Cell calciumPub Date : 2025-01-22DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2025.102999
Tamas Balla, Gergo Gulyas
{"title":"You better keep an eye on your contacts","authors":"Tamas Balla, Gergo Gulyas","doi":"10.1016/j.ceca.2025.102999","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceca.2025.102999","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Membrane contact sites (MCS) are specialized compartments found in all eukaryotic cells that are formed between membranes of different organelles that are in close proximity. MCS have important functions as they are sites of efficient transfer of molecules between neighboring organelles. Two recent articles have used the splitFAST system to mark and follow the dynamics of membrane contact sites and used the method to highlight the importance of MCS between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and lipid droplets in metabolic adaptation and MCS between the ER and mitochondria in Ca<sup>2+</sup> signal propagation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9678,"journal":{"name":"Cell calcium","volume":"126 ","pages":"Article 102999"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143037305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell calciumPub Date : 2025-01-21DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2025.102998
Johann Böhm
{"title":"Commentary to An Orai1 gain-of-function tubular aggregate myopathy mouse model phenocopies key features of the human disease (Zhao et al., EMBO Journal 2024) and A gain-of-function mutation in the Ca2+ channel ORAI1 causes Stormorken syndrome with tubular aggregates in mice (Pérez-Guàrdia et al., Cells 2024)","authors":"Johann Böhm","doi":"10.1016/j.ceca.2025.102998","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceca.2025.102998","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9678,"journal":{"name":"Cell calcium","volume":"126 ","pages":"Article 102998"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143058318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell calciumPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102984
Verena Untiet , Chritsine R. Rose , Maiken Nedergaard , Alexei Verkhratsky
{"title":"Ionic signalling (beyond calcium) in the nervous system: Physiology and pathophysiology","authors":"Verena Untiet , Chritsine R. Rose , Maiken Nedergaard , Alexei Verkhratsky","doi":"10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102984","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102984","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9678,"journal":{"name":"Cell calcium","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 102984"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142821956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell calciumPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102980
Maria Livia Sassano , Robbe Van Gorp , Geert Bultynck , Patrizia Agostinis
{"title":"STIMulating IRE1: How store-operated Ca2+ entry intersects with ER proteostasis","authors":"Maria Livia Sassano , Robbe Van Gorp , Geert Bultynck , Patrizia Agostinis","doi":"10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102980","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102980","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) controls intracellular Ca<sup>2+</sup> dynamics. Depletion of ER Ca<sup>2+</sup> stores results in short-term activation of store-operated Ca<sup>2+</sup> entry (SOCE) via STIM1/Orai1 at ER-plasma membrane (ER-PM) contact sites (MCSs) and the long-term activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR), securing ER proteostasis. Recent work by Carreras-Sureda and colleagues describes a bidirectional control between IRE1 and STIM1 within the ER lumen that regulates ER-PM contact assembly and SOCE to sustain T-cell activation and myoblast differentiation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9678,"journal":{"name":"Cell calcium","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 102980"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142791115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell calciumPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102986
Leandro C. Clementino , Andrew P. Thomas , Emily M. Rocha , Sabine Hilfiker
{"title":"A role for lysosomal calcium channels in mitigating mitochondrial damage and oxidative stress","authors":"Leandro C. Clementino , Andrew P. Thomas , Emily M. Rocha , Sabine Hilfiker","doi":"10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102986","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102986","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Elevated free fatty acids and oxidative stress may function as pathogenic factors in endothelial dysfunction that is associated with various cardiovascular complications. In recent work, Feng and colleagues report that activation of a lysosomal Ca<sup>2+</sup> channel may be a viable option to alleviate oxidative damage by boosting lysosome biogenesis and mitophagy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9678,"journal":{"name":"Cell calcium","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 102986"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142853110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell calciumPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102989
M. Raza Zaidi , Jonathan Soboloff
{"title":"TPC2 controls MITF expression and metastasis in melanoma","authors":"M. Raza Zaidi , Jonathan Soboloff","doi":"10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102989","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102989","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent findings by Abrahamian et al. (2024) provides new insights into the relationship between Two Pore Channel 2 (TPC2) activity and the development and progression of melanoma. Melanocyte inducing transcription factor (MITF) is a critical regulator of both melanocyte and melanoma behavior. Abrahamian et al. (2024) show that MITF-high melanoma requires BOTH Rab7a and TPC2 for proliferation, invasion and metastasis. They further identify Wnt signaling as the mediator of this phenomenon; Rab7a induces TPC2 activity in lysosomes and melanosomes, which regulates GSK-3β stability, thereby determining whether β-catenin escapes degradation and translocates to the nucleus to transcribe the <em>MITF</em> gene. These observations provide new insights into the relationship between ion channel function, lysosomal/melanosomal activity and control for oncogenesis and disease progression in melanoma.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9678,"journal":{"name":"Cell calcium","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 102989"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142909490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell calciumPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102990
Salah A. Baker , Manushri Karwa , Ji Yeon Lee , Sarah Riar , Bernard T. Drumm , Kenton M. Sanders
{"title":"Ca²⁺ signaling in myenteric interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC-MY) and their role as conditional pacemakers in the colon","authors":"Salah A. Baker , Manushri Karwa , Ji Yeon Lee , Sarah Riar , Bernard T. Drumm , Kenton M. Sanders","doi":"10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102990","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102990","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Interstitial cells of Cajal in the plane of the myenteric plexus (ICC-MY) serve as electrical pacemakers in the stomach and small intestine. A similar population of cells is found in the colon, but these cells do not appear to generate regular slow wave potentials, as characteristic in more proximal gut regions. Ca<sup>2+</sup> handling mechanisms in ICC-MY of the mouse proximal colon were studied using confocal imaging of muscles from animals expressing GCaMP6f exclusively in ICC. ICC-MY displayed stochastic, localized Ca<sup>2+</sup> transients that seldom propagated between cells. Colonic ICC express ANO1 channels, so Ca<sup>2+</sup> transients likely couple to activation of spontaneous transient inward currents (STICs) in these cells. The Ca<sup>2+</sup> transients were due to Ca<sup>2+</sup> release and blocked by cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), thapsigargin and caffeine, but unaffected by tetracaine. Antagonists of L- and T-type Ca<sup>2+</sup> channels and reduction in extracellular Ca<sup>2+</sup> had minimal effects on Ca<sup>2+</sup> transients. We reasoned that STICs may not activate regenerative Ca<sup>2+</sup> waves in ICC-MY because voltage-dependent Ca<sup>2+</sup> conductances are largely inactivated at the relatively depolarized potentials of colonic muscles. We tested the effects of hyperpolarization with pinacidil, a K<sub>ATP</sub> agonist. Ca<sup>2+</sup> waves were initiated in some ICC-MY networks when muscles were hyperpolarized, and these events were blocked by a T-type Ca<sup>2+</sup> channel antagonist, NNC 55–0396. Ca<sup>2+</sup> waves activated by excitatory nerve stimulation were significantly enhanced by hyperpolarization. Our data suggest that colonic ICC-MY are conditional pacemaker cells that depend upon preparative hyperpolarization, produced physiologically by inputs from enteric inhibitory neurons and necessary for regenerative pacemaker activity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9678,"journal":{"name":"Cell calcium","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 102990"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11737426/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142926791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell calciumPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102987
Kriti Ahuja, Sharon Raju, Sakshi Dahiya, Rajender K Motiani
{"title":"ROS and calcium signaling are critical determinant of skin pigmentation","authors":"Kriti Ahuja, Sharon Raju, Sakshi Dahiya, Rajender K Motiani","doi":"10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102987","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102987","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Pigmentation is a protective phenomenon that shields skin cells from UV-induced DNA damage. Perturbations in pigmentation pathways predispose to skin cancers and lead to pigmentary disorders. These ailments impart psychological trauma and severely affect the patients’ quality of life. Emerging literature suggests that reactive oxygen species (ROS) and calcium (Ca<sup>2+</sup>) signaling modules regulate physiological pigmentation. Further, pigmentary disorders are associated with dysregulated ROS homeostasis and changes in Ca<sup>2+</sup> dynamics. Here, we systemically review the literature that demonstrates key role of ROS and Ca<sup>2+</sup> signaling in pigmentation and pigmentary disorders. Further, we discuss recent studies, which have revealed that organelle-specific Ca<sup>2+</sup> transport mechanisms are critical determinant of pigmentation. Importantly, we deliberate upon the possibility of clinical management of pigmentary disorders by therapeutically targeting ROS generation and cellular Ca<sup>2+</sup> handling toolkit. Finally, we highlight the key outstanding questions in the field that demand critical and timely attention. Although an important role of ROS and Ca<sup>2+</sup> signaling in regulating skin pigmentation has emerged, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. In future, it would be vital to investigate in detail the signaling cascades that connect perturbed ROS homeostasis and Ca<sup>2+</sup> signaling to human pigmentary disorders.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9678,"journal":{"name":"Cell calcium","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 102987"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142871458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cell calciumPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102983
Rebecca Frank Hayward , Adam E. Cohen
{"title":"All-optical mapping of Ca2+ transport and homeostasis in dendrites","authors":"Rebecca Frank Hayward , Adam E. Cohen","doi":"10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102983","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceca.2024.102983","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Calcium mediates many important signals in dendrites. However, the basic transport properties of calcium in dendrites have been difficult to measure: how far and how fast does a local influx of calcium propagate? We developed an all-optical system for simultaneous targeted Ca<sup>2+</sup> import and Ca<sup>2+</sup> concentration mapping. We co-expressed a blue light-activated calcium selective channelrhodopsin, CapChR2, with a far-red calcium sensor, FR-GECO1c, in cultured rat hippocampal neurons, and used patterned optogenetic stimulation to introduce calcium into cells with user-defined patterns of space and time. We determined a mean steady-state length constant for Ca<sup>2+</sup> transport <em>ϕ</em> ∼ 5.8 μm, a half-life for return to baseline <em>t</em><sub>1/2</sub> ∼ 1.7 s, and an effective diffusion coefficient <em>D</em> ∼ 20 μm<sup>2</sup>/s, though there were substantial differences in Ca<sup>2+</sup> dynamics between proximal and distal dendrites. At high Ca<sup>2+</sup> concentration, distal dendrites showed nonlinear activation of Ca<sup>2+</sup> efflux, which we pharmacologically ascribed to the NCX1 antiporter. Genetically encoded tools for all-optical mapping of Ca<sup>2+</sup> transport and handling provide a powerful capability for studying this important messenger.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9678,"journal":{"name":"Cell calcium","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 102983"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11735331/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142812032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}