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Query: UNIPROT:P21817 (RyR1)
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In this study we examined the expression of RyR subtypes and the role of RyRs in neurotransmitter- and hypoxia-induced Ca2+ release and contraction in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs). Under perforated patch clamp conditions, maximal activation of RyRs with caffeine or inositol triphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) with noradrenaline induced equivalent increases in [Ca2+]i and Ca2+-activated Cl- currents in freshly isolated rat PASMCs. Following maximal IP3-induced Ca2+ release, neither caffeine nor chloro-m-cresol induced a response, whereas prior application of caffeine or chloro-m-cresol blocked IP3-induced Ca2+ release. In cultured human PASMCs, which lack functional expression of RyRs, caffeine failed to affect ATP-induced increases in [Ca2+]i in the presence and absence of extracellular Ca2+. The RyR antagonists ruthenium red, ryanodine, tetracaine, and dantrolene greatly inhibited submaximal noradrenaline- and hypoxia-induced Ca2+ release and contraction in freshly isolated rat PASMCs, but did not affect ATP-induced Ca2+ release in cultured human PASMCs. Real-time quantitative RT-PCR and immunofluorescence staining indicated similar expression of all three RyR subtypes (RyR1, RyR2, and RyR3) in freshly isolated rat PASMCs. In freshly isolated PASMCs from RyR3 knockout (RyR3-/-) mice, hypoxia-induced, but not submaximal noradrenaline-induced, Ca2+ release and contraction were significantly reduced. Ruthenium red and tetracaine can further inhibit hypoxic increase in [Ca2+]i in RyR3-/- mouse PASMCs. Collectively, our data suggest that (a) RyRs play an important role in submaximal noradrenaline- and hypoxia-induced Ca2+ release and contraction; (b) all three subtype RyRs are expressed; and (c) RyR3 gene knockout significantly inhibits hypoxia-, but not submaximal noradrenaline-induced Ca2+ and contractile responses in PASMCs.
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PMID:Type-3 ryanodine receptors mediate hypoxia-, but not neurotransmitter-induced calcium release and contraction in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. 1579 12

Ryanodine receptor (RyR) Ca2+ release channels undergo a conformational change between the open and closed states. Its protein modulator, FK506 binding protein 12 (FKBP12), stabilises the channel gating between the four subunits that surround a central Ca2+-conducting pore. To understand the interdependence of RyR and FKBP12 binding, physiological and pharmacological agents were used to modulate the RyR open/closed state. ELISA sandwich binding assays showed that FKBP12 binding was dependent on the free Ca2+ and was lower at 1-10 microM free Ca2+ compared with 1 mM EGTA and 1 mM Ca2+, and this effect was enhanced by the inclusion of 1 mM ATP. Ruthenium red increased the binding of FKBP12. [3H]Ryanodine binding confirmed that 1 mM EGTA, 1 mM Ca2+ and 1 microM ruthenium red closed the channel, whereas 1 microM free Ca2+, 1 microM free Ca2+ + 1 mM ATP, or 10 mM caffeine opened it. These binding conditions were used in surface plasmon resonance studies to measure equilibrium binding kinetics. The affinity constant KA was significantly greater for the closed than the open channel, a change mediated by a decreased dissociation rate constant, kd. The results show that surface plasmon resonance is a powerful technique that can measure differences in RyR1 equilibrium binding kinetics with FKBP12.
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PMID:Ryanodine receptor binding to FKBP12 is modulated by channel activation state. 1617 35