Subtype specificity of the ryanodine receptor for Ca2+ signal amplification in excitation-contraction coupling.

AUTOR(ES)

Yamazawa, T

RESUMO

In excitable cells membrane depolarization is translated into intracellular Ca2+ signals. The ryanodine receptor (RyR) amplifies the Ca2+ signal by releasing Ca2+ from the intracellular Ca2+ store upon receipt of a message from the dihydropyridine receptor (DHPR) on the plasma membrane in striated muscle. There are two distinct mechanisms for the amplification of Ca2+ signalling. In cardiac cells depolarization-dependent Ca2+ influx through DHPR triggers Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release via RyR, while in skeletal muscle cells a voltage-induced change in DHPR is thought to be mechanically transmitted, without a requirement for Ca2+ influx, to RyR to cause it to open. In expression experiments using mutant skeletal myocytes lacking an intrinsic subtype of RyR (RyR-1), we demonstrate that RyR-1, but not the cardiac subtype (RyR-2), is capable of supporting skeletal muscle-type coupling. Furthermore, when RyR-2 was expressed in skeletal myocytes, we observed depolarization-independent spontaneous Ca2+ waves and oscillations, which suggests that RyR-2 is prone to regenerative Ca2+ release responses. These results demonstrate functional diversity among RyR subtypes and indicate that the subtype of RyR is the key to Ca2+ signal amplification.

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