP9/Mrp9 does not localize to mitochondria. In HEK-293 cells, it is predominantly localized in the endoplasmic reticulum. We have been unable to demonstrate transport by MRP9 of substrates transported by other MRPs, such as drug conjugates and other organic anions.

Rapid anisotropic motion of the Ca2+-transport ATPase of the rabbit skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum

1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 587-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara A. Manuck ◽  
Brian D. Sykes
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Relaxation Times ◽  
Rotational Correlation Time ◽  
Rabbit Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Nuclear Spin Relaxation ◽  
Anisotropic Model ◽  
Transport Atpase ◽  
Anisotropic Motion ◽  
Membrane Bound

1H nuclear magnetic resonance techniques were used to study the binding of uridine 5′-triphosphate to the Ca2+-transport ATPase (EC 3.6.1.3) of sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles from rabbit skeletal muscle. The nuclear spin relaxation times determined for the bound nucleotide are used to characterize the rotational motion of the ATPase to which the nucleotide is bound. The results, assuming an anisotropic model for the motion of the ATPase in the membrane, place a low upper limit on the rotational correlation time of the ATPase. This indicates that the motion of the ATPase in the membrane is quite rapid when compared, for example, with the motion found for other membrane-bound proteins such as rhodopsin.

scholarly journals Polymorphism of sarcoplasmic-reticulum adenosine triphosphatase of rabbit skeletal muscle

1981 ◽  
Vol 197 (1) ◽  
pp. 245-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Damiani ◽  
R Betto ◽  
S Salvatori ◽  
P Volpe ◽  
G Salviati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Adenosine Triphosphatase ◽  
Slow Muscle ◽  
Fast Muscle ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Immunological Relationship ◽  
One Step ◽  
Membrane Bound

Antibody was raised in chickens against purified sarcoplasmic-reticulum Ca2+-activated ATPase (Ca2+-ATPase). The immunological relationship between the Ca2+-ATPase of fast-muscle and slow-muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum was investigated by a one-step and a two-step competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The results show marked antigenic differences between the membrane-bound Ca2+-ATPase of the sarcoplasmic-reticulum vesicles from fast muscle and slow muscle, beside differences in the membrane content of ATPase protein.

scholarly journals Functional Studies of RYR1  Mutations in the Skeletal Muscle Ryanodine Receptor Using Human RYR1  Complementary DNA

2010 ◽  
Vol 112 (6) ◽  
pp. 1350-1354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keisaku Sato ◽  
Neil Pollock ◽  
Kathryn M. Stowell
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Malignant Hyperthermia ◽  
Calcium Channel ◽  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Human Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Binding Assays ◽  
Complementary Dna ◽  
Hek 293 ◽  
Hek 293 Cells ◽  
293 Cells

Background Malignant hyperthermia is associated with mutations within the gene encoding the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor, the calcium channel that releases Ca from sarcoplasmic reticulum stores triggering muscle contraction, and other metabolic activities. More than 200 variants have been identified in the ryanodine receptor, but only some of these have been shown to functionally affect the calcium channel. To implement genetic testing for malignant hyperthermia, variants must be shown to alter the function of the channel. A number of different ex vivo methods can be used to demonstrate functionality, as long as cells from human patients can be obtained and cultured from at least two unrelated families. Because malignant hyperthermia is an uncommon disorder and many variants seem to be private, including the newly identified H4833Y mutation, these approaches are limited. Methods The authors cloned the human skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor complementary DNA and expressed both normal and mutated forms in HEK-293 cells and carried out functional analysis using ryanodine binding assays in the presence of a specific agonist, 4-chloro-m-cresol, and the antagonist Mg. Results Transiently expressed human ryanodine receptor proteins colocalized with an endoplasmic reticulum marker in HEK-293 cells. Ryanodine binding assays confirmed that mutations causing malignant hyperthermia resulted in a hypersensitive channel, while those causing central core disease resulted in a hyposensitive channel. Conclusions The functional assays validate recombinant human skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor for analysis of variants and add an additional mutation (H4833Y) to the repertoire of mutations that can be used for the genetic diagnosis of malignant hyperthermia.

scholarly journals Localization of sarcoplasmic reticulum proteins in rat skeletal muscle by immunofluorescence.

1979 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 372-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
A O Jorgensen ◽  
V Kalnins ◽  
D H MacLennan
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Immunofluorescent Staining ◽  
Mammalian Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Rat Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Ultrastructural Studies ◽  
Band Region ◽  
Slow Twitch ◽  
Fast Twitch ◽  
Cryostat Sections

Ca++-Mg++-dependent ATPase and calsequestrin, the major intrinsic and extrinsic proteins, respectively, of the sarcoplasmic reticulum, were localized in cryostat sections of adult rat skeletal muscle by immunofluorescent staining and phase-contrast microscopy. Relatively high concentrations of both the ATPase and calsequestrin were found in fast-twitch myofibers while a very low concentration of the ATPase and a moderate concentration of calsequestrin were found in slow-twitch myofibers. These findings are consistent with previous biochemical studies of the isolated sarcoplasmic reticulum of slow-twitch and fast-twitch mammalian muscles. The distribution of the ATPase in muscle fibers is distinctly different from that of calsequestrin. While calsequestrin is present only near the interface between the I- and A-band regions of the sarcomere, the ATPase is found throughout the I-band region as well as in the center of the A-band region. In comparing these results with in situ ultrastructural studies of the distribution of sarcoplasmic reticulum in fast-twitch muscle, it appears that the ATPase is rather uniformly distributed throughout the sarcoplasmic reticulum while calsequestrin is almost exclusively confined to those regions of the membrane system which correspond to terminal cisternae. Fluorescent staining with these antisera was not observed in vascular smooth muscle cells present in the cryostat sections of the mammalian skeletal muscle used in this study.

scholarly journals Analysis of AKAP7γ Dimerization

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arpita Singh ◽  
Marc Rigatti ◽  
Andrew V. Le ◽  
Cathrine R. Carlson ◽  
Ion I. Moraru ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Binding Sites ◽  
Photon Counting ◽  
Hek 293 ◽  
Spatiotemporal Regulation ◽  
Anchoring Proteins ◽  
293 Cells ◽  
Cellular Context ◽  
Multiple Regions ◽  
Alternatively Spliced ◽  
Self Association

A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs) constitute a family of scaffolding proteins that contribute to spatiotemporal regulation of PKA-mediated phosphorylation events. In particular, AKAP7 is a family of alternatively spliced proteins that participates in cardiac calcium dynamics. Here, we demonstrate via pull-down from transfected cells and by direct protein-protein association that AKAP7γ self-associates. Self-association appears to be an isoform specific phenomenon, as AKAP7α did not associate with itself or with AKAP7γ. However, AKAP7γ did associate with AKAP7δ, suggesting the long isoforms of the AKAP can form heterodimers. Surface plasmon resonance found that the AKAP7γ self-association occurs via two high affinity binding sites with KD values in the low nanomolar range. Mapping of the binding sites by peptide array reveals that AKAP7γ interacts with itself through multiple regions. Photon counting histogram analysis (PCH) of AKAP7γ-EGFP expressed in HEK-293 cells confirmed that AKAP7γ-EGFP self-associates in a cellular context. Lastly, computational modeling of PKA dynamics within AKAP7γ complexes suggests that oligomerization may augment phosphorylation of scaffolded PKA substrates. In conclusion, our study reveals that AKAP7γ forms both homo- and heterodimers with the long isoforms of the AKAP and that this phenomenon could be an important step in mediating effective substrate phosphorylation in cellular microdomains.

Assembly of the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Synthesis of calsequestrin and the Ca2++Mg2+-adenosme triphosphatase on membrane-bound polyribosomes

1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 452-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald C. Greenway ◽  
David H. MacLennan
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Cell Differentiation ◽  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Muscle Cell ◽  
Adenosine Triphosphatase ◽  
Secreted Proteins ◽  
Neonatal Rats ◽  
Muscle Cell Differentiation ◽  
Reticulocyte Lysate ◽  
Membrane Bound

Membrane-bound and free polyribosomes were isolated from skeletal muscle of neonatal rats and messages were translated in a rabbit reticulocyte lysate treated with a Ca2+-dependent nuclease to reduce endogenous messenger translation. Newly synthesized calsequestrin and adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) were isolated by antibody precipitation, followed by separation of the precipitates in SDS-polyacrylamide gels. Radioactivity in calsequestrin and the ATPase were counted in gel slices. Calsequestrin and the ATPase were both found to be synthesized on membrane-bound polyribosomes. Since calsequestrin is a glycoprotein, localized in Golgi regions in early stages of muscle cell differentiation, it is probable that its synthesis follows the pathway for synthesis of secreted proteins except that its destination is the luminal space of a cellular organelle. The disposition of the ATPase during synthesis is, as yet, unknown.

scholarly journals Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum compared in amphibian and mammalian skeletal muscle.

1996 ◽  
Vol 107 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Shirokova ◽  
J García ◽  
G Pizarro ◽  
E Ríos
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Voltage Dependence ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Mammalian Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Fiber Volume ◽  
Voltage Sensors ◽  
Voltage Dependent ◽  
Release Flux ◽  
Early Peak

Puzzled by recent reports of differences in specific ligand binding to muscle Ca2+ channels, we quantitatively compared the flux of Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in skeletal muscle fibers of an amphibian (frog) and a mammal (rat), voltage clamped in a double Vaseline gap chamber. The determinations of release flux were carried out by the "removal" method and by measuring the rate of Ca2+ binding to dyes in large excess over other Ca2+ buffers. To have a more meaningful comparison, the effects of stretching the fibers, of rapid changes in temperature, and of changes in the Ca2+ content of the SR were studied in both species. In both frogs and rats, the release flux had an early peak followed by fast relaxation to a lower sustained release. The peak and steady values of release flux, Rp and Rs, were influenced little by stretching. Rp in frogs was 31 mM/s (SEM = 4, n = 24) and in rats 7 +/- 2 mM/s (n = 12). Rs was 9 +/- 1 and 3 +/- 0.7 mM/s in frogs and rats, respectively. Transverse (T) tubule area, estimated from capacitance measurements and normalized to fiber volume, was greater in rats (0.61 +/- 0.04 microns-1) than in frogs (0.48 +/- 0.04 micron-1), as expected from the greater density of T tubuli. Total Ca in the SR was estimated as 3.4 +/- 0.6 and 1.9 +/- 0.3 mmol/liter myoplasmic water in frogs and rats. With the above figures, the steady release flux per unit area of T tubule was found to be fourfold greater in the frog, and the steady permeability of the junctional SR was about threefold greater. The ratio Rp/Rs was approximately 2 in rats at all voltages, whereas it was greater and steeply voltage dependent in frogs, going through a maximum of 6 at -40 mV, then decaying to approximately 3.5 at high voltage. Both Rp and Rs depended strongly on the temperature, but their ratio, and its voltage dependence, did not. Assuming that the peak of Ca2+ release is contributed by release channels not in contact with voltage sensors, or not under their direct control, the greater ratio in frogs may correspond to the relative excess of Ca2+ release channels over voltage sensors apparent in binding measurements. From the marked differences in voltage dependence of the ratio, as well as consideration of Ca(2+)-induced release models, we derive indications of fundamental differences in control mechanisms between mammalian and amphibian muscle.

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