Functional and morphological features of skeletal muscle from mutant mice lacking both type 1 and type 3 ryanodine receptors.

AUTOR(ES)

Ikemoto, T

RESUMO

1. We generated mice with targeted disruptions in the genes for both ryanodine receptor type 1 (RyR-1) and type 3 (RyR-3) to study the functional roles of RyR subtypes in skeletal muscle. 2. In permeabilized myocytes lacking both the RyRs, the Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release (CICR) mechanism was completely lost, and caffeine failed to induce Ca2+ release. 3. Replacement of potassium methanesulphonate in an experimental intracellular solution with choline chloride resulted in Ca2+ release in the wild-type muscle but not in the mutant muscle lacking RyR-1. 4. The double-mutant mice exhibited more severe muscular degeneration than RyR-1-deficient mice with formation of large vacuoles and swollen mitochondria while structural coupling between T-tubules and the sarcoplasmic reticulum was retained. 5. These results demonstrate that CICR is mediated solely by RyR-1 and RyR-3 in skeletal muscle cells, and suggest that RyR-1 is involved in Cl(-)-induced Ca2+ release. The results also suggest the presence of molecular components other than RyRs responsible for the triad formation. RyR-3 may have a role in the normal morphogenesis of skeletal muscle cells, although functionally it can be replaced by RyR-1.

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