Termination of cardiac Ca2+ sparks: role of intra-SR [Ca2+], release flux, and intra-SR Ca2+ diffusion.
Termination of cardiac Ca2+ sparks: role of intra-SR [Ca2+], release flux, and intra-SR Ca2+ diffusion.
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DOI:
10.1161/circresaha.107.183236
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发表时间:
2008-10-10
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
Blatter LA
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作者:
Zima AV;Picht E;Bers DM;Blatter LA
Ca2+ release from cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) via ryanodine receptors (RyRs) is regulated by dyadic cleft [Ca2+] and intra-SR free [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]SR). Robust SR Ca2+ release termination is important for stable excitation–contraction coupling, and partial [Ca2+]SR depletion may contribute to release termination. Here, we investigated the regulation of SR Ca2+ release termination of spontaneous local SR Ca2+ release events (Ca2+ sparks) by [Ca2+]SR, release flux, and intra-SR Ca2+ diffusion. We simultaneously measured Ca2+ sparks and Ca2+ blinks (localized elementary [Ca2+]SR depletions) in permeabilized ventricular cardiomyocytes over a wide range of SR Ca2+ loads and release fluxes. Sparks terminated via a [Ca2+]SR-dependent mechanism at a fixed [Ca2+]SR depletion threshold independent of the initial [Ca2+]SR and release flux. Ca2+ blink recovery depended mainly on intra-SR Ca2+ diffusion rather than SR Ca2+ uptake. Therefore, the large variation in Ca2+ blink recovery rates at different release sites occurred because of differences in the degree of release site interconnection within the SR network. When SR release flux was greatly reduced, long-lasting release events occurred from well-connected junctions. These junctions could sustain release because local SR Ca2+ release and [Ca2+]SR refilling reached a balance, preventing [Ca2+]SR from depleting to the termination threshold. Prolonged release events eventually terminated at a steady [Ca2+]SR, indicative of a slower, [Ca2+]SR-independent termination mechanism. These results demonstrate that there is high variability in local SR connectivity but that SR Ca2+ release terminates at a fixed [Ca2+]SR termination threshold. Thus, reliable SR Ca2+ release termination depends on tight RyR regulation by [Ca2+]SR.