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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 111, Issue 19 2885-2895, Copyright © 1998 by Company of Biologists
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EB Maryon, B Saari and P Anderson
Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA. ebmaryon@facstaff.wisc.edu.
Ryanodine receptor channels regulate contraction of striated muscle by gating the release of calcium ions from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Ryanodine receptors are expressed in excitable and non-excitable cells of numerous species, including the nematode C. elegans. Unlike vertebrates, which have at least three ryanodine receptor genes, C. elegans has a single gene encoded by the unc-68 locus. We show that unc-68 is expressed in most muscle cells, and that the phenotypic defects exhibited by unc-68 null mutants result from the loss of unc-68 function in pharyngeal and body-wall muscle cells. The loss of unc-68 function in the isthmus and terminal bulb muscles of the pharynx causes a reduction in growth rate and brood size. unc-68 null mutants exhibit defective pharyngeal pumping (feeding) and have abnormal vacuoles in the terminal bulb of the pharynx. unc-68 is required in body-wall muscle cells for normal motility. We show that UNC-68 is localized in body-wall muscle cells to flattened vesicular sacs positioned between the apical plasma membrane and the myofilament lattice. In unc-68 mutants, the vesicles are enlarged and densely stained. The flattened vesicles in body-wall muscle cells thus represent the C. elegans sarcoplasmic reticulum. Morphological and behavioral phenotypes of unc-68 mutants suggest that intracellular calcium release is not essential for excitation-contraction coupling in C. elegans.
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