title: Effect of sphingosylphosphorylcholine on the single channel gating properties of the cardiac ryanodine receptor.
abstract: The effects of the lysosphingolipid, sphingosylphosphorylcholine (SPC), on the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR) were examined. The open probability of cardiac RyR incorporated in lipid bilayers was decreased by cytoplasmic, but not lumenal side application of micromolar concentrations of SPC. Modification of channel function was characterized by the appearance of a long-lived closed state in addition to the brief channel closings observed in the presence and absence of SPC. Open channel kinetics and ion conduction properties, however, were not altered by this compound. These results suggest that SPC, a putative second messenger derived from sphingomyelin, may regulate Ca(2+) release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum by modifying the gating kinetics of the RyR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 45-1, 7-chome Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. mm031895@msat.fukuoka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uehara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasukochi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Imanaga
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Berlin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000187:drug effects; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D010767:Phosphorylcholine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D016897:Respiratory Burst / Q000187:drug effects; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / Q000378:metabolism*; D013110:Sphingosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; C005356:sphingosine phosphorylcholine; D010767:Phosphorylcholine; D013110:Sphingosine