Three-Dimensional Distribution of Ryanodine Receptor Clusters in Cardiac Myocytes

Highlights• Ca 2+ -entry via I Ca,L is essential for the activation of I Cl(Ca) • I Cl(Ca) can be activated even in the absence of CICR• TMEM16A and Bestrophin-3 are expressed on human left ventricular muscle• TMEM16A and Bestrophin-3 co-localize with each other and with Ca v 1.2 channels (I Cl(Ca) ) mediated by TMEM16A and/or Bestrophin-3 may contribute to cardiac arrhythmias. The true profile of I Cl(Ca) during an actual ventricular action potential (AP), however, is poorly understood. We aimed to study the profile of I Cl(Ca) systematically under physiological conditions (normal Ca 2+ cycling and AP voltage-clamp) as well as in conditions designed to change [Ca 2+ ] i . The expression of TMEM16A and/or Bestrophin-3 in canine and human left ventricular myocytes was examined. The possible spatial distribution of these proteins and their co-localization with Ca v 1.2 was also studied. The profile of I Cl(Ca), identified as a 9-anthracene carboxylic acid-sensitive current under AP voltageclamp conditions, contained an early fast outward and a late inward component, overlapping early and terminal repolarizations, respectively. Both components were moderately reduced by ryanodine, while fully abolished by BAPTA, but not EGTA. [Ca 2+ ] i was monitored using Fura-2-AM. Setting [Ca 2+ ] i to the systolic level measured in the bulk cytoplasm (1.1 µM) decreased I Cl(Ca), while application of Bay K8644, isoproterenol, and faster stimulation rates increased the amplitude of I Cl(Ca) . Ca 2+ -entry through L-type Ca 2+ channels was essential for activation of I Cl(Ca) . TMEM16A and Bestrophin-3 showed strong co-localization with one another and also with Ca v 1.2 channels, when assessed using immunolabeling and confocal microscopy in both canine myocytes and human ventricular myocardium. Activation of I Cl(Ca) in canine ventricular cells requires Ca 2+ -entry through neighboring L-type Ca 2+ channels and is only augmented by SR Ca 2+ -release. Substantial activation of I Cl(Ca) requires high Ca 2+ in the dyadic clefts which can be effectively buffered by BAPTA, but not EGTA.

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“…7 and 8). The expression pattern of RyR was very similar to that seen in rat ventricular myocytes [70]. …”

Section: Ca 2+ -Entry Via I Cal Is Essential For the Activation Of Isupporting

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Sarcolemmal Ca 2+ -entry through L-type Ca 2+ channels controls the profile of Ca 2+ -activated Cl − current in canine ventricular myocytes

Horváth

Váczi

Hegyi

et al. 2016

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

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“…These Ca 2+ sparks arise from the concerted activation of a whole cluster of RyRs [43,177,181]. Ventricular myocytes have a highly organized three-dimensional structure, with invaginations of the plasma membrane reaching into the interior of the cell (Fig.…”

Section: Excitation-contraction Couplingmentioning

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Excitation-contraction coupling and mitochondrial energetics

Maack

O’Rourke²

2007

Basic Res Cardiol

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Cardiac excitation-contraction (EC) coupling consumes vast amounts of cellular energy, most of which is produced in mitochondria by oxidative phosphorylation. In order to adapt the constantly varying workload of the heart to energy supply, tight coupling mechanisms are essential to maintain cellular pools of ATP, phosphocreatine and NADH. To our current knowledge, the most important regulators of oxidative phosphorylation are ADP, P i , and Ca 2+ . However, the kinetics of mitochondrial Ca 2+ -uptake during EC coupling are currently a matter of intense debate. Recent experimental findings suggest the existence of a mitochondrial Ca 2+ microdomain in cardiac myocytes, justified by the close proximity of mitochondria to the sites of cellular Ca 2+ release, i. e., the ryanodine receptors of the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Such a Ca 2+ microdomain could explain seemingly controversial results on mitochondrial Ca 2+ uptake kinetics in isolated mitochondria versus whole cardiac myocytes. Another important consideration is that rapid mitochondrial Ca 2+ uptake facilitated by microdomains may shape cytosolic Ca 2+ signals in cardiac myocytes and have an impact on energy supply and demand matching. Defects in EC coupling in chronic heart failure may adversely affect mitochondrial Ca 2+ uptake and energetics, initiating a vicious cycle of contractile dysfunction and energy depletion. Future therapeutic approaches in the treatment of heart failure could be aimed at interrupting this vicious cycle. Keywords calcium; sodium; microdomain; heart failure; adenosine triphosphate; adenosine diphosphate; respiration; tricarboxylic acid cycle Physiological aspectsThe most important function of the heart is to pump blood to supply the body with oxygen and substrates. In order to adapt cardiac output to the constantly changing demand of blood supply, the heart utilizes three major mechanisms to increase cardiac output: the force-frequency relationship (the Bowditch effect or Treppe; [22]), the Frank-Starling mechanism (sarcomere length-dependent activation of contractile force) [66,149,164], and sympathetic activation [28]. All of these mechanisms increase and accelerate myocardial force generation, and at the same time increase cellular energy demand. By these mechanisms, cardiac output during exertion can be increased more than five-fold compared to resting conditions. © Steinkopff Verlag 2007Correspondence to: Christoph Maack. NIH Public Access Excitation-contraction couplingOf fundamental importance for cardiac contraction and relaxation are the processes of excitation-contraction (EC) coupling (Fig. 1). During the action potential (AP), voltage-gated Na + -channels are activated, and the inward Na + -current (I Na ) induces a rapid depolarization of the cell membrane, facilitating voltage-dependent opening of L-type Ca 2+ -channels (I Ca,L ). The Ca 2+ influx triggers the opening of the ryanodine receptor (RyR2 subtype), inducing the release of even greater amounts of Ca 2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), a process te...

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“…This proximity explains how a small local Ca 2+ influx can activate multiple RyRs via Ca 2+ ‐induced Ca 2+ ‐release (CICR) during the normal action potential–induced Ca 2+ transient and also during diastolic Ca 2+ sparks 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Ca 2+ sparks are stochastic local CICR events that are typically restricted spatially to 1 cluster/junction without propagation to nearest‐neighbor junctions spaced 1.8 to 1.9 μm longitudinally or 0.4 to 0.8 μm transversely 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. This spacing has an important impact on the ability of release at 1 cluster to activate neighboring junctions by CICR to initiate propagating arrhythmogenic Ca 2+ waves.…”

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Size Matters: Ryanodine Receptor Cluster Size Affects Arrhythmogenic Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Release

Galice

Xie

Yang

et al. 2018

JAHA

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BackgroundRyanodine receptors (RyR) mediate sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium (Ca2+) release and influence myocyte Ca2+ homeostasis and arrhythmias. In cardiac myocytes, RyRs are found in clusters of various sizes and shapes, and RyR cluster size may critically influence normal and arrhythmogenic Ca2+ spark and wave formation. However, the actual RyR cluster sizes at specific Ca2+ spark sites have never been measured in the physiological setting.Methods and ResultsHere we measured RyR cluster size and Ca2+ sparks simultaneously to assess how RyR cluster size influences Ca2+ sparks and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ leak. For small RyR cluster sizes (<50), Ca2+ spark frequency is very low but then increases dramatically at larger cluster sizes. In contrast, Ca2+ spark amplitude is nearly maximal even at relatively small RyR cluster size (≈10) and changes little at larger cluster size. These properties agreed with computational simulations of RyR gating within clusters.ConclusionsOur study explains how this combination of properties may limit arrhythmogenic Ca2+ sparks and wave propagation (at many junctions) while preserving the efficacy and spatial synchronization of Ca2+‐induced Ca2+‐release during normal excitation‐contraction coupling. However, variations in RyR cluster size among individual junctions and RyR sensitivity could exacerbate heterogeneity of local sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release and arrhythmogenesis under pathological conditions.

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Three-Dimensional Distribution of Ryanodine Receptor Clusters in Cardiac Myocytes

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Sarcolemmal Ca 2+ -entry through L-type Ca 2+ channels controls the profile of Ca 2+ -activated Cl − current in canine ventricular myocytes

Sarcolemmal Ca 2+ -entry through L-type Ca 2+ channels controls the profile of Ca 2+ -activated Cl − current in canine ventricular myocytes

Excitation-contraction coupling and mitochondrial energetics

Size Matters: Ryanodine Receptor Cluster Size Affects Arrhythmogenic Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Release

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