title: Characterization of RyR1-slow, a ryanodine receptor specific to slow-twitch skeletal muscle.
abstract: Two distinct skeletal muscle ryanodine receptors (RyR1s) are expressed in a fiber type-specific manner in fish skeletal muscle (11). In this study, we compare [(3)H]ryanodine binding and single channel activity of RyR1-slow from fish slow-twitch skeletal muscle with RyR1-fast and RyR3 isolated from fast-twitch skeletal muscle. Scatchard plots indicate that RyR1-slow has a lower affinity for [(3)H]ryanodine when compared with RyR1-fast. In single channel recordings, RyR1-slow and RyR1-fast had similar slope conductances. However, the maximum open probability (P(o)) of RyR1-slow was threefold less than the maximum P(o) of RyR1-fast. Single channel studies also revealed the presence of two populations of RyRs in tuna fast-twitch muscle (RyR1-fast and RyR3). RyR3 had the highest P(o) of all the RyR channels and displayed less inhibition at millimolar Ca(2+). The addition of 5 mM Mg-ATP or 2.5 mM beta, gamma-methyleneadenosine 5'-triphosphate (AMP-PCP) to the channels increased the P(o) and [(3)H]ryanodine binding of both RyR1s but also caused a shift in the Ca(2+) dependency curve of RyR1-slow such that Ca(2+)-dependent inactivation was attenuated. [(3)H]ryanodine binding data also showed that Mg(2+)-dependent inhibition of RyR1-slow was reduced in the presence of AMP-PCP. These results indicate differences in the physiological properties of RyRs in fish slow- and fast-twitch skeletal muscle, which may contribute to differences in the way intracellular Ca(2+) is regulated in these muscle types.
authors.affiliation: Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California 93950, USA. morriss@leland.stanford.edu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morrissette
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meissner
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Block
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000400:Air Sacs / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D005399:Fishes; D018656:Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch / Q000502:physiology*; D018657:Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch / Q000378:metabolism; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*; D012433:Ryanodine / Q000378:metabolism; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / Q000502:physiology*; D014316:Tritium; D014413:Tuna
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D014316:Tritium; D012433:Ryanodine; C005147:5'-adenylyl (beta,gamma-methylene)diphosphonate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; C002630:alpha,beta-methyleneadenosine 5'-triphosphate; D002118:Calcium