Abstract
Mammalian brain possesses ryanodine-sensitive Ca2+ channels, which in muscle cells mediate rapid Ca2+ release from intracellular stores during excitation-contraction coupling. Analysis of bovine brain ryanodine receptor (RyR) channels suggests specific expression of the cardiac-muscle RyR isoform in mammalian brain. Localization using cardiac-muscle RyR-specific antibodies and antisense RNA revealed that brain RyRs were present in dendrites, cell bodies and terminals of rat forebrain, and highly enriched in the hippocampus. Activity of skeletal-muscle RyR channels is coupled to sarcolemmal voltage sensors, in contrast with cardiac-muscle RyR channels, which are known to be Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+)-release channels. Thus Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release from intracellular stores mediated by brain RyR channels may be a major Ca(2+)-signalling pathway in specific regions of mammalian brain, and hence may play a fundamental role in neuronal Ca2+ homoeostasis.
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Created | 10 years ago (Aug. 10, 2015, 5:29 p.m.) |
Deposited | 3 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 23, 2021, 5:13 p.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 2 months ago (June 17, 2024, 3:55 p.m.) |
Issued | 32 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1992) |
Published | 32 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1992) |
Published Print | 32 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1992) |
@article{Lai_1992, title={Expression of a cardiac Ca2+-release channel isoform in mammalian brain}, volume={288}, ISSN={1470-8728}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj2880553}, DOI={10.1042/bj2880553}, number={2}, journal={Biochemical Journal}, publisher={Portland Press Ltd.}, author={Lai, F A and Dent, M and Wickenden, C and Xu, L and Kumari, G and Misra, M and Lee, H B and Sar, M and Meissner, G}, year={1992}, month=dec, pages={553–564} }