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Publication : Regulation of calcium sparks and spontaneous transient outward currents by RyR3 in arterial vascular smooth muscle cells.

First Author  Löhn M Year  2001
Journal  Circ Res Volume  89
Issue  11 Pages  1051-7
PubMed ID  11717163 Mgi Jnum  J:115420
Mgi Id  MGI:3691557 Doi  10.1161/hh2301.100250
Citation  Lohn M, et al. (2001) Regulation of calcium sparks and spontaneous transient outward currents by RyR3 in arterial vascular smooth muscle cells. Circ Res 89(11):1051-7
abstractText  Intracellular Ca(2+) levels control both contraction and relaxation in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Ca(2+)-dependent relaxation is mediated by discretely localized Ca(2+) release events through ryanodine receptor (RyR) channels in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). These local increases in Ca(2+) concentration, termed sparks, stimulate nearby Ca(2+)-activated K(+) (BK) channels causing BK currents (spontaneous transient outward currents or STOCs). STOCs are hyperpolarizing currents that oppose vasoconstriction. Several RyR isoforms are coexpressed in VSMCs; however, their role in Ca(2+) spark generation is unknown. To provide molecular information on RyR cluster function and assembly, we examined Ca(2+) sparks and STOCs in RyR3-deficient freshly isolated myocytes of resistance-sized cerebral arteries from knockout mice and compared them to Ca(2+) sparks in cells from wild-type mice. We used RT-PCR to identify RyR1, RyR2, and RyR3 mRNA in cerebral arteries. Ca(2+) sparks in RyR3-deficient cells were similar in peak amplitude (measured as F/F(0)), width at half-maximal amplitude, and duration compared with wild-type cell Ca(2+) sparks. However, the frequency of STOCs (between -60 mV and -20 mV) was significantly higher in RyR3-deficient cells than in wild-type cells. Ca(2+) sparks and STOCs in both RyR3-deficient and wild-type cells were inhibited by ryanodine (10 micromol/L), external Ca(2+) removal, and depletion of SR Ca(2+) stores by caffeine (1 mmol/L). Isolated, pressurized cerebral arteries of RyR3-deficient mice developed reduced myogenic tone. Our results suggest that RyR3 is part of the SR Ca(2+) spark release unit and plays a specific molecular role in the regulation of STOCs frequency in mouse cerebral artery VSMCs after decreased arterial tone.
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