Bhogal, M.S. and Colyer, J. (1998) Depletion of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum of cardiac muscle prompts phosphorylation of phospholamban to stimulate store refilling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 95 (4). pp. 1484-1489. ISSN 0027-8424
Abstract
Nonmuscle cells have almost ubiquitously evolved a mechanism to detect and prevent Ca(2+) store depletionstore operated calcium entry. No such mechanism has, as yet, been reported in cardiac myocytes. However, it is conceivable that such a mechanism may play an important role in cardiac Ca(2+) homeostasis to ensure the availability of sufficient stored Ca(2+) to maintain normal excitation contraction coupling. We present data that confirms the presence of a mechanism that is able to monitor the Ca(2+) load of the SR and initiate a signaling process to accelerate Ca(2+) uptake by the SR when store depletion is detected. Depletion of SR Ca(2+) activates a protein kinase, the principal SR substrate of which is phospholamban. Phosphorylation of this SR protein promotes Ca(2+) pump activity and therefore store refilling. Furthermore, a protein kinase activity associated with the SR that is inhibited by Ca(2+) ions has been identified. We have measured lumenal [Ca(2+)] by using a fluorescent Ca(2+) indicator and found that by initiating Ca(2+) uptake and increasing Ca(2+) load, we can inhibit the protein kinase activity associated with the SR. This confirms that a protein kinase, that is regulated by lumenal [Ca(2+)], has been identified and represents part of a previously unidentified signalling cascade. This local feedback mechanism would allow the myocyte to detect and prevent SR Ca(2+) load depletion
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Copyright © 1998 by the National Academy of Sciences |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Sherpa Assistant |
Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2006 |
Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2016 15:25 |
Published Version: | http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/95/4/1484 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:569 |