title: Non-thiol reagents regulate ryanodine receptor function by redox interactions that modify reactive thiols.
abstract: The Ca(2+) release channel (CRC) from sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is rich in thiol groups, and their oxidation/- reduction by thiol reagents activates/inhibits the CRC. Most channel regulators are not thiol reagents, and the mechanism of their action is illusive. Here the authors show that many channel activators act as electron acceptors, while many channel inhibitors act as electron donors in free radical reactions. The channel activator, caffeine, and the CRC inhibitor, tetracaine, are shown to interact competitively, which suggests that there exists a common site(s) on the CRC, that integrates the donor/acceptor effects of ligands. Moreover, channel activators shift the redox potential of reactive thiols on the ryanodine receptor (RyR) to more negative values and decrease the number of reactive thiols, while channel inhibitors shift the redox potential to more positive values and increase the number of reactive thiols. These observations suggest that the non-thiol channel modulators shift the thiol-disulfide balance within CRC by transiently exchanging electrons with the Ca(2+) release protein.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon 97207, USA.
authors.forename: Benjamin S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Marinov
authors.forename: Rotimi O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Olojo
authors.forename: Ruohong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Jonathan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Abramson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002110:Caffeine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D002120:Calcium Channel Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D004583:Electrons; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011817:Rabbits; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013748:Tetracaine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002120:Calcium Channel Agonists; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D015220:Calcium Channels; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents; D013748:Tetracaine; D002110:Caffeine