Voltage dependence of Ca2+sparks in intact cerebral arteries

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology - Tập 274 Số 6 - Trang C1755-C1761 - 1998
Jonathan H. Jaggar1, Andrá S. Stevenson1, Mark T. Nelson1
1Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405

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Ca2+ sparks have been previously described in isolated smooth muscle cells. Here we present the first measurements of local Ca2+ transients (“Ca2+ sparks”) in an intact smooth muscle preparation. Ca2+sparks appear to result from the opening of ryanodine-sensitive Ca2+ release (RyR) channels in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). Intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) was measured in intact cerebral arteries (40–150 μm in diameter) from rats, using the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator fluo 3 and a laser scanning confocal microscope. Membrane potential depolarization by elevation of external K+ from 6 to 30 mM increased Ca2+ spark frequency (4.3-fold) and amplitude (∼2-fold) as well as global arterial wall [Ca2+]i(∼1.7-fold). The half time of decay (∼50 ms) was not affected by membrane potential depolarization. Ryanodine (10 μM), which inhibits RyR channels and Ca2+ sparks in isolated cells, and thapsigargin (100 nM), which indirectly inhibits RyR channels by blocking the SR Ca2+-ATPase, completely inhibited Ca2+ sparks in intact cerebral arteries. Diltiazem, an inhibitor of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, lowered global [Ca2+]iand Ca2+ spark frequency and amplitude in intact cerebral arteries in a concentration-dependent manner. The frequency of Ca2+sparks (<1 s−1 ⋅ cell−1), even under conditions of steady depolarization, was too low to contribute significant amounts of Ca2+ to global Ca2+ in intact arteries. These results provide direct evidence that Ca2+ sparks exist in quiescent smooth muscle cells in intact arteries and that changes of membrane potential that would simulate physiological changes modulate both Ca2+ spark frequency and amplitude in arterial smooth muscle.

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American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Tập 274 Số 6

C1755-C1761

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