Journal
CIRCULATION RESEARCH
Volume 88, Issue 11, Pages 1151-1158Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/hh1101.091268
Keywords
ryanodine receptors; Ca2+ channels; coupled gating; FKBP12.6; excitation-contraction coupling
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Excitation-contraction coupling in heart muscle requires the activation of Ca2+-release channels/type 2 ryanodine receptors (RyR2s) by Ca2+ influx. RyR2s are arranged on the sarcoplasmic reticular membrane in closely packed arrays such that their large cytoplasmic domains contact one another. We now show that multiple RyR2s can be isolated under conditions such that they remain physically coupled to one another. When these coupled channels are examined in planar lipid bilayers, multiple channels exhibit simultaneous gating, termed coupled gating. Removal of the regulatory subunit, the FK506 binding protein (FKBP12.6), functionally but not physically uncouples multiple RyR2 channels. Coupled gating between RyR2 channels may be an important regulatory mechanism in excitation-contraction coupling as well as in other signaling pathways involving intracellular Ca2+ release.
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