ryanodine has been researched along with 1-4-dihydropyridine* in 13 studies
1 review(s) available for ryanodine and 1-4-dihydropyridine
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Ca2+ channels and excitation-contraction coupling.
Topics: Action Potentials; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium Channels; CHO Cells; Cricetinae; Dihydropyridines; Genes; Humans; Malignant Hyperthermia; Mammals; Mice; Mice, Mutant Strains; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Proteins; Muscular Diseases; Myocardial Contraction; Organ Specificity; Protein Engineering; Receptors, Nicotinic; Ryanodine; Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum; Signal Transduction | 1991 |
12 other study(ies) available for ryanodine and 1-4-dihydropyridine
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PAC1hop receptor activation facilitates catecholamine secretion selectively through 2-APB-sensitive Ca(2+) channels in PC12 cells.
PACAP is a critical regulator of long-term catecholamine secretion from the adrenal medulla in vivo, however the receptor or pathways for Ca(2+) entry triggering acute and sustained secretion have not been adequately characterized. We have previously cloned the bovine adrenal chromaffin cell PAC1 receptor that contains the molecular determinants required for PACAP-induced Ca(2+) elevation and is responsible for imparting extracellular Ca(2+) influx-dependent secretory competence in PC12 cells. Here, we use this cell model to gain mechanistic insights into PAC1hop-dependent Ca(2+) pathways responsible for catecholamine secretion. PACAP-modulated extracellular Ca(2+) entry in PC12 cells could be partially blocked with nimodipine, an inhibitor of L-type VGCCs and partially blocked by 2-APB, an inhibitor and modulator of various transient receptor potential (TRP) channels. Despite the co-existence of these two modes of Ca(2+) entry, sustained catecholamine secretion in PC12 cells was exclusively modulated by 2-APB-sensitive Ca(2+) channels. While IP3 generation occurred after PACAP exposure, most PACAP-induced Ca(2+) mobilization involved release from ryanodine-gated cytosolic stores. 2-APB-sensitive Ca(2+) influx, and subsequent catecholamine secretion was however not functionally related to intracellular Ca(2+) mobilization and store depletion. The reconstituted PAC1hop-expessing PC12 cell model therefore recapitulates both PACAP-induced Ca(2+) release from ER stores and extracellular Ca(2+) entry that restores PACAP-induced secretory competence in neuroendocrine cells. We demonstrate here that although bPAC1hop receptor occupancy induces Ca(2+) entry through two independent sources, VGCCs and 2-APB-sensitive channels, only the latter contributes importantly to sustained vesicular catecholamine release that is a fundamental characteristic of this neuropeptide system. These results emphasize the importance of establishing functional linkages between Ca(2+) signaling pathways initiated by pleotrophic signaling molecules such as PACAP, and physiologically important downstream events, such as secretion, triggered by them. Topics: Animals; Boron Compounds; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Calcium Channels; Calcium Channels, L-Type; Calcium Signaling; Cattle; Dihydropyridines; Inositol Phosphates; Norepinephrine; PC12 Cells; Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; Protein Isoforms; Rats; Receptors, Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide, Type I; Ryanodine | 2010 |
Location of ryanodine and dihydropyridine receptors in frog myocardium.
Frog myocardium depends almost entirely on calcium entry from extracellular spaces for its beat-to-beat activation. Atrial myocardium additionally shows internal calcium release under certain conditions, but internal release in the ventricle is absent or very low. We have examined the content and distribution of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium release channels (ryanodine receptors, RyRs) and the surface membrane calcium channels (dihydropyridine receptors, DHPRs) in myocardium from the two atria and the ventricle of the frog heart using binding of radioactive ryanodine, immunolabeling of RyR and DHPR, and thin section and freeze-fracture electron microscopy. In cells from both types of chambers, the SR forms peripheral couplings and in both chambers peripheral couplings colocalize with clusters of DHPRs. However, although a low level of high affinity binding of ryanodine is detectable and RyRs are present in peripheral couplings of the atrium, the ventricle shows essentially no ryanodine binding and RyRs are not detectable either by electron microscopy or immunolabeling. The results are consistent with the lack of internal calcium release in the ventricle, and raise questions regarding the significance of DHPR at peripheral couplings in the absence of RyR. Interestingly, the free SR membrane in both heart chambers shows a low but equal density of intramembrane particles representing the Ca(2+) ATPase. Topics: Animals; Calcium Channels, L-Type; Cryoultramicrotomy; Dihydropyridines; Heart Atria; Heart Ventricles; In Vitro Techniques; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Myocardium; Rana temporaria; Ryanodine; Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum; Statistics as Topic; Tissue Distribution | 2003 |
Mechanism of action of angiotensin II in human isolated subcutaneous resistance arteries.
1. Human isolated subcutaneous arteries were mounted in a myograph and isometric tension measured. In some experiments, intracellular calcium [Ca(2+)]i was also measured using fura-2. 2. Angiotensin II (100 pM - 1 microM) increased [Ca(2+)]i and tone in a concentration-dependent manner. The effects of angiotensin II (100 nM) were inhibited by an AT1-receptor antagonist, candesartan (100 pM). 3. Ryanodine (10 microM), had no effect on angiotensin II-induced responses, but removal of extracellular Ca(2+) abolished angiotensin II-induced rise in [Ca(2+)]i and tone. Inhibition of Ca(2+) entry by Ni(2+) (2 mM), also inhibited angiotensin II responses. The dihydropyridine, L-type calcium channel antagonist, amlodipine (10 microM), only partially attenuated angiotensin II responses. 4. Inhibition of protein kinase C (PKC) by chelerythrine (1 microM), or by overnight exposure to a phorbol ester (PDBu; 500 nM) had no effect on angiotensin II-induced contraction. 5. Genistein (10 microM), a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, inhibited angiotensin II-induced contraction, but did not inhibit the rise in [Ca(2+)]i, suggesting that at this concentration it affected the calcium sensitivity of the contractile apparatus. Genistein did not affect responses to norepinephrine (NE) or high potassium (KPSS). 6. A selective MEK inhibitor, PD98059 (30 microM), inhibited both the angiotensin II-induced contraction and rise in [Ca(2+)]i, but had no effect on responses to NE or KPSS. 7. AT1 activation causes Ca(2+) influx via L-type calcium channels and a dihydropyridine-insensitive route, but does not release Ca(2+) from intracellular sites. Activation of tyrosine kinase(s) and the ERK 1/2 pathway, but not classical or novel PKC, also play a role in angiotensin II-induced contraction in human subcutaneous resistance arteries. Topics: Amlodipine; Angiotensin II; Arteries; Benzimidazoles; Biphenyl Compounds; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Dihydropyridines; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Flavonoids; Genistein; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Nickel; Norepinephrine; Potassium; Ryanodine; Skin; Tetrazoles; Vascular Resistance; Vasoconstriction; Vasoconstrictor Agents | 2001 |
Depolarization-evoked increases in cytosolic calcium concentration in isolated smooth muscle cells of rat portal vein.
1. Ca2+ current through voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels (ICa) and intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) were measured simultaneously in rat portal vein smooth muscle cells using conventional whole-cell voltage clamp technique and high temporal resolution microfluorimetry. 2. The relationship between depolarization-evoked ICa and rise in [Ca2+]i was examined. The extracellular Ca2+ concentration dependence and the voltage dependence of the depolarization-evoked increases in ICa and [Ca2+]i were similar. Both ICa and increased [Ca2+]i were blocked to a similar extent by nimodipine and cadmium and augmented by Bay K 8644. Furthermore, the time course of the measured increase in [Ca2+]i, closely followed the increase in [Ca2+]i expected from the time-integrated ICa. These observations suggest that the depolarization-evoked rise in [Ca2+]i was tightly coupled to ICa. 3. The cytosolic Ca2+ buffering capacity, determined as the ratio of the expected increase in [Ca2+]i (from ICa) divided by the measured increase in [Ca2+]i, was over 100. Therefore, less than 1 out of 100 Ca2+ ions entering the cell appears as a free Ca2+. 4. Ryanodine (30 microM), a blocker of the Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release mechanism, had little effect on buffering capacity measured over the first 200 ms of the depolarizing voltage clamp pulse. Ryanodine also had little effect on the buffering capacity during 800-1000 ms of the depolarizing voltage clamp pulse. Therefore, it was concluded that there is little Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release from the stores in rat portal vein smooth muscle cells during depolarization-evoked Ca2+ entry. 5. During brief depolarizations, the largest [Ca2+]i increase and ICa occurred at 0 mV. However, during steady-state depolarization, the largest increase in [Ca2+]i occurred around -30 mV, and we estimate the peak steady-state ICa to be about 0.6 pA. Topics: 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; Action Potentials; Animals; Cadmium; Calcium; Calcium Channel Agonists; Calcium Channel Blockers; Cytophotometry; Cytosol; Dihydropyridines; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nimodipine; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Portal Vein; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Ryanodine; Tetraethylammonium; Tetraethylammonium Compounds | 1996 |
Dihydropyridine and ryanodine binding in ventricles from rat, trout, dogfish and hagfish.
In the adult mammalian heart, the majority of Ca2+ required for contraction is released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) via the Ca2+-release channel or ryanodine receptor (RyR). Such release is dependent upon a relatively small influx of Ca2+ entering the cell across the sarcolemma (SL) by means of the L-type Ca2+ channel or the dihydropyridine receptor (DHPR). In lower vertebrates, there is indirect evidence suggesting that Ca2+ influx across the SL may be sufficient to support contraction in the absence of Ca2+ release from the SR. This apparent difference in myocardial excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling was investigated further by determining DHPR and RyR densities in ventricular homogenate preparations from rat, trout, dogfish and hagfish. DHPR Bmax values (means +/- S.E.M.) were highest in rat (0.30 +/- 0.01 pmol mg-1), lower in trout (0.16 +/- 0.01 pmol mg-1) and dogfish (0.27 +/- 0.03 pmol mg-1), and slightly above the level of detection in hagfish (0.03 +/- 0.01 pmol mg-1). The DHPR dissociation constants (Kd) of 40-70 pmoll-1 in these three species were of similar magnitude. RyR binding revealed both high- and low-affinity sites in all species. RyR Bmax for the high-affinity site was greatest in the rat (0.68 pmol mg-1), lower in trout (0.19 pmol mg-1) and dogfish (0.07 pmol mg-1) and lowest in hagfish (0.01 pmol mg-1). The RyR Kd1 values for the high-affinity sites were comparable in all preparations (range 12-87 nmoll-1). The quantitative expression of RyRs in these species is consistent with the relative amount of SR present as indicated in physiological experiments and electron micrographs. Taking into consideration myocyte morphology of teleost and elasmobranch species, the data are consistent with a greater reliance on Ca2+ influx across the SL during E-C coupling in lower vertebrates, although a functional role for Ca2+ release from the SR in the more active species await further investigation. Topics: Animals; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Calcium Channels; Calcium Channels, L-Type; Dihydropyridines; Dogfish; Female; Hagfishes; Heart Ventricles; Isradipine; Muscle Proteins; Myocardial Contraction; Myocardium; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Ryanodine; Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum; Tritium | 1996 |
Alpha 2-adrenoceptors activate dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium channels via Gi-proteins and protein kinase C in rat portal vein myocytes.
The presence of functional alpha 2-adrenoceptors was investigated in isolated smooth muscle cells from rat portal vein using the nystatin-perforated patch-clamp technique. The free cytoplasmic calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) was estimated using emission from the dye Fura-2. Activation of alpha 2-adrenoceptors by clonidine (an alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist) or noradrenaline (a non-selective alpha-adrenoceptor agonist), both in the presence of 0.1 microM prazosin to block alpha 1-adrenoceptors, caused a slow and sustained increase in [Ca2+]i which was inhibited by 0.1 microM rauwolscine (an alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonist). A similar Ca2+ response was obtained with oxymetazoline (a selective alpha 2A-adrenoceptor agonist) suggesting that the increase in [Ca2+]i resulted from activation of the alpha 2A-adrenoceptor subtype. The increase in [Ca2+]i did not occur in calcium-free solution or in the presence of oxodipine (a voltage-dependent calcium channel blocker), indicating that it depended on a calcium influx. The alpha 2A-adrenoceptor-activated calcium influx was unchanged after complete release of the stored calcium induced by applications of ryanodine and caffeine. In addition, no accumulation of inositol trisphosphate was detected in the presence of 0.1 microM prazosin. Taken together, these results indicate that alpha 2A-adrenoceptor activation does not stimulate phosphoinositide turnover and subsequent calcium release from intracellular stores. Whole-cell patch-clamp experiments showed that alpha 2A-adrenoceptor activation promoted calcium influx through voltage-dependent L-type channels.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) Topics: Animals; Calcium Channels; Dihydropyridines; Enzyme Activation; Oxymetazoline; Phenylephrine; Portal Vein; Prazosin; Protein Kinase C; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1; Ryanodine | 1994 |
Temporal differences in the induction of dihydropyridine receptor subunits and ryanodine receptors during skeletal muscle development.
The expression of the dihydropyridine (DHP) and ryanodine receptors in skeletal muscle was investigated during development of rat myotubes in culture as well as during embryonic and postnatal development in the rat. Through the use of specific gene probes, antibodies and radioligand binding ([3H]PN 200-110 (DHP) and [3H]ryanodine), we identified a significant difference between the time course of appearance of the DHP receptor and the ryanodine receptor during muscle development. Although the number of DHP receptors dramatically increased at early stages of development (up to day 7 in tissue culture and day 20 postnatal), increase in the ryanodine receptor density occurred comparatively later at day 10 in culture and day 30 postnatal. This process was associated with parallel changes in the expression of the mRNA encoding the alpha 1, alpha 2, and beta subunits of the DHP receptor and the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor. The genes encoding the DHP receptor subunits were activated in a temporally distinct transcript appeared and plateaued first, at the onset of myoblast fusion and day 16 embryonic. This was followed closely by an increase in expression of the mRNAs for alpha 1 and alpha 2 subunits which coincided with the sharp rise in the DHP receptor density. Ryanodine receptor gene expression was induced well after the DHP receptor gene expression had plateaued. The temporal appearance of the polypeptides comprising the DHP receptor subunits and the ryanodine receptor paralleled the induction of the genes encoding these receptors. These results imply that gene expression is a major mechanism that contributes to the regulation of DHP and ryanodine receptor numbers during muscle development. The temporal differences in the induction of the genes encoding the DHP receptor subunits and the ryanodine receptor suggests that these genes are under the control of distinct endogenous factors. These differences in expression of the DHP receptor and the ryanodine receptor may contribute to the different mechanisms of excitation-contraction coupling in immature versus adult skeletal muscle. Topics: Animals; Calcium Channels; Calcium Channels, L-Type; Cells, Cultured; Dihydropyridines; Gene Expression Regulation; Muscle Development; Muscle Proteins; Muscles; Protein Conformation; Rats; RNA, Messenger; Ryanodine; Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; Time Factors | 1994 |
Ryanodine and dihydropyridine binding patterns and ryanodine receptor mRNA levels in myopathic hamster heart.
We have determined the densities of sarcolemmal voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels (VDCC) and Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release channels (CICR) of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in the cardiomyopathic hamster heart using [3H]PN-200 and [3H]ryanodine, respectively. Partially purified cardiac membrane preparations from myopathic animals exhibit a twofold higher capacity to bind both [3H]PN-200 and [3H]ryanodine. Crude particulate membrane fractions from normal and cardiomyopathic animals reveal no significant difference in receptor densities for [3H]PN-200, whereas densities for [3H]ryanodine binding sites and mRNA levels are significantly (P < 0.05) diminished in cardiomyopathic animals. Inhibition of [3H]ryanodine binding by either Ca2+ or Mg2+ (in mM) as well as temperature dependence for receptor activation for [3H]ryanodine (Q10) is not significantly different, whereas membranes isolated from cardiomyopathic hearts are 1.4-fold and threefold more sensitive to activation by doxorubicin and Ca2+ (in microM), respectively. Vesicles isolated from myopathic hearts are more sensitive to inhibition of Ca2+ uptake by doxorubicin. The higher densities of binding sites for [3H]PN-200 and [3H]ryanodine observed in partially purified membrane fractions from cardiomyopathic hearts are more likely the result of altered patterns with which T-tubule and CICR channels fractionate in preparations from cardiomyopathic hamster heart rather than transcriptional upregulation and may be a consequence of the deficiency in a dystrophin-associated glycoprotein recently identified. Downregulation and functional changes in CICR channels may alter SR Ca2+ transport and contribute to the progression of cardiomyopathy in the hamster. Topics: Animals; Calcium; Calcium Channels; Cardiomyopathies; Cricetinae; Dihydropyridines; Doxorubicin; Electrophysiology; Isradipine; Membrane Proteins; Muscle Proteins; Myocardium; RNA, Messenger; Ryanodine; Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel | 1994 |
Excitation-contraction coupling in a pre-vertebrate twitch muscle: the myotomes of Branchiostoma lanceolatum.
The segmented trunk muscle (myotome muscle) of the lancelet (Branchiostoma lanceolatum), a pre-vertebrate chordate, was studied in order to gain information regarding the evolution of excitation-contraction (EC) coupling. Myotome membrane vesicles could be separated on isopycnic sucrose gradients into two main fractions, probably comprising solitary microsomes and diads of plasma membrane and sarcoplasmic reticulum, respectively. Both fractions bound the dihydropyridine PN 200/110 and the phenylalkylamine (-)D888 (devapamil) while specific ryanodine binding was observed in the diad preparation only. Pharmacological effects on Ca2+ currents measured under voltage-clamp conditions in single myotome fibers included a weak block by the dihydropyridine nifedipine and a shift of the voltage dependences of inactivation and restoration to more negative potentials by (-)D888. After blocking the Ca2+ current by cadmium in voltage-clamped single fibers, the contractile response persisted and a rapid intramembrane charge movement could be demonstrated. Both responses exhibited a voltage sensitivity very similar to the one of the voltage-activated Ca2+ channels. Our biochemical and electrophysiological results indicate that the EC coupling mechanism of the protochordate myotome cell is similar to that of the vertebrate skeletal muscle fiber: Intracellular Ca2+ release, presumably taking place via the ryanodine receptor complex, is under control of the cell membrane potential. The sarcolemmal Ca2+ channels might serve as voltage sensors for this process. Topics: Animals; Blotting, Western; Calcium; Calcium-Transporting ATPases; Cell Membrane; Cell Movement; Chordata, Nonvertebrate; Dihydropyridines; Membrane Potentials; Microsomes; Muscle Contraction; Nifedipine; Ryanodine; Verapamil | 1992 |
Postnatal maturation of excitation-contraction coupling in rat ventricle in relation to the subcellular localization and surface density of 1,4-dihydropyridine and ryanodine receptors.
To better understand excitation-contraction coupling in cardiac muscle, we investigated the main Ca2+ channels involved in that process in adult and neonatal rat ventricle. Voltage-dependent (L-type) Ca2+ channels and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release channels were labeled by means of [3H] (+)-PN200-110 and [3H]ryanodine, respectively. The number of [3H]ryanodine binding sites (per gram tissue) increased more than that of [3H] (+)-PN200-110 binding sites over the postnatal period (2.1-fold versus 1.35-fold, respectively). After equilibration of microsomal fractions in density gradient, ryanodine receptors were characterized by a heavy distribution pattern that did not change appreciably between days 1 and 30 after birth. In neonatal tissue, 1,4-dihydropyridine receptors were found mainly in low-density subfractions, together with other sarcolemmal constituents, whereas in adult tissue, they were recovered predominantly in high-density subfractions, together with ryanodine receptors. Thus, after birth, and in parallel with the development of T tubules, there was a progressive concentration of L-type Ca2+ channels in junctional structures of high equilibrium density, where they were situated close to the Ca2+ release channels of the sarcoplasmic reticulum. In adult ventricle, L-type channels were, on an average, threefold more abundant in T tubules than in external sarcolemma. In parallel mechanical studies, we found that the inhibitory action of ryanodine on systolic contraction was much more pronounced in adult than in neonatal right ventricle, and that, conversely, neonatal tissue was more sensitive that adult tissue to inhibitors of L-type channels. We conclude that, in view of the presumed mechanism of Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, that is, Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release, the predominant localization in adult rat ventricle of the major Ca2+ entry pathway in the vicinity of the Ca2+ release pathway is of great functional significance. Furthermore, owing to the relative stoichiometry of Ca2+ entry and Ca2+ release channels in junctional structures (about 1:9), a physical link between these channels is not likely to be involved in the modulation of Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum in cardiac muscle. Topics: Animals; Animals, Newborn; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Dihydropyridines; Heart Ventricles; Isradipine; Myocardial Contraction; Myocardium; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Receptors, Cell Surface; Receptors, Cholinergic; Ryanodine; Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; Subcellular Fractions; Ventricular Function | 1991 |
An investigation of the sensitivity of the ouabain-insensitive sodium efflux in single barnacle muscle fibers to pentachlorophenol.
The aim of the present work was to explore the possibility that pentachlorophenol (PCP) influences the behavior of the resting Na efflux in single muscle fibers from the barnacle, Balanus nubilus. It is shown here that PCP causes a transitory rise in the Na efflux in both unpoisoned and ouabain-poisoned fibers and that the response is dose-dependent, the minimal effective concentration in ouabain treated fibers being less than 10(-6) M. The efficacy of PCP is significantly greater than that of 2,3,4-trichlorophenol. 2,3-Dichlorophenol is ineffective. This is also the case with phenol. The magnitude of the response to PCP is a function of external pH. Lowering pHe increases the response. The response has an absolute requirement for external Ca2+ and is a sigmoidal function of external Ca2+ concentration. Since treatment of these fibers with PCP in high concentration leads to prompt contraction, experiments were designed to determine whether the observed rise in ouabain-insensitive Na efflux is due to a fall in myoplasmic pCa and whether trigger Ca2+ originates from the bathing medium. The results obtained show that prior injection of ethylene glycol bis(beta-aminoethyl ether) N,N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) or 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxyethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA) leads to a drastic reduction in the response to PCP. They also show that prior external application of verapamil or devapamil stops the response to PCP from occurring. Both Cd2+ and Co2+ are also effective but only temporarily. Last, the effects of ryanodine and 8-(N,N-diethylamino)octyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate (TMB-8) were tested, since the former is known to block the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release channel, and the latter to impair the action of agents known to release Ca2+ from internal depots. Both ryanodine and TMB-8 are found to reduce the response to PCP. Taken together, these observations support the hypothesis that PCP stimulates the ouabain-insensitive Na efflux by increasing the internal free Ca2+ and that the increase in internal Ca2+ is due to the entry of trigger Ca2+ from the outside via Ca2+ channels, as well as release of Ca2+ by the sarcoplasmic reticulum via its channel. They also indicate that the efficacy of PCP depends on the 5 Cl atoms present in its aromatic ring and pHe. Topics: Animals; Cadmium; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Cobalt; Cytosol; Dihydropyridines; Egtazic Acid; Gallic Acid; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Kinetics; Muscles; Osmolar Concentration; Ouabain; Pentachlorophenol; Ryanodine; Sodium; Stimulation, Chemical; Thoracica; Verapamil | 1991 |
[3H]PN200-110 and [3H]ryanodine binding and reconstitution of ion channel activity with skeletal muscle membranes.
Skeletal muscle membranes derived either from the tubular (T) network or from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) were characterized with respect to the binding of the dihydropyridine, [3H]PN200-110, and the alkaloid, [3H]ryanodine; polypeptide composition; and ion channel activity. Conditions for optimizing the binding of these radioligands are discussed. A bilayer pulsing technique is described and is used to examine the channels present in these membranes. Fusion of T-tubule membranes into bilayers revealed the presence of chloride channels and dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium channels with three distinct conductances. The dihydropyridine-sensitive channels were further characterized with respect to their voltage dependence. Pulsing experiments indicated that two different populations of dihydropyridine-sensitive channels existed. Fusion of heavy SR vesicles revealed three different ion channels; the putative calcium release channel, a potassium channel, and a chloride channel. Thus, this fractionation procedure provides T-tubules and SR membranes which, with radioligand binding and single channel recording techniques, provide a useful tool to study the characteristics of skeletal muscle ion channels and their possible role in excitation-contraction coupling. Topics: Alkaloids; Animals; Calcium Channel Blockers; Calcium Channels; Chloride Channels; Chlorides; Dihydropyridines; Electrophoresis; Isradipine; Lipid Bilayers; Membrane Proteins; Membranes; Muscles; Oxadiazoles; Potassium Channels; Rabbits; Ryanodine; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum; Tritium | 1989 |