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. 1995 Jul;69(1):106–119. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(95)79880-0

Calmodulin activation and inhibition of skeletal muscle Ca2+ release channel (ryanodine receptor).

A Tripathy 1, L Xu 1, G Mann 1, G Meissner 1
PMCID: PMC1236229  PMID: 7669888

Abstract

The calmodulin-binding properties of the rabbit skeletal muscle Ca2+ release channel (ryanodine receptor) and the channel's regulation by calmodulin were determined at < or = 0.1 microM and micromolar to millimolar Ca2+ concentrations. [125I]Calmodulin and [3H]ryanodine binding to sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) vesicles and purified Ca2+ release channel preparations indicated that the large (2200 kDa) Ca2+ release channel complex binds with high affinity (KD = 5-25 nM) 16 calmodulins at < or = 0.1 microM Ca2+ and 4 calmodulins at 100 microM Ca2+. Calmodulin-binding affinity to the channel showed a broad maximum at pH 6.8 and was highest at 0.15 M KCl at both < or = 0.1 MicroM and 100 microM Ca2+. Under condition closely related to those during muscle contraction and relaxation, the half-times of calmodulin dissociation and binding were 50 +/- 20 s and 30 +/- 10 min, respectively. SR vesicle-45Ca2+ flux, single-channel, and [3H]ryanodine bind measurements showed that, at < or = 0.2 microM Ca2+, calmodulin activated the Ca2+ release channel severalfold. Ar micromolar to millimolar Ca2+ concentrations, calmodulin inhibited the Ca(2+)-activated channel severalfold. Hill coefficients of approximately 1.3 suggested no or only weak cooperative activation and inhibition of Ca2+ release channel activity by calmodulin. These results suggest a role for calmodulin in modulating SR Ca2+ release in skeletal muscle at both resting and elevated Ca2+ concentrations.

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