Journal
CELL CALCIUM
Volume 37, Issue 6, Pages 513-530Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2005.01.002
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RYR; voltage-activated spark; excitation-contraction coupling; SR calcium release
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- NINDS NIH HHS [NS 17620] Funding Source: Medline
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Ca2+ sparks monitor transient local releases of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) into the myoplasm. The release takes place through ryanodine receptors (RYRs), the Ca2+-release channels of the SR. In intact fibers from frog skeletal muscle, the temporal and spatial properties of voltage-activated Ca2+ sparks are well simulated by a model that assumes that the Ca2+ flux underlying a spark is 2.5 pA (units of Ca2+ current) for 4.6 ms (18 degrees C). This flux amplitude suggests that 1-5 active RYRs participate in the generation of a typical voltage-activated spark under physiological conditions. A major goal of future experiments is to estimate this number more precisely and, if it is two or more, to investigate the communication mechanism that allows multiple RYRs to be co-activated in a rapid but self-limited fashion. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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