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Marabelli C, Santiago DJ, Priori SG. The Structural-Functional Crosstalk of the Calsequestrin System: Insights and Pathological Implications. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1693. [PMID: 38136565 PMCID: PMC10741413 DOI: 10.3390/biom13121693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Calsequestrin (CASQ) is a key intra-sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-handling protein that plays a pivotal role in the contraction of cardiac and skeletal muscles. Its Ca2+-dependent polymerization dynamics shape the translation of electric excitation signals to the Ca2+-induced contraction of the actin-myosin architecture. Mutations in CASQ are linked to life-threatening pathological conditions, including tubular aggregate myopathy, malignant hyperthermia, and Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT). The variability in the penetrance of these phenotypes and the lack of a clear understanding of the disease mechanisms associated with CASQ mutations pose a major challenge to the development of effective therapeutic strategies. In vitro studies have mainly focused on the polymerization and Ca2+-buffering properties of CASQ but have provided little insight into the complex interplay of structural and functional changes that underlie disease. In this review, the biochemical and structural natures of CASQ are explored in-depth, while emphasizing their direct and indirect consequences for muscle Ca2+ physiology. We propose a novel functional classification of CASQ pathological missense mutations based on the structural stability of the monomer, dimer, or linear polymer conformation. We also highlight emerging similarities between polymeric CASQ and polyelectrolyte systems, emphasizing the potential for the use of this paradigm to guide further research.
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- Chiara Marabelli
- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy;
- Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, IRCCS ICS Maugeri, 27100 Pavia, Italy
- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
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- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy;
- Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, IRCCS ICS Maugeri, 27100 Pavia, Italy
- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), 28029 Madrid, Spain;
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Nakamura J, Maruyama Y, Tajima G, Hayakawa S, Suwa M, Sato C. Ca 2+ Dependent Formation/Collapse of Cylindrical Ca 2+-ATPase Crystals in Scallop Sarcoplasmic Reticulum (SR) Vesicles: A Possible Dynamic Role of SR in Regulation of Muscle Contraction. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087080. [PMID: 37108240 PMCID: PMC10139091 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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[Ca2+]-dependent crystallization of the Ca2+-ATPase molecules in sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) vesicles isolated from scallop striated muscle elongated the vesicles in the absence of ATP, and ATP stabilized the crystals. Here, to determine the [Ca2+]-dependence of vesicle elongation in the presence of ATP, SR vesicles in various [Ca2+] environments were imaged using negative stain electron microscopy. The images obtained revealed the following phenomena. (i) Crystal-containing elongated vesicles appeared at ≤1.4 µM Ca2+ and almost disappeared at ≥18 µM Ca2+, where ATPase activity reaches its maximum. (ii) At ≥18 µM Ca2+, almost all SR vesicles were in the round form and covered by tightly clustered ATPase crystal patches. (iii) Round vesicles dried on electron microscopy grids occasionally had cracks, probably because surface tension crushed the solid three-dimensional spheres. (iv) [Ca2+]-dependent ATPase crystallization was rapid (<1 min) and reversible. These data prompt the hypothesis that SR vesicles autonomously elongate or contract with the help of a calcium-sensitive ATPase network/endoskeleton and that ATPase crystallization may modulate physical properties of the SR architecture, including the ryanodine receptors that control muscle contraction.
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- Jun Nakamura
- Health and Medical Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Central 6, 1-1-4 Umezono, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan
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- Health and Medical Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Central 6, 1-1-4 Umezono, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan
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- Institute for Excellence in Higher Education, Tohoku University, 41 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8576, Japan
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-Kamimachi, Itabashi, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
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- Biological Science Course, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuou-ku, Sagamihara 252-5258, Japan
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-Kamimachi, Itabashi, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
- Biological Science Course, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuou-ku, Sagamihara 252-5258, Japan
- Division of Immune Homeostasis, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-Kamimachi, Itabashi, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
- School of Integrative and Global Majors (SIGMA), University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan
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Wang Z, Zhang Q, Mim C. Coming of Age: Cryo-Electron Tomography as a Versatile Tool to Generate High-Resolution Structures at Cellular/Biological Interfaces. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:6177. [PMID: 34201105 PMCID: PMC8228724 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Over the last few years, cryo electron microscopy has become the most important method in structural biology. While 80% of deposited maps are from single particle analysis, electron tomography has grown to become the second most important method. In particular sub-tomogram averaging has matured as a method, delivering structures between 2 and 5 Å from complexes in cells as well as in vitro complexes. While this resolution range is not standard, novel developments point toward a promising future. Here, we provide a guide for the workflow from sample to structure to gain insight into this emerging field.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems, Royal Technical Institute (KTH), Hälsovägen 11C, 141 27 Huddinge, Sweden; (Z.W.); (Q.Z.)
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Woo JS, Jeong SY, Park JH, Choi JH, Lee EH. Calsequestrin: a well-known but curious protein in skeletal muscle. Exp Mol Med 2020; 52:1908-1925. [PMID: 33288873 PMCID: PMC8080761 DOI: 10.1038/s12276-020-00535-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Calsequestrin (CASQ) was discovered in rabbit skeletal muscle tissues in 1971 and has been considered simply a passive Ca2+-buffering protein in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) that provides Ca2+ ions for various Ca2+ signals. For the past three decades, physiologists, biochemists, and structural biologists have examined the roles of the skeletal muscle type of CASQ (CASQ1) in skeletal muscle and revealed that CASQ1 has various important functions as (1) a major Ca2+-buffering protein to maintain the SR with a suitable amount of Ca2+ at each moment, (2) a dynamic Ca2+ sensor in the SR that regulates Ca2+ release from the SR to the cytosol, (3) a structural regulator for the proper formation of terminal cisternae, (4) a reverse-directional regulator of extracellular Ca2+ entries, and (5) a cause of human skeletal muscle diseases. This review is focused on understanding these functions of CASQ1 in the physiological or pathophysiological status of skeletal muscle.
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- Jin Seok Woo
- Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 10833, USA
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 06591, Korea
- Department of Biomedicine & Health Sciences, Graduate School, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 06591, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 06591, Korea
- Department of Biomedicine & Health Sciences, Graduate School, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 06591, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 06591, Korea
- Department of Biomedicine & Health Sciences, Graduate School, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 06591, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 06591, Korea.
- Department of Biomedicine & Health Sciences, Graduate School, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 06591, Korea.
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Chen W, Kudryashev M. Structure of RyR1 in native membranes. EMBO Rep 2020; 21:e49891. [PMID: 32147968 PMCID: PMC7202208 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201949891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Revised: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Ryanodine receptor 1 (RyR1) mediates excitation–contraction coupling by releasing Ca2+ from sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) to the cytoplasm of skeletal muscle cells. RyR1 activation is regulated by several proteins from both the cytoplasm and lumen of the SR. Here, we report the structure of RyR1 from native SR membranes in closed and open states. Compared to the previously reported structures of purified RyR1, our structure reveals helix‐like densities traversing the bilayer approximately 5 nm from the RyR1 transmembrane domain and sarcoplasmic extensions linking RyR1 to a putative calsequestrin network. We document the primary conformation of RyR1 in situ and its structural variations. The activation of RyR1 is associated with changes in membrane curvature and movement in the sarcoplasmic extensions. Our results provide structural insight into the mechanism of RyR1 in its native environment.
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- Wenbo Chen
- Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Frankfurt on Main, Germany.,Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt on Main, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Frankfurt on Main, Germany.,Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt on Main, Germany
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Cabra V, Murayama T, Samsó M. Ultrastructural Analysis of Self-Associated RyR2s. Biophys J 2017; 110:2651-2662. [PMID: 27332123 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Revised: 04/28/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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In heart, type-2 ryanodine receptor (RyR2) forms discrete supramolecular clusters in the sarcoplasmic reticulum known as calcium release units (CRUs), which are responsible for most of the Ca(2+) released for muscle contraction. To learn about the substructure of the CRU, we sought to determine whether RyR2s have the ability to self-associate in the absence of other factors and if so, whether they do it in a specific manner. Purified RyR2 was negatively stained and imaged on the transmission electron microscope, and RyR2 particles closely associated were further analyzed using bias-free multivariate statistical analysis and classification. The resulting two-dimensional averages show that RyR2s can interact in two rigid, reproducible configurations: "adjoining", with two RyR2s alongside each other, and "oblique", with two partially overlapped RyR2s forming an angle of 12°. The two configurations are nearly identical under two extreme physiological Ca(2+) concentrations. Pseudo-atomic models for these two interactions indicate that the adjoining interaction involves contacts between the P1, SPRY1 and the helical domains. The oblique interaction is mediated by extensive contacts between the SPRY1 domains (domains 9) and P1 domains (domains 10) of both RyR2s and not through domain 6 as previously thought; in addition its asymmetric interface imposes steric constrains that inhibit the growth of RyR2 as a checkerboard, which is the configuration usually assumed, and generates new configurations, i.e., "branched" and "interlocked". This first, to our knowledge, structural detailed analysis of the inter-RyR2 interactions helps to understand important morphological and functional aspects of the CRU in the context of cardiac EC coupling.
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- Vanessa Cabra
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.
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Deciphering the molecular architecture of membrane contact sites by cryo-electron tomography. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2017; 1864:1507-1512. [PMID: 28330771 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2017.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Revised: 03/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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At membrane contact sites (MCS) two cellular membranes form tight appositions that play critical roles in fundamental phenomena such as lipid metabolism or Ca2+ homeostasis. The interest for these structures has surged in recent years, bringing about the characterization of a plethora of MCS-resident molecules. How those molecules are structurally organized at MCS remains enigmatic, limiting our understanding of MCS function. Whereas such molecular detail is obscured by conventional electron microscopy sample preparation, cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) allows high resolution imaging of cellular landscapes in close-to-native conditions. Here we briefly review the fundamentals of cryo-ET and how recent developments in this technique are beginning to unveil the molecular architecture of MCS. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Membrane Contact Sites edited by Christian Ungermann and Benoit Kornmann.
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Supramolecular architecture of endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane contact sites. Biochem Soc Trans 2016; 44:534-40. [PMID: 27068966 DOI: 10.1042/bst20150279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) forms membrane contact sites (MCS) with most other cellular organelles and the plasma membrane (PM). These ER-PM MCS, where the membranes of the ER and PM are closely apposed, were discovered in the early days of electron microscopy (EM), but only recently are we starting to understand their functional and structural diversity. ER-PM MCS are nowadays known to mediate excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) in striated muscle cells and to play crucial roles in Ca(2+)and lipid homoeostasis in all metazoan cells. A common feature across ER-PM MCS specialized in different functions is the preponderance of cooperative phenomena that result in the formation of large supramolecular assemblies. Therefore, characterizing the supramolecular architecture of ER-PM MCS is critical to understand their mechanisms of function. Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) is a powerful EM technique uniquely positioned to address this issue, as it allows 3D imaging of fully hydrated, unstained cellular structures at molecular resolution. In this review I summarize our current structural knowledge on the molecular organization of ER-PM MCS and its functional implications, with special emphasis on the emerging contributions of cryo-ET.
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Osseni A, Sébastien M, Sarrault O, Baudet M, Couté Y, Fauré J, Fourest-Lieuvin A, Marty I. Triadin and CLIMP-63 form a link between triads and microtubules in muscle cells. J Cell Sci 2016; 129:3744-3755. [PMID: 27562070 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.188862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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In skeletal muscle, the triad is a structure comprising a transverse (T)-tubule and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) cisternae. Triads constitute the basis of excitation-contraction coupling as the cradle of the Ca2+ release complex. We have shown previously that triadin, a member of this complex, has shaping properties on reticulum membrane and is indirectly involved in a link between triads and microtubules. We have identified here that CLIMP-63 (also known as CKAP4), as the partner of triadin, is responsible for this association of triads and microtubules. Triadin and CLIMP-63 interact through their respective luminal domains and the shaping properties of triadin depend on the capacity of CLIMP-63 to bind microtubules with its cytosolic portion. In skeletal muscle, CLIMP-63 is localized in the SR, including triads, and is associated with the Ca2+ release complex through its interaction with triadin. Knockout of triadin in muscles results in the delocalization of CLIMP-63 from triads, its dissociation from the Ca2+ release complex and a disorganization of the microtubule network. Our results suggest that the association of triadin and CLIMP-63 could be involved in the shaping of SR terminal cisternae and in the guidance of microtubules close to the triads.
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- Alexis Osseni
- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, GIN, Grenoble F-38000, France INSERM, U1216, Grenoble F-38000, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, GIN, Grenoble F-38000, France INSERM, U1216, Grenoble F-38000, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, GIN, Grenoble F-38000, France INSERM, U1216, Grenoble F-38000, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, BIG-BGE, Grenoble F-38000, France CEA, BIG, BGE and GPC, Grenoble F-38000, France INSERM, BGE, Grenoble F-38000, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, BIG-BGE, Grenoble F-38000, France CEA, BIG, BGE and GPC, Grenoble F-38000, France INSERM, BGE, Grenoble F-38000, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, GIN, Grenoble F-38000, France INSERM, U1216, Grenoble F-38000, France CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble F-38000, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, GIN, Grenoble F-38000, France INSERM, U1216, Grenoble F-38000, France CEA, BIG, BGE and GPC, Grenoble F-38000, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, GIN, Grenoble F-38000, France INSERM, U1216, Grenoble F-38000, France
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Clarke OB, Hendrickson WA. Structures of the colossal RyR1 calcium release channel. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2016; 39:144-152. [PMID: 27687475 PMCID: PMC5419430 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2016.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Ryanodine receptors (RyRs) are intracellular cation channels that mediate the rapid and voluminous release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) as required for excitation-contraction coupling in cardiac and skeletal muscle. Understanding of the architecture and gating of RyRs has advanced dramatically over the past two years, due to the publication of high resolution cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM) reconstructions and associated atomic models of multiple functional states of the skeletal muscle receptor, RyR1. Here we review recent advances in our understanding of RyR architecture and gating, and highlight remaining gaps in understanding which we anticipate will soon be filled.
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- Oliver B Clarke
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Hu H, Meng X. Observation of Network Dynamics of Ryanodine Receptors on Skeletal Muscle Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Membranes. Eur J Transl Myol 2016; 26:5805. [PMID: 27478557 PMCID: PMC4942700 DOI: 10.4081/ejtm.2016.5805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Rabbit muscle vesicles derived from sarcoplasmic reticulum were used as a material in studying networks of ryanodine receptors by cryo electron tomography. Three-dimensional analysis reveals the dynamical features of these networks. It was found that the connection angles were rotated along the transmembrane axis of ryanodine receptors. Majority of the connections was observed at domains 6/6 of ryanodine receptors while a small group of connections were showed at domains 9/10. The flexible rotation and connection shift seem to facilitate the extension of an annular network on the wall of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in a triad.
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- Wadsworth Centre, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, 12201, USA
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Barrientos G, Llanos P, Hidalgo J, Bolaños P, Caputo C, Riquelme A, Sánchez G, Quest AFG, Hidalgo C. Cholesterol removal from adult skeletal muscle impairs excitation-contraction coupling and aging reduces caveolin-3 and alters the expression of other triadic proteins. Front Physiol 2015; 6:105. [PMID: 25914646 PMCID: PMC4392612 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Cholesterol and caveolin are integral membrane components that modulate the function/location of many cellular proteins. Skeletal muscle fibers, which have unusually high cholesterol levels in transverse tubules, express the caveolin-3 isoform but its association with transverse tubules remains contentious. Cholesterol removal impairs excitation–contraction (E–C) coupling in amphibian and mammalian fetal skeletal muscle fibers. Here, we show that treating single muscle fibers from adult mice with the cholesterol removing agent methyl-β-cyclodextrin decreased fiber cholesterol by 26%, altered the location pattern of caveolin-3 and of the voltage dependent calcium channel Cav1.1, and suppressed or reduced electrically evoked Ca2+ transients without affecting membrane integrity or causing sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium depletion. We found that transverse tubules from adult muscle and triad fractions that contain ~10% attached transverse tubules, but not SR membranes, contained caveolin-3 and Cav1.1; both proteins partitioned into detergent-resistant membrane fractions highly enriched in cholesterol. Aging entails significant deterioration of skeletal muscle function. We found that triad fractions from aged rats had similar cholesterol and RyR1 protein levels compared to triads from young rats, but had lower caveolin-3 and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase and increased Na+/K+-ATPase protein levels. Both triad fractions had comparable NADPH oxidase (NOX) activity and protein content of NOX2 subunits (p47phox and gp91phox), implying that NOX activity does not increase during aging. These findings show that partial cholesterol removal impairs E–C coupling and alters caveolin-3 and Cav1.1 location pattern, and that aging reduces caveolin-3 protein content and modifies the expression of other triadic proteins. We discuss the possible implications of these findings for skeletal muscle function in young and aged animals.
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- Genaro Barrientos
- Physiology and Biophysics Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Chile Santiago, Chile
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- Institute for Research in Dental Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Chile Santiago, Chile
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- Physiology and Biophysics Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Chile Santiago, Chile
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- Centre of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research Caracas, Venezuela
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- Centre of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research Caracas, Venezuela
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- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, School of Medicine, University of Chile Santiago, Chile
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- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, School of Medicine, University of Chile Santiago, Chile ; Pathophysiology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Chile Santiago, Chile ; Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, School of Medicine, University of Chile Santiago, Chile
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- Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, School of Medicine, University of Chile Santiago, Chile ; Laboratory of Cell Communication, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Chile Santiago, Chile ; Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases and Network for Metabolic Stress Signaling, University of Chile Santiago, Chile
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- Physiology and Biophysics Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Chile Santiago, Chile ; Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, School of Medicine, University of Chile Santiago, Chile ; Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, School of Medicine, University of Chile Santiago, Chile
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Wagenknecht T, Hsieh C, Marko M. Skeletal muscle triad junction ultrastructure by Focused-Ion-Beam milling of muscle and Cryo-Electron Tomography. Eur J Transl Myol 2015; 25:4823. [PMID: 26052414 PMCID: PMC4748973 DOI: 10.4081/ejtm.2015.4823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2014] [Revised: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) has emerged as perhaps the only practical technique for revealing nanometer-level three-dimensional structural details of subcellular macromolecular complexes in their native context, inside the cell. As currently practiced, the specimen should be 0.1- 0.2 microns in thickness to achieve optimal resolution. Thus, application of cryo-ET to intact frozen (vitreous) tissues, such as skeletal muscle, requires that they be sectioned. Cryo-ultramicrotomy is notoriously difficult and artifact-prone when applied to frozen cells and tissue, but a new technique, focused ion beam milling (cryo-FIB), shows great promise for "thinning" frozen biological specimens. Here we describe our initial results in applying cryo-FIB and cryo-ET to triad junctions of skeletal muscle.
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- Terence Wagenknecht
- New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Cente, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY, USA
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA
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- New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Cente, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY, USA
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- New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Cente, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY, USA
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Calderón JC, Bolaños P, Caputo C. The excitation-contraction coupling mechanism in skeletal muscle. Biophys Rev 2014; 6:133-160. [PMID: 28509964 PMCID: PMC5425715 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-013-0135-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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First coined by Alexander Sandow in 1952, the term excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) describes the rapid communication between electrical events occurring in the plasma membrane of skeletal muscle fibres and Ca2+ release from the SR, which leads to contraction. The sequence of events in twitch skeletal muscle involves: (1) initiation and propagation of an action potential along the plasma membrane, (2) spread of the potential throughout the transverse tubule system (T-tubule system), (3) dihydropyridine receptors (DHPR)-mediated detection of changes in membrane potential, (4) allosteric interaction between DHPR and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) ryanodine receptors (RyR), (5) release of Ca2+ from the SR and transient increase of Ca2+ concentration in the myoplasm, (6) activation of the myoplasmic Ca2+ buffering system and the contractile apparatus, followed by (7) Ca2+ disappearance from the myoplasm mediated mainly by its reuptake by the SR through the SR Ca2+ adenosine triphosphatase (SERCA), and under several conditions movement to the mitochondria and extrusion by the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX). In this text, we review the basics of ECC in skeletal muscle and the techniques used to study it. Moreover, we highlight some recent advances and point out gaps in knowledge on particular issues related to ECC such as (1) DHPR-RyR molecular interaction, (2) differences regarding fibre types, (3) its alteration during muscle fatigue, (4) the role of mitochondria and store-operated Ca2+ entry in the general ECC sequence, (5) contractile potentiators, and (6) Ca2+ sparks.
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- Juan C Calderón
- Physiology and Biochemistry Research Group-Physis, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia UdeA, Calle 70 No 52-21, Medellín, Colombia.
- Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Centre of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela.
- Departamento de Fisiología y Bioquímica, Grupo de Investigación en Fisiología y Bioquímica-Physis, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 70 No 52-21, Medellín, Colombia.
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- Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Centre of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela
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- Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Centre of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela
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Hsieh C, Schmelzer T, Kishchenko G, Wagenknecht T, Marko M. Practical workflow for cryo focused-ion-beam milling of tissues and cells for cryo-TEM tomography. J Struct Biol 2013; 185:32-41. [PMID: 24211822 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2013] [Revised: 10/29/2013] [Accepted: 10/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Vitreous freezing offers a way to study cells and tissue in a near-native state by cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM), which is important when structural information at the macromolecular level is required. Many cells - especially those in tissue - are too thick to study intact in the cryo-TEM. Cryo focused-ion-beam (cryo-FIB) milling is being used in a few laboratories to thin vitreously frozen specimens, thus avoiding the artifacts and difficulties of cryo-ultramicrotomy. However, the technique is challenging because of the need to avoid devitrification and frost accumulation during the entire process, from the initial step of freezing to the final step of loading the specimen into the cryo-TEM. We present a robust workflow that makes use of custom fixtures and devices that can be used for high-pressure-frozen bulk tissue samples as well as for samples frozen on TEM grids.
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- Chyongere Hsieh
- New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201, USA
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- TGS Technologies, 702 Little Creek Lane, Cranberry Township, PA 16066, USA
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- New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201, USA
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- New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201, USA; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, NY 12203, USA
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- New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201, USA; College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany, 251 Fuller Rd., Albany, NY 12203, USA.
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Jayasinghe I, Launikonis BS. Three-dimensional reconstruction and analysis of the tubular system of vertebrate skeletal muscle. J Cell Sci 2013; 126:4048-58. [PMID: 23813954 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.131565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2024] Open
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Skeletal muscle fibres are very large and elongated. In response to excitation there must be a rapid and uniform release of Ca(2+) throughout for contraction. To ensure a uniform spread of excitation throughout the fibre to all the Ca(2+) release sites, the muscle internalizes the plasma membrane, to form the tubular (t-) system. Hence the t-system forms a complex and dense network throughout the fibre that is responsible for excitation-contraction coupling and other signalling mechanisms. However, we currently do not have a very detailed view of this membrane network because of limitations in previously used imaging techniques to visualize it. In this study we serially imaged fluorescent dye trapped in the t-system of fibres from rat and toad muscle using the confocal microscope, and deconvolved and reconstructed these images to produce the first three-dimensional reconstructions of large volumes of the vertebrate t-system. These images showed complex arrangements of tubules that have not been described previously and also allowed the association of the t-system with cellular organelles to be visualized. There was a high density of tubules close to the nuclear envelope because of the close and parallel alignment of the long axes of the myofibrils and the nuclei. Furthermore local fluorescence intensity variations from sub-resolution tubules were converted to tubule diameters. Mean diameters of tubules were 85.9±6.6 and 91.2±8.2 nm, from rat and toad muscle under isotonic conditions, respectively. Under osmotic stress the distribution of tubular diameters shifted significantly in toad muscle only, with change specifically occurring in the transverse but not longitudinal tubules.
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- Izzy Jayasinghe
- School of Biomedical Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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Smith FL, LeBlanc SJ, Carter R. Influence of intracellular Ca2+ release modulating drugs on bupivacaine infiltration anesthesia in mice. Eur J Pain 2012; 8:153-61. [PMID: 14987625 DOI: 10.1016/s1090-3801(03)00089-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2003] [Accepted: 07/04/2003] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The endoplasmic reticulum inside neurons can provide enormous amounts of releasable Ca2+ to increase cytosolic Ca2+ levels through the activation of endoplasmic membrane ion channels. Ryanodine (RyR) channels release Ca2+ into the cytosol when activated by Ca2+ influx through voltage-gated channels, or by cyclicADP ribose. Inositol tris-phosphate (IP3) channels are stimulated by phospolipid metabolism and the release of IP3. The hypothesis was tested that drugs that bind RyR or IP3 channels would affect the anesthetic potency of bupivacaine. The radiant heat tail-flick test was used to assess for anesthesia following subcutaneous infiltration of bupivacaine and Ca2+ modulating drugs in the tails of mice. No musculature is contained in the tail that could result in motor block. The RyR channel agonists 4-chloro-m-cresol and poly-L-lysine significantly reduced the anesthetic potency of bupivacaine. The plant alkaloid ryanodine elicited a bi-phasic effect, with low concentrations blocking bupivacaine anesthesia, and a high concentration enhancing anesthesia. Alternatively, the RyR channel antagonist dantrolene sodium dose-dependently increased bupivacaine's potency. However, the IP3 channel drugs were inactive. The IP3 agonist adenophostin A failed to affect bupivacaine anesthesia. Furthermore, bupivacaine was unaffected by the IP3 channel antagonists xestospongin C or low molecular weight heparin. Our results indicate that only the RyR channel drugs modulated the anesthetic effects of bupivacaine. Electrophysiological and molecular studies of sensory dorsal root ganglia neurons, the source of Adelta and C-fiber nociceptors, have demonstrated the presence of RyR3 Ca2+ release channels. This provides the first evidence that RyR channels might affect bupivacaine anesthesia in some fashion.
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- Forrest L Smith
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298-0613, USA.
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Ca(2+) is an important intracellular messenger affecting many diverse processes. In eukaryotic cells, Ca(2+) storage is achieved within specific intracellular organelles, especially the endoplasmic/sarcoplasmic reticulum, in which Ca(2+) is buffered by specific proteins known as Ca(2+) buffers. Ca(2+) buffers are a diverse group of proteins, varying in their affinities and capacities for Ca(2+), but they typically also carry out other functions within the cell. The wide range of organelles containing Ca(2+) and the evidence supporting cross-talk between these organelles suggest the existence of a dynamic network of organellar Ca(2+) signaling, mediated by a variety of organellar Ca(2+) buffers.
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- Daniel Prins
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Systems Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Structural evidence of glycoprotein assembly in cellular membrane compartments prior to Alphavirus budding. J Virol 2010; 84:11145-51. [PMID: 20739526 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00036-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Membrane glycoproteins of alphavirus play a critical role in the assembly and budding of progeny virions. However, knowledge regarding transport of viral glycoproteins to the plasma membrane is obscure. In this study, we investigated the role of cytopathic vacuole type II (CPV-II) through in situ electron tomography of alphavirus-infected cells. The results revealed that CPV-II contains viral glycoproteins arranged in helical tubular arrays resembling the basic organization of glycoprotein trimers on the envelope of the mature virions. The location of CPV-II adjacent to the site of viral budding suggests a model for the transport of structural components to the site of budding. Thus, the structural characteristics of CPV-II can be used in evaluating the design of a packaging cell line for replicon production.
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Wagenknecht TC, Liu Z. Electron microscopy of ryanodine receptors. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2010; 66:27-47. [PMID: 22353475 DOI: 10.1016/s1063-5823(10)66002-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Terence C Wagenknecht
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York, USA
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Bal NC, Sharon A, Gupta SC, Jena N, Shaikh S, Gyorke S, Periasamy M. The catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia mutation R33Q disrupts the N-terminal structural motif that regulates reversible calsequestrin polymerization. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:17188-96. [PMID: 20353949 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.096354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Calsequestrin undergoes dynamic polymerization with increasing calcium concentration by front-to-front dimerization and back-to-back packing, forming wire-shaped structures. A recent finding that point mutation R33Q leads to lethal catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) implies a crucial role for the N terminus. In this study, we demonstrate that this mutation resides in a highly conserved alternately charged residue cluster (DGKDR; cluster 1) in the N-terminal end of calsequestrin. We further show that this cluster configures itself as a ring system and that the dipolar arrangement within the cluster brings about a critical conformational flip of Lys(31)-Asp(32) essential for dimer stabilization by formation of a H-bond network. We additionally show that Ca(2+)-induced calsequestrin aggregation is nonlinear and reversible and can regain the native conformation by Ca(2+) chelation with EGTA. This study suggests that cluster 1 works as a molecular switch and governs the bidirectional transition between the CASQ2 monomer and dimer. We further demonstrate that mutations disrupting the alternating charge pattern of the cluster, including R33Q, impair Ca(2+)-CASQ2 interaction, leading to altered polymerization-depolymerization dynamics. This study provides new mechanistic insight into the functional effects of the R33Q mutation and its potential role in CPVT.
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- Naresh C Bal
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Baddeley D, Jayasinghe ID, Lam L, Rossberger S, Cannell MB, Soeller C. Optical single-channel resolution imaging of the ryanodine receptor distribution in rat cardiac myocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:22275-80. [PMID: 20018773 PMCID: PMC2799702 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908971106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have applied an optical super-resolution technique based on single-molecule localization to examine the peripheral distribution of a cardiac signaling protein, the ryanodine receptor (RyR), in rat ventricular myocytes. RyRs form clusters with a mean size of approximately 14 RyRs per cluster, which is almost an order of magnitude smaller than previously estimated. Clusters were typically not circular (as previously assumed) but elongated with an average aspect ratio of 1.9. Edge-to-edge distances between adjacent RyR clusters were often <50 nm, suggesting that peripheral RyR clusters may exhibit strong intercluster signaling. The wide variation of cluster size, which follows a near-exponential distribution, is compatible with a stochastic cluster assembly process. We suggest that calcium sparks may be the result of the concerted activation of several RyR clusters forming a functional "supercluster" whose gating is controlled by both cytosolic and sarcoplasmic reticulum luminal calcium levels.
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- David Baddeley
- Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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Electron tomography (ET) is a three-dimensional technique suitable to study pleomorphic biological structures with nanometer resolution. This makes the methodology remarkably versatile, allowing the exploration of a large range of biological specimens, both in an isolated state and in their cellular context. The application of ET has undergone an exponential growth over the last decade, enabled by seminal technological advances in methods and instrumentation, and is starting to make a significant impact on our understanding of the cellular world. While the attained results are already remarkable, ET remains a young technique with ample potential to be exploited. Current developments towards large-scale automation, higher resolution, macromolecular labeling and integration with other imaging techniques hold promise for a near future in which ET will extend its role as a pivotal tool in structural and cell biology.
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Wei L, Hanna AD, Beard NA, Dulhunty AF. Unique isoform-specific properties of calsequestrin in the heart and skeletal muscle. Cell Calcium 2009; 45:474-84. [PMID: 19376574 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2009.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2008] [Revised: 02/02/2009] [Accepted: 03/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Calcium signaling in myocytes is dependent on the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) calcium release channel and the calcium buffering protein in the sarcoplasmic reticulum, cardiac calsequestrin (CSQ2). The overall properties of CSQ2 and its regulation of RyR2 have not been explored in detail or directly compared with skeletal CSQ1 and its regulation of the skeletal RyR1, with physiological ionic strength and Ca(2+) concentrations. We find that there are major differences between the two isoforms under these physiological conditions. Ca(2+) binding to CSQ2 is 50% lower than to CSQ1. Only approximately 30% of CSQ2 is bound to cardiac junctional face membrane (JFM), compared with approximately 70% of CSQ1 and the ratio of CSQ2 to RyR2 is only 50% of the CSQ1/RyR1 ratio. Chemical crosslinking shows that CSQ2 is mostly monomer/dimer, while CSQ1 is mostly polymerized. In single channel lipid bilayer experiments, CSQ2 monomers and/or dimers increase the open probability of both RyR1 and RyR2 channels, while CSQ1 polymers decrease the activity of RyR1. We speculate that CSQ2 facilitates high rates of Ca(2+) release through RyR2 during systole, while CSQ1 curtails RyR1 opening in response to a single action potential to maintain Ca(2+) and allow repeated Ca(2+) release and graded activation with increased stimulation frequency.
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- Lan Wei
- John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Beard NA, Wei L, Dulhunty AF. CONTROL OF MUSCLE RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNELS BY PROTEINS IN THE SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM LUMEN. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2009; 36:340-5. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2008.05094.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Renken C, Hsieh CE, Marko M, Rath B, Leith A, Wagenknecht T, Frank J, Mannella CA. Structure of frozen-hydrated triad junctions: a case study in motif searching inside tomograms. J Struct Biol 2009; 165:53-63. [PMID: 19028586 PMCID: PMC2655133 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2008.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2008] [Revised: 09/26/2008] [Accepted: 09/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We used tomographic reconstructions of frozen-hydrated triad junctions to determine the structure of the macromolecular complex associated with calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), during excitation-contraction coupling. Using a rapid motif search algorithm with a reference motif of the ryanodine receptor (RyR) provided by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy, 49 receptors were located in five tomograms. Following co-alignment of the receptors and division into quadrants centered on the 4-fold symmetry axis, the receptors were classified using multivariate statistics. Global and class averages reveal that the SR membrane in the vicinity of the receptor is highly curved, creating an open vestibule with a gap of 4nm between the receptor pore and the calsequestrin layer in the SR lumen. The in-plane densities in the calsequestrin layer have paracrystalline order, consistent with the packing of calsequestrin dimers in the three-dimensional crystal structure. Faint densities ("tethers") extend to the calsequestrin layer from densities in the SR membrane located 15nm from the symmetry axis of the RyR. In a class average of RyRs with proximal transverse tubules (TT), a cytoplasmic density is observed near the receptor that could represent the most consistent location of tethers observed in tomograms between the SR and TT membranes.
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- Christian Renken
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201-0509, USA.
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Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia-related mutations R33Q and L167H alter calcium sensitivity of human cardiac calsequestrin. Biochem J 2008; 413:291-303. [PMID: 18399795 DOI: 10.1042/bj20080163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Two missense mutations, R33Q and L167H, of hCASQ2 (human cardiac calsequestrin), a protein segregated to the lumen of the sarcoplasmic reticulum, are linked to the autosomal recessive form of CPVT (catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia). The effects of these mutations on the conformational, stability and Ca(2+) sensitivity properties of hCASQ2, were investigated. Recombinant WT (wild-type) and mutant CASQ2s were purified to homogeneity and characterized by spectroscopic (CD and fluorescence) and biochemical (size-exclusion chromatography and limited proteolysis) methods at 500 and 100 mM KCl, with or without Ca(2+) at a physiological intraluminal concentration of 1 mM; Ca(2+)-induced polymerization properties were studied by turbidimetry. In the absence of Ca(2+), mutations did not alter the conformation of monomeric CASQ2. For L167H only, at 100 mM KCl, emission fluorescence changes suggested tertiary structure alterations. Limited proteolysis showed that amino acid substitutions enhanced the conformational flexibility of CASQ2 mutants, which became more susceptible to tryptic cleavage, in the order L167H>R33Q>WT. Ca(2+) at a concentration of 1 mM amplified such differences: Ca(2+) stabilized WT CASQ2 against urea denaturation and tryptic cleavage, whereas this effect was reduced in R33Q and absent in L167H. Increasing [Ca(2+)] induced polymerization and precipitation of R33Q, but not that of L167H, which was insensitive to Ca(2+). Based on CASQ2 models, we propose that the Arg(33)-->Gln exchange made the Ca(2+)-dependent formation of front-to-front dimers more difficult, whereas the Leu(167)-->His replacement almost completely inhibited back-to-back dimer interactions. Initial molecular events of CPVT pathogenesis begin to unveil and appear to be different depending upon the specific CASQ2 mutation.
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Yin CC, D’Cruz LG, Lai FA. Ryanodine receptor arrays: not just a pretty pattern? Trends Cell Biol 2008; 18:149-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2008.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2007] [Revised: 02/03/2008] [Accepted: 02/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Dai W, Jia Q, Bortz E, Shah S, Liu J, Atanasov I, Li X, Taylor KA, Sun R, Zhou ZH. Unique structures in a tumor herpesvirus revealed by cryo-electron tomography and microscopy. J Struct Biol 2007; 161:428-38. [PMID: 18096403 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2007] [Revised: 10/12/2007] [Accepted: 10/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Gammaherpesviruses, including the human pathogens Epstein-Barr virus and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, are causative agents of lymphomas and other malignancies. The structural characterization of these viruses has been limited due to difficulties in obtaining adequate amount of virion particles. Here we report the first three-dimensional structural characterization of a whole gammaherpesvirus virion by an emerging integrated approach of cryo-electron tomography combined with single-particle cryo-electron microscopy, using murine gammaherpesvirus-68 (MHV-68) as a model system. We found that the MHV-68 virion consists of distinctive envelope and tegument compartments, and a highly conserved nucleocapsid. Two layers of tegument are identified: an inner tegument layer tethered to the underlying capsid and an outer, flexible tegument layer conforming to the overlying, pleomorphic envelope, consistent with the sequential viral tegumentation process inside host cells. Surprisingly, comparison of the MHV-68 virion and capsid reconstructions shows that the interactions between the capsid and inner tegument proteins are completely different from those observed in alpha and betaherpesviruses. These observations support the notion that the inner layer tegument across different subfamilies of herpesviruses has evolved significantly to confer specific characteristics related to viral-host interactions, in contrast to a highly conserved capsid for genome encapsidation and protection.
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- Wei Dai
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Ting CS, Hsieh C, Sundararaman S, Mannella C, Marko M. Cryo-electron tomography reveals the comparative three-dimensional architecture of Prochlorococcus, a globally important marine cyanobacterium. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:4485-93. [PMID: 17449628 PMCID: PMC1913349 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01948-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In an age of comparative microbial genomics, knowledge of the near-native architecture of microorganisms is essential for achieving an integrative understanding of physiology and function. We characterized and compared the three-dimensional architecture of the ecologically important cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus in a near-native state using cryo-electron tomography and found that closely related strains have diverged substantially in cellular organization and structure. By visualizing native, hydrated structures within cells, we discovered that the MED4 strain, which possesses one of the smallest genomes (1.66 Mbp) of any known photosynthetic organism, has evolved a comparatively streamlined cellular architecture. This strain possesses a smaller cell volume, an attenuated cell wall, and less extensive intracytoplasmic (photosynthetic) membrane system compared to the more deeply branched MIT9313 strain. Comparative genomic analyses indicate that differences have evolved in key structural genes, including those encoding enzymes involved in cell wall peptidoglycan biosynthesis. Although both strains possess carboxysomes that are polygonal and cluster in the central cytoplasm, the carboxysomes of MED4 are smaller. A streamlined cellular structure could be advantageous to microorganisms thriving in the low-nutrient conditions characteristic of large regions of the open ocean and thus have consequences for ecological niche differentiation. Through cryo-electron tomography we visualized, for the first time, the three-dimensional structure of the extensive network of photosynthetic lamellae within Prochlorococcus and the potential pathways for intracellular and intermembrane movement of molecules. Comparative information on the near-native structure of microorganisms is an important and necessary component of exploring microbial diversity and understanding its consequences for function and ecology.
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- Claire S Ting
- Department of Biology, Williams College, Thompson Biology Lab, Room 214, 59 Lab Campus Drive, Williamstown, MA 01267, USA.
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Serysheva II, Chiu W, Ludtke SJ. Single-particle electron cryomicroscopy of the ion channels in the excitation-contraction coupling junction. Methods Cell Biol 2007; 79:407-35. [PMID: 17327167 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(06)79016-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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- Irina I Serysheva
- National Center for Macromolecular Imaging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Copello JA, Zima AV, Diaz-Sylvester PL, Fill M, Blatter LA. Ca2+ entry-independent effects of L-type Ca2+ channel modulators on Ca2+ sparks in ventricular myocytes. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2007; 292:C2129-40. [PMID: 17314267 PMCID: PMC2094215 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00437.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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During the cardiac action potential, Ca(2+) entry through dyhidropyridine receptor L-type Ca(2+) channels (DHPRs) activates ryanodine receptors (RyRs) Ca(2+)-release channels, resulting in massive Ca(2+) mobilization from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). This global Ca(2+) release arises from spatiotemporal summation of many localized elementary Ca(2+)-release events, Ca(2+) sparks. We tested whether DHPRs modulate Ca(2+)sparks in a Ca(2+) entry-independent manner. Negative modulation by DHPR of RyRs via physical interactions is accepted in resting skeletal muscle but remains controversial in the heart. Ca(2+) sparks were studied in cat cardiac myocytes permeabilized with saponin or internally perfused via a patch pipette. Bathing and pipette solutions contained low Ca(2+) (100 nM). Under these conditions, Ca(2+) sparks were detected with a stable frequency of 3-5 sparks.s(-1).100 microm(-1). The DHPR blockers nifedipine, nimodipine, FS-2, and calciseptine decreased spark frequency, whereas the DHPR agonists Bay-K8644 and FPL-64176 increased it. None of these agents altered the spatiotemporal characteristics of Ca(2+) sparks. The DHPR modulators were also without effect on SR Ca(2+) load (caffeine-induced Ca(2+) transients) or sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA) activity (Ca(2+) loading rates of isolated SR microsomes) and did not change cardiac RyR channel gating (planar lipid bilayer experiments). In summary, DHPR modulators affected spark frequency in the absence of DHPR-mediated Ca(2+) entry. This action could not be attributed to a direct action of DHPR modulators on SERCA or RyRs. Our results suggest that the activity of RyR Ca(2+)-release units in ventricular myocytes is modulated by Ca(2+) entry-independent conformational changes in neighboring DHPRs.
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- Julio A Copello
- Dept. of Pharmacology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794-9629, USA.
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Marko M, Hsieh CE. Three-dimensional cryotransmission electron microscopy of cells and organelles. Methods Mol Biol 2007; 369:407-29. [PMID: 17656762 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-294-6_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cryoelectron microscopy of frozen-hydrated specimens is currently the only available technique for determining the "native" three-dimensional ultrastructure of individual examples of organelles and cells. Two techniques are available, stereo pair imaging and electron tomography, the latter providing full three-dimensional information about the specimen. A resolution of 4 to 10 nm can currently be obtained with cryotomography. We describe specimen preparation by means of plunge-freezing, which is straightforward and rapid compared with conventional EM techniques. We detail the considerations and preparation needed for successful cryotomography. Frozen-hydrated specimens are very radiation-sensitive and have low contrast because they lack heavy metal stains. The total electron dose that can be applied without damage to the specimen at a given resolution must be estimated, and this dose is fractionated among the images in the tilt series. The desired resolution determines the number and magnification of the images in the tilt series, as well as the objective lens defocus used for phase contrast imaging. The combination of the desired resolution and the maximum number of images into which a given dose can be fractionated sets an upper limit on specimen thickness. Because of these constraints, careful choice of imaging conditions, use of a sensitive CCD camera system, and microscope automation, are important requirements for conducting cryoelectron tomography.
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- Michael Marko
- Resource for Visualization of Biological Complexity, Wadsworth Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York, USA
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- Friedrich Förster
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
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Sheridan DC, Takekura H, Franzini-Armstrong C, Beam KG, Allen PD, Perez CF. Bidirectional signaling between calcium channels of skeletal muscle requires multiple direct and indirect interactions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:19760-5. [PMID: 17172444 PMCID: PMC1750873 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0609473103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have defined regions of the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor (RyR1) essential for bidirectional signaling with dihydropyridine receptors (DHPRs) and for the organization of DHPR into tetrad arrays by expressing RyR1-RyR3 chimerae in dyspedic myotubes. RyR1-RyR3 constructs bearing RyR1 residues 1-1681 restored wild-type DHPR tetrad arrays and, in part, skeletal-type excitation-contraction (EC) coupling (orthograde signaling) but failed to enhance DHPR Ca(2+) currents (retrograde signaling) to WT RyR1 levels. Within this region, the D2 domain (amino acids 1272-1455), although ineffective on its own, dramatically enhanced the formation of tetrads and EC coupling rescue by constructs that otherwise are only partially effective. These findings suggest that the orthograde signal and DHPR tetrad formation require the contributions of numerous RyR regions. Surprisingly, we found that RyR3, although incapable of supporting EC coupling or tetrad formation, restored a significant level of Ca(2+) current, revealing a functional interaction with the skeletal muscle DHPR. Thus, our data support the hypotheses that (i) the structural/functional link between RyR1 and the skeletal muscle DHPR requires multiple interacting regions, (ii) the D2 domain of RyR1 plays a key role in stabilizing this interaction, and (iii) a form of retrograde signaling from RyR3 to the DHPR occurs in the absence of direct protein-protein interactions.
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- David C. Sheridan
- *University of Colorado Health and Sciences Center, Aurora, CO 80045
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- National Institute of Fitness and Sports, Kanoya, Kagoshima 891-2393, Japan
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and
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- *University of Colorado Health and Sciences Center, Aurora, CO 80045
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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Lines GT, Sande JB, Louch WE, Mørk HK, Grøttum P, Sejersted OM. Contribution of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger to rapid Ca2+ release in cardiomyocytes. Biophys J 2006; 91:779-92. [PMID: 16679359 PMCID: PMC1563770 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.072447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2005] [Accepted: 04/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Trigger Ca(2+) is considered to be the Ca(2+) current through the L-type Ca(2+) channel (LTCC) that causes release of Ca(2+) from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. However, cell contraction also occurs in the absence of the LTCC current (I(Ca)). In this article, we investigate the contribution of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX) to the trigger Ca(2+). Experimental data from rat cardiomyocytes using confocal microscopy indicating that inhibition of reverse mode Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange delays the Ca(2+) transient by 3-4 ms served as a basis for the mathematical model. A detailed computational model of the dyadic cleft (fuzzy space) is presented where the diffusion of both Na(+) and Ca(2+) is taken into account. Ionic channels are included at discrete locations, making it possible to study the effect of channel position and colocalization. The simulations indicate that if a Na(+) channel is present in the fuzzy space, the NCX is able to bring enough Ca(2+) into the cell to affect the timing of release. However, this critically depends on channel placement and local diffusion properties. With fuzzy space diffusion in the order of four orders of magnitude lower than in water, triggering through LTCC alone was up to 5 ms slower than with the presence of a Na(+) channel and NCX.
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Hsieh CE, Leith A, Mannella CA, Frank J, Marko M. Towards high-resolution three-dimensional imaging of native mammalian tissue: Electron tomography of frozen-hydrated rat liver sections. J Struct Biol 2006; 153:1-13. [PMID: 16343943 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2005.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2005] [Revised: 10/07/2005] [Accepted: 10/08/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cryo-electron tomography of frozen-hydrated specimens holds considerable promise for high-resolution three-dimensional imaging of organelles and macromolecular complexes in their native cellular environment. While the technique has been successfully used with small, plunge-frozen cells and organelles, application to bulk mammalian tissue has proven to be difficult. We report progress with cryo-electron tomography of frozen-hydrated sections of rat liver prepared by high-pressure freezing and cryo-ultramicrotomy. Improvements include identification of suitable grids for mounting sections for tomography, reduction of surface artifacts on the sections, improved image quality by the use of energy filtering, and more rapid tissue excision using a biopsy needle. Tomographic reconstructions of frozen-hydrated liver sections reveal the native structure of such cellular components as mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, and ribosomes, without the selective attenuation or enhancement of ultrastructural details associated with the osmication and post-staining used with freeze-substitution.
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- Chyong-Ere Hsieh
- Resource for Visualization of Biological Complexity, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, Albany, 12201, USA
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Electron tomography (ET) is uniquely suited to obtain three-dimensional reconstructions of pleomorphic structures, such as cells, organelles or supramolecular assemblies. Although the principles of ET have been known for decades, its use has gathered momentum only in recent years, thanks to technological advances and its combination with improved specimen preparation techniques. The rapid freezing/freeze-substitution preparation is applicable to whole cells and tissues, and it is the method of choice for ET investigations of cellular ultrastructure. The frozen-hydrated preparation provides the best possible structural preservation and allows the imaging of molecules, complexes, and supramolecular assemblies in their native state and their natural environment. Devoid of staining and chemical fixation artifacts, cryo-ET provides a faithful representation of both the surface and internal structure of molecules. In combination with advanced computational methods, such as molecular identification based on pattern recognition techniques, cryo-ET is currently the most promising approach to comprehensively map macromolecular architecture inside cellular tomograms.
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- Vladan Lucić
- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany.
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Yin CC, Blayney LM, Lai FA. Physical Coupling between Ryanodine Receptor–Calcium Release Channels. J Mol Biol 2005; 349:538-46. [PMID: 15878596 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2005] [Revised: 03/26/2005] [Accepted: 04/01/2005] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ryanodine receptor-calcium release channels play a pivotal role in the calcium signaling that mediates muscle excitation-contraction coupling. Their membrane organization into regular patterns, functional gating studies and theoretical analysis of receptor clustering have led to models that invoke allosteric interaction between individual channel oligomers as a critical mechanism for control of calcium release. Here we show that in reconstituted "checkerboard-like" lattices that mimic in situ membrane channel arrays, each oligomer is interlocked physically with four adjacent oligomers via a specific domain-domain interaction. Direct physical coupling between ryanodine receptors provides structural evidence for an inter-oligomer allosteric mechanism in channel regulation. Therefore, in addition to established cytosolic and luminal regulation of function, these observations indicate that channel-channel communication through physical coupling provides a novel mode of regulation of intracellular calcium release channels.
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- Chang-Cheng Yin
- Department of Biophysics, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China.
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Samsó M, Wagenknecht T, Allen PD. Internal structure and visualization of transmembrane domains of the RyR1 calcium release channel by cryo-EM. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2005; 12:539-44. [PMID: 15908964 PMCID: PMC1925259 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2005] [Accepted: 04/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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RyR1 is an intracellular calcium channel with a central role in muscle contraction. We obtained a three-dimensional reconstruction of the RyR1 in the closed state at a nominal resolution of approximately 10 A using cryo-EM. The cytoplasmic assembly consists of a series of interconnected tubular structures that merge into four columns that extend into the transmembrane assembly. The transmembrane assembly, which has at least six transmembrane alpha-helices per monomer, has four tilted rods that can be fitted with the inner helices of a closed K(+) channel atomic structure. The rods splay out at the lumenal side and converge into a dense ring at the cytoplasmic side. Another set of four rods emerges from this ring and shapes the inner part of the four columns. The resulting constricted axial structure provides direct continuity between cytoplasmic and transmembrane assemblies, and a possible mechanism for control of channel gating through conformational changes in the cytoplasmic assembly.
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- Montserrat Samsó
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Levine T. Short-range intracellular trafficking of small molecules across endoplasmic reticulum junctions. Trends Cell Biol 2005; 14:483-90. [PMID: 15350976 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2004.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Intracellular trafficking is not mediated exclusively by vesicles. Additional, non-vesicular mechanisms transport material, in particular small molecules such as lipids and Ca(2+) ions, from one organelle to another. This transport occurs at narrow cytoplasmic gaps called membrane contact sites (MCSs), at which two organelles come into close apposition. Despite the conservation of these structures throughout evolution, little is known about this transport, largely because of a lack of knowledge of almost all molecular components of MCSs. Recently, this situation has started to change because the structural proteins that bridge an MCS are now known in a single case, and proteins implicated in lipid trafficking have been localized to MCSs. In the light of these advances, I hypothesize that the endoplasmic reticulum has a central role in the trafficking of lipids and ions by forming a network of MCSs with most other intracellular organelles.
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- Tim Levine
- Division of Cell Biology, Institute of Ophthalmology, Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK.
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Serysheva II. Structural insights into excitation-contraction coupling by electron cryomicroscopy. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2005; 69:1226-32. [PMID: 15627376 DOI: 10.1007/s10541-005-0068-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In muscle, excitation-contraction coupling is defined as the process linking depolarization of the surface membrane with Ca2+ release from cytoplasmic stores, which activates contraction of striated muscle. This process is primarily controlled by interplay between two Ca2+ channels--the voltage-gated L-type Ca2+ channel (dihydropyridine receptor, DHPR) localized in the t-tubule membrane and the Ca2+-release channel (ryanodine receptor, RyR) of the sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane. The structures of both channels have been extensively studied by several groups using electron cryomicroscopy and single particle reconstruction techniques. The structures of RyR, determined at resolutions of 22-30 A, reveal a characteristic mushroom shape with a bulky cytoplasmic region and the membrane-spanning stem. While the cytoplasmic region exhibits a complex structure comprising a multitude of distinctive domains with numerous intervening cavities, at this resolution no definitive statement can be made about the location of the actual pore within the transmembrane region. Conformational changes associated with functional transitions of the Ca2+ release channel from closed to open states have been characterized. Further experiments determined localization of binding sites for various channel ligands. The structural studies of the DHPR are less developed. Although four 3D maps of the DHPR were reported recently at 24-30 A resolution from studies of frozen-hydrated and negatively stained receptors, there are some discrepancies between reported structures with respect to the overall appearance and dimensions of the channel structure. Future structural studies at higher resolution are needed to refine the structures of both channels and to substantiate a proposed molecular model for their interaction.
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- I I Serysheva
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, National Center for Macromolecular Imaging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Beard NA, Casarotto MG, Wei L, Varsányi M, Laver DR, Dulhunty AF. Regulation of ryanodine receptors by calsequestrin: effect of high luminal Ca2+ and phosphorylation. Biophys J 2005; 88:3444-54. [PMID: 15731387 PMCID: PMC1305491 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.051441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Calsequestrin, the major calcium sequestering protein in the sarcoplasmic reticulum of muscle, forms a quaternary complex with the ryanodine receptor calcium release channel and the intrinsic membrane proteins triadin and junctin. We have investigated the possibility that calsequestrin is a luminal calcium concentration sensor for the ryanodine receptor. We measured the luminal calcium concentration at which calsequestrin dissociates from the ryanodine receptor and the effect of calsequestrin on the response of the ryanodine receptor to changes in luminal calcium. We provide electrophysiological and biochemical evidence that: 1), luminal calcium concentration of >/=4 mM dissociates calsequestrin from junctional face membrane, whereas in the range of 1-3 mM calsequestrin remains attached; 2), the association with calsequestrin inhibits ryanodine receptor activity, but amplifies its response to changes in luminal calcium concentration; and 3), under physiological calcium conditions (1 mM), phosphorylation of calsequestrin does not alter its ability to inhibit native ryanodine receptor activity when the anchoring proteins triadin and junctin are present. These data suggest that the quaternary complex is intact in vivo, and provides further evidence that calsequestrin is involved in the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium signaling pathway and has a role as a luminal calcium sensor for the ryanodine receptor.
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- Nicole A Beard
- John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
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Serysheva II. Structural insights into excitation—contraction coupling by electron cryomicroscopy. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2004. [DOI: 10.1007/pl00021759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Paolini C, Protasi F, Franzini-Armstrong C. The relative position of RyR feet and DHPR tetrads in skeletal muscle. J Mol Biol 2004; 342:145-53. [PMID: 15313613 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2004] [Revised: 07/02/2004] [Accepted: 07/05/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In skeletal muscle, L-type calcium channels (or dihydropyridine receptors, DHPRs) are coupled functionally to the calcium release channels of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (or ryanodine receptors, RyRs) within specialized structures called calcium release units (CRUs). The functional linkage requires a specific positioning of four DHPRs in correspondence of the four identical subunits of a single RyR type 1. Four DHPRs linked to the four binding sites of the RyR1 cytoplasmic domain (or foot), define the corners of a square, constituting a tetrad. RyRs self-assemble into ordered arrays and by associating with them, DHPRs also assemble into ordered arrays. The approximate location of the four DHPRs relative to the four identical subunits of a RyR-foot can be predicted on the basis of the relative position of tetrads and feet within the arrays. However, until recently one vital piece of information has been lacking: the orientation of the two arrays relative to one another. In this work we have defined the relative orientation of the RyR and DHPR arrays by directly superimposing replicas of rotary shadowed images of rows of feet, obtained from isolated SR vesicles, and replicas of tetrad arrays obtained by freeze-fracture. If the orientation for the two sets of images is carefully maintained, the superimposition provides specific constraints on the DHPR-RyR relative position.
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- Cecilia Paolini
- University of Pennsylvania, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Philadelphia 19104-6058, USA.
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Emerging techniques in electron microscopy promise to yield a wide range of new information about the nervous system. Aided by the development of detectors, electron optics, energy filters, computer automation and preparative methods, electron tomography now provides three-dimensional structures over a scale ranging from single receptor molecules to synapses and neurons. To relate structure to function, a variety of correlative methods are being developed, including protein tags observable both by light microscopy of living cells and, subsequently, by electron microscopy. It is also becoming possible to measure functionally important ions like Ca(2+) in cellular compartments at a scale of about 10 nm by exploiting new advances in electron energy loss and X-ray spectroscopic imaging.
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- Richard D Leapman
- Division of Bioengineering and Physical Science, ORS, National Institutes of Health, Building 13, Room 3N17, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20982, USA.
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Beard NA, Laver DR, Dulhunty AF. Calsequestrin and the calcium release channel of skeletal and cardiac muscle. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 85:33-69. [PMID: 15050380 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2003.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Calsequestrin is by far the most abundant Ca(2+)-binding protein in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of skeletal and cardiac muscle. It allows the Ca2+ required for contraction to be stored at total concentrations of up to 20mM, while the free Ca2+ concentration remains at approximately 1mM. This storage capacity confers upon muscle the ability to contract frequently with minimal run-down in tension. Calsequestrin is highly acidic, containing up to 50 Ca(2+)-binding sites, which are formed simply by clustering of two or more acidic residues. The Kd for Ca2+ binding is between 1 and 100 microM, depending on the isoform, species and the presence of other cations. Calsequestrin monomers have a molecular mass of approximately 40 kDa and contain approximately 400 residues. The monomer contains three domains each with a compact alpha-helical/beta-sheet thioredoxin fold which is stable in the presence of Ca2+. The protein polymerises when Ca2+ concentrations approach 1mM. The polymer is anchored at one end to ryanodine receptor (RyR) Ca2+ release channels either via the intrinsic membrane proteins triadin and junctin or by binding directly to the RyR. It is becoming clear that calsequestrin has several functions in the lumen of the SR in addition to its well-recognised role as a Ca2+ buffer. Firstly, it is a luminal regulator of RyR activity. When triadin and junctin are present, calsequestrin maximally inhibits the Ca2+ release channel when the free Ca2+ concentration in the SR lumen is 1mM. The inhibition is relieved when the Ca2+ concentration alters, either because of small changes in the conformation of calsequestrin or its dissociation from the junctional face membrane. These changes in calsequestrin's association with the RyR amplify the direct effects of luminal Ca2+ concentration on RyR activity. In addition, calsequestrin activates purified RyRs lacking triadin and junctin. Further roles for calsequestrin are indicated by the kinase activity of the protein, its thioredoxin-like structure and its influence over store operated Ca2+ entry. Clearly, calsequestrin plays a major role in calcium homeostasis that extends well beyond its ability to buffer Ca2+ ions.
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- N A Beard
- John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, PO Box 334, Canberra 2601, Australia
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Liu Z, Zhang J, Wang R, Wayne Chen SR, Wagenknecht T. Location of divergent region 2 on the three-dimensional structure of cardiac muscle ryanodine receptor/calcium release channel. J Mol Biol 2004; 338:533-45. [PMID: 15081811 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2003] [Revised: 02/09/2004] [Accepted: 03/09/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ryanodine receptors (RyRs) are a family of calcium release channels found on intracellular calcium-handing organelles. Molecular cloning studies have identified three different RyR isoforms, which are 66-70% identical in amino acid sequence. In mammals, the three isoforms are encoded by three separate genes located on different chromosomes. The major variations among the isoforms occur in three regions, known as divergent regions 1, 2, and 3 (DR1, DR2, and DR3). In the present study, a modified RyR2 (cardiac isoform) cDNA was constructed, into which was inserted a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-encoding cDNA within DR2, specifically after amino acid residue Thr1366 (RyR2(T1366-GFP)). HEK293 cells expressing RyR2(T1366-GFP) cDNAs showed caffeine-sensitive and ryanodine-sensitive calcium release, demonstrating that RyR2(T1366-GFP) forms functional calcium release channels. Cells expressing RyR2(T1366-GFP) were identified readily by the characteristic fluorescence of GFP, indicating that the overall structure of the inserted GFP was retained. Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) of purified RyR2(T1366-GFP) showed structurally intact receptors, and a three-dimensional reconstruction was obtained by single-particle image processing. The location of the inserted GFP was obtained by comparing this three-dimensional reconstruction to one obtained for wild-type RyR2. The inserted GFP and, consequently Thr1366 within DR2, was mapped on the three-dimensional structure of RyR2 to domain 6, one of the characteristic cytoplasmic domains that form part of the multi-domain "clamp" regions of RyR2. The three-dimensional location of DR2 suggests that it plays roles in the RyR conformational changes that occur during channel gating, and possibly in RyR's interaction with the dihydropyridine receptor in excitation-contraction coupling. This study further demonstrates the feasibility and reliability of the GFP insertion/cryo-EM approach for correlating RyR's amino acid sequence with its three-dimensional structure, thereby enhancing our understanding of the structural basis of RyR function.
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- Zheng Liu
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201, USA.
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Rath BK, Hegerl R, Leith A, Shaikh TR, Wagenknecht T, Frank J. Fast 3D motif search of EM density maps using a locally normalized cross-correlation function. J Struct Biol 2003; 144:95-103. [PMID: 14643212 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2003.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Three-dimensional motif search is becoming increasingly important both in the search for molecular signatures within a tomographic reconstruction, at low resolution, and in the search for atomic structures within high-resolution cryo-EM maps of macromolecular complexes. The present work describes the implementation of a fast local correlation algorithm suitable for template matching in the SPIDER environment. Two examples are given, one in each of the areas of application: (i). within a 7.8A single-particle reconstruction of the Escherichia coli ribosome, four proteins and one RNA structure were located with high accuracy; (ii). within a cryo-tomogram of sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles, ryanodine receptors were located in positions that agreed with expert knowledge.
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- B K Rath
- Wadsworth Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201-0509, USA
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Wolf M, Eberhart A, Glossmann H, Striessnig J, Grigorieff N. Visualization of the domain structure of an L-type Ca2+ channel using electron cryo-microscopy. J Mol Biol 2003; 332:171-82. [PMID: 12946355 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(03)00899-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
The three-dimensional structure of the skeletal muscle voltage-gated L-type calcium channel (Ca(v)1.1; dihydropyridine receptor, DHPR) was determined using electron cryo-microscopy and single-particle averaging. The structure shows a single channel complex with an approximate total molecular mass of 550 kDa, corresponding to the five known subunits of the DHPR, and bound detergent and lipid. Features visible in our structure together with antibody labeling of the beta and alpha(2) subunits allowed us to assign locations for four of the five subunits within the structure. The most striking feature of the structure is the extra-cellular alpha(2) subunit that protrudes from the membrane domain in close proximity to the alpha(1) subunit. The cytosolic beta subunit is located close to the membrane and adjacent to subunits alpha(1), gamma and delta. Our structure correlates well with the functional and biochemical data available for this channel and suggests a three-dimensional model for the excitation-contraction coupling complex consisting of DHPR tetrads and the calcium release channel.
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- M Wolf
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Brandeis University, Rosenstiel Center (MS029), 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA
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