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Volume 17, Number 19,
Issue of October 1, 1997
pp. 7404-7414
Copyright ©1997 Society for Neuroscience
All-or-None Ca2+ Release from Intracellular Stores
Triggered by Ca2+ Influx through Voltage-Gated
Ca2+ Channels in Rat Sensory Neurons
Received May 12, 1997; revised July 21, 1997; accepted July 23, 1997.
Yuriy M. Usachev and
Stanley A. Thayer
Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release
(CICR) from intracellular stores amplifies the Ca2+
signal that results from depolarization. In neurons, the amplification has been described as a graded process. Here we show that regenerative CICR develops as an all-or-none event in cultured rat dorsal root ganglion neurons in which ryanodine receptors have been sensitized to
Ca2+ by caffeine. We used indo-1-based
microfluorimetry in combination with whole-cell patch-clamp recording
to characterize the relationship between Ca2+ influx
and Ca2+ release. Regenerative release of
Ca2+ was triggered when action potential-induced
Ca2+ influx increased the intracellular
Ca2+ concentration
([Ca2+]i) above threshold. The
threshold was modulated by caffeine and intraluminal
Ca2+. A relative refractory period followed CICR.
The pharmacological profile of the response was consistent with
Ca2+ influx through voltage-gated
Ca2+ channels triggering release from
ryanodine-sensitive stores. The activation of a suprathreshold response
increased more than fivefold the amplitude and duration of the
[Ca2+]i transient. The switch to a
suprathreshold response was regulated very precisely in that addition
of a single action potential to the stimulus train was sufficient for
this transformation. Confocal imaging experiments showed that CICR
facilitated propagation of the Ca2+ signal from the
plasmalemma to the nucleus. This all-or-none reaction may serve as a
switch that determines whether a given electrical signal will be
transduced into a local or widespread increase in
[Ca2+]i.
Key words:
Ca2+-induced Ca2+
release;
ryanodine receptors;
dorsal root ganglion;
intracellular
Ca2+;
Ca2+ stores;
voltage-gated
Ca2+ channels;
nucleoplasmic
Ca2+
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