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The present study was undertaken to observe the changes of Ryanodine receptor of cardiac junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in relation to membrane lipid microenvironment alteration during septic shock. The results showed that the Bmax for 3H-ryanodine binding to cardiac junctional SR was decreased by 41.3% (3.9 +/- 0.1 vs. sham 6.6 +/- 0.7 pmol/mg, P < 0.01) while the Kd value was unaffected during late septic shock (CLP 18 h). Ca2+ activated 3H-ryanodine binding significantly and reached a saturation value when Ca2+ concentration was 5 x 10(-5) mol/L, while the S0.5 and the Hill coefficient values remained unchanged during septic shock. Caffeine, ATP, and AMP-PCP activated while Mg2+, ruthenium red inhibited 3H-ryanodine binding in both groups but the A0.5 (concentration requires for half maximum activation) and the IC50 (concentration requires for half-maximum inhibition) for the above mentioned activators and inhibitors, were respectively unaffected during septic shock. Digestion of cardiac SR isolated from control rats with phospholipase A2 inhibited 3H-ryanodine binding, which could be dramatically recovered by the incorporation of phosphatidylcholine (PC), or phosphatidylserine (PS), or phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) into the isolated cardiac SR. Incorporation of above phospolipids into SR isolated from septic rats reversed shock-induced inhibition of 3H-ryanodine binding. It is concluded that the mechanism responsible for the inhibition of 3H-ryanodine binding of junctional SR during septic shock may be related to modification of membrane lipid microenvironment in response to PLA2 overactivation during septic shock.
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PMID:[Altered ryanodine receptor of rat cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum and its underlying mechanism during septic shock]. 748 76

1. Myotoxin alpha (MYTX), a polypeptide toxin purified from the venom of prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis viridis) induced Ca2+ release from the heavy fraction (HSR) but not the light fraction of skeletal sarcoplasmic reticulum at concentrations higher than 1 microM, followed by spontaneous Ca2+ reuptake by measuring extravesicular Ca2+ concentrations using the Ca2+ electrode. 2. The rate of 45Ca2+ release from HSR vesicles was markedly accelerated by MYTX in a concentration-dependent manner in the range of concentrations between 30 nM and 10 microM, indicating the most potent Ca2+ releaser in HSR. 3. The Ca2+ dependency of MYTX-induced 45Ca2+ release has a bell-shaped profile but it was quite different from that of caffeine, an inducer of Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release. 4. 45Ca2+ release induced by MYTX was remarkable in the range of pCa between 8 and 3, whereas that by caffeine was prominent in the range of pCa, i.e., between 7 and 5.5. 5. MYTX-induced 45Ca2+ release consists of both early and late components. The early component caused by MYTX at low concentrations (30-300 nM) completed within 20 s, while the late component induced by it at higher concentrations (> 0.3 microM) was maintained for at least 1 min. 6. Both the components were almost completely inhibited by inhibitors of Ca2+ such as Mg2+, ruthenium red and spermine. 7. 45Ca2+ release induced by caffeine or beta,gamma-methyleneadenosine 5'-triphosphate (AMP-PCP) was completely inhibited by high concentrations of procaine. Procaine abolished the early component but not the late one, suggesting that at least the early component is mediated through Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release channels. 8. On the basis of these results, the character of Ca2+ release induced by MYTX was quite different from that caused by caffeine or AMP-PCP, suggesting that MYTX induces Ca2+ release having novel properties in HSR. MYTX is the first polypeptide Ca2+ inducer and has become a useful pharmacological tool for clarifying the mechanism of Ca2+ release from skeletal muscle SR.
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PMID:Ca2+ release induced by myotoxin alpha, a radio-labellable probe having novel Ca2+ release properties in sarcoplasmic reticulum. 781 16

3H-labeled 9-methyl-7-bromoeudistomin D ([3H]MBED), a powerful caffeine-like Ca2+ releaser, binds to the caffeine binding site of terminal cisternae (TC) of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) (Fang, Y-I., Adachi, M., Kobayashi, J., and Ohizumi, Y. (1993). J. Biol. Chem. 268, 18622-18625.) and activates Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release (CICR). [3H]MBED, however, bound to rabbit hepatic microsomes with a comparable affinity (Kd = 50 nM) and with a more than 30-fold greater receptor density (Bmax = 350 pmol/mg of protein), compared with those in SR. Caffeine (0.1-10 mM) caused a concentration dependent inhibition of [3H]MBED binding to hepatic microsomes with the IC50 value of 0.3 mM. The mode of inhibition by caffeine was allosteric, indicating that the binding site of the ligand is distinct from but related to that of caffeine. Procaine (1-10 mM), a representative inhibitor of CICR, which suppresses [3H]MBED binding to TC-SR, inhibited ligand binding to hepatic microsomes only slightly. Moreover, ligand binding to the hepatic binding site was not affected by adenosine 5'-(beta, gamma-methylene) triphosphate (AMP-PCP) (10-100 microM), which is an activator of CICR and potentiates [3H]MBED binding to TC-SR. Inhibitors of [3H]MBED binding to liver microsomes other than caffeine were nucleotides such as ADP, ATP, GTP, UTP (1 mM), while CTP, cAMP, AMP, adenosine (1 mM), ryanodine (0.1-100 mM) and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (1 microM) were not effective. These features of the hepatic microsomal [3H]MBED binding site distinguish it from that of skeletal muscle SR. [3H]MBED, which binds to the different sites which are both sensitive to caffeine, is useful as a probe to investigate the actions of caffeine at the molecular level.
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PMID:The specific binding site of 9-[3H]methyl-7-bromoeudistomin D, a caffeine-like Ca2+ releaser, in liver microsomes in distinct from that in skeletal sarcoplasmic reticulum. 801 Nov 74

[3H]Ryanodine binding studies of ryanodine receptors in brain membrane preparations typically require the presence of high salt concentrations in assay incubations to yield optimal levels of binding. Here, radioligand binding measurements on rat cerebral cortical tissues were conducted under high (1.0 M KCl) and low (200 mM KCl) salt buffer conditions to determine the effects of ionic strength on receptor binding properties as well as on modulation of ligand binding by Ca2+, Mg2+, beta, gamma-methylene-adenosine 5'-triphosphate (AMP-PCP), and caffeine. In 1.0 M KCl buffer, labeled titration/equilibrium analyses yielded two classes of binding sites with apparent KD (nM) and Bmax (fmol/mg of protein) values of 2.4 and 34, respectively, for the high-affinity site and 19.9 and 157, respectively, for the low-affinity site. Unlabeled titration/equilibrium measurements gave a single high-affinity site with a KD value of 1.9 nM and a Bmax value of 95 fmol/mg of protein. The apparent KD value derived from association and dissociation studies was 20 pM. Equilibrium binding was activated by Ca2+ (KD/Ca2+ = 14 nM), inhibited by Mg2+ (IC50 = 5.0 mM), and unaffected by AMP-PCP or caffeine. In 200 mM KCl buffer conditions, labeled titration analyses gave only a single site with a KD value similar to and a Bmax value 1.8-fold greater than those obtained for the low-affinity site in 1.0 M KCl buffer. In unlabeled titration measurements, the KD value was fivefold lower, whereas the Bmax value was unaffected. The KD value derived from association and dissociation analysis was 2.4-fold greater in 200 mM KCl compared with 1.0 M KCl buffer conditions.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Ionic strength dependence of calcium, adenine nucleotide, magnesium, and caffeine actions on ryanodine receptors in rat brain. 818 38

The involvement of NMDA-type glutamate receptors in caffeine's locomotor stimulant effects and the development of tolerance to these effects was examined in rats. Caffeine and the noncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonists, MK-801 and phencyclidine (PCP), were examined alone and in combination. Caffeine produced a biphasic dose-effect curve. Both MK-801 and PCP increased locomotor activity at the highest doses tested. MK-801 and PCP shifted the caffeine curve upward, but only with the highest doses that increased locomotor activity when given alone. For the tolerance experiment, osmotic pumps containing either MK-801 or nothing at all and were implanted in rats that were given either caffeinated or drug-free tap water to drink. All rats drinking caffeine showed tolerance to its locomotor stimulant effects, whereas rats drinking drug-free tap water did not. Chronic infusion of MK-801 (0.1 and 0.3 mg/kg/day) failed to block the development of tolerance to caffeine. The 0.3 mg/kg/day infusion of MK-801 appeared to slightly delay the development of tolerance to caffeine, but this effect was probably due to the locomotor stimulant effects of this infused dose of MK-801 alone. These data provide no evidence that NMDA-type glutamate receptors play a crucial role in mediating caffeine's locomotor stimulant effects or tolerance to these effects.
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PMID:Lack of NMDA receptor involvement in caffeine-induced locomotor stimulation and tolerance in rats. 947 92

Rats were given fixed-time, 1-min food-pellet delivery sessions, for 3 h every day, which resulted in over drinking (schedule-induced polydipsia). In previous research, groups of animals came to prefer solutions of cocaine or lidocaine to concurrently presented water, if the drugs were first offered in a glucose/saccharin vehicle, which was then gradually eliminated, so that the choice became a drug solution in water vehicle versus water. In the present experiment, the same procedure produced a preference for 0.025 mg/ml quinine solution to water, indicating that a bitter solution that was not a topical anesthetic agent could come to be preferred. After establishing preference for quinine solution, it was possible to gradually remove quinine while increasing phencyclidine (PCP) concentration to produce preference for 0.075 mg/ml PCP solution, and similarly to produce subsequent preference for 0.1 mg/ml caffeine solution, although not for all animals. For additional groups, drinking either 0.15 mg/ml PCP or 0.1 mg/ml caffeine, while gradually reducing the glucose/saccharin vehicle to water vehicle was a less successful procedure for establishing the respective drug preferences. The latter result suggests that first instituting a preference for quinine solution to water facilitated the later establishment of preferences for PCP and caffeine solutions.
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PMID:Establishing oral preference for quinine, phencyclidine and caffeine solutions in rats. 1078 Mar

The hypothesis that calmodulin (CaM) may act as a positive modulator of junctional SR Ca2+-release channel/ ryanodine receptor (RyRl) rests largerly on the demonstrated capacity of CaM to interact structurally and functionally with RyRl at pCa > 8 (Tripathy et al., 1995). The goal of the present [3H]-ryanodine binding study was to produce, in isolated terminal cisternae (TC) and in purified junctional face membrane (JFM), CaM-mediated activation of RyRl at less extreme pCa values, i.e. closer to resting myoplasmic pCa, and to analyze more accurately the corresponding changes in binding affinity for ryanodine of the receptor. We were able to monitor these changes at an optimum pCa of 6.5, following pre-activation of native RyRl by mM concentrations of caffeine or microM concentrations of antraquinone compound doxorubicin, and at various doses of these triggers. CaM increased the affinity of ryanodine binding to isolated TC in the presence of 1 mM AMP-PCP as an activator of RyRl; the Kd for ryanodine binding was reduced from 21.8 nM to 13.2 nM by 1microM CaM. Similar effects of CaM were seen when AMP-PCP was replaced by either caffeine or doxorubicin. In order to discount the involvement of SR extrajunctional proteins in this effect, the experiments were repeated on purified JFM. Again, CaM increased the affinity of ryanodine binding; the Kd was reduced from 11.1 nM to 7.0 nM by 1 microM CaM (in the presence of doxorubicin). Pharmacological triggers of CaM-activatory action on native RyRl, like caffeine and doxorubicin, have long been characterized for their ability to activate RyRl by increasing the Ca2+-sensitivity of the receptor. We speculate that the triggering effect of these agents on the CaM-mediated mechanism in vitro might mimick one of the early effects of the activation of RyRl in skeletal muscle, during E-C coupling.
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PMID:Pharmacological clues to calmodulin-mediated activation of skeletal ryanodine receptor using [3H]-ryanodine binding. 1081 30

The properties of a ryanodine-sensitive Ca2+ release channel (receptor) in non-excitable cells like exocrine cells or epithelial cells are described in this review. The ryanodine-sensitive Ca2+ release from the microsomal vesicles is activated by Ca2+, caffeine, ryanodine or cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) and is inhibited by ruthenium red or higher concentrations (> or =100 microM) of ryanodine. The properties are similar to those of excitable cells such as muscle cells or neuronal tissues. In some non-excitable cells, the Ca2+ release induced by caffeine, ryanodine or cADPR is stimulated by calmodulin (CaM) or FK506. Kd values of [3H]ryanodine binding to the receptor protein range from 6 to 17 nM and are similar to those of a high-affinity binding site in skeletal or cardiac muscle. Maximum binding capacities (Bmax) range from 40 to 620 fmol/ mg protein and are 10 approximately 200-fold lower than those for a high-affinity binding site in skeletal muscle. Caffeine, adenine nucleotide AMP-PCP, Mg2+, ruthenium red or FK506 affects the binding. In some non-excitable cells, the ryanodine receptor (RyR) isoform RyR2 or RyR3 is expressed and has been identified. However, unlike for excitable cells, information concerning the RyR proteins, including binding sites for modulators like CaM and phosphorylation sites has not yet been obtained.
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PMID:Ryanodine-sensitive Ca2+ release mechanism in non-excitable cells (Review). 1111 3

We have investigated the biochemical properties of the rabbit ryanodine receptor type 1 (RyR1) from skeletal muscle functionally expressed in insect sf 21 cells infected with recombinant baculovirus. Equilibrium [3H]ryanodine binding assays applied to total membrane fractions from sf 21 cells expressing recombinant RyR1 showed a non-hyperbolic saturation curve (Hill coefficient = 2.1). The [3H]ryanodine binding was enhanced by 1 mM AMP-PCP and 10 mM caffeine, whereas 10 mM Mg(2+) and 5 microM ruthenium red reduced the specific binding. The dependence of [3H]ryanodine binding on ionic strength showed positive cooperativity (Hill coefficient = 2.2) with a plateau at 1 M KCl. The recombinant RyR1 showed a bell-shaped [3H]ryanodine binding curve when free [Ca(2+)] was increased, with an optimal concentration around 100 microM.Confocal microscopy studies using the Ca(2+) ATPase selective inhibitor, thapsigargin coupled to fluorescein and ryanodine coupled to Texas red demonstrated that the recombinant RyR1 and the Ca(2+) ATPase co-localize to the same intracellular membrane. No significant RyR1 fluorescence was observed at the plasma membrane.Fluo-4-loaded sf 21 cells expressing recombinant RyR1 responded to activating-low ryanodine concentrations (100 nM) or caffeine (10 mM) with a sharp rise in intracellular Ca2 followed by a sustained phase, in contrast, sf 21 cells expressing the human bradykinin type 2 receptor did not respond to ryanodine or caffeine.These results demonstrate the expression of recombinant RyR1 in sf 21 cells with functional properties similar to what has been previously reported for native RyR1 in mammalian tissues, however, some differences were observed in [3H]ryanodine binding assays compared to native rabbit RyR1. Hence, the baculovirus expression system provides a generous source of protein to accomplish structure-function studies and an excellent model to assess functional properties of wild type and mutant RyR1.
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PMID:Functional expression of recombinant type 1 ryanodine receptor in insect cells. 1139 83

Changes in Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release in cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) during different phases of sepsis were studied. Sepsis was induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). The 45Ca2+ release studies show that the amount of Ca2+ released from the passively and the actively loaded SR vesicles was unaffected during the early sepsis (9 h after CLP), but it was significantly decreased during the late phase (18 h after CLP) of sepsis. The [3H]ryanodine binding assays reveal that the Bmax for ryanodine binding was unaffected during the early phase, but was decreased by 32.1% during the late phase of sepsis. The affinity of ryanodine receptor for Ca2+ remained unchanged during sepsis. ATP, AMP-PCP, and caffeine stimulated binding, while MgCl2 and ruthenium red inhibited [3H]ryanodine binding in control, early sepsis, and late sepsis groups. The EC50 and IC50 values for these regulators were unaffected during the progression of sepsis. Digestion of control SR with phospholipase A2 decreased [3H]ryanodine binding and the decrease was reversible by the addition of phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), or phosphatidylserine (PS). Addition of PC, PE, or PS to the SR isolated from septic rats stimulated [3H]ryanodine binding. These data demonstrate that Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release from cardiac SR remained relatively unaffected during the early phase, but was significantly impaired during the late phase of sepsis. The sepsis-induced impairment in SR Ca2+ release is a result of a quantitative reduction in the number of Ca2+ release channels. Furthermore, the reduction is associated with a mechanism involving a modification of membrane lipid profile in response to certain stimuli such as activation of phospholipase A2.
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PMID:Impairment of the ryanodine-sensitive calcium release channels in the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum and its underlying mechanism during the hypodynamic phase of sepsis. 1144 13


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