Johny Jaijus Pallippadan, Plank Michael J, David Tim
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Biophys J. 2017 Jan 24;112(2):265-287. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.11.3206.
Calcium cycling between the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and the cytosol via the sarco-/endoplasmic reticulum Ca-ATPase (SERCA) pump, inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate receptor (IPR), and Ryanodine receptor (RyR), plays a major role in agonist-induced intracellular calcium ([Ca]) dynamics in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). Levels of these calcium handling proteins in SR get altered under disease conditions. We have developed a mathematical model to understand the significance of altered levels of SERCA, IPR, and RyR on the intracellular calcium dynamics of VSMC and to understand how variation in protein levels that arise due to diabetes contribute to different VSMC behavior and thus vascular disease. SR is modeled as a single continuous entity with homogeneous intra-SR calcium. Model results show that agonist-induced intracellular calcium dynamics can be modified by changing the levels of SERCA, IPR, and/or RyR. Lowering SERCA level will enable intracellular calcium oscillations at low agonist concentrations whereas lowered levels of IPR and RyR need higher agonist concentration for intracellular calcium oscillations. This research suggests that reduced SERCA level is the main factor responsible for the reduced intracellular calcium transients and contractility in VSMCs.
通过肌浆网/内质网钙-ATP酶(SERCA)泵、肌醇-1,4,5-三磷酸受体(IPR)和兰尼碱受体(RyR),钙离子在肌浆网(SR)和胞质溶胶之间循环,在血管平滑肌细胞(VSMC)中激动剂诱导的细胞内钙([Ca])动态变化中起主要作用。在疾病状态下,SR中这些钙处理蛋白的水平会发生改变。我们建立了一个数学模型,以了解SERCA、IPR和RyR水平改变对VSMC细胞内钙动力学的意义,并了解糖尿病引起的蛋白质水平变化如何导致不同的VSMC行为,进而导致血管疾病。SR被建模为一个具有均匀肌浆网内钙的单一连续实体。模型结果表明,激动剂诱导的细胞内钙动力学可以通过改变SERCA、IPR和/或RyR的水平来改变。降低SERCA水平将使细胞内钙在低激动剂浓度下振荡,而降低IPR和RyR水平则需要更高的激动剂浓度才能使细胞内钙振荡。这项研究表明,SERCA水平降低是导致VSMC细胞内钙瞬变和收缩性降低的主要因素。