title: Expression and function of ryanodine receptors in nonexcitable cells.
abstract: We have used reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction to investigate the expression of ryanodine receptors in several excitable and nonexcitable cell types. Consistent with previous reports, we detected ryanodine receptor expression in brain, heart, and skeletal muscle. In addition, we detected ryanodine receptor expression in various other excitable cells including PC 12 and A7r5 cells. Several muscle cell lines (BC3H1, C2C12, L6, and Sol8) weakly expressed ryanodine receptor when undifferentiated but strongly expressed type 1 and type 3 ryanodine receptor isoforms when differentiated into a muscle phenotype. Only 2 (HeLa and LLC-PK1 cells) out of 11 nonexcitable cell types examined expressed ryanodine receptors. Expression of ryanodine receptors at the protein level in these cells was confirmed using [3H]ryanodine binding. We also investigated the function of ryanodine receptors in Ca2+ signaling in HeLa cells using single-cell Fura-2 imaging. Neither caffeine nor ryanodine caused a detectable elevation of cytoplasmic Ca2+ in single HeLa cells. However, ryanodine caused a significant decrease in the amplitude of Ca 2+ signals evoked by repetitive stimulation with ATP. These studies show that ryanodine receptors are expressed in some nonexcitable cell types and furthermore suggest that the ryanodine receptors may be involved in a subtle regulation of intracellular Ca2+ responses.
authors.affiliation: Babraham Institute Laboratory of Molecular Signaling, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. d1b15@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Cheek
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Berridge
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Smedt
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Parys
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Missiaen
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Bootman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002460:Cell Line; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009132:Muscles / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats; D012433:Ryanodine; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D017931:DNA Primers; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D012433:Ryanodine; D002118:Calcium