title: Ryanodine receptor of skeletal muscle is a gap junction-type channel.
abstract: In the sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane of skeletal muscle, the ryanodine receptor forms an aqueous pore identified as the calcium-release pathway that operates during excitation-contraction coupling. The purified ryanodine receptor channel has now been shown to have four properties usually associated with gap junction channels: (i) a large nonspecific voltage-dependent conductance consisting of several open states; (ii) an inhibition of open probability by low pH; (iii) an inhibition of open probability by calcium; and (iv) a sensitivity to blockade by heptanol and octanol but not other alcohols. This functional homology may provide an insight into the mechanism of how muscle cells transduce depolarization into an intracellular release of calcium.
authors: Department of Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Ma
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Fill
authors: C M
authors: CM
authors: Knudson
authors: K P
authors: KP
authors: Campbell
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Coronado
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D007365:Intercellular Junctions / Q000502:physiology*; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D012433:Ryanodine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D007473:Ion Channels; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D012433:Ryanodine