Abstract
The modal gating behavior of single sheep cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum
(SR) Ca$^2+$-release/ryanodine receptor (RyR) channels was assessed.
We find that the gating of RyR channels spontaneously shifts between
high (H) and low (L) levels of activity and inactive periods where
no channel openings are detected (I). Moreover, we find that there
is evidence for multiple gating modes within H activity, which we
term H1 and H2 mode. Our results demonstrate that the underlying
mechanisms regulating gating are similar in native and purified channels.
Dwell-time distributions of L activity were best fitted by three
open and five closed significant exponential components whereas dwell-time
distributions of H1 activity were best fitted by two to three open
and four closed significant exponential components. Increases in
cytosolic Ca$^2+$ cause an increase in open probability (Po)
within L activity and an increase in the probability of occurrence
of H activity. Open lifetime distributions within L activity were
Ca$^2+$ independent whereas open lifetime distributions within
H activity were Ca$^2+$ dependent. This study is the first attempt
to estimate RyR single-channel kinetic parameters from sequences
of idealized dwell-times and to develop kinetic models of RyR gating
using the criterion of maximum likelihood. We propose distinct kinetic
schemes for L, H1, and H2 activity that describe the major features
of sheep cardiac RyR channel gating at these levels of activity.
- 11371448
- animals,
- calcium
- calcium,
- chains,
- channel
- channel,
- functions,
- gating,
- gov't,
- ion
- kinetics,
- likelihood
- markov
- myocardium,
- non-u.s.
- patch-clamp
- receptor
- release
- research
- ryanodine
- sheep,
- support,
- techniques,
- transport,
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