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Regulation of the cardiac ryanodine receptor channel by luminal Ca$^2+$ involves luminal Ca$^2+$ sensing sites.

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Biophys. J., 75 (6): 2801--2810 (December 1998)

Abstract

The mechanism of activation of the cardiac calcium release channel/ryanodine receptor (RyR) by luminal Ca$^2+$ was investigated in native canine cardiac RyRs incorporated into lipid bilayers in the presence of 0.01 microM to 2 mM Ca$^2+$ (free) and 3 mM ATP (total) on the cytosolic (cis) side and 20 microM to 20 mM Ca$^2+$ on the luminal (trans) side of the channel and with Cs+ as the charge carrier. Under conditions of low trans Ca$^2+$ (20 microM), increasing cis Ca$^2+$ from 0.1 to 10 microM caused a gradual increase in channel open probability (Po). Elevating cis Ca$^2+$ above 100 microM resulted in a gradual decrease in Po. Elevating trans Ca$^2+$ enhanced channel activity (EC50 approximately 2.5 mM at 1 microM cis Ca$^2+$) primarily by increasing the frequency of channel openings. The dependency of Po on trans Ca$^2+$ was similar at negative and positive holding potentials and was not influenced by high cytosolic concentrations of the fast Ca$^2+$ chelator, 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N, N-tetraacetic acid. Elevated luminal Ca$^2+$ enhanced the sensitivity of the channel to activating cytosolic Ca$^2+$, and it essentially reversed the inhibition of the channel by high cytosolic Ca$^2+$. Potentiation of Po by increased luminal Ca$^2+$ occurred irrespective of whether the electrochemical gradient for Ca$^2+$ supported a cytosolic-to-luminal or a luminal-to-cytosolic flow of Ca$^2+$ through the channel. These results rule out the possibility that under our experimental conditions, luminal Ca$^2+$ acts by interacting with the cytosolic activation site of the channel and suggest that the effects of luminal Ca$^2+$ are mediated by distinct Ca$^2+$-sensitive site(s) at the luminal face of the channel or associated protein.

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