Relationship between asynchronous Ca2+ waves and force development in intact smooth muscle bundles of the porcine trachea
Relationship between asynchronous Ca2+ waves and force development in intact smooth muscle bundles of the porcine trachea
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DOI:
10.1152/ajplung.00043.2003
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发表时间:
2003-12-01
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4.9
通讯作者:
van Breemen, C
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作者:
Kuo, KH;Dai, JZ;van Breemen, C
Fluctuations in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+](i)) constitute the main link in excitation-contraction coupling (E-C coupling) in airway smooth muscle cells (ASMC). It has recently been reported that ACh induces asynchronous recurring Ca2+ waves in intact ASMC of murine bronchioles. With the use of a novel technique allowing us to simultaneously measure subcellular [Ca2+](i) and force generation in ASMC located within an intact tracheal muscle bundle, we examined a similar pattern of Ca2+ signaling in the trachea. We found that application of ACh resulted in the generation of recurring intracellular Ca2+ waves progressing along the longitudinal axis of the ribbon-shaped intact ASMC. These Ca2+ waves were not synchronized between neighboring cells, and induction of wave-like [Ca2+](i) oscillations was temporally associated with development of force by the tracheal muscle bundle. By comparing the concentration dependence of force generation and the parameters characterizing the [Ca2+](i) oscillations, we found that the concentration-dependent increase in ACh-induced force development by the tracheal smooth muscle bundle is achieved by differential recruitment of intact ASMC to initiate Ca2+ waves and by enhancement in the frequency of [Ca2+](i) oscillations and elevation of interspike [Ca2+](i) once the cells are recruited. Our findings demonstrate that asynchronous recurring Ca2+ waves underlie E-C coupling in ACh-induced contraction of the intact tracheal smooth muscle bundle. Furthermore, in contrast to what was reported in enzymatically dissociated ASMC, Ca2+ influx through the L-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channel was not an obligatory requirement for the generation of [Ca2+](i) oscillations and development of force in ACh-stimulated intact ASMC.