title: NAADP-induced calcium release in sea urchin eggs.
abstract: Nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NAADP) is the most potent activator of Ca2+ release from intracellular stores described. It acts on a mechanism distinct from inositol trisphosphate and ryanodine receptors, the two major Ca2+ release channels characterised. NAADP-gated Ca2+ release channels do not appear to be regulated by Ca2+ and may be better suited for triggering Ca2+ signals rather than propagating them. They exhibit a remarkable pharmacology for a putative intracellular Ca2+ release channel in that they are selectively blocked by potassium and L-type Ca2+ channel antagonists. Furthermore, in contrast to microsomal Ca2+ stores expressing IP3Rs and RyRs, those sensitive to NAADP are thapsigargin-insensitive, suggesting that they may be expressed on a different part of the endoplasmic reticulum. Perhaps the most unusual feature of the NAADP-gated Ca2+ release mechanisms is its inactivation properties. Unlike the mechanisms regulated by IP3 and cADPR in sea urchin eggs which after induction of Ca2+ release appear to become refractory to subsequent activation, very low concentrations of NAADP are able to inactivate NAADP-induced Ca2+ release fully at concentrations well below those required to activate Ca2+ release. The mechanism and physiological significance of this most unusual desensitisation phenomenon are unclear. More recently, NAADP has been shown to mobilise Ca2+ in ascidian oocytes, brain microsomes and pancreatic acinar cells suggesting a more widespread role in Ca2+ signalling. A possible role for this novel Ca2+ release mechanism in sea urchin egg fertilisation is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Oxford University, UK. antony.galione@pharmacology.oxford.ac.uk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galione
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Churchill
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology*; D005306:Fertilization / Q000502:physiology*; D009249:NADP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010063:Ovum / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D012617:Sea Urchins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D009249:NADP; C024376:NAADP; D002118:Calcium