highlighted topics Signal Transduction in Smooth Muscle Invited Review: Mechanisms of calcium handling in smooth muscles
highlighted topics Signal Transduction in Smooth Muscle Invited Review: Mechanisms of calcium handling in smooth muscles
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Invited Review: Mechanisms of calcium han- dling in smooth muscles. J Appl Physiol 91: 1438–1449, 2001.—The concentration of cytoplasmic Ca 2 1 regulates the contractile state of smooth muscle cells and tissues. Elevations in global cytoplasmic Ca 2 1 resulting in contraction are accomplished by Ca 2 1 entry and release from intracellular stores. Pathways for Ca 2 1 entry include dihydropyridine-sensitive and -insensitive Ca 2 1 channels and receptor and store-oper-ated nonselective channels permeable to Ca 2 1 . Intracellular release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is accomplished by ryanodine and ino- sitol trisphosphate receptors. The impact of Ca 2 1 entry and release on cytoplasmic concentration is modulated by Ca 2 1 reuptake into the SR, uptake into mitochondria, and extrusion into the extracellular solution. Highly localized Ca 2 1 transients (i.e., sparks and puffs) regulate ionic conductances in the plasma membrane, which can provide feedback to cell excitability and affect Ca 2 1 entry. This short review describes the major transport mechanisms and compartments that are utilized for Ca 2 1 handling in smooth muscles. are relevant to Ca 2 1 signaling in smooth muscle: 1 ) extracellular solution, 2 ) subsarcolemmal region between sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and plasma membrane (PM), 3 ) SR, 4 ) mitochondria (M), and 5 ) general cytoplasm. As discussed in the text, many transport proteins are involved in Ca 2 1 handling. Depolarization activates dihydropyridine-sensitive Ca 2 1 channels (DHP Ca 2 1 ). Other Ca 2 1 entry mechanisms include agonist-activated nonselective cation channels (NSCC, activated by muscarinic stimulation featured in figure) and capacitative Ca 2 1 entry (CCE) channels. The amount of Ca 2 1 entry through NSCC is controversial, but these channels yield depolarization that activates DHP Ca 2 1 channels. Ca 2 1 entering cells can increase global cytoplasmic Ca 2 1 and cause contraction. Part of the Ca 2 1 entering cells may be taken up (“buffered”) by superficial Ca 2 1 stores, such as the SR and mitochondria. Sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca 2 1 -ATPase (SERCA) pumps provide the mechanism to sequester Ca 2 1 into the SR, and this requires energy to pump Ca 2 1 up a steep concentration gradient. Ca 2 1 is highly buffered within SR. The Ca 2 1 uniporter in the inner membrane of mitochondria (outer membrane depicted schematically by dotted line) provides an uptake mechanism, and this occurs down a large electrochemical gradient for Ca 2 1 (mitochondria inside very negative) generated by proton pumping by the electron transport chain. Ca 2 1 homeostasis in mitochondria is maintained by Na 1 /Ca 2 1 exchange (NCE). Many excitatory agonists bind to receptors coupled to G proteins (G q /G 11 ) and activate phospho- lipase C to generate inositol trisphosphate (IP 3 ). IP 3 binds to receptors in the SR membrane and causes Ca 2 1 release. This can sum with Ca 2 1 entry mechanisms and contribute to global Ca 2 1 transients. IP 3 -dependent Ca 2 1 can also stimulate Ca 2 1 uptake into