Junctophilin-2 in the nanoscale organisation and functional signalling of ryanodine receptor clusters in cardiomyocytes
Junctophilin-2 in the nanoscale organisation and functional signalling of ryanodine receptor clusters in cardiomyocytes
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Junctophilin-2 在心肌细胞中兰尼碱受体簇的纳米级组织和功能信号传导中的作用。
DOI:
10.1242/jcs.196873
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发表时间:
2016-12-01
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4
通讯作者:
Soeller, Christian
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Munro, Michelle L.;Jayasinghe, Isuru D.;Soeller, Christian
Signalling nanodomains requiring close contact between the plasma membrane and internal compartments, known as 'junctions', are fast communication hubs within excitable cells such as neurones and muscle. Here, we have examined two transgenic murine models probing the role of junctophilin-2, a membrane-tethering protein crucial for the formation and molecular organisation of submicroscopic junctions in ventricular muscle cells of the heart. Quantitative single-molecule localisation microscopy showed that junctions in animals producing above-normal levels of junctophilin-2 were enlarged, allowing the re-organisation of the primary functional protein within it, the ryanodine receptor (RyR; in this paper, we use RyR to refer to the myocardial isoform RyR2). Although this change was associated with much enlarged RyR clusters that, due to their size, should be more excitable, functionally it caused a mild inhibition in the Ca2+ signalling output of the junctions (Ca2+ sparks). Analysis of the single-molecule densities of both RyR and junctophilin-2 revealed an similar to 3-fold increase in the junctophilin-2 to RyR ratio. This molecular rearrangement is compatible with direct inhibition of RyR opening by junctophilin-2 to intrinsically stabilise the Ca2+ signalling properties of the junction and thus the contractile function of the cell.