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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
45
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
Ca2+ channels play crucial roles in cellular signal transduction and are important targets of pharmacological agents. They are also associated with auxiliary subunits exhibiting functions that are still incompletely resolved. Skeletal muscle L-type Ca2+ channels (dihydropyridine receptors, DHPRs) are specialized for the remote voltage control of type 1 ryanodine receptors (RyR1) to release stored Ca2+. The skeletal muscle-specific gamma subunit of the DHPR (gamma 1) down-modulates availability by altering its steady state voltage dependence. The effect resembles the action of certain Ca2+ antagonistic drugs that are thought to stabilize inactivated states of the DHPR. In the present study we investigated the cross influence of gamma 1 and Ca2+ antagonists by using wild-type (gamma+/+) and gamma 1 knockout (gamma-/-) mice. We studied voltage-dependent gating of both L-type Ca2+ current and Ca2+ release and the allosteric modulation of drug binding. We found that 10 microM diltiazem, a benzothiazepine drug, more than compensated for the reduction in high-affinity binding of the dihydropyridine agent isradipine caused by gamma 1 elimination; 5 muM devapamil [(-)D888], a phenylalkylamine Ca2+ antagonist, approximately reversed the right-shifted voltage dependence of availability and the accelerated recovery kinetics of Ca2+ current and Ca2+ release. Moreover, the presence of gamma 1 altered the effect of D888 on availability and strongly enhanced its impact on recovery kinetics demonstrating that gamma 1 and the drug do not act independently of each other. We propose that the gamma 1 subunit of the DHPR functions as an endogenous Ca2+ antagonist whose task may be to minimize Ca2+ entry and Ca2+ release under stress-induced conditions favoring plasmalemma depolarization.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
104
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17885-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
The auxiliary subunit gamma 1 of the skeletal muscle L-type Ca2+ channel is an endogenous Ca2+ antagonist.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Angewandte Physiologie, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89069 Ulm, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't