title: Membrane receptors and intracellular calcium.
abstract: The mechanisms of Ca2+ level regulation in the cytoplasm by neurotransmitters, hormones, and growth factors and described. The role of G-proteins, second messengers and protein kinases in the regulation of activity of Ca2+ channels and pumps is discussed. The contributions of the endoplasmic reticulum, plasma membrane, nucleus, mitochondria and other intercellular compartments to the increase in the cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration are estimated. The data concerning the relationships between the activities of systems of active and passive Ca2+ transport across the membrane are reviewed. The general mechanisms of intracellular Ca2+ oscillation are summarized, and a possible role of this process in the neuroendocrine signal transduction is discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Moscow State University, Russia. tkachuk@cardio.ru
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Tkachuk
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000502:physiology; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003593:Cytoplasm; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D002118:Calcium