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Roles of PMCA Isoforms in Ca
2+
-Homeostasis and Contractility of Bladder Smooth Muscle: Evidence from PMCA Gene-Ablated Mice
Author Info
Liu, Li
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Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2007, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Medicine : Molecular and Cellular Physiology.
Abstract
Plasma membrane Ca
2+
ATPase (PMCA) has four main isoforms encoded by different genes, but only PMCA1 and 4 are expressed in smooth muscle. We investigated the role and relation of the PMCA, sarco-(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca
2+
ATPase (SERCA2) and Na
+
/Ca
2+
exchanger (NCX) in urinary bladder smooth muscle (UBSM) contractility and Ca
2+
homeostasis, by using Pmca1 heterozygous (Pmca1
+/-
), Pmca4 heterozygous (Pmca4
+/-
), Pmca4 null mutant mice (Pmca4
-/-
) and heterozygous Pmca1 and homozygous Pmca4 double gene-targeted (Pmca1
+/-
Pmca4
-/-
) mice. The gene manipulation did not alter the amounts of SERCA2 or NCX. Based on the half-time of relaxation rate after KCl stimulation, the contribution of PMCA to relaxation was calculated to be at least 25%, SERCA2 20% and NCX 70% (Liu et al., 2006). When [Ca
2+
]i and contractility were simultaneously measured, KCl elicited both larger forces and Ca
2+
in Pmca1
+/-
and Pmca1
+/-
Pmca4
-/-
. The responses to carbachol (CCh) were also larger in Pmca1
+/-
. In contrast, the responses in Pmca4
-/-
and Pmca1
+/-
Pmca4
-/-
to CCh were significantly smaller. Our evidence indicates distinct isoform functions with PMCA1 involved in overall Ca
2+
-clearance, while PMCA4 is essential for the [Ca
2+
]i and contractile responses to CCh. We hypothesized that a localized increase of [Ca
2+
]i in the absence of PMCA4 may inhibit the CCh-receptor-mediated function. CCh-induced contractility after treatments with iberotoxin (IBTX, Ca
2+
sensitive K
+
channels (BK
+
Ca
) blocker) and 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB, capacitative Ca
2+
entry (CCE) blocker) did not eliminate the difference between WT and Pmca4
-/-
, indicating that neither BK+Ca channels nor CCE were altered. However, the L-type Ca
2+
-channel (Cav1.2) blocker nifedipine exhibited significantly less inhibition in Pmca4
-/-
than in WT and Cav1.2 activators Bay K 8644 and KCl significantly increased the force in Pmca4
-/-
and restored the force to the same level as in WT. Western blot indicated the expression of Cav1.2 was not changed. Our data indicates the activities of Cav1.2 and ACh-receptor mediated signal transduction may be disrupted by localized increases in [Ca
2+
]i due to the absence of PMCA4 in Pmca4
-/-
. Immunocytochemistry of PMCA and Cav1.2 indicates that PMCA1 and PMCA4 isoform have different distribution pattern, with PMCA1 uniformly distributed while PMCA4 punctated, yet, PMCA4 always associated with Cav1.2.
Committee
Richard Paul, PhD (Advisor)
Yukisato Ishida, PhD (Other)
Gary Shull, PhD (Other)
Janusz Suszkiw, PhD (Other)
Pages
154 p.
Keywords
PMCA (human gene symbols
;
ATP2B)
;
SERCA2 (human gene symbols
;
ATP2A2)
;
NCX
;
bladder smooth muscle
;
Ca
2+
homeostasis
;
gene-altered mice. Ca
2+
waves
;
Ca
2+
sparks
;
Fura-PE3
;
Fluo-4
;
Indo-1
;
multi-photon microscopy
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Liu, L. (2007).
Roles of PMCA Isoforms in Ca
2+
-Homeostasis and Contractility of Bladder Smooth Muscle: Evidence from PMCA Gene-Ablated Mice
[Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1178307168
APA Style (7th edition)
Liu, Li.
Roles of PMCA Isoforms in Ca
2+
-Homeostasis and Contractility of Bladder Smooth Muscle: Evidence from PMCA Gene-Ablated Mice.
2007. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1178307168.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Liu, Li. "Roles of PMCA Isoforms in Ca
2+
-Homeostasis and Contractility of Bladder Smooth Muscle: Evidence from PMCA Gene-Ablated Mice." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1178307168
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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