scholarly journals Measurement of RyR permeability reveals a role of calsequestrin in termination of SR Ca2+ release in skeletal muscle

2011 ◽  
Vol 138 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Sztretye ◽  
Jianxun Yi ◽  
Lourdes Figueroa ◽  
Jingsong Zhou ◽  
Leandro Royer ◽  
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The mechanisms that terminate Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum are not fully understood. D4cpv-Casq1 (Sztretye et al. 2011. J. Gen. Physiol. doi:10.1085/jgp.201010591) was used in mouse skeletal muscle cells under voltage clamp to measure free Ca2+ concentration inside the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), [Ca2+]SR, simultaneously with that in the cytosol, [Ca2+]c, during the response to long-lasting depolarization of the plasma membrane. The ratio of Ca2+ release flux (derived from [Ca2+]c(t)) over the gradient that drives it (essentially equal to [Ca2+]SR) provided directly, for the first time, a dynamic measure of the permeability to Ca2+ of the releasing SR membrane. During maximal depolarization, flux rapidly rises to a peak and then decays. Before 0.5 s, [Ca2+]SR stabilized at ∼35% of its resting level; depletion was therefore incomplete. By 0.4 s of depolarization, the measured permeability decayed to ∼10% of maximum, indicating ryanodine receptor channel closure. Inactivation of the t tubule voltage sensor was immeasurably small by this time and thus not a significant factor in channel closure. In cells of mice null for Casq1, permeability did not decrease in the same way, indicating that calsequestrin (Casq) is essential in the mechanism of channel closure and termination of Ca2+ release. The absence of this mechanism explains why the total amount of calcium releasable by depolarization is not greatly reduced in Casq-null muscle (Royer et al. 2010. J. Gen. Physiol. doi:10.1085/jgp.201010454). When the fast buffer BAPTA was introduced in the cytosol, release flux became more intense, and the SR emptied earlier. The consequent reduction in permeability accelerated as well, reaching comparable decay at earlier times but comparable levels of depletion. This observation indicates that [Ca2+]SR, sensed by Casq and transmitted to the channels presumably via connecting proteins, is determinant to cause the closure that terminates Ca2+ release.

2018 ◽  
Vol 150 (8) ◽  
pp. 1163-1177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colline Sanchez ◽  
Christine Berthier ◽  
Bruno Allard ◽  
Jimmy Perrot ◽  
Clément Bouvard ◽  
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Ion channel activity in the plasma membrane of living cells generates voltage changes that are critical for numerous biological functions. The membrane of the endoplasmic/sarcoplasmic reticulum (ER/SR) is also endowed with ion channels, but whether changes in its voltage occur during cellular activity has remained ambiguous. This issue is critical for cell functions that depend on a Ca2+ flux across the reticulum membrane. This is the case for contraction of striated muscle, which is triggered by opening of ryanodine receptor Ca2+ release channels in the SR membrane in response to depolarization of the transverse invaginations of the plasma membrane (the t-tubules). Here, we use targeted expression of voltage-sensitive fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) probes of the Mermaid family in differentiated muscle fibers to determine whether changes in SR membrane voltage occur during depolarization–contraction coupling. In the absence of an SR targeting sequence, FRET signals from probes present in the t-tubule membrane allow calibration of the voltage sensitivity and amplitude of the response to voltage-clamp pulses. Successful SR targeting of the probes was achieved using an N-terminal domain of triadin, which completely eliminates voltage-clamp–activated FRET signals from the t-tubule membrane of transfected fibers. In fibers expressing SR-targeted Mermaid probes, activation of SR Ca2+ release in the presence of intracellular ethyleneglycol-bis(β-amino-ethyl ether)-N,N,N′,N′-tetra acetic acid (EGTA) results in an accompanying FRET signal. We find that this signal results from pH sensitivity of the probe, which detects cytosolic acidification because of the release of protons upon Ca2+ binding to EGTA. When EGTA is substituted with either 1,2-bis(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid or the contraction blocker N-benzyl-p-toluene sulfonamide, we find no indication of a substantial change in the FRET response caused by a voltage change. These results suggest that the ryanodine receptor–mediated SR Ca2+ efflux is well balanced by concomitant counterion currents across the SR membrane.


2001 ◽  
Vol 287 (3) ◽  
pp. 696-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miklós Csala ◽  
Rosella Fulceri ◽  
József Mandl ◽  
Angelo Benedetti ◽  
Gábor Bánhegyi

2011 ◽  
Vol 300 (5) ◽  
pp. C998-C1012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naohiro Yamaguchi ◽  
Benjamin L. Prosser ◽  
Farshid Ghassemi ◽  
Le Xu ◽  
Daniel A. Pasek ◽  
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In vitro, calmodulin (CaM) and S100A1 activate the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor ion channel (RyR1) at submicromolar Ca2+ concentrations, whereas at micromolar Ca2+ concentrations, CaM inhibits RyR1. One amino acid substitution (RyR1-L3625D) has previously been demonstrated to impair CaM binding and regulation of RyR1. Here we show that the RyR1-L3625D substitution also abolishes S100A1 binding. To determine the physiological relevance of these findings, mutant mice were generated with the RyR1-L3625D substitution in exon 74, which encodes the CaM and S100A1 binding domain of RyR1. Homozygous mutant mice ( Ryr1 D/D) were viable and appeared normal. However, single RyR1 channel recordings from Ryr1 D/D mice exhibited impaired activation by CaM and S100A1 and impaired CaCaM inhibition. Isolated flexor digitorum brevis muscle fibers from Ryr1 D/D mice had depressed Ca2+ transients when stimulated by a single action potential. However, during repetitive stimulation, the mutant fibers demonstrated greater relative summation of the Ca2+ transients. Consistently, in vivo stimulation of tibialis anterior muscles in Ryr1 D/D mice demonstrated reduced twitch force in response to a single action potential, but greater summation of force during high-frequency stimulation. During repetitive stimulation, Ryr1 D/D fibers exhibited slowed inactivation of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release flux, consistent with increased summation of the Ca2+ transient and contractile force. Peak Ca2+ release flux was suppressed at all voltages in voltage-clamped Ryr1 D/D fibers. The results suggest that the RyR1-L3625D mutation removes both an early activating effect of S100A1 and CaM and delayed suppressing effect of CaCaM on RyR1 Ca2+ release, providing new insights into CaM and S100A1 regulation of skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling.


2000 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 1361-1365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo N. Chini ◽  
Henry Walker

Background FK506 binding protein is closely associated with the sarcoplasmic reticulum ryanodine receptor-channel and can modulate its function. The ryanodine receptor is stabilized by its association with FK506 binding protein. The immunosuppressant drugs FK506 (tacrolimus) and rapamycin can promote dissociation of FK506 binding protein from the ryanodine receptor 1 and by this mechanism increase sensitivity of ryanodine receptor 1 to agonists such as caffeine. Furthermore, it was shown recently that treatment of normal human skeletal muscle with FK506 and rapamycin increased halothane-induced contracture. The authors investigated the effect of the immunosuppressants FK506 and rapamycin on halothane-induced Ca2+ release in skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles. Methods Skeletal muscle terminal cisterns were isolated from New Zealand White rabbits. Ca2+ uptake and release was monitored in skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles using the fluo-3 fluorescent technique. Western Blot analysis of FK506 binding protein was performed using standard protocol. Results The authors observed that treatment of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles with FK506 and rapamycin enhances halothane-induced Ca2+ release by about five times. Furthermore, the Ca2+ release induced by halothane in the presence of FK506 was inhibited by several antagonists of the ryanodine receptor, such as ruthenium red, spermine, and Mg2+. Conclusion Dissociation of FK506 binding protein from its binding site in skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles can modulate halothane-induced Ca2+ release through the ryanodine receptor. Data are discussed in relation to the role of the FK506 binding protein in modulating the effect of halothane on the ryanodine receptor and the development of malignant hyperthermia phenotype.


1999 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 835-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirochika Komai ◽  
Andrew J. Lokuta

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.


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