title: Exercise training depletes sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium in coronary smooth muscle.
abstract: We examined the effects of chronic exercise training on sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca uptake, spontaneous SR Ca release, and whole-cell currents in coronary smooth muscle cells. Single coronary artery smooth muscle cells demonstrated increases in intracellular free Ca (Cai) during depolarization (measured with fura-2) that were abolished by diltiazem (10(-4) M). Diltiazem significantly inhibited (80%) refilling of the SR Ca store. The SR Ca store of exercise-trained pigs was 64% less after 11 min vs. 2 min of recovery, whereas cells from sedentary pigs showed no depletion. Exercise-training-induced depletion of the SR Ca store was abolished when ryanodine (10(-5) M) was applied during the recovery, but depletion was enhanced by low concentrations of ryanodine (10(-8) M). In smooth muscle from sedentary pigs, 10(-8) M ryanodine mimicked the effects of exercise training by depleting the SR Ca store during 11 min of recovery (54% depletion). When allowed a longer recovery without ryanodine (14 min or without prior depolarization), the SR Ca store in cells from exercise-trained pigs returned toward peak levels. The outward K current vs. voltage relationship did not differ in cells from exercise-trained or sedentary pigs. Exercise training reduced the number of spontaneous transient outward currents normally found in cells from sedentary pigs. We introduce a model that provides a rational basis to explain the results obtained in this study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stehno-Bittel
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Laughlin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sturek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000172:deficiency / Q000378:metabolism*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004594:Electrophysiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D012433:Ryanodine / Q000494:pharmacology; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels; D012433:Ryanodine; D002118:Calcium