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Ryanodine receptors regulate arterial diameter and wall [Ca2+] in cerebral arteries of rat via Ca2+-dependent K+ channels.
Knot H, Standen N, Nelson MT
Journal of Physiology. 1998;508 ( Pt 1):211-21.
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Abstract
1. The effects of inhibitors of ryanodine-sensitive calcium release (RyR) channels in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and Ca2+-dependent potassium (KCa) channels on the membrane potential, intracellular [Ca2+], and diameters of small pressurized (60 mmHg) cerebral arteries (100-200 micron) were studied using digital fluorescence video imaging of arterial diameter and wall [Ca2+], combined with microelectrode measurements of arterial membrane potential. 2. Ryanodine (10 microM), an inhibitor of RyR channels, depolarized by 9 mV, increased intracellular [Ca2+] by 46 nM and constricted pressurized (to 60 mmHg) arteries with myogenic tone by 44 micron (approximately 22 %). Iberiotoxin (100 nM), a blocker of KCa channels, under the same conditions, depolarized the arteries by 10 mV, increased arterial wall calcium by 51 nM, and constricted by 37 micron (approximately 19 %). The effects of ryanodine and iberiotoxin were not additive and were blocked by inhibitors of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels. 3. Caffeine (10 mM), an activator of RyR channels, transiently increased arterial wall [Ca2+] by 136 +/- 9 nM in control arteries and by 158 +/- 12 nM in the presence of iberiotoxin. Caffeine was relatively ineffective in the presence of ryanodine, increasing [calcium] by 18 +/- 5 nM. 4. In the presence of blockers of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels (nimodipine, diltiazem), ryanodine and inhibitors of the SR calcium ATPase (thapsigargin, cyclopiazonic acid) were without effect on arterial wall [Ca2+] and diameter. 5. These results suggest that local Ca2+ release originating from RyR channels (Ca2+ sparks) in the SR of arterial smooth muscle regulates myogenic tone in cerebral arteries solely through activation of KCa channels, which regulate membrane potential through tonic hyperpolarization, thus limiting Ca2+ entry through L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels. KCa channels therefore act as a negative feedback control element regulating arterial diameter through a reduction in global intracellular free [Ca2+].
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Animals; Female; Kinetics; Microscopy, Video; Models, Cardiovascular; Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Time Factors; drug effects: Cerebral Arteries; drug effects: Membrane Potentials; drug effects: Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; drug effects: Potassium Channels; drug effects: Vasoconstriction; pharmacology: Caffeine; pharmacology: Calcium Channel Blockers; pharmacology: Diltiazem; pharmacology: Nimodipine; pharmacology: Peptides; pharmacology: Ryanodine; physiology: Endothelium, Vascular; physiology: Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; physiology: Sarcoplasmic Reticulum