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Role of protons in calcium signaling. Biochem J 2021; 478:895-910. [PMID: 33635336 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20200971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Thirty-six years after the publication of the important article by Busa and Nuccitelli on the variability of intracellular pH (pHi) and the interdependence of pHi and intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), little research has been carried out on pHi and calcium signaling. Moreover, the results appear to be contradictory. Some authors claim that the increase in [Ca2+]i is due to a reduction in pHi, others that it is caused by an increase in pHi. The reasons for these conflicting results have not yet been discussed and clarified in an exhaustive manner. The idea that variations in pHi are insignificant, because cellular buffers quickly stabilize the pHi, may be a limiting and fundamentally wrong concept. In fact, it has been shown that protons can move and react in the cell before they are neutralized. Variations in pHi have a remarkable impact on [Ca2+]i and hence on some of the basic biochemical mechanisms of calcium signaling. This paper focuses on the possible triggering role of protons during their short cellular cycle and it suggests a new hypothesis for an IP3 proton dependent mechanism of action.
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Swaminathan D, Dickinson GD, Demuro A, Parker I. Noise analysis of cytosolic calcium image data. Cell Calcium 2019; 86:102152. [PMID: 31918030 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2019.102152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2019] [Revised: 12/15/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cellular Ca2+ signals are often constrained to cytosolic micro- or nano-domains where stochastic openings of Ca2+ channels cause large fluctuations in local Ca2+ concentration (Ca2+ 'noise'). With the advent of TIRF microscopy to image the fluorescence of Ca2+-sensitive probes from attoliter volumes it has become possible to directly monitor these signals, which closely track the gating of plasmalemmal and ER Ca2+-permeable channels. Nevertheless, it is likely that many physiologically important Ca2+ signals are too small to resolve as discrete events in fluorescence recordings. By analogy with noise analysis of electrophysiological data, we explore here the use of statistical approaches to detect and analyze such Ca2+ noise in images obtained using Ca2+-sensitive indicator dyes. We describe two techniques - power spectrum analysis and spatio-temporal correlation - and demonstrate that both effectively identify discrete, spatially localized calcium release events (Ca2+ puffs). Moreover, we show they are able to detect localized noise fluctuations in a case where discrete events cannot directly be resolved.
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- Divya Swaminathan
- Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA92697, USA.
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- Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA92697, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA92697, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA92697, USA; Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, CA92697, USA
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Li X, Wu Y, Gao X, Cai M, Shuai J. Wave failure at strong coupling in intracellular Ca^{2+} signaling system with clustered channels. Phys Rev E 2018; 97:012406. [PMID: 29448381 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.97.012406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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As an important intracellular signal, Ca^{2+} ions control diverse cellular functions. In this paper, we discuss the Ca^{2+} signaling with a two-dimensional model in which the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP_{3}) receptor channels are distributed in clusters on the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. The wave failure at large Ca^{2+} diffusion coupling is discussed in detail in the model. We show that with varying model parameters the wave failure is a robust behavior with either deterministic or stochastic channel dynamics. We suggest that the wave failure should be a general behavior in inhomogeneous diffusing systems with clustered excitable regions and may occur in biological Ca^{2+} signaling systems.
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- Xiang Li
- Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.,State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.,State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.,Research Institute for Biomimetics and Soft Matter, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Soft Functional Materials Research, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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IP 3 receptor signaling and endothelial barrier function. Cell Mol Life Sci 2017; 74:4189-4207. [PMID: 28803370 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-017-2624-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The endothelium, a monolayer of endothelial cells lining vessel walls, maintains tissue-fluid homeostasis by restricting the passage of the plasma proteins and blood cells into the interstitium. The ion Ca2+, a ubiquitous secondary messenger, initiates signal transduction events in endothelial cells that is critical to control of vascular tone and endothelial permeability. The ion Ca2+ is stored inside the intracellular organelles and released into the cytosol in response to environmental cues. The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) messenger facilitates Ca2+ release through IP3 receptors which are Ca2+-selective intracellular channels located within the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum. Binding of IP3 to the IP3Rs initiates assembly of IP3R clusters, a key event responsible for amplification of Ca2+ signals in endothelial cells. This review discusses emerging concepts related to architecture and dynamics of IP3R clusters, and their specific role in propagation of Ca2+ signals in endothelial cells.
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Ca2+-activation kinetics modulate successive puff/spark amplitude, duration and inter-event-interval correlations in a Langevin model of stochastic Ca2+ release. Math Biosci 2015; 264:101-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2015.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Revised: 03/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Frequency and relative prevalence of calcium blips and puffs in a model of small IP₃R clusters. Biophys J 2015; 106:2353-63. [PMID: 24896114 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.04.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2013] [Revised: 03/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In this work, we model the local calcium release from clusters with a few inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) channels, focusing on the stochastic process in which an open channel either triggers other channels to open (as a puff) or fails to cause any channel to open (as a blip). We show that there are linear relations for the interevent interval (including blips and puffs) and the first event latency against the inverse cluster size. However, nonlinearity is found for the interpuff interval and the first puff latency against the inverse cluster size. Furthermore, the simulations indicate that the blip fraction among all release events and the blip frequency are increasing with larger basal [Ca(2+)], with blips in turn giving a growing contribution to basal [Ca(2+)]. This result suggests that blips are not just lapses to trigger puffs, but they may also possess a biological function to contribute to the initiation of calcium waves by a preceding increase of basal [Ca(2+)] in cells that have small IP3R clusters.
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Dickinson GD, Parker I. Factors determining the recruitment of inositol trisphosphate receptor channels during calcium puffs. Biophys J 2014; 105:2474-84. [PMID: 24314078 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Accepted: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Puffs are localized, transient elevations in cytosolic Ca(2+) that serve both as the building blocks of global cellular Ca(2+) signals and as local signals in their own right. They arise from clustered inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor/channels (IP3Rs), whose openings are coordinated by Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+) release (CICR). We utilized total internal reflection fluorescence imaging of Ca(2+) signals in neuroblastoma cells with single-channel resolution to elucidate the mechanisms determining the triggering, amplitudes, kinetics, and spatial spread of puffs. We find that any given channel in a cluster has a mean probability of ∼66% of opening following opening of an initial "trigger" channel, and the probability of puff triggering thus increases steeply with increasing number of channels in a cluster (cluster size). Mean puff amplitudes scale with cluster size, but individual amplitudes vary widely, even at sites of similar cluster size, displaying similar proportions of events involving any given number of the channels in the cluster. Stochastic variation in numbers of Ca(2+)-inhibited IP3Rs likely contributes to the variability of amplitudes of repeated puffs at a site but the amplitudes of successive puffs were uncorrelated, even though we observed statistical correlations between interpuff intervals and puff amplitudes. Initial puffs evoked following photorelease of IP3-which would not be subject to earlier Ca(2+)-inhibition-also showed wide variability, indicating that mechanisms such as stochastic variation in IP3 binding and channel recruitment by CICR further determine puff amplitudes. The mean termination time of puffs lengthened with increasing puff amplitude size, consistent with independent closings of channels after a given mean open time, but we found no correlation of termination time with cluster size independent of puff amplitude. The spatial extent of puffs increased with their amplitude, and puffs of similar size were of similar width, independent of cluster size.
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- George D Dickinson
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA.
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Cao P, Donovan G, Falcke M, Sneyd J. A stochastic model of calcium puffs based on single-channel data. Biophys J 2013; 105:1133-42. [PMID: 24010656 PMCID: PMC3852038 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2013] [Revised: 07/03/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Calcium puffs are local transient Ca(2+) releases from internal Ca(2+) stores such as the endoplasmic reticulum or the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Such release occurs through a cluster of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs). Based on the IP3R model (which is determined by fitting to stationary single-channel data) and nonstationary single-channel data, we construct a new IP3R model that includes time-dependent rates of mode switches. A point-source model of Ca(2+) puffs is then constructed based on the new IP3R model and is solved by a hybrid Gillespie method with adaptive timing. Model results show that a relatively slow recovery of an IP3R from Ca(2+) inhibition is necessary to reproduce most of the experimental outcomes, especially the nonexponential interpuff interval distributions. The number of receptors in a cluster could be severely underestimated when the recovery is sufficiently slow. Furthermore, we find that, as the number of IP3Rs increases, the average duration of puffs initially increases but then becomes saturated, whereas the average decay time keeps increasing linearly. This gives rise to the observed asymmetric puff shape.
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- Pengxing Cao
- Department of Mathematics, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Mathematics, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Mathematical Cell Physiology, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Mathematics, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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InsP3-mediated puffs are fundamental building blocks of cellular Ca2+ signalling, and arise through the concerted opening of clustered InsP3Rs (InsP3 receptors) co-ordinated via Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release. Although the Ca2+ dependency of InsP3Rs has been extensively studied at the single channel level, little is known as to how changes in basal cytosolic [Ca2+] would alter the dynamics of InsP3-evoked Ca2+ signals in intact cells. To explore this question, we expressed Ca2+-permeable channels (nicotinic acetylcholine receptors) in the plasma membrane of voltage-clamped Xenopus oocytes to regulate cytosolic [Ca2+] by changing the electrochemical gradient for extracellular Ca2+ entry, and imaged Ca2+ liberation evoked by photolysis of caged InsP3. Elevation of basal cytosolic [Ca2+] strongly increased the amplitude and shortened the latency of global Ca2+ waves. In oocytes loaded with EGTA to localize Ca2+ signals, the number of sites at which puffs were observed and the frequency and latency of puffs were strongly dependent on cytosolic [Ca2+], whereas puff amplitudes were only weakly affected. The results of the present study indicate that basal cytosolic [Ca2+] strongly affects the triggering of puffs, but has less of an effect on puffs once they have been initiated.
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Dickinson GD, Swaminathan D, Parker I. The probability of triggering calcium puffs is linearly related to the number of inositol trisphosphate receptors in a cluster. Biophys J 2012; 102:1826-36. [PMID: 22768938 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2011] [Revised: 03/12/2012] [Accepted: 03/14/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Puffs are local Ca(2+) signals that arise by Ca(2+) liberation from the endoplasmic reticulum through concerted opening of tightly clustered inositol trisphosphate receptor/channels (IP(3)R). They serve both local signaling functions and trigger global Ca(2+) waves. The numbers of functional IP(3)R within clusters differ appreciably between different puff sites, and we investigated how the probability of puff occurrence varies with cluster size. We imaged puffs in SH-SY5Y cells using total internal fluorescence microscopy, and estimated cluster sizes from the magnitude of the largest puff observed at each site relative to the signal from a single channel. We find that the initial triggering rate of puffs following photorelease of IP(3), and the average frequency of subsequent repetitive puffs, vary about linearly with cluster size. These data accord well with stochastic simulations in which opening of any individual IP(3)R channel within a cluster triggers a puff via Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+) release. An important consequence is that the signaling power of a puff site (average amount of Ca(2+) released per puff × puff frequency) varies about the square of cluster size, implying that large clusters contribute disproportionately to cellular signaling and, because of their higher puff frequency, preferentially act as pacemakers to initiate Ca(2+) waves.
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- George D Dickinson
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
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The Ca(2) (+) signals evoked by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3)) are built from elementary Ca(2) (+) release events involving progressive recruitment of IP(3) receptors (IP(3)R), intracellular Ca(2) (+) channels that are expressed in almost all animal cells. The smallest events ('blips') result from opening of single IP(3)R. Larger events ('puffs') reflect the near-synchronous opening of a small cluster of IP(3)R. These puffs become more frequent as the stimulus intensity increases and they eventually trigger regenerative Ca(2) (+) waves that propagate across the cell. This hierarchical recruitment of IP(3)R is important in allowing Ca(2) (+) signals to be delivered locally to specific target proteins or more globally to the entire cell. Co-regulation of IP(3)R by Ca(2) (+) and IP(3), the ability of a single IP(3)R rapidly to mediate a large efflux of Ca(2) (+) from the endoplasmic reticulum, and the assembly of IP(3)R into clusters are key features that allow IP(3)R to propagate Ca(2) (+) signals regeneratively. We review these properties of IP(3)R and the structural basis of IP(3)R behavior.
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- Colin W Taylor
- Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1PD, Cambridge, UK,
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Solovey G, Fraiman D, Dawson SP. Mean field strategies induce unrealistic non-linearities in calcium puffs. Front Physiol 2011; 2:46. [PMID: 21869877 PMCID: PMC3150724 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2011.00046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2011] [Accepted: 07/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Mean field models are often useful approximations to biological systems, but sometimes, they can yield misleading results. In this work, we compare mean field approaches with stochastic models of intracellular calcium release. In particular, we concentrate on calcium signals generated by the concerted opening of several clustered channels (calcium puffs). To this end we simulate calcium puffs numerically and then try to reproduce features of the resulting calcium distribution using mean field models were all the channels open and close simultaneously. We show that an unrealistic non-linear relationship between the current and the number of open channels is needed to reproduce the simulated puffs. Furthermore, a single channel current which is five times smaller than the one of the stochastic simulations is also needed. Our study sheds light on the importance of the stochastic kinetics of the calcium release channel activity to estimate the release fluxes.
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- Guillermo Solovey
- Laboratory of Mathematical Physics, The Rockefeller University New York, NY, USA
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Enhanced ER Ca2+ store filling by overexpression of SERCA2b promotes IP3-evoked puffs. Cell Calcium 2011; 50:36-41. [PMID: 21616533 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2011.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2011] [Revised: 04/22/2011] [Accepted: 04/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Liberation of Ca(2+) from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) through inositol trisphosphate receptors (IP(3)R) is modulated by the ER Ca(2+) content, and overexpression of SERCA2b to accelerate Ca(2+) sequestration into the ER has been shown to potentiate the frequency and amplitude of IP(3)-evoked Ca(2+) waves in Xenopus oocytes. Here, we examined the effects of SERCA overexpression on the elementary IP(3)-evoked puffs to elucidate whether ER [Ca(2+)] may modulate IP(3)R function via luminal regulatory sites in addition to simply determining the size of the available store and electrochemical driving force for Ca(2+) release. SERCA2b and Ca(2+) permeable nicotinic plasmalemmal channels were expressed in oocytes, and hyperpolarizing pulses were delivered to induce Ca(2+) influx and thereby load ER stores. Puffs evoked by photoreleased IP(3) were significantly potentiated in terms of numbers of responding sites, frequency and amplitude following transient Ca(2+) influx in SERCA-overexpressing cells, whereas little change was evident with SERCA overexpression alone or following Ca(2+) influx in control cells not overexpressing SERCA. Intriguingly, we observed the appearance of a new population of puffs that arose after long latencies and had prolonged durations supporting the notion of luminal regulation of IP(3)R gating kinetics.
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Baran I, Ganea C, Ungureanu R, Tofolean IT. Signal mass and Ca2+ kinetics in local calcium events: a modeling study. J Mol Model 2011; 18:721-36. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-011-1104-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2010] [Accepted: 04/20/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Diambra L, Marchant JS. Inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate receptor microarchitecture shapes Ca2+ puff kinetics. Biophys J 2011; 100:822-31. [PMID: 21320425 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2010] [Revised: 12/30/2010] [Accepted: 01/04/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate receptors (IP(3)Rs) release intracellular Ca(2+) as localized Ca(2+) signals (Ca(2+) puffs) that represent the activity of small numbers of clustered IP(3)Rs spaced throughout the endoplasmic reticulum. Although much emphasis has been placed on estimating the number of active Ca(2+) release channels supporting Ca(2+) puffs, less attention has been placed on understanding the role of cluster microarchitecture. This is important as recent data underscores the dynamic nature of IP(3)R transitions between heterogeneous cellular architectures and the differential behavior of IP(3)Rs socialized into clusters. Here, we applied a high-resolution model incorporating stochastically gating IP(3)Rs within a three-dimensional cytoplasmic space to demonstrate: 1), Ca(2+) puffs are supported by a broad range of clustered IP(3)R microarchitectures; 2), cluster ultrastructure shapes Ca(2+) puff characteristics; and 3), loosely corralled IP(3)R clusters (>200 nm interchannel separation) fail to coordinate Ca(2+) puffs, owing to inefficient triggering and impaired coupling due to reduced Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+) release microwave velocity (<10 nm/s) throughout the channel array. Dynamic microarchitectural considerations may therefore influence Ca(2+) puff occurrence/properties in intact cells, contrasting with a more minimal role for channel number over the same simulated conditions in shaping local Ca(2+) dynamics.
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- Luis Diambra
- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Centro Regional de Estudios Genómicos, Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Calabrese A, Fraiman D, Zysman D, Ponce Dawson S. Stochastic fire-diffuse-fire model with realistic cluster dynamics. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2010; 82:031910. [PMID: 21230111 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.82.031910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2010] [Revised: 07/19/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Living organisms use waves that propagate through excitable media to transport information. Ca2+ waves are a paradigmatic example of this type of processes. A large hierarchy of Ca2+ signals that range from localized release events to global waves has been observed in Xenopus laevis oocytes. In these cells, Ca2+ release occurs trough inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) which are organized in clusters of channels located on the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum. In this article we construct a stochastic model for a cluster of IP3R 's that replicates the experimental observations reported in [D. Fraiman, Biophys. J. 90, 3897 (2006)]. We then couple this phenomenological cluster model with a reaction-diffusion equation, so as to have a discrete stochastic model for calcium dynamics. The model we propose describes the transition regimes between isolated release and steadily propagating waves as the IP3 concentration is increased.
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- Ana Calabrese
- Departamento de Física, FCEN-UBA, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón I, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Parker I, Smith IF. Recording single-channel activity of inositol trisphosphate receptors in intact cells with a microscope, not a patch clamp. J Gen Physiol 2010; 136:119-27. [PMID: 20660654 PMCID: PMC2912063 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200910390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Optical single-channel recording is a novel tool for the study of individual Ca2+-permeable channels within intact cells under minimally perturbed physiological conditions. As applied to the functioning and spatial organization of IP3Rs, this approach complements our existing knowledge, which derives largely from reduced systems - such as reconstitution into lipid bilayers and patch clamping of IP3Rs on the membrane of excised nuclei - where the spatial arrangement and interactions among IP3Rs via CICR are disrupted. The ability to image the activity of single IP3R channels with millisecond resolution together with localization of their positions with a precision of a few tens of nanometers both raises several intriguing questions and holds promise of answers. In particular, what mechanism underlies the anchoring of puffs and blips to static locations; why do these Ca2+ release events appear to involve only a very small fraction of the IP3Rs within a cell; and how can we reconcile the relative immotility of functional IP3Rs with numerous studies reporting free diffusion of IP3R protein in the ER membrane?
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- Ian Parker
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697
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Yamasaki-Mann M, Demuro A, Parker I. Modulation of endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ store filling by cyclic ADP-ribose promotes inositol trisphosphate (IP3)-evoked Ca2+ signals. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:25053-61. [PMID: 20538594 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.095257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In addition to its well established function in activating Ca(2+) release from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) through ryanodine receptors (RyR), the second messenger cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) also accelerates the activity of SERCA pumps, which sequester Ca(2+) into the ER. Here, we demonstrate a potential physiological role for cADPR in modulating cellular Ca(2+) signals via changes in ER Ca(2+) store content, by imaging Ca(2+) liberation through inositol trisphosphate receptors (IP(3)R) in Xenopus oocytes, which lack RyR. Oocytes were injected with the non-metabolizable analog 3-deaza-cADPR, and cytosolic [Ca(2+)] was transiently elevated by applying voltage-clamp pulses to induce Ca(2+) influx through expressed plasmalemmal nicotinic channels. We observed a subsequent potentiation of global Ca(2+) signals evoked by strong photorelease of IP(3), and increased numbers of local Ca(2+) puffs evoked by weaker photorelease. These effects were not evident with cADPR alone or following cytosolic Ca(2+) elevation alone, indicating that they did not arise through direct actions of cADPR or Ca(2+) on the IP(3)R, but likely resulted from enhanced ER store filling. Moreover, the appearance of a new population of puffs with longer latencies, prolonged durations, and attenuated amplitudes suggests that luminal ER Ca(2+) may modulate IP(3)R function, in addition to simply determining the size of the available store and the electrochemical driving force for release.
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- Michiko Yamasaki-Mann
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
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Bruno L, Solovey G, Ventura AC, Dargan S, Dawson SP. Quantifying calcium fluxes underlying calcium puffs in Xenopus laevis oocytes. Cell Calcium 2010; 47:273-86. [PMID: 20097419 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2009.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2009] [Accepted: 12/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We determine the calcium fluxes through inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor/channels underlying calcium puffs of Xenopus laevis oocytes using a simplified version of the algorithm of Ventura et al. An analysis of 130 puffs obtained with Fluo-4 indicates that Ca2+ release comes from a region of width approximately 450 nm, that the release duration is peaked around 18 s and that the underlying Ca2+ currents range between 0.12 and 0.95 pA. All these parameters are independent of IP(3) concentration. We explore what distributions of channels that open during a puff, N(p), and what relations between current and number of open channels, I(N(p)), are compatible with our findings and with the distribution of puff-to-trigger amplitude ratio reported in Rose et al. To this end, we use simple "mean field" models in which all channels open and close simultaneously. We find that the variability among clusters plays an important role in shaping the observed puff amplitude distribution and that a model for which I(N(p)) approximately N(p) for small N(p) and I(N(p)) approximately N(p)(1/alpha) (alpha > 1) for large N(p), provides the best agreement. Simulations of more detailed models in which channels open and close stochastically show that this nonlinear behavior can be attributed to the limited time resolution of the observations and to the averaging procedure that is implicit in the mean-field models. These conclusions are also compatible with observations of approximately 400 puffs obtained using the dye Oregon green.
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- Luciana Bruno
- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UBA, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón I, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Taylor CW, Rahman T, Tovey SC, Dedos SG, Taylor EJA, Velamakanni S. IP3 receptors: some lessons from DT40 cells. Immunol Rev 2009; 231:23-44. [PMID: 19754888 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2009.00807.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) are intracellular Ca2+ channels that are regulated by IP3 and Ca2+ and are modulated by many additional signals. These properties allow them to initiate and, via Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release, regeneratively propagate Ca2+ signals evoked by receptors that stimulate formation of IP3. The ubiquitous expression of IP3R highlights their importance, but it also presents problems when attempting to resolve the behavior of defined IP3R. DT40 cells are a pre-B-lymphocyte cell line in which high rates of homologous recombination afford unrivalled opportunities to disrupt endogenous genes. DT40-knockout cells with both alleles of each of the three IP3R genes disrupted provide the only null-background for analysis of homogenous recombinant IP3R. We review the properties of DT40 cells and consider three areas where they have contributed to understanding IP3R behavior. Patch-clamp recording from the nuclear envelope and Ca2+ release from intracellular stores loaded with a low-affinity Ca2+ indicator address the mechanisms leading to activation of IP(3)R. We show that IP3 causes intracellular IP3R to cluster and re-tune their responses to IP3 and Ca2+, better equipping them to mediate regenerative Ca2+ signals. Finally, we show that DT40 cells reliably count very few IP3R into the plasma membrane, where they mediate about half the Ca2+ entry evoked by the B-cell antigen receptor.
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- Colin W Taylor
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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Olson ML, Chalmers S, McCarron JG. Mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake increases Ca2+ release from inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor clusters in smooth muscle cells. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:2040-50. [PMID: 19889626 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.027094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Smooth muscle activities are regulated by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP(3))-mediated increases in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+](c)). Local Ca2+ release from an InsP(3) receptor (InsP(3)R) cluster present on the sarcoplasmic reticulum is termed a Ca2+ puff. Ca2+ released via InsP(3)R may diffuse to adjacent clusters to trigger further release and generate a cell-wide (global) Ca2+ rise. In smooth muscle, mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake maintains global InsP(3)-mediated Ca2+ release by preventing a negative feedback effect of high [Ca2+] on InsP(3)R. Mitochondria may regulate InsP(3)-mediated Ca2+ signals by operating between or within InsP(3)R clusters. In the former mitochondria could regulate only global Ca2+ signals, whereas in the latter both local and global signals would be affected. Here whether mitochondria maintain InsP(3)-mediated Ca2+ release by operating within (local) or between (global) InsP(3)R clusters has been addressed. Ca2+ puffs evoked by localized photolysis of InsP(3) in single voltage-clamped colonic smooth muscle cells had amplitudes of 0.5-4.0 F/F(0), durations of approximately 112 ms at half-maximum amplitude, and were abolished by the InsP(3)R inhibitor 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate. The protonophore carbonyl cyanide 3-chloropheylhydrazone and complex I inhibitor rotenone each depolarized DeltaPsi(M) to prevent mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake and attenuated Ca2+ puffs by approximately 66 or approximately 60%, respectively. The mitochondrial uniporter inhibitor, RU360, attenuated Ca2+ puffs by approximately 62%. The "fast" Ca2+ chelator 1,2-bis(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid acted like mitochondria to prolong InsP(3)-mediated Ca2+ release suggesting that mitochondrial influence is via their Ca2+ uptake facility. These results indicate Ca2+ uptake occurs quickly enough to influence InsP(3)R communication at the intra-cluster level and that mitochondria regulate both local and global InsP(3)-mediated Ca2+ signals.
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- Marnie L Olson
- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, John Arbuthnott Building, Glasgow G40NR, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Diambra L, Marchant JS. Localization and socialization: experimental insights into the functional architecture of IP3 receptors. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2009; 19:037103. [PMID: 19792028 PMCID: PMC2771704 DOI: 10.1063/1.3147425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2009] [Accepted: 05/11/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3))-evoked Ca(2+) signals display great spatiotemporal malleability. This malleability depends on diversity in both the cellular organization and in situ functionality of IP(3) receptors (IP(3)Rs) that regulate Ca(2+) release from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Recent experimental data imply that these considerations are not independent, such that-as with other ion channels-the local organization of IP(3)Rs impacts their functionality, and reciprocally IP(3)R activity impacts their organization within native ER membranes. Here, we (i) review experimental data that lead to our understanding of the "functional architecture" of IP(3)Rs within the ER, (ii) propose an updated terminology to span the organizational hierarchy of IP(3)Rs observed in intact cells, and (iii) speculate on the physiological significance of IP(3)R socialization in Ca(2+) dynamics, and consequently the emerging need for modeling studies to move beyond gridded, planar, and static simulations of IP(3)R clustering even over short experimental timescales.
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- Luis Diambra
- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, CREG-UNLP, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Taylor CW, Pantazaka E. Targeting and clustering of IP3 receptors: key determinants of spatially organized Ca2+ signals. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2009; 19:037102. [PMID: 19798811 DOI: 10.1063/1.3127593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3R) are intracellular Ca2+ channels that are almost ubiquitously expressed in animal cells. The spatiotemporal complexity of the Ca2+ signals evoked by IP3R underlies their versatility in cellular signaling. Here we review the mechanisms that contribute to the subcellular targeting of IP3R and the dynamic interplay between IP3R that underpin their ability to generate complex intracellular Ca2+ signals.
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Baran I, Popescu A. A model-based method for estimating Ca2+ release fluxes from linescan images in Xenopus oocytes. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2009; 19:037106. [PMID: 19792031 DOI: 10.1063/1.3190484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We propose a model-based method of interpreting linescan images observed in Xenopus oocytes with the use of Oregon Green-1 as a fluorescent dye. We use a detailed modeling formalism based on numerical simulations that incorporate physical barriers for local diffusion, and, by assuming a Gaussian distribution of release durations, we derive the distributions of release Ca(2+) amounts and currents, fluorescence amplitudes, and puff widths. We analyze a wide set of available data collected from 857 and 281 events observed in the animal and the vegetal hemispheres of the oocyte, respectively. A relatively small fraction of events appear to involve coupling of two or three adjacent clusters of Ca(2+) releasing channels. In the animal hemisphere, the distribution of release currents with a mean of 1.4 pA presents a maximum at 1.0 pA and a rather long tail extending up to 5 pA. The overall distribution of liberated Ca(2+) amounts exhibits a dominant peak at 120 fC, a smaller peak at 375 fC, and an average of 166 fC. Ca(2+) amounts and release fluxes in the vegetal hemisphere appear to be 3.6 and 1.6 times smaller than in the animal hemisphere, respectively. Predicted diameters of elemental release sites are approximately 1.0 microm in the animal and approximately 0.5 microm in the vegetal hemisphere, but the side-to-side separation between adjacent sites appears to be identical (approximately 0.4 microm). By fitting the model to individual puffs we can estimate the quantity of liberated calcium, the release current, the orientation of the scan line, and the dimension of the corresponding release site.
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- Irina Baran
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmaceutics, Bucharest, Romania.
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Swaminathan D, Ullah G, Jung P. A simple sequential-binding model for calcium puffs. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2009; 19:037109. [PMID: 19792034 PMCID: PMC2826368 DOI: 10.1063/1.3152227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2009] [Accepted: 05/19/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Calcium puffs describe the transient release of Ca(2+) ions into the cytosol, through small clusters of 1,4,5-inositol triphosphate (IP(3)) receptors, present on internal stores such as the endoplasmic reticulum. Statistical properties of puffs, such as puff amplitudes and durations, have been well characterized experimentally. We model calcium puffs using a simple, sequential-binding model for the IP(3) receptor in conjunction with a computationally inexpensive point-source approximation. We follow two different protocols, a sequential protocol and a renewal protocol. In the sequential protocol, puffs are generated successively by the same cluster; in the renewal protocol, the system is reset after each puff. In both cases for a single set of parameters our results are in excellent agreement with experimental results for puff amplitudes and durations but indicate puff-to-puff correlations for the sequential protocol, consistent with recent experimental findings [H. J. Rose, S. Dargan, J. W. Shuai, and I. Parker, Biophys. J. 91, 4024 (2006)]. The model is then used to test the consistency of the hypothesized steep Ca(2+) gradients around single channels with the experimentally observed features of puff durations and amplitudes. A three-dimensional implementation of our point-source model suggests that a peak Ca(2+) concentration of the order of 10 muM at the cluster site (not channel) is consistent with the statistical features of observed calcium puffs.
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- D Swaminathan
- Department of Physics, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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Barhoumi R, Qian Y, Burghardt RC, Tiffany-Castiglioni E. Image analysis of Ca2+ signals as a basis for neurotoxicity assays: promises and challenges. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2009; 32:16-24. [PMID: 19555758 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2009.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2008] [Revised: 03/12/2009] [Accepted: 06/08/2009] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Free intracellular calcium ([Ca(2+)](i)) controls a wide range of cellular functions such as contraction, neurotransmitter and hormone release, metabolism, cell division and differentiation. Cytosolic Ca(2+) levels are abnormal in cells exposed to toxicants and understanding how these levels become altered may improve our ability to design high-throughput methods for the sensitive detection of cellular responses to a toxic exposure. Because Ca(2+) is involved in multiple aspects of cellular function, its role in signaling is complex. It is therefore necessary to identify the individual pathways targeted during toxicant exposure in order to use them as a tool for predictive measurements of toxicity and as targets for prevention or reversal of injury. This review illustrates several methods available for analysis of Ca(2+) responses in vitro and their applicability for understanding mechanisms of toxicity at the molecular and cellular levels. The review will also consider the usefulness of Ca(2+) imaging for predicting a unique signature for classes of toxicants. Towards this end, two methodological approaches for assessment of Ca(2+) responses to toxicants are examined: steady state measurements and complex spatial and/or temporal measurements. Each of the methods described and appropriately used results in reliable and reproducible measurements which may be applied in a high-throughput fashion to individualize in vitro assessment of cellular responses caused by toxicants.
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- Rola Barhoumi
- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4458, USA.
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Imaging the quantal substructure of single IP3R channel activity during Ca2+ puffs in intact mammalian cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:6404-9. [PMID: 19332787 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810799106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The spatiotemporal patterning of Ca(2+) signals regulates numerous cellular functions, and is determined by the functional properties and spatial clustering of inositol trisphosphate receptor (IP(3)R) Ca(2+) release channels in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. However, studies at the single-channel level have been hampered because IP(3)Rs are inaccessible to patch-clamp recording in intact cells, and because excised organelle and bilayer reconstitution systems disrupt the Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+) release (CICR) process that mediates channel-channel coordination. We introduce here the use of total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy to image single-channel Ca(2+) flux through individual and clustered IP(3)Rs in intact mammalian cells. This enables a quantal dissection of the local calcium puffs that constitute building blocks of cellular Ca(2+) signals, revealing stochastic recruitment of, on average, approximately 6 active IP(3)Rs clustered within <500 nm. Channel openings are rapidly ( approximately 10 ms) recruited by opening of an initial trigger channel, and a similarly rapid inhibitory process terminates puffs despite local [Ca(2+)] elevation that would otherwise sustain Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+) release indefinitely. Minimally invasive, nano-scale Ca(2+) imaging provides a powerful tool for the functional study of intracellular Ca(2+) release channels while maintaining the native architecture and dynamic interactions essential for discrete and selective cell signaling.
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Acidic Ca2+ stores, excitability, and cell patterning in Dictyostelium discoideum. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2009; 8:696-702. [PMID: 19252125 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00360-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The calcium ion (Ca(2+)) is the simplest and most versatile intracellular messenger known. The discovery of Ca(2+) sparks and a related family of elementary Ca(2+) signaling events has revealed fundamental principles of the Ca(2+) signaling system. A newly appreciated "digital" subsystem consisting of brief, high Ca(2+) concentration over short distances (nanometers to microns) comingles with an "analog" global Ca(2+) signaling subsystem. Over the past 15 years, much has been learned about the theoretical and practical aspects of spark formation and detection. The quest for the spark mechanisms [the activation, coordination, and termination of Ca(2+) release units (CRUs)] has met unexpected challenges, however, and raised vexing questions about CRU operation in situ. Ample evidence shows that Ca(2+) sparks catalyze many high-threshold Ca(2+) processes involved in cardiac and skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling, vascular tone regulation, membrane excitability, and neuronal secretion. Investigation of Ca(2+) sparks in diseases has also begun to provide novel insights into hypertension, cardiac arrhythmias, heart failure, and muscular dystrophy. An emerging view is that spatially and temporally patterned activation of the digital subsystem confers on intracellular Ca(2+) signaling an exquisite architecture in space, time, and intensity, which underpins signaling efficiency, stability, specificity, and diversity. These recent advances in "sparkology" thus promise to unify the simplicity and complexity of Ca(2+) signaling in biology.
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- Heping Cheng
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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Solovey G, Fraiman D, Pando B, Ponce Dawson S. Simplified model of cytosolic Ca2+ dynamics in the presence of one or several clusters of Ca2+ -release channels. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2008; 78:041915. [PMID: 18999463 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.78.041915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Calcium release from intracellular stores plays a key role in the regulation of a variety of cellular activities. In various cell types this release occurs through inositol-triphosphate (IP3) receptors which are Ca2+ channels whose open probability is modulated by the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration itself. Thus, the combination of Ca2+ release and Ca2+ diffusion evokes a variety of Ca2+ signals depending on the number and relative location of the channels that participate of them. In fact, a hierarchy of Ca2+ signals has been observed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, ranging from very localized events (puffs and blips) to waves that propagate throughout the cell. In this cell type channels are organized in clusters. The behavior of individual channels within a cluster cannot be resolved with current optical techniques. Therefore, a combination of experiments and mathematical modeling is unavoidable to understand these signals. However, the numerical simulation of a detailed mathematical model of the problem is very hard given the large range of spatial and temporal scales that must be covered. In this paper we present an alternative model in which the cluster region is modeled using a relatively fine grid but where several approximations are made to compute the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca;{2+}]) distribution. The inner-cluster [Ca;{2+}] distribution is used to determine the openings and closings of the channels of the cluster. The spatiotemporal [Ca;{2+}] distribution outside the cluster is determined using a coarser grid in which each (active) cluster is represented by a point source whose current is proportional to the number of open channels determined before. A full reaction-diffusion system is solved on this coarser grid.
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- G Solovey
- Departamento de Física, FCEN-UBA, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón I, (1428) Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Modeling Ca2+ feedback on a single inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor and its modulation by Ca2+ buffers. Biophys J 2008; 95:3738-52. [PMID: 18641077 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.137182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor/channel (IP(3)R) is a major regulator of intracellular Ca(2+) signaling, and liberates Ca(2+) ions from the endoplasmic reticulum in response to binding at cytosolic sites for both IP(3) and Ca(2+). Although the steady-state gating properties of the IP(3)R have been extensively studied and modeled under conditions of fixed [IP(3)] and [Ca(2+)], little is known about how Ca(2+) flux through a channel may modulate the gating of that same channel by feedback onto activating and inhibitory Ca(2+) binding sites. We thus simulated the dynamics of Ca(2+) self-feedback on monomeric and tetrameric IP(3)R models. A major conclusion is that self-activation depends crucially on stationary cytosolic Ca(2+) buffers that slow the collapse of the local [Ca(2+)] microdomain after closure. This promotes burst-like reopenings by the rebinding of Ca(2+) to the activating site; whereas inhibitory actions are substantially independent of stationary buffers but are strongly dependent on the location of the inhibitory Ca(2+) binding site on the IP(3)R in relation to the channel pore.
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Smith IF, Wiltgen SM, Parker I. Localization of puff sites adjacent to the plasma membrane: functional and spatial characterization of Ca2+ signaling in SH-SY5Y cells utilizing membrane-permeant caged IP3. Cell Calcium 2008; 45:65-76. [PMID: 18639334 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2008.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2008] [Revised: 05/30/2008] [Accepted: 06/05/2008] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The Xenopus oocyte has been a favored model system in which to study spatio-temporal mechanisms of intracellular Ca2+ dynamics, in large part because this giant cell facilitates intracellular injections of Ca2+ indicator dyes, buffers and caged compounds. However, the recent commercial availability of membrane-permeant ester forms of caged IP3 (ci-IP3) and EGTA, now allows for facile loading of these compounds into smaller mammalian cells, permitting control of [IP3]i and cytosolic Ca2+ buffering. Here, we establish the human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cell line as an advantageous experimental system for imaging Ca2+ signaling, and characterize IP3-mediated Ca2+ signaling mechanisms in these cells. Flash photo-release of increasing amounts of i-IP3 evokes Ca2+ puffs that transition to waves, but intracellular loading of EGTA decouples release sites, allowing discrete puffs to be studied over a wide range of [IP3]. Puff activity persists for minutes following a single photo-release, pointing to a slow rate of i-IP3 turnover in these cells and suggesting that repetitive Ca2+ spikes with periods of 20-30s are not driven by oscillations in [IP3]. Puff amplitudes are independent of [IP3], whereas their frequencies increase with increasing photo-release. Puff sites in SH-SY5Y cells are not preferentially localized near the nucleus, but instead are concentrated close to the plasma membrane where they can be visualized by total internal reflection microscopy, offering the potential for unprecedented spatio-temporal resolution of Ca2+ puff kinetics.
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- Ian F Smith
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, 1146 McGaugh Hall, Irvine, CA 92697-4545, United States.
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Modulation of calcium signals by fluorescent dyes in the presence of tubular endoplasmic reticulum: a modelling approach. Biosystems 2008; 92:259-69. [PMID: 18450366 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2008.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2007] [Revised: 01/18/2008] [Accepted: 03/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The complex network of Ca(2+) signals uses local events as building blocks for generating global calcium signals with different shapes. However, the nature of the large time- and space-scales of local calcium signals observed in Xenopus oocytes has remained unclear. By numeric simulations that include optical blurring of the image and the geometrical restrictions imposed by tubules of the endoplasmic reticulum or other cell structures, we investigate how the fluorescent dye affect the observed features of calcium events, such as rate of signal decay, spatial size, fluorescence amplitude, or the apparent diffusion like from a point source in a spherically symmetric space. We add more evidence that, irrespective of the dye properties, local calcium signals produced in the presence of tubular cellular structures are consistently wider than expected in a homogeneous environment. Moreover, the spatial dimension and the decay time of the event increase with the quantity of liberated Ca(2+). Our results also indicate that a fast binding Ca(2+) indicator that does not bind to cytosolic proteins yields fast signals when the event is observed in the front of the release site, and slow signals when the event is viewed from the opposite side of the tubule. We propose several ways to test our model by various experimental procedures.
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McCarron JG, Chalmers S, Muir TC. `Quantal' Ca2+ release at the cytoplasmic aspect of the Ins(1,4,5)P3R channel in smooth muscle. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:86-98. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.017541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Smooth muscle responds to activation of the inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate receptor [Ins(1,4,5)P3R] with a graded concentration-dependent (`quantal') Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) store. Graded release seems incompatible both with the finite capacity of the store and the Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release (CICR)-like facility, at Ins(1,4,5)P3Rs, that, once activated, should release the entire content of SR Ca2+. The structural organization of the SR and the regulation of Ins(1,4,5)P3R activity by inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3] and Ca2+ have each been proposed to explain `quantal' Ca2+ release. Here, we propose that regulation of Ins(1,4,5)P3R activity by lumenal Ca2+ acting at the cytoplasmic aspect of the receptor might explain `quantal' Ca2+ release in smooth muscle. The entire SR store was found to be lumenally continuous and Ca2+ could diffuse freely throughout: peculiarities of SR structure are unlikely to account for `quantal' release. While Ca2+ release was regulated by [Ca2+] within the SR, the velocity of release increased (accelerated) during the release process. The extent of acceleration of release determined the peak cytoplasmic [Ca2+] and was attenuated by a reduction in SR [Ca2+] or an increase in cytoplasmic Ca2+ buffering. Positive feedback by released Ca2+ acting at the cytoplasmic aspect of Ins(1,4,5)P3Rs (i.e. CICR-like) might (a) account for the acceleration, (b) provide the regulation of release by SR [Ca2+] and (c) explain the `quantal' release process itself. During Ca2+ release, SR [Ca2+] and thus unitary Ins(1,4,5)P3R currents decline, CICR reduces and stops. With increasing [Ins(1,4,5)P3], coincidental activation of several neighbouring Ins(1,4,5)P3Rs offsets the reduced Ins(1,4,5)P3R current to renew CICR and Ca2+ release.
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- John G. McCarron
- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, John Arbuthnott Building, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow G4 0NR, UK
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- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, John Arbuthnott Building, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow G4 0NR, UK
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- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, John Arbuthnott Building, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow G4 0NR, UK
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McCarron JG, Olson ML. A single luminally continuous sarcoplasmic reticulum with apparently separate Ca2+ stores in smooth muscle. J Biol Chem 2007; 283:7206-18. [PMID: 18096697 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m708923200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Whether or not the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is a continuous, interconnected network surrounding a single lumen or comprises multiple, separate Ca2+ pools was investigated in voltage-clamped single smooth muscle cells using local photolysis of caged compounds and Ca2+ imaging. The entire SR could be depleted or refilled from one small site via either inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3R) or ryanodine receptors (RyR) suggesting the SR is luminally continuous and that Ca2+ may diffuse freely throughout. Notwithstanding, regulation of the opening of RyR and IP3R, by the [Ca2+] within the SR, may create several apparent SR elements with various receptor arrangements. IP3R and RyR may appear to exist entirely on a single store, and there may seem to be additional SR elements that express either only RyR or only IP3R. The various SR receptor arrangements and apparently separate Ca2+ storage elements exist in a single luminally continuous SR entity.
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- John G McCarron
- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, John Arbuthnott Building, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow G4 0NR, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Won JH, Cottrell WJ, Foster TH, Yule DI. Ca2+ release dynamics in parotid and pancreatic exocrine acinar cells evoked by spatially limited flash photolysis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2007; 293:G1166-77. [PMID: 17901163 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00352.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) signals are central to the mechanisms underlying fluid and protein secretion in pancreatic and parotid acinar cells. Calcium release was studied in natively buffered cells following focal laser photolysis of caged molecules. Focal photolysis of caged-inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate (InsP(3)) in the apical region resulted in Ca(2+) release from the apical trigger zone and, after a latent period, the initiation of an apical-to-basal Ca(2+) wave. The latency was longer and the wave speed significantly slower in pancreatic compared with parotid cells. Focal photolysis in basal regions evoked only limited Ca(2+) release at the photolysis site and never resulted in a propagating wave. Instead, an apical-to-basal wave was initiated following a latent period. Again, the latent period was significantly longer under all conditions in pancreas than parotid. Although slower in pancreas than parotid, once initiated, the apical-to-basal wave speed was constant in a particular cell type. Photo release of caged-Ca(2+) failed to evoke a propagating Ca(2+) wave in either cell type. However, the kinetics of the Ca(2+) signal evoked following photolysis of caged-InsP(3) were significantly dampened by ryanodine in parotid but not pancreas, indicating a more prominent functional role for ryanodine receptor (RyR) following InsP(3) receptor (InsP(3)R) activation. These data suggest that differing expression levels of InsP(3)R, RyR, and possibly cellular buffering capacity may contribute to the fast kinetics of Ca(2+) signals in parotid compared with pancreas. These properties may represent a specialization of the cell type to effectively stimulate Ca(2+)-dependent effectors important for the differing primary physiological role of each gland.
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- Jong Hak Won
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Univ. of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Shuai J, Pearson JE, Foskett JK, Mak DOD, Parker I. A kinetic model of single and clustered IP3 receptors in the absence of Ca2+ feedback. Biophys J 2007; 93:1151-62. [PMID: 17526578 PMCID: PMC1929031 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.108795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ca2+ liberation through inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) channels generates complex patterns of spatiotemporal cellular Ca2+ signals owing to the biphasic modulation of channel gating by Ca2+ itself. These processes have been extensively studied in Xenopus oocytes, where imaging studies have revealed local Ca2+ signals ("puffs") arising from clusters of IP3R, and patch-clamp studies on isolated oocyte nuclei have yielded extensive data on IP3R gating kinetics. To bridge these two levels of experimental data, we developed an IP3R model and applied stochastic simulation and transition matrix theory to predict the behavior of individual and clustered IP3R channels. The channel model consists of four identical, independent subunits, each of which has an IP3-binding site together with one activating and one inactivating Ca2+-binding site. The channel opens when at least three subunits undergo a conformational change to an "active" state after binding IP3 and Ca2+. The model successfully reproduces patch-clamp data; including the dependence of open probability, mean open duration, and mean closed duration on [IP3] and [Ca2+]. Notably, the biexponential distribution of open-time duration and the dependence of mean open time on [Ca2+] are explained by populations of openings involving either three or four active subunits. As a first step toward applying the single IP3R model to describe cellular responses, we then simulated measurements of puff latency after step increases of [IP3]. Assuming that stochastic opening of a single IP3R at basal cytosolic [Ca2+] and any given [IP3] has a high probability of rapidly triggering neighboring channels by calcium-induced calcium release to evoke a puff, optimal correspondence with experimental data of puff latencies after photorelease of IP3 was obtained when the cluster contained a total of 40-70 IP3Rs.
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- Jianwei Shuai
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4550, USA.
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Baran I. Characterization of local calcium signals in tubular networks of endoplasmic reticulum. Cell Calcium 2007; 42:245-60. [PMID: 17240446 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2006.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2006] [Revised: 10/22/2006] [Accepted: 12/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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To explain the large time and space scales of elementary calcium events in Xenopus oocytes it is assumed that the Ca2+ source is located on tubules of the endoplasmic reticulum, which provide local barriers for diffusion. The event duration, width and signal mass dependence on the total quantity of released Ca2+ is determined at different orientations of the scan line and different ionic currents. Excellent agreement with published data is obtained with on- and off-rate constants of the fluorescent indicator of 15 microM(-1) s(-1) and 2.55 s(-1), respectively. It is found that one signal mass unit, calculated with the classical method that assumes spherical symmetry of the cytosolic space surrounding the release site, corresponds to 0.189 fC of released Ca2+ in the presence of a tubular network. It is estimated that release Ca2+ currents and amounts are randomly distributed, with averages of 0.165 pA and 3.66 fC per event and average release duration of 22.2 ms. The total quantity of liberated Ca2+ and the release current amplitude in the presence of endoplasmic reticulum tubules is predicted to be about one order of magnitude lower than estimated within the isotropic diffusion formalism. This could have implications in muscle cell Ca2+ imaging as well.
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- Irina Baran
- Biophysics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmaceutics, 8 Eroilor Sanitari Blvd., 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
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Shuai J, Rose HJ, Parker I. The number and spatial distribution of IP3 receptors underlying calcium puffs in Xenopus oocytes. Biophys J 2006; 91:4033-44. [PMID: 16980372 PMCID: PMC1635656 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.088880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Calcium puffs are local Ca(2+) release events that arise from a cluster of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor channels (IP(3)Rs) and serve as a basic "building block" from which global Ca(2+) waves are generated. Important questions remain as to the number of IP(3)Rs that open during a puff, their spatial distribution within a cluster, and how much Ca(2+) current flows through each channel. The recent discovery of "trigger" events-small Ca(2+) signals that immediately precede puffs and are interpreted to arise through opening of single IP(3)R channels-now provides a useful yardstick by which to calibrate the Ca(2+) flux underlying puffs. Here, we describe a deterministic numerical model to simulate puffs and trigger events. Based on confocal linescan imaging in Xenopus oocytes, we simulated Ca(2+) release in two sequential stages; representing the trigger by the opening of a single IP(3)R in the center of a cluster for 12 ms, followed by the concerted opening of some number of IP(3)Rs for 19 ms, representing the rising phase of the puff. The diffusion of Ca(2+) and Ca(2+)-bound indicator dye were modeled in a three-dimensional cytosolic volume in the presence of immobile and mobile Ca(2+) buffers, and were used to predict the observed fluorescence signal after blurring by the microscope point-spread function. Optimal correspondence with experimental measurements of puff spatial width and puff/trigger amplitude ratio was obtained assuming that puffs arise from the synchronous opening of 25-35 IP(3)Rs, each carrying a Ca(2+) current of approximately 0.4 pA, with the channels distributed through a cluster 300-800 nm in diameter.
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- Jianwei Shuai
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4550, USA.
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