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An Investigative Mathematical Model of Calcium-Induced Calcium Release Biophysical Journal Volume 83 July 2002 59–78 59 Termination of Cardiac Ca2؉ Sparks: An Investigative Mathematical Model of Calcium-Induced Calcium Release Eric A. Sobie,* Keith W. Dilly,* Jader dos Santos Cruz,* W. Jonathan Lederer,* and M. Saleet Jafri† *Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, and †Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083 USA ABSTRACT A Ca2ϩ spark arises when a cluster of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) channels (ryanodine receptors or RyRs) opens to release calcium in a locally regenerative manner. Normally triggered by Ca2ϩ influx across the sarcolemmal or transverse tubule membrane neighboring the cluster, the Ca2ϩ spark has been shown to be the elementary Ca2ϩ signaling event of excitation–contraction coupling in heart muscle. However, the question of how the Ca2ϩ spark terminates remains a central, unresolved issue. Here we present a new model, “sticky cluster,” of SR Ca2ϩ release that simulates Ca2ϩ spark behavior and enables robust Ca2ϩ spark termination. Two newly documented features of RyR behavior have been incorpo- rated in this otherwise simple model: “coupled gating” and an opening rate that depends on SR lumenal [Ca2ϩ]. Using a Monte Carlo method, local Ca2ϩ-induced Ca2ϩ release from clusters containing between 10 and 100 RyRs is modeled. After release is triggered, Ca2ϩ flux from RyRs diffuses into the cytosol and binds to intracellular buffers and the fluorescent Ca2ϩ indicator fluo-3 to produce the model Ca2ϩ spark. Ca2ϩ sparks generated by the sticky cluster model resemble those observed experimentally, and Ca2ϩ spark duration and amplitude are largely insensitive to the number of RyRs in a cluster. As expected from heart cell investigation, the spontaneous Ca2ϩ spark rate in the model increases with elevated cytosolic or SR lumenal [Ca2ϩ]. Furthermore, reduction of RyR coupling leads to prolonged model Ca2ϩ sparks just as treatment with FK506 lengthens Ca2ϩ sparks in heart cells. This new model of Ca2ϩ spark behavior provides a “proof of principle” test of a new hypothesis for Ca2ϩ spark termination and reproduces critical features of Ca2ϩ sparks observed experimentally. INTRODUCTION A critical step in cardiac excitation–contraction coupling is is controlled locally (Niggli and Lederer, 1990) helps to the activation of Ca2ϩ sparks (Cheng et al., 1993; Cannell et overcome potential instabilities (Stern, 1992). However, the al., 1994) by voltage-gated Ca2ϩ influx through sarcolem- picture is currently incomplete because of the uncertainty mal L-type Ca2ϩ channels (Cannell et al., 1994, 1995) surrounding the mechanisms that account for the termina- located in the sarcolemmal (SL) and transverse tubule (TT) tion of Ca2ϩ sparks. membranes (Cheng et al., 1994, 1996a; Shacklock et al., To date, three distinctive explanations for Ca2ϩ spark 1995) (see Fig. 1). When an L-type channel opens, intra- termination have been put forward, but each hypothesis has 2ϩ cellular calcium ([Ca ]i) is elevated close to the channel, in specific weaknesses. the region between the sarcolemmal and sarcoplasmic re- 2ϩ ticulum (SR) membranes (also called the “fuzzy space” or 1. The SR could simply run out of releasable Ca . Such the “subspace” (Lederer et al., 1990; Soeller and Cannell, SR exhaustion models, however, are contradicted at the 2ϩ 1997; Jafri et al., 1998)). This local elevation of [Ca2ϩ] global level by evidence of substantial SR Ca reserves i 2ϩ 2ϩ triggers SR Ca2ϩ-release channels (i.e., ryanodine receptors (nonzero SR Ca content) following Ca release or RyRs), located in the same subspace, to open and release (Varro et al., 1993; Bassani et al., 1995; Negretti et al., a greater amount of Ca2ϩ from the SR. This Ca2ϩ released 1995), and, at the local level, by the existence of pro- 2ϩ from the SR via RyRs underlies the large, local increase in longed (lasting seconds) Ca sparks (Cheng et al., [Ca2ϩ] that is visualized as a Ca2ϩ spark. The process that 1993). i 2ϩ 2ϩ activates Ca2ϩ sparks therefore displays both high gain (a 2. The SR Ca release process could undergo Ca -de- small amount of “trigger Ca2ϩ” activates a large amount of pendent or use-dependent inactivation or adaptation (Fa- released Ca2ϩ) and positive feedback (release of Ca2ϩ biato, 1985; Lukyanenko et al., 1998; Sham et al., 1998). 2ϩ However, examination of gating of RyRs shows that raises [Ca ]i and tends to trigger more release). These characteristics can, in principle, defeat controlled Ca2ϩ re- these processes occur too slowly (Gyo¨rke and Fill, 1993; lease from the SR (Stern, 1992). The fact that Ca2ϩ release Valdivia et al., 1995; Fill et al., 2000b) or inadequately (Na¨bauer and Morad, 1990) to account for termination of the Ca2ϩ transient or the Ca2ϩ spark. Submitted August 6, 2001 and accepted for publication March 11, 2002. 3. All the RyRs in a cluster could by chance close at the Drs. Sobie and Jafri are equal contributors to this paper. same time (termed “stochastic attrition”) (Stern, 1992). Address reprint requests to W. J. Lederer, Medical Biotechnology Center, This mechanism is always present to some extent (Stern UMBI, 725 W. Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Tel: 410-706-4895; et al., 1999) and can work in concert with other mech- Fax: 253-660-4449; E-mail: [email protected]. anisms, but stochastic attrition fails to provide a robust © 2002 by the Biophysical Society control mechanism when more than a few RyRs are 0006-3495/02/07/59/20 $2.00 present in a cluster (Stern, 1992) (also see below). The 60 Sobie et al. FIGURE 1 Structural considerations and model schematic. (A) View of SR–TT junction showing cut section of TT membrane (transparent yellow) containing L-type Ca2ϩ channels (DHPR) (green). The TT containing DHPRs is closely apposed to an SR release unit composed of 100 RyRs (red). (B) Close-up view of 8 RyRs taken from (A). The green spheres represent FKBP12.6 proteins that mediate interactions between neighboring RyR homotetramers and are found close to points of contact. (C) Layout of the model elements. Ca2ϩ passing through a single L-type channel enters the subspace between the TT and SR membranes and can trigger release from a cluster of RyRs located in the junctional SR. In addition to channel fluxes of Ca2ϩ, 2ϩ 2ϩ diffusion of Ca from the subspace to the cytoplasm (Jefflux) and refilling of the junction from neighboring SR (Jrefill) determine Ca concentrations in 2ϩ 2ϩ the subspace ([Ca ]SS) and the local JSR lumen ([Ca ]lumen). (D) RyR gating. Each RyR homotetramer is modeled with only a single open and a single 2ϩ 2ϩ closed state, without any adaptation or inactivation processes. Opening and closing rates depend on [Ca ]SS, [Ca ]lumen, and coupled gating of RyRs, as described in Methods. absence of a viable model of Ca2ϩ spark termination is 1999). The number of RyRs in a cluster depends on species, one of the biggest defects in our current concept of but averages ϳ100. Second, the RyRs are organized as excitation–contraction coupling, as recent reviews have homotetrameric units, each touching four neighbors with a stressed (Niggli, 1999; Wier and Balke, 1999; Cannell small protein, FK-binding protein (FKBP) at or near the and Soeller, 1999). point of contact (See Fig. 1, A and B) (Wagenknecht et al., Three new results regarding the anatomy of the junctions 1997; Samso and Wagenknecht, 1998; Sharma et al., 1998). between the SR and the TT in heart have considerable Third, RyRs incorporated into planar lipid bilayers can bearing on our understanding of Ca2ϩ sparks. First, the exhibit coupled gating, whereby two or more channels dis- SR–TT junction contains nearly crystalline arrays of RyRs play synchronized openings and closings (Marx et al., 1998, organized in clusters (Franzini-Armstrong et al., 1998, 2001). These findings suggested to us that the clustering of Biophysical Journal 83(1) 59–78 Mechanism of Cardiac Ca2ϩ Spark Termination 61 the RyRs and the physical contact between homotetrameric TABLE 1 Geometry parameters RyRs may be functionally important. Parameter Definition Value An additional recent result is also important to our un- Ϫ13 VSS Subspace volume 1.0 ϫ 10 ␮L derstanding of the regulation of cardiac calcium-induced Ϫ11 VJSR JSR volume 1.0 ϫ 10 ␮L Ϫ7 calcium release (CICR). As suggested by experiments in ␶efflux SS efflux time constant 7.0 ϫ 10 s heart cells (Cheng et al., 1996b; Lukyanenko et al., 1996), ␶refill JSR refilling time constant 0.01 s 2ϩ 2ϩ studies in planar lipid bilayers (Thedford et al., 1994; [Ca ]myo Bulk myoplasmic Ca 0.1 ␮M Gyorke and Gyorke, 1998; Ching et al., 2000) and cardiac concentration [Ca2ϩ] NSR Ca2ϩ concentration 1.0 mM vesicles (Ikemoto et al., 1989) have confirmed that Ca2ϩ in NSR the SR lumen can influence RyR gating such that RyRs are more likely to be triggered by cytosolic Ca2ϩ when SR 2ϩ lumenal Ca is elevated. RyRs in a region of junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum (JSR). The channels In the present study, we incorporate these new results into communicate through changes in [Ca2ϩ] in a restricted subsarcolemmal 2ϩ a mathematical model of cardiac Ca sparks and put for- space (subspace, SS). The following Ca2ϩ fluxes determine Ca2ϩ concen- 2ϩ ward a new hypothesis, sticky cluster, to describe the be- trations in the subspace and the local, JSR lumen ([Ca ]lumen): fluxes 2ϩ through the L-type channel (J 2ϩ havior of Ca sparks in heart. This hypothesis addresses DHPR) and the RyRs (Jrelease), binding of Ca to buffers in the subspace (J two fundamental holes in our understanding of Ca2ϩ sparks, buf), efflux from the subspace to the bulk 2ϩ myoplasm via diffusion (Jefflux), and refilling of the SR lumen by diffusion namely, how termination of Ca sparks occurs, and what 2ϩ from neighboring network SR (Jrefill).
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