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Ca2+ current and charge movements in skeletal myotubes promoted by the beta-subunit of the dihydropyridine receptor in the absence of ryanodine receptor type 1.


ABSTRACT: The beta-subunit of the dihydropyridine receptor (DHPR) enhances the Ca(2+) channel and voltage-sensing functions of the DHPR. In skeletal myotubes, there is additional modulation of DHPR functions imposed by the presence of ryanodine receptor type-1 (RyR1). Here, we examined the participation of the beta-subunit in the expression of L-type Ca(2+) current and charge movements in RyR1 knock-out (KO), beta1 KO, and double beta1/RyR1 KO myotubes generated by mating heterozygous beta1 KO and RyR1 KO mice. Primary myotube cultures of each genotype were transfected with various beta-isoforms and then whole-cell voltage-clamped for measurements of Ca(2+) and gating currents. Overexpression of the endogenous skeletal beta1a isoform resulted in a low-density Ca(2+) current either in RyR1 KO (36 +/- 9 pS/pF) or in beta1/RyR1 KO (34 +/- 7 pS/pF) myotubes. However, the heterologous beta2a variant with a double cysteine motif in the N-terminus (C3, C4), recovered a Ca(2+) current that was entirely wild-type in density in RyR1 KO (195 +/- 16 pS/pF) and was significantly enhanced in double beta1/RyR1 KO (115 +/- 18 pS/pF) myotubes. Other variants tested from the four beta gene families (beta1a, beta1b, beta1c, beta3, and beta4) were unable to enhance Ca(2+) current expression in RyR1 KO myotubes. In contrast, intramembrane charge movements in beta2a-expressing beta1a/RyR1 KO myotubes were significantly lower than in beta1a-expressing beta1a/RyR1 KO myotubes, and the same tendency was observed in the RyR1 KO myotube. Thus, beta2a had a preferential ability to recover Ca(2+) current, whereas beta1a had a preferential ability to rescue charge movements. Elimination of the double cysteine motif (beta2a C3,4S) eliminated the RyR1-independent Ca(2+) current expression. Furthermore, Ca(2+) current enhancement was observed with a beta2a variant lacking the double cysteine motif and fused to the surface membrane glycoprotein CD8. Thus, tethering the beta2a variant to the myotube surface activated the DHPR Ca(2+) current and bypassed the requirement for RyR1. The data suggest that the Ca(2+) current expressed by the native skeletal DHPR complex has an inherently low density due to inhibitory interactions within the DHPR and that the beta1a-subunit is critically involved in process.

SUBMITTER: Ahern CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1302672 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ca2+ current and charge movements in skeletal myotubes promoted by the beta-subunit of the dihydropyridine receptor in the absence of ryanodine receptor type 1.

Ahern Chris A CA   Sheridan David C DC   Cheng Weijun W   Mortenson Lindsay L   Nataraj Priya P   Allen Paul P   De Waard Michel M   Coronado Roberto R  

Biophysical journal 20030201 2 Pt 1


The beta-subunit of the dihydropyridine receptor (DHPR) enhances the Ca(2+) channel and voltage-sensing functions of the DHPR. In skeletal myotubes, there is additional modulation of DHPR functions imposed by the presence of ryanodine receptor type-1 (RyR1). Here, we examined the participation of the beta-subunit in the expression of L-type Ca(2+) current and charge movements in RyR1 knock-out (KO), beta1 KO, and double beta1/RyR1 KO myotubes generated by mating heterozygous beta1 KO and RyR1 KO  ...[more]

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