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Johannsmeier S, Heeger P, Terakawa M, Kalies S, Heisterkamp A, Ripken T, Heinemann D. Gold nanoparticle-mediated laser stimulation induces a complex stress response in neuronal cells. Sci Rep 2018; 8:6533. [PMID: 29695746 PMCID: PMC5917034 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24908-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Stimulation of neuronal cells generally resorts to electric signals. Recent advances in laser-based stimulation methods could present an alternative with superior spatiotemporal resolution. The avoidance of electronic crosstalk makes these methods attractive for in vivo therapeutic application. In particular, nano-mediators, such as gold nanoparticles, can be used to transfer the energy from a laser pulse to the cell membrane and subsequently activate excitable cells. Although the underlying mechanisms of neuronal activation have been widely unraveled, the overall effect on the targeted cell is not understood. Little is known about the physiological and pathophysiological impact of a laser pulse targeted onto nanoabsorbers on the cell membrane. Here, we analyzed the reaction of the neuronal murine cell line Neuro-2A and murine primary cortical neurons to gold nanoparticle mediated laser stimulation. Our study reveals a severe, complex and cell-type independent stress response after laser irradiation, emphasizing the need for a thorough assessment of this approach’s efficacy and safety.
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- Sonja Johannsmeier
- Industrial and Biomedical Optics Department, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V, Hollerithallee 8, 30419, Hannover, Germany. .,Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development (NIFE), Stadtfelddamm 34, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
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- Cluster of Excellence "Hearing4All", Hannover, Germany.,Institute of quantum optics, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167, Hannover, Germany.,Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development (NIFE), Stadtfelddamm 34, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- School of Integrated Design Engineering, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, 223-8522, Japan.,Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, 223-8522, Japan
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- Institute of quantum optics, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167, Hannover, Germany.,Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development (NIFE), Stadtfelddamm 34, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Industrial and Biomedical Optics Department, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V, Hollerithallee 8, 30419, Hannover, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence "Hearing4All", Hannover, Germany.,Institute of quantum optics, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167, Hannover, Germany.,Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development (NIFE), Stadtfelddamm 34, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Industrial and Biomedical Optics Department, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V, Hollerithallee 8, 30419, Hannover, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence "Hearing4All", Hannover, Germany.,Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development (NIFE), Stadtfelddamm 34, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Industrial and Biomedical Optics Department, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V, Hollerithallee 8, 30419, Hannover, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence "Hearing4All", Hannover, Germany.,Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development (NIFE), Stadtfelddamm 34, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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Zullo A, Textor M, Elischer P, Mall S, Alt A, Klingler W, Melzer W. Voltage modulates halothane-triggered Ca 2+ release in malignant hyperthermia-susceptible muscle. J Gen Physiol 2017; 150:111-125. [PMID: 29247050 PMCID: PMC5749113 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201711864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Malignant hyperthermia can result from mutations in the ryanodine receptor that favor anesthetic-induced Ca2+ release. Zullo et al. find that membrane potential modulates the effect of the volatile anesthetic halothane on skeletal muscle ryanodine receptors possessing the Y524S mutation. Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a fatal hypermetabolic state that may occur during general anesthesia in susceptible individuals. It is often caused by mutations in the ryanodine receptor RyR1 that favor drug-induced release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Here, knowing that membrane depolarization triggers Ca2+ release in normal muscle function, we study the cross-influence of membrane potential and anesthetic drugs on Ca2+ release. We used short single muscle fibers of knock-in mice heterozygous for the RyR1 mutation Y524S combined with microfluorimetry to measure intracellular Ca2+ signals. Halothane, a volatile anesthetic used in contracture testing for MH susceptibility, was equilibrated with the solution superfusing the cells by means of a vaporizer system. In the range 0.2 to 3%, the drug causes significantly larger elevations of free myoplasmic [Ca2+] in mutant (YS) compared with wild-type (WT) fibers. Action potential–induced Ca2+ signals exhibit a slowing of their time course of relaxation that can be attributed to a component of delayed Ca2+ release turnoff. In further experiments, we applied halothane to single fibers that were voltage-clamped using two intracellular microelectrodes and studied the effect of small (10-mV) deviations from the holding potential (−80 mV). Untreated WT fibers show essentially no changes in [Ca2+], whereas the Ca2+ level of YS fibers increases and decreases on depolarization and hyperpolarization, respectively. The drug causes a significant enhancement of this response. Depolarizing pulses reveal a substantial negative shift in the voltage dependence of activation of Ca2+ release. This behavior likely results from the allosteric coupling between RyR1 and its transverse tubular voltage sensor. We conclude that the binding of halothane to RyR1 alters the voltage dependence of Ca2+ release in MH-susceptible muscle fibers such that the resting membrane potential becomes a decisive factor for the efficiency of the drug to trigger Ca2+ release.
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- Alberto Zullo
- Institute of Applied Physiology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.,CEINGE - Biotecnologie Avanzate, Napoli, Italy.,Department of Sciences and Technologies, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy
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- Institute of Applied Physiology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Physiology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Legal Medicine, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Neuroanaesthesiology, Ulm University, Günzburg, Germany.,Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute of Applied Physiology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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Stroffekova K. Ca2+/CaM-dependent inactivation of the skeletal muscle L-type Ca2+ channel (Cav1.1). Pflugers Arch 2007; 455:873-84. [PMID: 17899167 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-007-0344-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2007] [Accepted: 09/05/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ca2+-dependent modulation via calmodulin (CaM) has been documented for most high-voltage-activated Ca2+ channels, but whether the skeletal muscle L-type channel (Cav1.1) exhibits this property has been unknown. In this paper, whole-cell current and fluorescent resonance energy transfer (FRET) recordings were obtained from cultured mouse myotubes to test for potential involvement of CaM in function of Cav1.1. When prolonged depolarization (800 ms) was used to evoke Cav1.1 currents in normal myotubes, the fraction of current remaining at the end of the pulse displayed classic signs of Ca2+-dependent inactivation (CDI), including U-shaped voltage dependence, maximal inactivation (approximately 30%) at potentials eliciting maximal inward current, and virtual elimination of inactivation when Ba2+ replaced external Ca2+ or when 10 mM BAPTA was included in the pipette solution. Furthermore, CDI was virtually eliminated (from 30 to 8%) in normal myotubes overexpressing mutant CaM (CaM1234) that does not bind Ca2+, whereas CDI was unaltered in myotubes overexpressing wild-type CaM (CaMwt). In addition, a significant FRET signal (E=4.06%) was detected between fluorescently tagged Cav1.1 and CaMwt coexpressed in dysgenic myotubes, demonstrating for the first time that these two proteins associate in vivo. These findings show that CaM associates with and modulates Cav1.1.
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- Katarina Stroffekova
- Department of Biology, Utah State University, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-5305, USA.
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Oz M, Tchugunova Y, Dinc M. Differential effects of endogenous and synthetic cannabinoids on voltage-dependent calcium fluxes in rabbit T-tubule membranes: comparison with fatty acids. Eur J Pharmacol 2004; 502:47-58. [PMID: 15464089 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.08.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2004] [Revised: 08/09/2004] [Accepted: 08/27/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The effects of cannabinoid receptor ligands including 2-arachidonoylglycerol, R-methanandamide, Delta9-THC (Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol), WIN 55,212-2 [4,5-dihydro-2-methyl-4(4-morpholinylmethyl)-1-(1-naphthalenylcarbonyl)-6H-pyrrolo[3,2,1ij]quinolin-6-one], CP 55,940 ([1alpha,2beta-(R)-5alpha]-(-)-5-(1,1-dimethyl)-2-[5-hydroxy-2-(3-hydroxypropyl) cyclohexyl-phenol]) and a series of fatty acids on depolarization-induced Ca2+ effluxes mediated by voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels were investigated comparatively in transverse tubule membrane vesicles from rabbit skeletal muscle. Vesicles were loaded with 45Ca2+ and membrane potentials were generated by establishing potassium gradients across the vesicle using the ionophore valinomycin. Endocannabinoids, 2-arachidonoylglycerol and R-methanandamide (all 10 microM), inhibited depolarization-induced Ca2+ effluxes and specific binding of [3H]PN 200-110 (isradipine) to transverse tubule membranes. On the other hand, synthetic cannabinoids, including CP 55,940, WIN 55,212-2, and Delta9-THC (all 10 microM), were ineffective. Additional experiments using endocannabinoid metabolites suggested that whereas ethanolamine and glycerol were ineffective, arachidonic acid inhibited Ca2+ effluxes and specific binding of [3H]PN 200-110. Further studies indicated that only those fatty acids containing two or more double bonds were effective in inhibiting depolarization-induced Ca2+ effluxes and specific binding of [3H]PN 200-110. These results indicate that endocannabinoids, but not synthetic cannabinoids, directly inhibit the function of voltage-dependent calcium channels (VDCCs) and modulate the specific binding of calcium channel ligands of the dihydropyridine (DHP) class.
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- Murat Oz
- National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Intramural Research Program, Cellular Neurobiology Branch, 5500 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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Collet C, Csernoch L, Jacquemond V. Intramembrane charge movement and L-type calcium current in skeletal muscle fibers isolated from control and mdx mice. Biophys J 2003; 84:251-65. [PMID: 12524279 PMCID: PMC1302607 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(03)74846-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Dystrophin-deficient muscle fibers from mdx mice are believed to suffer from increased calcium entry and elevated submembranous calcium level, the actual source and functional consequences of which remain obscure. Here we compare the properties of the dihydropyridine receptor as voltage sensor and calcium channel in control and mdx muscle fibers, using the silicone-voltage clamp technique. In control fibers charge movement followed a two-state Boltzmann distribution with values for maximal charge, midpoint voltage, and steepness of 23 +/- 2 nC/ micro F, -37 +/- 3 mV, and 13 +/- 1 mV (n = 7). Essentially identical values were obtained in mdx fibers and the time course of charge recovery from inactivation was also similar in the two populations (tau approximately 6 s). In control fibers the voltage dependence of the slow calcium current elicited by 100-ms-long pulses gave values for maximal conductance, apparent reversal potential, half-activation potential, and steepness factor of 156 +/- 15 S/F, 65.5 +/- 2.9 mV, -0.76 +/- 1.2 mV, and 6.2 +/- 0.5 mV (n = 17). In mdx fibers, the half-activation potential of the calcium current was slightly more negative (-6.2 +/- 1.2 mV, n = 16). Also, when using longer pulses, the time constant of calcium current decay was found to be significantly larger (by a factor of 1.5-2) in mdx than in control fibers. These changes in calcium current properties are unlikely to be primarily responsible for a dramatic alteration of intracellular calcium homeostasis. They may be speculated to result, at least in part, from remodeling of the submembranous cytoskeleton network due to the absence of dystrophin.
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- C Collet
- Laboratoire de Physiologie des Eléments Excitables, Université Claude Bernard, F69622 Villeurbanne, France
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Oz M, Tchugunova Y, Dinc M, Dunn SMJ. Effects of isoflurane on voltage-dependent calcium fluxes in rabbit T-tubule membranes: comparison with alcohols. Arch Biochem Biophys 2002; 398:275-83. [PMID: 11831860 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2001.2726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The effects of racemic (+/-) and (+)- and (-)-stereoisomers of isoflurane on depolarization-induced (45)Ca(2+) fluxes mediated by voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels were investigated in transverse tubule membrane vesicles from rabbit skeletal muscle. In the concentration range 0.5 to 2 mM, (+/-)-isoflurane inhibited (45)Ca(2+) fluxes and functionally modulated the effects of the Ca(2+) channel antagonist nifedipine (1-10 microM). Isoflurane-induced inhibition of (45)Ca(2+) fluxes was not significantly affected by pretreatment with either pertussis toxin (5 microg/ml) or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (50 nM). Further experiments indicated that there were no significant differences between (+)- and (-)-stereoisomers of isoflurane with respect to the extent of inhibition of (45)Ca(2+) fluxes. Radioligand binding studies indicated that racemic and (+)- and (-)-isoflurane were equally effective in displacing the specific binding of [(3)H]PN 200-110 to transverse tubule membranes. There were no apparent differences between the effects of (+)- and (-)-isoflurane on the characteristics of [(3)H]PN 200-110 binding. Although the concentrations of isoflurane for the inhibitions of (45)Ca(2+) fluxes and radioligand bindings were similar, the concentrations of n-alcohols required for the inhibition of (45)Ca(2+) fluxes were lower than those for the displacement of radioligand. Comparison of the data for the displacement of [(3)H]PN 200-110 binding and the inhibition of (45)Ca(2+) fluxes by isoflurane and by n-alcohols suggested that both isoflurane and n-alcohols may have more than a single binding site. In conclusion, results indicate that isoflurane, independent of intracellular Ca(2+) levels, nonstereospecifically inhibits the function of voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels and this effect is mediated through multiple binding sites.
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- Murat Oz
- Cellular Neurobiology Section, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 5500 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA.
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Même W, Léoty C. Cyclopiazonic acid and thapsigargin reduce Ca2+ influx in frog skeletal muscle fibres as a result of Ca2+ store depletion. ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 2001; 173:391-9. [PMID: 11903131 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201x.2001.00918.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We have investigated the influence of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ content on the retrograde control of skeletal muscle L-type Ca2+ channels activity by ryanodine receptors (RyR). The effects of cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) and thapsigargin (TG), two structurally unrelated inhibitors of SR Ca(2+)-adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase), were examined on the SR Ca2+ content, the calcium current and contraction in single frog semitendinosus fibres using the double mannitol-gap technique. At moderate concentrations that only partially inhibited Ca2+ sequestration by the SR, CPA (2-4 microM) induces a concentration dependent depression of contraction and Ca2+ current amplitudes. When Ba2+ is the charge carrier, the inward current is not changed by CPA suggesting that this Ca(2+)-pump inhibitor does not directly affect dihydropyridine Ca2+ channels. Similar effects were obtained with TG (1-5 microM). Changes in Ca2+ currents and contraction were accompanied by a reduced Ca2+ loading of the SR. We attribute the modulation of the Ca2+ current to the selective inhibition of the SR Ca2+ ATPase, resulting in a decreased Ca2+ release and thereby a reduced activation of calcium inward currents. This is therefore taken to represent a calcium release-dependent modulation of skeletal muscle L-type Ca2+ channels.
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- W Même
- Développement et Physiologie des Structures Contractiles, CNRS UMR 6018, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, Nantes, France
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Oz M, Tchugunova YB, Dunn SM. Direct inhibition of voltage-dependent Ca(2+) fluxes by ethanol and higher alcohols in rabbit T-tubule membranes. Eur J Pharmacol 2001; 418:169-76. [PMID: 11343686 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(01)00945-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The effects of ethanol and higher alcohols on 45Ca(2+) fluxes, mediated by voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels (VDCCs), were investigated in inside-out transverse (T)-tubule membrane vesicles from rabbit skeletal muscle. 45Ca(2+) effluxes were induced by membrane potentials generated via establishing K(+) gradients across the vesicles, and were significantly inhibited by the inorganic Ca(2+) channel blocker La(3+) (1 mM) and the Ca(2+) channel antagonist nifedipine (1-10 microM). Ethanol, in the concentration range of 100-400 mM, caused a significant suppression of depolarization-induced 45Ca(2+) fluxes. Ethanol also functionally modulated the effect of nifedipine (1-10 microM) and the Ca(2+) channel agonist Bay K 8644 (1 microM) on Ca(2+) effluxes. Pretreatment with pertussis toxin (5 microg/ml) or phorbol 12-myrstate 13-acetate (PMA, 50 nM) did not affect the ethanol inhibition of 45Ca(2+) fluxes. Further experiments with alcohols revealed that butanol, hexanol, octanol and decanol also significantly inhibited 45Ca(2+) effluxes. However, undecanol and dodecanol did not cause any significant change on 45Ca(2+) fluxes, indicating that the effects of alcohols on 45Ca(2+) effluxes exhibit a cut-off phenomenon. In radioligand binding studies, it was found that at the concentrations used in flux studies, alcohols did not alter the characteristics of the specific binding of [3H]PN 200-110 to T-tubule membranes. Results indicate that ethanol directly inhibits the function of voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels without modulating the specific binding of Ca(2+) channel ligands of the dihydropyridine class, and that this inhibition is independent of intracellular Ca(2+) levels.
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- M Oz
- Loeb Research Institute, Neuroscience, 725 Parkdale Ave., K1Y 4K9, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
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Melzer W, Dietze B. Malignant hyperthermia and excitation-contraction coupling. ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 2001; 171:367-78. [PMID: 11412150 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201x.2001.00840.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a state of elevated skeletal muscle metabolism that may occur during general anaesthesia in genetically pre-disposed individuals. Malignant hyperthermia results from altered control of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ release. Mutations have been identified in MH-susceptible (MHS) individuals in two key proteins of excitation-contraction (EC) coupling, the Ca2+ release channel of the SR, ryanodine receptor type 1 (RyR1) and the alpha1-subunit of the dihydropyridine receptor (DHPR, L-type Ca2+ channel). During EC coupling, the DHPR senses the plasma membrane depolarization and transmits the information to the ryanodine receptor (RyR). As a consequence, Ca2+ is released from the terminal cisternae of the SR. One of the human MH-mutations of RyR1 (Arg614Cys) is also found at the homologous location in the RyR of swine (Arg615Cys). This animal model permits the investigation of physiological consequences of the homozygously expressed mutant release channel. Of particular interest is the question of whether voltage-controlled release of Ca2+ is altered by MH-mutations in the absence of MH-triggering substances. This question has recently been addressed in this laboratory by studying Ca2+ release under voltage clamp conditions in both isolated human skeletal muscle fibres and porcine myotubes.
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- W Melzer
- Department of Applied Physiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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Oz M, Tchugunova YB, Dunn SM. Endogenous cannabinoid anandamide directly inhibits voltage-dependent Ca(2+) fluxes in rabbit T-tubule membranes. Eur J Pharmacol 2000; 404:13-20. [PMID: 10980258 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(00)00396-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The effect of the endogenous cannabinoid, anandamide on Ca(2+) flux responses mediated by voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels was studied in transverse tubule membrane vesicles from rabbit skeletal muscle. Vesicles were loaded with 45Ca(2+) and membrane potentials were generated by establishing K(+) gradients across the vesicle using the ionophore, valinomycin. Anandamide, in the range of 1-100 microM, inhibited depolarization-induced efflux responses. Anandamide also functionally modulated the effects of nifedipine (1-10 microM) and Bay K 8644 (1 microM) on Ca(2+) flux responses. Pretreatment with the specific cannabinoid receptor antagonist, SR141716A (1 microM), pertussis toxin (5 microg/ml), the amidohydrolase inhibitor, phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (0.2 mM) or the cyclooxygenase inhibitor, indomethacin (5 microM) did not alter the inhibition of efflux responses by anandamide. Arachidonic acid (10-100 microM) also effectively inhibited 45Ca(2+) efflux from membrane vesicles. In radioligand binding studies, it was found that both anandamide and arachidonic acid inhibited the specific binding of [3H]PN 200-110 to transverse tubule membranes with IC(50) values of 4.4+/-0. 7 and 13.4+/-3.5 microM, respectively. These results indicate that anandamide, independent of cannabinoid receptor activation, directly inhibits the function of voltage-dependent calcium channels and modulates the specific binding of calcium channel ligands of the dihydropyridine class.
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- M Oz
- Loeb Research Institute, Neuroscience, 725 Parkdale Ave., Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, K1Y 4K9, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Grabner M, Dirksen RT, Suda N, Beam KG. The II-III loop of the skeletal muscle dihydropyridine receptor is responsible for the Bi-directional coupling with the ryanodine receptor. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:21913-9. [PMID: 10419512 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.31.21913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The dihydropyridine receptor (DHPR) in the skeletal muscle plasmalemma functions as both voltage-gated Ca(2+) channel and voltage sensor for excitation-contraction (EC) coupling. As voltage sensor, the DHPR regulates intracellular Ca(2+) release via the skeletal isoform of the ryanodine receptor (RyR-1). Interaction with RyR-1 also feeds back to increase the Ca(2+) current mediated by the DHPR. To identify regions of the DHPR important for receiving this signal from RyR-1, we expressed in dysgenic myotubes a chimera (SkLC) having skeletal (Sk) DHPR sequence except for a cardiac (C) II-III loop (L). Tagging with green fluorescent protein (GFP) enabled identification of expressing myotubes. Dysgenic myotubes expressing GFP-SkLC or SkLC lacked EC coupling and had very small Ca(2+) currents. Introducing a short skeletal segment (alpha(1S) residues 720-765) into the cardiac II-III loop (replacing alpha(1C) residues 851-896) of GFP-SkLC restored both EC coupling and Ca(2+) current densities like those of the wild type skeletal DHPR. This 46-amino acid stretch of skeletal sequence was recently shown to be capable of transferring strong, skeletal-type EC coupling to an otherwise cardiac DHPR (Nakai, J., Tanabe, T., Konno, T., Adams, B., and Beam, K.G. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 24983-24986). Thus, this segment of the skeletal II-III loop contains a motif required for both skeletal-type EC coupling and RyR-1-mediated enhancement of Ca(2+) current.
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- M Grabner
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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Balog EM, Gallant EM. Modulation of the sarcolemmal L-type current by alteration in SR Ca2+ release. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 276:C128-35. [PMID: 9886928 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1999.276.1.c128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Modulation of the L-type current by sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ release has been examined in patch-clamped mouse myotubes. Inhibition of SR Ca2+ release by inclusion of ryanodine in the internal solution shifted the half-activating voltage (V0.5) of the L-type current from 1.1 +/- 2.1 to -7.7 +/- 1.7 mV. Ruthenium red in the internal solution shifted V0.5 from 5.4 +/- 1.9 to -3.2 +/- 4.1 mV. Chelation of myoplasmic Ca2+ with 1, 2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid perfusion shifted V0.5 from 4.4 +/- 1.7 to -3.5 +/- 3.3 mV and increased the peak current. Extracellular caffeine (1 mM), which should enhance SR Ca2+ release, significantly decreased the peak Ca2+ current. In low (0.1 mM) internal EGTA, myotube contraction was abolished by internal perfusion with ryanodine or ruthenium red, whereas addition of caffeine to the extracellular solution lowered the contractile threshold, indicating that these modulators of SR Ca2+ release had the expected effects on contraction. Therefore, SR Ca2+ release appears to modulate the sarcolemmal L-type current, suggesting a retrograde communication from the SR to the sarcolemmal L-type channels in excitation-contraction coupling.
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- E M Balog
- Department of Veterinary PathoBiology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA
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Malécot CO, Bito V, Argibay JA. Ruthenium red as an effective blocker of calcium and sodium currents in guinea-pig isolated ventricular heart cells. Br J Pharmacol 1998; 124:465-72. [PMID: 9647469 PMCID: PMC1565409 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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1. The effect of ruthenium red on calcium and sodium currents was studied in guinea-pig isolated ventricular heart cells with the whole cell patch-clamp technique. 2. Ruthenium red very efficiently blocked the L-type calcium current in a dose-dependent manner. A significant block was observed for concentrations as low as 0.3 microM. Analysis of the dose-response curve with the logistic equation indicated an EC50 of 0.8 microM, a maximum inhibition of 85% reached at 5 microM, and a coefficient of 2.37. 3. There was no shift in the voltage-dependence of the Ca current activation, nor in that of its steady-state inactivation determined with a 1 s prepulse. However, removal of Ca current inactivation at positive voltage was considerably reduced in the presence of concentrations of ruthenium red above 1 microM. A slowing of the time-course of inactivation of the Ca current was also observed. 4. At 10 microM, a concentration generally used to block the sarcoplasmic Ca release channels or the mitochondrial Ca uptake, ruthenium red blocked 26.7+/-4.3% (n=8) of the sodium current, and slowed its inactivation time-course. No effect was observed on the voltage-dependence of the current activation or inactivation. The peak sodium current was also decreased at a 10 times lower concentration by 7.6+/-2.7% (n=3). 5. Thus, at concentrations used to assess intracellular Ca movements, ruthenium red induced in heart cells a significant block of both Ca and Na channels.
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- C O Malécot
- Physiologie des Cellules Cardiaques et Vasculaires, CNRS UMR 6542, Faculté des Sciences, Tours, France
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Fleig A, Takeshima H, Penner R. Absence of Ca2+ current facilitation in skeletal muscle of transgenic mice lacking the type 1 ryanodine receptor. J Physiol 1996; 496 ( Pt 2):339-45. [PMID: 8910220 PMCID: PMC1160881 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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1. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings were used to study voltage-dependent facilitation of Ca2+ currents and excessive Ca2+ tail current in skeletal myoballs cultured from wild-type and transgenic mice expressing a null mutation of the ryanodine receptor (RyR) type 1 (dyspedic myoballs). 2. Ca2+ current density in dyspedic myoballs was reduced by about 60% compared with wild-type cells, with dihydropyridine-binding capacity largely retained. 3. Strong and long-lasting depolarizations (+80 mV and 600 ms), which normally produce excessive tail currents upon repolarization in control cells, failed to do so in dyspedic myoballs. 4. Dyspedic myoballs also failed to produce both Ca2+ current facilitation and the left shift of the current-voltage (I-V) curve induced by paired-pulse stimulation. 5. We propose that excessive tail currents and facilitation arise from silent Ca2+ channels acting as the voltage sensors in excitation-contraction coupling.
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- A Fleig
- Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
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Shirokova N, Ríos E. Caffeine enhances intramembranous charge movement in frog skeletal muscle by increasing cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration. J Physiol 1996; 493 ( Pt 2):341-56. [PMID: 8782100 PMCID: PMC1158921 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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1. Currents of intramembranous charge movement were recorded, together with intracellular [Ca2+], in single muscle fibres subjected to voltage-clamp depolarization and 'pulses' of extracellular solution with a Ca2+ release-inducing concentration of caffeine (10 mM). 2. When caffeine was present prior to and during the voltage pulses, the charge transferred by pulses to between -60 and -40 mV increased by about 40%. 3. In fibres depleted of Ca2+ in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), caffeine had no effect on charge transfer or kinetics. 4. Whenever the prior exposure to caffeine resulted in a large elevation in [Ca2+]i at the start of the depolarizing pulse, there was an increase in I beta, the monotonically decaying component of charge movement. When the presence of caffeine enhanced Ca2+ release induced by the pulse, there was increase in I gamma, the hump-like component. 5. The charge transferred during a pulse to -50 mV increased with time of exposure to caffeine. Ca2+ release induced by the voltage pulse grew during the first second of caffeine exposure, then decreased with longer exposure time. The enhancement of charge transfer by caffeine was therefore not due to the increase in Ca2+ release caused by the drug. 6. The increase in charge transfer was a uniform, monotonically increasing function of the [Ca2+]i attained at the end of the voltage pulse. 7. Charge transfer, as a function of [Ca2+]i, pulse voltage and time, was simulated with a model, used previously, in which Ca2+ binds to intracellular sites and increases the electrical potential near the voltage sensors. Two sites were needed to fit the observations, with dissociation constants of 60 nM and 2 to 10 microM. 8. In the presence of caffeine, the voltage-driven movement of a given amount of intra-membranous charge resulted in greater activation of release permeability. 9. All effects of caffeine observed in this and the preceding paper could be explained assuming a single action: caffeine increases the tendency of the release channels to open. This results in opening of closed channels and an increase in their susceptibility to activation by the voltage sensors.
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- N Shirokova
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University, School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. N.Shirokova:
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Nakai J, Dirksen RT, Nguyen HT, Pessah IN, Beam KG, Allen PD. Enhanced dihydropyridine receptor channel activity in the presence of ryanodine receptor. Nature 1996; 380:72-5. [PMID: 8598910 DOI: 10.1038/380072a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 365] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle involves a voltage sensor in the plasma membrane which, in response to depolarization, causes an intracellular calcium-release channel to open. The skeletal isoform of the ryanodine receptor (RyR-1) functions as the Ca2+-release channel and the dihydropyridine receptor (DHPR) functions as the voltage sensor and also as an L-type Ca2+ channel. Here we examine the possibility that there is a retrograde signal from RyR-1 to the DHPR, using myotubes from mice homozygous for a disrupted RyR-1 gene (dyspedic mice). As expected, we find that there is no excitation-contraction coupling in dyspedic myotubes, but we also find that they have a roughly 30-fold reduction in L-type Ca2+-current density. Injection of dyspedic myotubes with RyR-1 complementary DNA restores excitation-contraction coupling and causes the density of L-type Ca2+ current to rise towards normal. Despite the differences in Ca2+-current magnitude, measurements of charge movement indicate that the density of DHPRs is similar in dyspedic and RyR-1-expressing myotubes. Our results support the possibility of a retrograde signal by which RyR-1 enhances the function of DHPRs as Ca2+ channels.
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- J Nakai
- Department of Medical Chemistry, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Japan
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Gallant EM, Lentz LR, Taylor SR. Modulation of caffeine contractures in mammalian skeletal muscles by variation of extracellular potassium. J Cell Physiol 1995; 165:254-60. [PMID: 7593203 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041650206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Caffeine contractures were induced after K(+)-conditioning of skeletal muscles from pigs and mice. K(+)-conditioning is defined as the partial depolarization caused by increasing external potassium (K+0) with [K+]x[Cl-] constant. Conditioning depolarizations that rendered muscles refractory to brief electrical stimulation still enhanced the contracture tension elicited by subsequent direct caffeine stimulation of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium release. The effects of K(+)-conditioning on caffeine-induced contractures of intact cell bundles reached a maximum at 15-30 mM K+0 and then progressively declined at higher [K+]0. Conditioning with 30 mM K+ for 5 min, which inactivates excitation-contraction (EC) coupling in response to action potentials, both increased the magnitude of caffeine contractures 2-10-fold and shifted the contracture threshold toward lower caffeine concentrations. Enhanced sensitivity to caffeine was inhibited by dantrolene (20 microM) and its watersoluble analogue azumolene (150 microM). These drugs decreased caffeine-induced contractures following depolarization with 4-15 mM K+ to 25-50% of control tension. The inorganic anion perchlorate (CIO-4), which like caffeine potentiates twitches, increased caffeine-induced contractures approximately twofold after K(+)-conditioning (> 4 mM). The results suggest that CIO-4 and dantrolene, in addition to caffeine, also influence SR calcium release either directly or by mechanism(s) subsequent to depolarization of the sarcolemma. Moreover, since CIO-4 is known to shift the voltage-dependence of intramembrane charge movement, CIO-4 may exert effects on the transverse-tubule voltage sensors as well as the SR.
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- E M Gallant
- Department of Veterinary PathoBiology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108, USA
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Melzer W, Herrmann-Frank A, Lüttgau HC. The role of Ca2+ ions in excitation-contraction coupling of skeletal muscle fibres. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1995; 1241:59-116. [PMID: 7742348 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4157(94)00014-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 427] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- W Melzer
- Department of Cell Physiology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
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