Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-23
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Intracellular Ca(2+) release channels such as ryanodine receptors play crucial roles in the Ca(2+)-mediated signaling that triggers excitation-contraction coupling in muscles. Although the existence and the role of these channels are well characterized in skeletal and cardiac muscles, their existence in smooth muscles, and more particularly in the myometrium, is very controversial. We have now clearly demonstrated the expression of ryanodine receptor Ca(2+) release channels in rat myometrial smooth muscle, and for the first time, intracellular Ca(2+) concentration experiments with indo 1 on single myometrial cells have revealed the existence of a functional ryanodine- and caffeine-sensitive Ca(2+) release mechanism in 30% of rat myometrial cells. RT-PCR and RNase protection assay on whole myometrial smooth muscle demonstrate the existence of all three ryr mRNAs in the myometrium: ryr3 mRNA is the predominant subtype, with much lower levels of expression for ryr1 and ryr2 mRNAs, suggesting that the ryanodine Ca(2+) release mechanism in rat myometrium is largely encoded by ryr3. Moreover, using intracellular Ca(2+) concentration measurements and RNase protection assays, we have demonstrated that the expression, the percentage of cells responding to ryanodine, and the function of these channels are not modified during pregnancy.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
277
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
C243-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-8-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Caffeine, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Intracellular Membranes, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Myometrium, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Nucleic Acid Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Osmolar Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Pregnancy, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Ribonucleases, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Ryanodine, pubmed-meshheading:10444400-Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Pregnant rat myometrial cells show heterogeneous ryanodine- and caffeine-sensitive calcium stores.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, United Kingdom. Cecile.Martin@ed.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't