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Functional TRPV4 channels are expressed in mouse skeletal muscle and can modulate resting Ca2+ influx and muscle fatigue Pritschow BW; Lange T; Kasch J; Kunert-Keil C; Liedtke W; Brinkmeier HPflugers Arch 2011[Jan]; 461 (1): 115-22Skeletal muscle contraction is basically controlled by Ca(2+) release and its reuptake into the sarcoplasmic reticulum. However, the long-term maintenance of muscle function requires an additional Ca(2+) influx from extracellular. Several mechanisms seem to contribute to the latter process, such as store-operated Ca(2+) entry, stretch-activated Ca(2+) influx and resting Ca(2+) influx. Candidate channels that may control Ca(2+) influx into muscle fibers are the STIM proteins, Orai, and the members of the transient receptor potential (TRP) family of cation channels. Here we show that TRPV4, an osmo-sensitive cation channel of the vanilloid subfamily of TRP channels is functionally expressed in mouse skeletal muscle. Western blot analysis showed the presence of TRPV4-specific bands at about 85 and 100 kDa in all tested muscles. The bands were absent when muscle proteins from TRPV4 deficient mice were analyzed. Using the manganese quench technique, we studied the resting influx of divalent cations into isolated wild-type muscle fibers. The specific TRPV4-channel activator 4alpha-phorbol-12,13-didecanoate (4alpha-PDD) stimulated resting influx by about 60% only in wild-type fibers. Electrical stimulation of soleus muscles did not reveal changes in isometric twitch contractions upon application of 4alpha-PDD, but tetanic contractions (at 120 Hz) were slightly increased by about 15%. When soleus muscles were stimulated with a fatigue protocol, muscle fatigue was significantly attenuated in the presence of 4alpha-PDD. The latter effect was not observed with muscles from TRPV4(-/-) mice. We conclude that TRPV4 is functionally expressed in mouse skeletal muscle and that TRPV4 activation modulates resting Ca(2+) influx and muscle fatigue.|Animals[MESH]|Calcium/metabolism[MESH]|Electric Stimulation[MESH]|Mice[MESH]|Muscle Contraction/drug effects[MESH]|Muscle Fatigue/drug effects/physiology[MESH]|Muscle, Skeletal/drug effects/*metabolism[MESH]|Phorbol Esters/pharmacology[MESH]|TRPV Cation Channels/*biosynthesis[MESH] |
