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Role of sarcoplasmic reticulum junctional proteins in skeletal muscle strength
BMC Anesthesiology volume 14, Article number: A19 (2014)
Background
Skeletal muscle constitutes approximately 40% of body mass, and age-induced decrease of muscle strength impinge on daily activities and on normal social life in the elderly. Loss of muscle strength has been recognised as a debilitating and life threatening condition also in cachexia in cancer patients and in clinical conditions associated with prolonged bed rest. Skeletal muscle dihydropyridine receptors (Cav1.1) act as Ca2+ channels and voltage sensors to initiate muscle contraction by activating ryanodine receptors, the Ca2+ release channels of the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Cav1.1 activity is enhanced by a retrograde stimulatory signal delivered by the ryanodine receptor. JP45 is a membrane protein interacting with Cav1.1 and the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ storage protein calsequestrin (CASQ1).
We hypothesized that JP45 and CASQ1 form a signalling pathway which modulates Cav1.1 channel activity.
Materials and methods
We isolated flexor digitorum brevis (FDB) muscle fibres from JP45 and CASQ1 double knock-out mice (DKO) and tested whether there were differences in Ca2+ homeostasis between the different mouse lines.
Results
Our results show that Ca2+ transients evoked by tetanic stimulation in DKO fibres, result from massive Ca2+ influx due to enhanced Cav1.1 channel activity. This enhanced activity causes an increase of muscle strength both in vitro and in vivo.
Conclusions
We conclude that skeletal muscle contraction is strengthened through the modulation of Cav1.1 channel activity by JP45 and CASQ1.
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by funds from Swiss Muscle foundation, A.F.M., S.N.F and Department of Biomedicine University Hospital Basel. This study was also supported by Research Grant no. GGP08153 from the Italian Telethon ONLUS Foundation to F.P. and grants from the NIH/NIA (AG13934 and AG15820) to O.D.
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Mosca, B., Delbono, O., Messi, M.L. et al. Role of sarcoplasmic reticulum junctional proteins in skeletal muscle strength. BMC Anesthesiol 14 (Suppl 1), A19 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-14-S1-A19
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-14-S1-A19