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J Physiol Vol 487, Issue Pt 3 pp 573-582
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Enhancing effect of calmodulin on Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release in the sarcoplasmic reticulum of rabbit skeletal muscle fibres.

 T Ikemoto, M Iino and M Endo

Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.

1. We analysed the effect of calmodulin on Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release (CICR) in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) using chemically skinned fibres of rabbit psoas muscle. Ca2+ release was measured using fura-2 microfluorometry. 2. In saponin-skinned fibres, calmodulin potentiated Ca2+ release at low Ca2+ concentrations (< 3 microM), while it showed an inhibitory effect at high Ca2+ concentrations (3-30 microM). 3. Co-application of ryanodine and calmodulin at 0.3 microM Ca2+, but not ryanodine alone, induced a decline in the Ca2+ uptake capacity of the SR, an effect expected from the open-lock of active CICR channels by ryanodine. Thus, potentiation of Ca2+ release by calmodulin at low Ca2+ concentrations can be regarded as a result of the activation of the ryanodine receptor. 4. Greater concentrations of calmodulin were required for potentiation of CICR at low Ca2+ concentrations (1 microM) than for inhibition at high Ca2+ concentrations (10 microM). 5. In beta-escin-permeabilized fibres in which intrinsic calmodulin was retained, the rates of CICR were similar to those measured in the presence of 1 microM calmodulin in saponin-permeabilized fibres. 6. These results suggest that calmodulin plays an important role in the regulation of CICR channels in intact skeletal muscle fibres.




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