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The ryanodine receptor (RyR)1 isoform of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) release channel is an essential component of all skeletal muscle fibers. RyR1s are detectable as "junctional feet" (JF) in the gap between the SR and the plasmalemma or T-tubules, and they are required for excitation-contraction (EC) coupling and differentiation. A seco...
At each heartbeat, cardiac myocytes are activated by a cytoplasmic Ca(2+) transient in great part due to Ca(2+) release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum via ryanodine receptors (RyRs) clustered within calcium release units (peripheral couplings/dyads). A Ca(2+) transient also occurs in the nucleoplasm, following the cytoplasmic transient with some d...
Tetanic electrical stimulation induces two separate calcium signals in rat skeletal myotubes, a fast one, dependent on Cav 1.1 or dihydropyridine receptors (DHPRs) and ryanodine receptors and related to contraction, and a slow signal, dependent on DHPR and inositol trisphosphate receptors (IP(3)Rs) and related to transcriptional events. We searched...
The receptors for the second messenger InsP(3) comprise a family of closely related ion channels that release Ca(2+) from intracellular stores, most prominently the endoplasmic reticulum and its extension into the nuclear envelope. The precise sub-cellular localization of InsP(3)Rs and the spatial relationships among them are important for the init...
Antecedentes de la investigación: El preacondicionamiento hipóxico se ha utilizado como medida de protección para el miocardio, sin embargo es clínicamente inaplicable. Las especies reactivas de oxígeno (ERO), estarían involucradas en la producción de modificaciones estructurales y eléctricas, que hacen susceptible al tejido auricular a arritmias y...
Background: Oxygen reactive species (ORS) might be involved in structural and electrical changes rendering the atria susceptible to arrhythmias and contractile dysfunction. Aim: to determine the effect of supplementation with omega-3 and vitamins C and E on the anti-oxidative capacity of patients submitted to cardiac surgery with extracorporeal cir...
Oxidative metabolism operated by mitochondria is altered in insulin resistant skeletal muscle, and these alterations are crucial for phenotype development. Mitochondria interconnected network is required for cell calcium homeostasis, whereas calcium modulates oxidative metabolism as well as mitochondria fission and fusion process. Skeletal muscle f...
Our objective was to investigate in cardiac muscle the contribution of NADPH oxidase to (a) ryanodine receptor-2 (RyR2) S-glutathionylation and (b) the preconditioning effects of exercise and tachycardia on infarct size following coronary artery occlusion.
We measured NADPH oxidase activity, RyR2 S-glutathionylation, and calcium release kinetics in...
