Calcium release units (CRUs) are constituted of specialized junctional
domains of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (jSR) that bear calcium release
channels, also called ryanodine receptors (RyRs). In cardiac muscle,
CRUs come in three subtypes that differ in geometry, but have common
molecular components. Peripheral couplings are formed by a junction
of the jSR with the plasmalemma; dyads occur where the jSR is associated
with transverse (T)-tubules; corbular SR is a jSR domain that is
located within the cells and bears RyRs but does not associate with
either plasmalemma or T-tubules. Using transmission electron microscopy,
this study followed the formation of CRUs and their accrual of four
components: the L-type channel dihydropyridine receptors (DHPRs)
of plasmalemma/T-tubules; the RyRs of jSR; triadin (Tr) and junctin
(JnC), two homologous components of the jSR membrane; and calsequestrin
(CSQ), the internal calcium binding proteins. During differentiation,
peripheral couplings are formed first and the others follow. RyRs
and DHPRs are targeted to subdomains of the CRUs that face each other
and are acquired in a concerted manner. Overexpressions of either
junction (JnC or Tr) and of CSQ, singly or in conjunction, shed light
on the specific role of JnC in the structural development, organization,
and maintenance of jSR cisternae and on the independent synthetic
pathways and targeting of JnC and CSQ. In addition, the structural
cues provided by the overexpression models allow us to define sequential
steps in the synthetic pathway for JnC and CSQ and their targeting
to the CRUs of differentiating myocardium.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Fran_2005_76
%A Franzini-Armstrong, Clara
%A Protasi, Feliciano
%A Tijskens, Pierre
%D 2005
%J Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.
%K Animals; Calcium Calsequestrin; Cardiac; Channel; Channels, Electron, Fracturing; Freeze L-Type; Mice; Microscopy, Myocardium; Myocytes, Receptor Release Reticulum Ryanodine Sarcoplasmic Transmission;
%P 76--85
%R 10.1196/annals.1341.007
%T The assembly of calcium release units in cardiac muscle.
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1196/annals.1341.007
%V 1047
%X Calcium release units (CRUs) are constituted of specialized junctional
domains of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (jSR) that bear calcium release
channels, also called ryanodine receptors (RyRs). In cardiac muscle,
CRUs come in three subtypes that differ in geometry, but have common
molecular components. Peripheral couplings are formed by a junction
of the jSR with the plasmalemma; dyads occur where the jSR is associated
with transverse (T)-tubules; corbular SR is a jSR domain that is
located within the cells and bears RyRs but does not associate with
either plasmalemma or T-tubules. Using transmission electron microscopy,
this study followed the formation of CRUs and their accrual of four
components: the L-type channel dihydropyridine receptors (DHPRs)
of plasmalemma/T-tubules; the RyRs of jSR; triadin (Tr) and junctin
(JnC), two homologous components of the jSR membrane; and calsequestrin
(CSQ), the internal calcium binding proteins. During differentiation,
peripheral couplings are formed first and the others follow. RyRs
and DHPRs are targeted to subdomains of the CRUs that face each other
and are acquired in a concerted manner. Overexpressions of either
junction (JnC or Tr) and of CSQ, singly or in conjunction, shed light
on the specific role of JnC in the structural development, organization,
and maintenance of jSR cisternae and on the independent synthetic
pathways and targeting of JnC and CSQ. In addition, the structural
cues provided by the overexpression models allow us to define sequential
steps in the synthetic pathway for JnC and CSQ and their targeting
to the CRUs of differentiating myocardium.
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abstract = {Calcium release units (CRUs) are constituted of specialized junctional
domains of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (jSR) that bear calcium release
channels, also called ryanodine receptors (RyRs). In cardiac muscle,
CRUs come in three subtypes that differ in geometry, but have common
molecular components. Peripheral couplings are formed by a junction
of the jSR with the plasmalemma; dyads occur where the jSR is associated
with transverse (T)-tubules; corbular SR is a jSR domain that is
located within the cells and bears RyRs but does not associate with
either plasmalemma or T-tubules. Using transmission electron microscopy,
this study followed the formation of CRUs and their accrual of four
components: the L-type channel dihydropyridine receptors (DHPRs)
of plasmalemma/T-tubules; the RyRs of jSR; triadin (Tr) and junctin
(JnC), two homologous components of the jSR membrane; and calsequestrin
(CSQ), the internal calcium binding proteins. During differentiation,
peripheral couplings are formed first and the others follow. RyRs
and DHPRs are targeted to subdomains of the CRUs that face each other
and are acquired in a concerted manner. Overexpressions of either
junction (JnC or Tr) and of CSQ, singly or in conjunction, shed light
on the specific role of JnC in the structural development, organization,
and maintenance of jSR cisternae and on the independent synthetic
pathways and targeting of JnC and CSQ. In addition, the structural
cues provided by the overexpression models allow us to define sequential
steps in the synthetic pathway for JnC and CSQ and their targeting
to the CRUs of differentiating myocardium.},
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author = {Franzini-Armstrong, Clara and Protasi, Feliciano and Tijskens, Pierre},
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title = {The assembly of calcium release units in cardiac muscle.},
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