Structure-based mechanism of RyR channel operation by calcium and magnesium ions.
Ryanodine receptors (RyRs) serve for excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal and cardiac muscle cells in a noticeably different way, not fully understood at the molecular level. We addressed the structure of skeletal (RyR1) and cardiac (RyR2) isoforms relevant to gating by Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions (M2...
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| author | Alexandra Zahradníková Jana Pavelková Miroslav Sabo Sefer Baday Ivan Zahradník |
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| description | Ryanodine receptors (RyRs) serve for excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal and cardiac muscle cells in a noticeably different way, not fully understood at the molecular level. We addressed the structure of skeletal (RyR1) and cardiac (RyR2) isoforms relevant to gating by Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions (M2+). Bioinformatics analysis of RyR structures ascertained the EF-hand loops as the M2+ binding inhibition site and revealed its allosteric coupling to the channel gate. The intra-monomeric inactivation pathway interacts with the Ca2+-activation pathway in both RyR isoforms, and the inter-monomeric pathway, stronger in RyR1, couples to the gate through the S23*-loop of the neighbor monomer. These structural findings were implemented in the model of RyR operation based on statistical mechanics and the Monod-Wyman-Changeux theorem. The model, which defines closed, open, and inactivated macrostates allosterically coupled to M2+-binding activation and inhibition sites, approximated the open probability data for both RyR1 and RyR2 channels at a broad range of M2+ concentrations. The proposed mechanism of RyR operation provides a new interpretation of the structural and functional data of mammalian RyR channels on common grounds. This may provide a new platform for designing pharmacological interventions in the relevant diseases of skeletal and cardiac muscles. The synthetic approach developed in this work may find general use in deciphering mechanisms of ion channel functions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ccfb98dd21f746cfab8e31cb1cf519e22025-08-20T02:22:26ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Computational Biology1553-734X1553-73582025-04-01214e101295010.1371/journal.pcbi.1012950Structure-based mechanism of RyR channel operation by calcium and magnesium ions.Alexandra ZahradníkováJana PavelkováMiroslav SaboSefer BadayIvan ZahradníkRyanodine receptors (RyRs) serve for excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal and cardiac muscle cells in a noticeably different way, not fully understood at the molecular level. We addressed the structure of skeletal (RyR1) and cardiac (RyR2) isoforms relevant to gating by Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions (M2+). Bioinformatics analysis of RyR structures ascertained the EF-hand loops as the M2+ binding inhibition site and revealed its allosteric coupling to the channel gate. The intra-monomeric inactivation pathway interacts with the Ca2+-activation pathway in both RyR isoforms, and the inter-monomeric pathway, stronger in RyR1, couples to the gate through the S23*-loop of the neighbor monomer. These structural findings were implemented in the model of RyR operation based on statistical mechanics and the Monod-Wyman-Changeux theorem. The model, which defines closed, open, and inactivated macrostates allosterically coupled to M2+-binding activation and inhibition sites, approximated the open probability data for both RyR1 and RyR2 channels at a broad range of M2+ concentrations. The proposed mechanism of RyR operation provides a new interpretation of the structural and functional data of mammalian RyR channels on common grounds. This may provide a new platform for designing pharmacological interventions in the relevant diseases of skeletal and cardiac muscles. The synthetic approach developed in this work may find general use in deciphering mechanisms of ion channel functions.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012950 |
| spellingShingle | Alexandra Zahradníková Jana Pavelková Miroslav Sabo Sefer Baday Ivan Zahradník Structure-based mechanism of RyR channel operation by calcium and magnesium ions. PLoS Computational Biology |
| title | Structure-based mechanism of RyR channel operation by calcium and magnesium ions. |
| title_full | Structure-based mechanism of RyR channel operation by calcium and magnesium ions. |
| title_fullStr | Structure-based mechanism of RyR channel operation by calcium and magnesium ions. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structure-based mechanism of RyR channel operation by calcium and magnesium ions. |
| title_short | Structure-based mechanism of RyR channel operation by calcium and magnesium ions. |
| title_sort | structure based mechanism of ryr channel operation by calcium and magnesium ions |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012950 |
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