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In order to establish whether non-mitochondrial oxidase activity in human neutrophils is tightly related to cytosolic Ca2+ concentration, we simultaneously measured Ca2+ oscillations induced by ATP and oxidant production in single adherent neutrophils using confocal microscopy. ATP induced fast damped Ca2+ spikes with a period of 15 s and slower irregular spikes with a period greater than 50 s. Spikes in Ca2+ occurred in the absence of Ca2+ influx, but the amplitude was damped by inhibition of Ca2+ influx. Using the oxidation of hydroethidine as a cytosolic marker of oxidant production, we show that the generation of reactive oxygen species by neutrophils adherent to glass was accelerated by ATP. The step-up in NADPH oxidase activity followed the first elevation of cytosolic Ca2+ but, despite subsequent spikes in Ca2+ concentration, no oscillations in oxidase activity could be detected. ATP induced spikes in Ca2+ in a very reproducible way and we propose that the Ca2+ signal is an on-switch for oxidase activity, but the activity is apparently not directly correlated with spiking activity in cytosolic Ca2+.  相似文献   

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The Ca2+ content in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) determines the amount of Ca2+ released, thereby regulating the magnitude of Ca2+ transient and contraction in cardiac muscle. The Ca2+ content in the SR is known to be regulated by two factors: the activity of the Ca2+ pump (SERCA) and Ca2+ leak through the ryanodine receptor (RyR). However, the direct relationship between the SERCA activity and Ca2+ leak has not been fully investigated in the heart. In the present study, we evaluated the role of the SERCA activity in Ca2+ leak from the SR using a novel saponin-skinned method combined with transgenic mouse models in which the SERCA activity was genetically modulated. In the SERCA overexpression mice, the Ca2+ uptake in the SR was significantly increased and the Ca2+ transient was markedly increased. However, Ca2+ leak from the SR did not change significantly. In mice with overexpression of a negative regulator of SERCA, sarcolipin, the Ca2+ uptake by the SR was significantly decreased and the Ca2+ transient was markedly decreased. Again, Ca2+ leak from the SR did not change significantly. In conclusion, the selective modulation of the SERCA activity modulates Ca2+ uptake, although it does not change Ca2+ leak from the SR.  相似文献   

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Specific activity and Ca2+-affinity of (Ca2++Mg2+)ATPase of calmodulin-depleted ghosts progressively increase during preincubation with 0.1–2 mM Ca2+. Concomitantly, the increment in ATPase activity caused by calmodulin and the binding of calmodulin to ghosts decrease. The effects of calcium ions are abolished by the addition of calmodulin. ATP protects the enzyme from a Ca2+-dependent decrease of the maximum activity but does not seem to influence the Ca2+-dependent transformation of the low Ca2+-affinity enzyme into a high Ca2+-affinity form.  相似文献   

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Specific activity and Ca2+-affinity of (Ca2++Mg2+)ATPase of calmodulin-depleted ghosts progressively increase during preincubation with 0.1–2 mM Ca2+. Concomitantly, the increment in ATPase activity caused by calmodulin and the binding of calmodulin to ghosts decrease. The effects of calcium ions are abolished by the addition of calmodulin. ATP protects the enzyme from a Ca2+-dependent decrease of the maximum activity but does not seem to influence the Ca2+-dependent transformation of the low Ca2+-affinity enzyme into a high Ca2+-affinity form.  相似文献   

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Experiments on the effects of varying concentrations of Ca2+ on the Mg2+ + Na+-dependent ATPase activity of a highly purified preparation of dog kidney (Na+ + K+)-ATPase showed that Ca2+ was a partial inhibitor of this activity. When Ca2+ was added to the reaction mixture instead of Mg2+, there was a ouabain-sensitive Ca2+ + Na+-dependent ATPase activity the maximal velocity of which was 30 to 50% of that of Mg2+ + Na+-dependent activity. The apparent affinities of the enzyme for Ca2+ and CaATP seemed to be higher than those for Mg2+ and MgATP. Addition of K+, along with Ca2+ and Na+, increased the maximal velocity and the concentration of ATP required to obtain half-maximal velocity. The maximal velocity of the ouabain-sensitive Ca2+ + Na+ + K+-dependent ATPase was about two orders of magnitude smaller than that of Mg2+ + Na+ + K+-dependent activity. In agreement with previous observations, it was shown that in the presence of Ca2+, Na+, and ATP, an acid-stable phosphoenzyme was formed that was sensitive to either ADP or K+. The enzyme also exhibited a Ca2+ + Na+-dependent ADP-ATP exchange activity. Neither the inhibitory effects of Ca2+ on Mg2+-dependent activities, nor the Ca2+-dependent activities were influenced by the addition of calmodulin. Because of the presence of small quantities of endogenous Mg2+ in all reaction mixtures, it could not be determined whether the apparent Ca2+-dependent activities involved enzyme-substrate complexes containing Ca2+ as the divalent cation or both Ca2+ and Mg2+.  相似文献   

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Microsomal fractions from wheat tissues exhibit a higher level of ATP hydrolytic activity in the presence of Ca2+ than Mg2+. Here we characterise the Ca2+-dependent activity from roots of Triticum aestivum lev. Troy) and investigate its possible function. Ca2+-dependent ATP hydrolysis in the microsomal fraction occurs over a wide pH range with two slight optima at pH 5.5 and 7.5. At these pHs the activity co-migrates with the major peak of nitrate-inhibited Mg2+. Cl-ATPase on continuous sucrose gradients indicating that it is associated with the vacuolar membrane. Ca2+-dependent ATP hydrolysis can be distinguished from an inhibitory effect of Ca2+ on the plasma membrane K+, Mg2+-ATPase following microsomal membrane separation using aqueous polymer two phase partitioning. The Ca2+-dependent activity is stimulated by free Ca2+ with a Km of 8.1 μM in the absence of Mg2+ ([CaATP] = 0.8 mM). Vacuoiar membrane vacuolar preparations contain a higher Ca2+-dependent than Mg2+-dependent ATP hydrolysis, although the two activities are not directly additive. The nucleotide specificity of the divalent ion-dependent activities in vacuolar membrane-enriched fractions was low. hydrolysis of CTP and UTP being greater than ATP hydrolysis with both Ca2+ and Mg2+ The Ca2+-dependent activity did discriminate against dinucleotides, and mononucleotides. and failed to hydrolyse phosphatase substrates. Despite low nucleotide specificity the Mg2+-dependent activity functioned as a bafilomycin sensitive H+-pump in vacuolar membrane vesicles. Ca2+-dependent ATP hydrolysis was not inhibited by the V-, P-, or F-type ATPase inhibitors bafilomycin. vanadate and azide, respectively. nor by the phosphatase inhibitor molybdate, but was inhibited 20% at pH 7.5 by K+. Possible functions of Ca2+-dependent hydrolysis as a H+-pump or a Ca2+-pump was investigated using vacuolar membrane vesicles. No H+ or Ca2+ translocating activity was observed under conditions when the Ca2+-dependent ATP hydrolysis was active.  相似文献   

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(1) Depending on the assay conditions, the ability of the Ca2+-ATPase from intact human red cell membranes to catalyze the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenylphosphate is elicited by either calmodulin or ATP. The response of the phosphatase activity to p-nitrophenylphosphate, ATP, Mg2+ and K+ is the same for the activities elicited by ATP or by calmodulin, suggesting that a single process is responsible for both activities. (2) In media with calmodulin, high-affinity activation is followed by high-affinity inhibition of the phosphatase by Ca2+ so that the activity becomes negligible above 30 μM Ca2+. Under these conditions, addition of ATP leads to a large decrease in the apparent affinity for inhibition by Ca2+. (3) In membranes submitted to partial proteolysis with trypsin, neither calmodulin nor Ca2+ are needed and phosphatase activity is maximal in media without Ca2+. This is the first report of an activity sustained by the Ca2+-ATPase of red cell membranes in the absence of Ca2+. Under these conditions, however, ATP still protects against high-affinity inhibition by Ca2+. These results strongly suggest that during activation by calmodulin, Ca2+ is needed only to form the calmodulin-Ca2+ complex which is the effective cofactor. (4) Protection by ATP of the inhibitory effects of Ca2+ and the induction of phosphatase activity by ATP + Ca2+ suggests that activation of the phosphatase by Ca2+ in media with ATP requires the combination of the cation at sites in the ATPase. (5) Results can be rationalized assuming that E2, the conformer of the Ca2+-ATPase, is endowed with phosphatase activity. Under this assumption, either the calmodulin-Ca2+ complex or partial proteolysis would elicit phosphatase activity by displacing the equilibrium between E1 and E2 towards E2. On the other hand, ATP + Ca2+ would elicit the activity by establishing through a phosphorylation-dephosphorylation cycle a steady-state in which E2 predominates over other conformers of the ATPase.  相似文献   

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The properties of membrane-associated ATPase of cucumber (Cucumis sativus cv. Seiriki No. 2) roots cultured in a complete medium (complete enzyme) and in a medium lacking Ca2+ (Ca2+-deficient enzyme) were investigated. The basal activity of membrane-associated ATPase increased during Ca2+ starvation, while Mg2+-activation of the enzyme decreased and even resulted in inhibition by high Mg2+ concentration at the late stage of the Ca2+ starvation. The complete enzyme had low basal activity and showed a Mg2+-activated hyperbolic reaction curve in relation to ATP concentration. Ca2+-deficient enzyme with high basal activity showed a biphasic reaction curve and Mg2+-activation was seen only at high ATP concentrations. Activation of membrane-associated ATPase by various cations was decreased or lost during Ca2+ starvation. The basal ATPase activity of Ca2+-deficient enzyme increased for various substrates including pyrophosphate, p-nitrophenyl phosphate, glucose-6 phosphate, β-glycerophosphate, AMP, ADP and ATP. Mg2+-activation was found only for ADP and ATP in both the complete and Ca2+-deficient enzymes, but the activation for ATP was greatly reduced by Ca2+ starvation. The heat inactivation curves for basal and Mg2+-activated ATPase did not differ much between the complete and Ca2+-deficient enzyme. The delipidation of membrane-associated enzyme by acetone affected the protein content and the basal activity slightly, but inhibited the Mg2+-activated ATPase activity clearly with somewhat different behaviour between the complete and Ca2+-deficient enzyme.  相似文献   

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The parathyroid hormone (PTH) release and cytosolic Ca2+ activity were determined in normal bovine parathyroid cells and parathyroid cells obtained from patients with hyperparathyroidism (HPT). There was a sigmoid relation between the cytosolic Ca2+ activity and the extracellular calcium concentration between 0.5 and 6.0 mmol/l. The PTH release was inhibited in parallel with the rise in the cytosolic Ca2+ activity. Both the hormone release and the cytosolic Ca2+ activity were lower in cells from human adenomas and hyperplastic glands~ and in comparison with the bovine preparations these ceils had higher set points for the cytosolic Ca2+ activity and PTH release. There was a close correlation between the individual set points for the cytosolic Ca2+ activity and PTH release in a material containing both normal and pathological cells. The results indicate that the abnormal PTH release characteristic of HPT is due to a defective regulation of the cytosolic Ca2+ activity.  相似文献   

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Dimethyl-celecoxib is a celecoxib analog that lacks the capacity as cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitor and therefore the life-threatening effects but retains the antineoplastic properties. The action mechanism at the molecular level is unclear. Our in vitro assays using a sarcoplasmic reticulum preparation from rabbit skeletal muscle demonstrate that dimethyl-celecoxib inhibits Ca2+-ATPase activity and ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport in a concentration-dependent manner. Celecoxib was a more potent inhibitor of Ca2+-ATPase activity than dimethyl-celecoxib, as deduced from the half-maximum effect but dimethyl-celecoxib exhibited higher inhibition potency when Ca2+ transport was evaluated. Since Ca2+ transport was more sensitive to inhibition than Ca2+-ATPase activity the drugs under study caused Ca2+/Pi uncoupling. Dimethyl-celecoxib provoked greater uncoupling and the effect was dependent on drug concentration but independent of Ca2+-pump functioning. Dimethyl-celecoxib prevented Ca2+ binding by stabilizing the inactive Ca2+-free conformation of the pump. The effect on the kinetics of phosphoenzyme accumulation and the dependence of the phosphoenzyme level on dimethyl-celecoxib concentration were independent of whether or not the Ca2+–pump was exposed to the drug in the presence of Ca2+ before phosphorylation. This provided evidence of non-preferential interaction with the Ca2+-free conformation. Likewise, the decreased phosphoenzyme level in the presence of dimethyl-celecoxib that was partially relieved by increasing Ca2+ was consistent with the mentioned effect on Ca2+ binding. The kinetics of phosphoenzyme decomposition under turnover conditions was not altered by dimethyl-celecoxib. The dual effect of the drug involves Ca2+-pump inhibition and membrane permeabilization activity. The reported data can explain the cytotoxic and anti-proliferative effects that have been attributed to the celecoxib analog. Ligand docking simulation predicts interaction of celecoxib and dimethyl-celecoxib with the intracellular Ca2+ transporter at the inhibition site of hydroquinones.  相似文献   

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Ca2+ influx through an astrocyte plasma membrane is mediated by ionotropic receptors and Ca2+ channels according the electrochemical gradient. These conductances allow astrocytes to sense the levels of neuronal activity and environmental changes. Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) removes elevated Ca2+ from the cell but can reverse and bring Ca2+ in. Ca2+ entry through the plasma membrane produces local Ca2+ elevations that can be further amplified by Ca2+ induced activation of inositol-3-phosphate (IP3) receptors and subsequent Ca2+ release from intracellular Ca2+ stores. These Ca2+ stores are located in astrocytic processes called branchlets, while perisynaptic astrocytic processes are formed by organelle-free leaflets. Such morphological structure suggests separate synaptic and extrasynaptic mechanisms of Ca2+ signaling in astrocytes. Astrocytic leaflets sense synaptic activity, astrocytic branchlets integrate signals arriving from the leaflets and from extrasynaptic inputs. The surface-to-volume ratio (SVR) of the branchlets sets the threshold for generation of spreading Ca2+ events. Therefore, morphological remodeling of the processes is an important regulator of astrocytic Ca2+ activity. Ca2+ events can propagate beyond single astrocytes and form complex spatiotemporal patterns of Ca2+ activity in the astrocytic network. Ca2+ events spread intercellularly through gap-junctions and via extracellular ATP diffusion. Spatially and temporarily organized Ca2+ events in astrocytic network influence variable numbers of synapses and neuronal compartments, gate excitation flow and synaptic plasticity in the neuronal network through the release of gliotransmitters. Thus, multiple patterns of Ca2+ activity in the astrocytic network (guiding templates) determine multiple states of the neuronal network. This phenomenon may be linked to learning, memory and information processing in the brain.  相似文献   

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The ubiquitous inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) receptor (InsP3R) Ca2+ release channel plays a central role in the generation and modulation of intracellular Ca2+ signals, and is intricately regulated by multiple mechanisms including cytoplasmic ligand (InsP3, free Ca2+, free ATP4−) binding, posttranslational modifications, and interactions with cytoplasmic and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) luminal proteins. However, regulation of InsP3R channel activity by free Ca2+ in the ER lumen ([Ca2+]ER) remains poorly understood because of limitations of Ca2+ flux measurements and imaging techniques. Here, we used nuclear patch-clamp experiments in excised luminal-side-out configuration with perfusion solution exchange to study the effects of [Ca2+]ER on homotetrameric rat type 3 InsP3R channel activity. In optimal [Ca2+]i and subsaturating [InsP3], jumps of [Ca2+]ER from 70 nM to 300 µM reduced channel activity significantly. This inhibition was abrogated by saturating InsP3 but restored when [Ca2+]ER was raised to 1.1 mM. In suboptimal [Ca2+]i, jumps of [Ca2+]ER (70 nM to 300 µM) enhanced channel activity. Thus, [Ca2+]ER effects on channel activity exhibited a biphasic dependence on [Ca2+]i. In addition, the effect of high [Ca2+]ER was attenuated when a voltage was applied to oppose Ca2+ flux through the channel. These observations can be accounted for by Ca2+ flux driven through the open InsP3R channel by [Ca2+]ER, raising local [Ca2+]i around the channel to regulate its activity through its cytoplasmic regulatory Ca2+-binding sites. Importantly, [Ca2+]ER regulation of InsP3R channel activity depended on cytoplasmic Ca2+-buffering conditions: it was more pronounced when [Ca2+]i was weakly buffered but completely abolished in strong Ca2+-buffering conditions. With strong cytoplasmic buffering and Ca2+ flux sufficiently reduced by applied voltage, both activation and inhibition of InsP3R channel gating by physiological levels of [Ca2+]ER were completely abolished. Collectively, these results rule out Ca2+ regulation of channel activity by direct binding to the luminal aspect of the channel.  相似文献   

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Homeostatic synaptic plasticity is a negative-feedback mechanism for compensating excessive excitation or inhibition of neuronal activity. When neuronal activity is chronically suppressed, neurons increase synaptic strength across all affected synapses via synaptic scaling. One mechanism for this change is alteration of synaptic AMPA receptor (AMPAR) accumulation. Although decreased intracellular Ca2+ levels caused by chronic inhibition of neuronal activity are believed to be an important trigger of synaptic scaling, the mechanism of Ca2+-mediated AMPAR-dependent synaptic scaling is not yet understood. Here, we use dissociated mouse cortical neurons and employ Ca2+ imaging, electrophysiological, cell biological, and biochemical approaches to describe a novel mechanism in which homeostasis of Ca2+ signaling modulates activity deprivation-induced synaptic scaling by three steps: (1) suppression of neuronal activity decreases somatic Ca2+ signals; (2) reduced activity of calcineurin, a Ca2+-dependent serine/threonine phosphatase, increases synaptic expression of Ca2+-permeable AMPARs (CPARs) by stabilizing GluA1 phosphorylation; and (3) Ca2+ influx via CPARs restores CREB phosphorylation as a homeostatic response by Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release from the ER. Therefore, we suggest that synaptic scaling not only maintains neuronal stability by increasing postsynaptic strength but also maintains nuclear Ca2+ signaling by synaptic expression of CPARs and ER Ca2+ propagation.  相似文献   

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The regulatory role of Ca2+-stimulated adenosine 5-triphosphatase (Ca2+-ATPase) in Ca2+ transport system of rat liver nuclei was investigated. Ca2+ uptake and release were determined with a Ca2+ electrode. Ca2+-ATPase activity was calculated by subtracting Mg2+-ATPase activity from (Ca2+–Mg2+)-ATPase activity. The release of Ca2+ from the Ca2+-loaded nuclei was evoked progressively after Ca2+ uptake with 1.0 mM ATP addition, while it was only slightly in the case of 2.0 mM ATP addition, indicating that the consumption of ATP causes a leak of Ca2+ from the Ca2+-loaded nuclei. The presence of N-ethylmaleimide (NEM; 0.1 mM) caused an inhibition of nuclear Ca2+ uptake and induced a promotion of Ca2+ release from the Ca2+-loaded nuclei. NEM (0.1 and 0.2 mM) markedly inhibited nuclear Ca2+-ATPase activity. This inhibition was completely blocked by the presence of dithiothreitol (DTT; 0.1 and 0.5 mM). Also, DTT inhibited the effect of NEM (0.1 mM) on nuclear Ca2+ uptake and release. Meanwhile, verapamil and diltiazem (10 M), a blocker of Ca2+ channels, did not prevent the NAD+ (1.0 and 2.0 mM), zinc sulfate (1.0 and 2.5 M) and arachidonic acid (10 M)-induced increase in nuclear Ca2+ release, suggesting that Ca2+ channels do not involve on Ca2+ release from the nuclei. These results indicates that an inhibition of nuclear Ca2+-ATPase activity causes the decrease in nuclear Ca2+ uptake and the release of Ca2+ from the Ca2+-loaded nuclei. The present finding suggests that Ca2+-ATPase plays a critical role in the regulatory mechanism of Ca2+ uptake and release in rat liver nuclei.  相似文献   

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Summary Treatment of human red cell membranes with pure phospholipase A2 results in a progressive inactivation of both Ca2+-dependent and (Ca2++K+)-dependent ATPase and phosphatase activities. When phospholipase C replaces phospholipase A2, Ca2+-dependent ATPase activity and Ca2+-dependent phosphorylation of red cell membranes are lost, while Ca2+-dependent phosphatase activity is enhanced and its apparent affinity for Ca2+ is increased about 20-fold. Activation of Ca2+-dependent phosphatase following phospholipase C treatment was not observed in sarcoplasmic reticulum preparation. Phospholipase C increases the sensitivity of the phosphatase to N-ethylmaleimide but has little effect on the kinetic parameters relating the phosphatase activity to substrate and cofactors, suggesting that no extensive structural disarrangement of the Ca2+-ATPase system has occurred after incubation with phospholipase C.  相似文献   

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Effects of Ca2+ and calmodulin on the adenylate cyclase activity of a prolactin and growth hormone-producing pituitary tumor cell strain (GH3) were examined. The adenylate cyclase activity of homogenates was stimulated approx. 60% by submicromolar free Ca2+ concentrations and inhibited by higher (μM range) concentrations of the cation. A 2–3-fold stimulation of the activity in response to Ca2+ was observed at physiologic concentrations of KCl, with both the stimulatory and inhibitory responses occurring at respectively higher free Ca2+ concentrations. Calmodulin in incubations at low KCl concentrations increased the enzyme activity at all Ca2+ concentrations tested. In incubations conducted at physiologic KCl concentrations, both the inhibitory and stimulatory responses to Ca2+ were shifted by calmodulin to lower respective concentrations of the cation, without significant change occurring in the maximal rate of enzymic activity at optimal free Ca2+. Mg2+ concentrations in the incubation also influenced the Ca2+ concentration dependence of adenylate cyclase; at high Mg2+ more Ca2+ was required to obtain maximal activity. Trifluoperazine inhibited adenylate cyclase of GH3 cells only in the presence of Ca2+; as Ca2+ concentrations in the assay were increased, higher drug concentrations were required to inhibit the enzyme. Ca2+ was also observed to reduce the extent of enzyme destabilization which occurred during pretreatments at warm temperatures. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and phorbol myristate acetate, which stimulate prolactin secretion in intact GH3 cells, enhanced enzyme activity 4- and 2.5-fold, respectively, without added Ca2+. Increasing free Ca2+ concentrations reduced the enhancement by VIP and eliminated the stimulation by PMA.  相似文献   

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Calmodulin-depleted isotonic erythrocyte ghosts contain 200 ng residual calmodulin/mg protein which is not removed by extensive washings at pCa2+ > 7. Specific activity and Ca2+-affinity of the (Ca2+ + Mg2+)ATPase increase at increasing calmodulin, with K0.5 Ca of 0.38 μM at calmodulin concentrations corresponding to that in erythrocytes. High Ca2+ concentrations inhibit the enzyme. Specific activity and Ca2+-affinity of the enzyme decrease at increasing Mg2+ concentrations. The Ca2+ ? Mg2+ antagonism is likewise observed at inhibitory Ca2+ concentrations.  相似文献   

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Overactive bladder (OAB) syndrome is highly prevalent and costly, but its pathogenesis remains unclear; in particular, the origin of involuntary detrusor muscle activity. To identify the functional substrate for detrusor muscle overactivity, we examined intracellular Ca2+ oscillations in smooth muscle cells from pathologically overactive human bladders. Basal cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration was elevated in smooth muscle cells from overactive bladders. Unprovoked, spontaneous rises of Ca2+ were also identified. These spontaneous Ca2+ oscillations were Ca2+-dependent, sensitive to L-type Ca2+ channel antagonist verapamil and also attenuated by blocking SR Ca2+ reuptake. The fraction of spontaneously active cells was higher in cells from overactive bladders and the magnitude of spontaneous Ca2+ oscillations also greater. Spontaneous action potentials or depolarising oscillations were also observed, associated with Ca2+ rise; with a higher percentage of cells from idiopathic OAB, but not in neurogenic OAB. Low concentrations of NiCl2 attenuated both spontaneous electrical and Ca2+ activation. This study provides the first evidence that spontaneous, autonomous cellular activity—Ca2+ and membrane potential oscillations, originates from detrusor smooth muscle in human bladders, mediated by extracellular Ca2+ influx and intracellular release. Such cellular activity underlies spontaneous muscle contraction and defective Ca2+ activation contributes to up-regulated contractile activity in overactive bladders.  相似文献   

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A precise temporal and spatial control of intracellular Ca2+ concentration is essential for a coordinated contraction of the heart. Following contraction, cardiac cells need to rapidly remove intracellular Ca2+ to allow for relaxation. This task is performed by two transporters: the plasma membrane Na+-Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) and the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+‐ATPase (SERCA). NCX extrudes Ca2+ from the cell, balancing the Ca2+entering the cytoplasm during systole through L-type Ca2+ channels. In parallel, following SR Ca2+ release, SERCA activity replenishes the SR, reuptaking Ca2+ from the cytoplasm.The activity of the mammalian exchanger is fine-tuned by numerous ionic allosteric regulatory mechanisms. Micromolar concentrations of cytoplasmic Ca2+ potentiate NCX activity, while an increase in intracellular Na+ levels inhibits NCX via a mechanism known as Na+-dependent inactivation. Protons are also powerful inhibitors of NCX activity. By regulating NCX activity, Ca2+, Na+ and H+ couple cell metabolism to Ca2+ homeostasis and therefore cardiac contractility. This review summarizes the recent progress towards the understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the ionic regulation of the cardiac NCX with special emphasis on pH modulation and its physiological impact on the heart.  相似文献   

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IntroductionCalcium (Ca2+) leak during cardiac diastole is chiefly mediated by intracellular Ca2+ channel/Ryanodine Receptors. Increased diastolic Ca2+ leak has been proposed as the mechanism underlying the appearance of hereditary arrhythmias. However, little is known about alterations in diastolic Ca2+ leak and the specific roles played by key intracellular Ca2+-handling proteins in hyperthyroidism, a known arrhythmogenic condition.AimWe sought to determine whether there were modifications in diastolic Ca2+ leak, based on the recording of Ca2+ sparks and Ca2+ waves; we also investigated changes in the expression and activity of key Ca2+ handling proteins, including ryanodine receptors, Sarco-Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ ATPase pump and calsequestrin in isolated left-ventricular cardiomyocytes isolated from hyperthyroid rats.Materials and methodsElectrocardiography (ECG) recordings were performed in control and hyperthyroid rats. Ca2+ sparks, Ca2+ waves, and electrically-stimulated Ca2+ transients were recorded in Fluo-3-loaded cardiomyocytes from both experimental groups using confocal microscopy. In addition, left-ventricular homogenates and Ryanodine Receptor-enriched membrane fractions were prepared for assessing [3H]-ryanodine binding, hydrolytic ATPase activity of SERCA pump and expression levels of key proteins by Western blot, and cDNA for real-time qPCR.Results and conclusionsExtrasystoles were observed in hearts of hyperthyroid rats by ECG recordings. Arrhythmogenic activity, high incidence of Ca2+ waves, and de novo Ca2+ wavelets −in the absence of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ overload- were recorded in these cardiomyocytes. The exacerbated diastolic Ca2+ leak and arrhythmogenic activities were related to a diminished expression of calsequestrin along with increased SERCA pump activity, which, in effect, promoted a gain-of-function in RyRs without alterations in SR Ca2+ load, RyR expression or its Ca2+ sensitivity.  相似文献   

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