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Correspondence to Alexandra Zahradníková: alexandra.zahradnikova{at}savba.sk
Despite its importance and abundance of experimental data, the molecular mechanism of RyR2 activation by calcium is poorly understood. Recent experimental studies involving coexpression of wild-type (WT) RyR2 together with a RyR2 mutant deficient in calcium-dependent activation (Li, P., and S.R. Chen. 2001. J. Gen. Physiol. 118:33–44) revealed large variations of calcium sensitivity of the RyR tetramers with their monomer composition. Together with previous results on kinetics of Ca activation (Zahradníková, A., I. Zahradník, I. Györke, and S. Györke. 1999. J. Gen. Physiol. 114:787–798), these data represent benchmarks for construction and testing of RyR models that would reproduce RyR behavior and be structurally realistic as well. Here we present a theoretical study of the effects of RyR monomer substitution by a calcium-insensitive mutant on the calcium dependence of RyR activation. Three published models of tetrameric RyR channels were used either directly or after adaptation to provide allosteric regulation. Additionally, two alternative RyR models with Ca binding sites created jointly by the monomers were developed. The models were modified for description of channels composed of WT and mutant monomers. The parameters of the models were optimized to provide the best approximation of published experimental data. For reproducing the observed calcium dependence of RyR tetramers containing mutant monomers (a) single, independent Ca binding sites on each monomer were preferable to shared binding sites; (b) allosteric models were preferable to linear models; (c) in the WT channel, probability of opening to states containing a Ca2+-free monomer had to be extremely low; and (d) models with fully Ca-bound closed states, additional to those of an Monod-Wyman-Changeaux model, were preferable to models without such states. These results provide support for the concept that RyR activation is possible (albeit vanishingly small in WT channels) in the absence of Ca2+ binding. They also suggest further avenues toward understanding RyR gating.
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