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Type-3 ryanodine receptor involved in Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release and transmitter exocytosis at frog motor nerve terminals.

Abstract
Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release (CICR) occurs in frog motor nerve terminals after ryanodine receptors (RyRs) are primed for activation by conditioning large Ca2+ entry. We studied which type of RyR exists, whether CICR occurs without conditioning Ca2+ entry and how RyRs are primed. Immunohistochemistry revealed the existence of RyR3 in motor nerve terminals and axons and both RyR1 and RyR3 in muscle fibers. A blocker of RyR, 8-(N,N-diethylamino)octyl 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate hydrochloride (TMB-8) slightly decreased rises in intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) induced by a short tetanus (50 Hz, 1-2s), but not after treatment with ryanodine. Repetitive tetani (50 Hz for 15s every 20s) produced repetitive rises in [Ca2+]i, whose amplitude overall waxed and waned. TMB-8 blocked the waxing and waning components. Ryanodine suppressed a slow increase in end-plate potentials (EPPs) induced by stimuli (33.3 Hz, 15s) in a low Ca2+, high Mg2+ solution. KN-62, a blocker of Ca(2+)/calmoduline-activated protein kinase II (CaMKII), slightly reduced short tetanus-induced rises in [Ca2+]i, but markedly the slow waxing and waning rises produced by repetitive tetani in both normal and low Ca2+, high Mg2+ solutions. Likewise, KN-62, but not KN-04, an inactive analog, suppressed slow increases in EPP amplitude and miniature EPP frequency during long tetanus. Thus, CICR normally occurs weakly via RyR3 activation by single impulse-induced Ca2+ entry in frog motor nerve terminals and greatly after the priming of RyR via CaMKII activation by conditioning Ca2+ entry, thus, facilitating transmitter exocytosis and its plasticity.
AuthorsMasakazu Kubota, Kazuhiko Narita, Takashi Murayama, Shinichi Suzuki, Satoko Soga, Jiro Usukura, Yasuo Ogawa, Kenji Kuba
JournalCell calcium (Cell Calcium) Vol. 38 Issue 6 Pg. 557-67 (Dec 2005) ISSN: 0143-4160 [Print] Netherlands
PMID16157373 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Neurotransmitter Agents
  • Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel
  • Calcium
Topics
  • Animals
  • Calcium (metabolism, physiology)
  • Exocytosis (physiology)
  • Motor Neurons (metabolism, physiology)
  • Muscle, Skeletal (innervation)
  • Neuromuscular Junction (metabolism, physiology)
  • Neurotransmitter Agents (metabolism)
  • Presynaptic Terminals (metabolism, physiology)
  • Ranidae
  • Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel (classification, physiology)

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