E. Olivares et al., PROPERTIES OF THE RYANODINE RECEPTOR PRESENT IN THE SARCOPLASMIC-RETICULUM FROM LOBSTER SKELETAL-MUSCLE, Membrane biochemistry, 10(4), 1993, pp. 221-235
Microsomal sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) fractions from lobster skeletal
muscle were found to bind [H-3]-ryanodine. [H-3]-ryanodine binding wa
s enhanced by AMP, Ca2+ and caffeine, and significantly diminished by
ATP, Ba2+ and Sr2+. Furthermore, dantrolene and ruthenium red, two cla
ssical inhibitors of Ca2+ release from the SR, blocked [H-3]-ryanodine
binding. Similarly, tetracaine, known to block the charge movement as
sociated with excitation-contraction coupling in vertebrate muscle, in
hibited the binding of the alkaloid. Our lobster SR preparation exhibi
ted a single high-affinity ryanodine binding site (K-d = 6.6 nM, B-max
= 10 pmol/mg protein). Since SDS-PAGE of the SR proteins revealed a m
ajor band c. 565 kDa which comigrated with the putative ryanodine rece
ptor from both rat and chicken skeletal muscle, we concluded that lobs
ter skeletal muscle is equipped with the 565 kDA ryanodine receptor. F
inally, incorporation of the SR microsomal fraction from lobster into
planar bilayer membranes revealed the presence of a ryanodine-sensitiv
e Ca2+ channel activity (160 pS in symmetrical 200 mM CsCl solutions).
We concluded that both the crustacean and vertebrate skeletal muscle
ryanodine receptor share the relevant properties such as molecular wei
ght and affinity for ryanodine and inositol 1,4,5 triphosphate. Howeve
r, there are important differences between the two receptors including
differential effects of the alkaloid on the Ca2+ release channel and
modulation of the receptor by nucleotides.