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MUSCLE CELL BIOLOGY AND CELL MOTILITY

A probable role of dihydropyridine receptors in repression of Ca²⁺ sparks demonstrated in cultured mammalian muscle

¹Section of Cellular Signaling, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University, Chicago; and ²Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Submitted 3 December 2004 ; accepted in final form 30 August 2005

To activate skeletal muscle contraction, action potentials must be sensed by dihydropyridine receptors (DHPRs) in the T tubule, which signal the Ca²⁺ release channels or ryanodine receptors (RyRs) in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) to open. We demonstrate here an inhibitory effect of the T tubule on the production of sparks of Ca²⁺ release. Murine primary cultures were confocally imaged for Ca²⁺ detection and T tubule visualization. After 72 h of differentiation, T tubules extended from the periphery for less than one-third of the myotube radius. Spontaneous Ca²⁺ sparks were found away from the region of cells where tubules were found. Immunostaining showed RyR1 and RyR3 isoforms in all areas, implying inhibition of both isoforms by a T tubule component. To test for a role of DHPRs in this inhibition, we imaged myotubes from dysgenic mice (mdg) that lack DHPRs. These exhibited T tubule development similar to that of normal myotubes, but produced few sparks, even in regions where tubules were absent. To increase spark frequency, a high-Ca²⁺ saline with 1 mM caffeine was used. Wild-type cells in this saline plus 50 µM nifedipine retained the topographic suppression pattern of sparks, but dysgenic cells in high-Ca²⁺ saline did not. Shifted excitation and emission ratios of indo-1 in the cytosol or mag-indo-1 in the SR were used to image [Ca²⁺] in these compartments. Under the conditions of interest, wild-type and mdg cells had similar levels of free [Ca²⁺] in cytosol and SR. These data suggest that DHPRs play a critical role in reducing the rate of spontaneous opening of Ca²⁺ release channels and/or their susceptibility to Ca²⁺-induced activation, thereby suppressing the production of Ca²⁺ sparks.

excitation-contraction coupling; sarcoplasmic reticulum; ryanodine receptors; Ca²⁺ imaging

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