RyR2 regulates Cx43 hemichannel intracellular Ca2+-dependent activation in cardiomyocytes

Author:

Lissoni Alessio1ORCID,Hulpiau Paco2ORCID,Martins-Marques Tânia3ORCID,Wang Nan1,Bultynck Geert4ORCID,Schulz Rainer5,Witschas Katja1ORCID,Girao Henrique3ORCID,De Smet Maarten1ORCID,Leybaert Luc1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences—Physiology Group, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium

2. Department of Bio-Medical Sciences, HOWEST University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen), Bruges, Belgium

3. Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-354 Coimbra, Portugal

4. Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

5. Institut für Physiologie, JustusLiebig Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Abstract

Abstract Aims Connexin-based gap junctions are crucial for electrical communication in the heart; they are each composed of two docked hemichannels (HCs), supplied as unpaired channels via the sarcolemma. When open, an unpaired HC forms a large pore, high-conductance and Ca2+-permeable membrane shunt pathway that may disturb cardiomyocyte function. HCs composed of connexin 43 (Cx43), a major cardiac connexin, can be opened by electrical stimulation but only by very positive membrane potentials. Here, we investigated the activation of Cx43 HCs in murine ventricular cardiomyocytes voltage-clamped at −70 mV. Methods and results Using whole-cell patch-clamp, co-immunoprecipitation, western blot analysis, immunocytochemistry, proximity ligation assays, and protein docking studies, we found that stimulation of ryanodine receptors (RyRs) triggered unitary currents with a single-channel conductance of ∼220 pS, which were strongly reduced by Cx43 knockdown. Recordings under Ca2+-clamp conditions showed that both RyR activation and intracellular Ca2+ elevation were necessary for HC opening. Proximity ligation studies indicated close Cx43-RyR2 apposition (<40 nm), and both proteins co-immunoprecipitated indicating physical interaction. Molecular modelling suggested a strongly conserved RyR-mimicking peptide sequence (RyRHCIp), which inhibited RyR/Ca2+ HC activation but not voltage-triggered activation. The peptide also slowed down action potential repolarization. Interestingly, alterations in the concerned RyR sequence are known to be associated with primary familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Conclusion Our results demonstrate that Cx43 HCs are intimately linked to RyRs, allowing them to open at negative diastolic membrane potential in response to RyR activation.

Funder

Fund for Scientific Research Flanders

Ghent University

Research Foundation Flanders

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Physiology (medical),Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Physiology

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