title: Calcium and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors: a complex relationship.
abstract: Increases in intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), whether initiated by changes in plasma membrane potential or receptor-stimulated polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis, can be astonishingly complex, often occurring as repetitive Ca2+ spikes and regenerative Ca2+ waves that propagate through the cell and sometimes into neighbouring cells. The key to understanding these complex Ca2+ signals lies in understanding the interactions between the different pools from which Ca2+ can rapidly enter the cytosol and the activities of the various Ca(2+)-transporting systems that reverse the process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Marshall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000502:physiology*; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology*; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000502:physiology; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; C506926:ITPR1 protein, human; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D002118:Calcium