title: [Intracellular calcium: physiology and physiopathology].
abstract: Many important aspects of our life are regulated by the free cytosolic Ca2+ concentration. The intracellular Ca2+ signal is regulated both in space, frequency and amplitude. Each cell chooses a unique set of Ca2+ signals to control its function. Ca2+ signal transduction is based on rises in free cytosolic Ca2+ concentration. Ca2+ can come from the extracellular space or be released from intracellular stores. Extracellular Ca2+ enters the cell through various types of plasma-membrane Ca2+ channels and leaves the cell using Ca2+ pumps and Na+/Ca(2+)-exchangers. Ca2+ is accumulated in intracellular stores by means of Ca2+ pumps and is released via inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) and ryanodine receptors. Mutations or abnormalities in one of the above mentioned Ca(2+)-transporting proteins can lead to disease. Skeletal-muscle pathology can be caused by abnormal ryanodine receptors (malignant hyperthermia, porcine stress syndrome, central core disease), plasma-membrane Ca2+ channels (hypokalemic periodic paralysis, muscular dysgenesis mice, paraneoplastic Lambert-Eaton myasthenia syndrome) or Ca2+ pumps (Brody disease). Neurologic disorders can be related to altered function of plasma-membrane Ca2+ channels (episodic ataxia type 2, spinocerebellar ataxia type 6, familial hemiplegic migraine, glutamate excitotoxicity, tottering, leaner, lethargic and stargazer mice), IP3 receptors (Lowe's oculocerebrorenal syndrome, manic depression, Alzheimer's disease, opisthotonos mice) and Ca2+ pumps (deafwaddler mouse and wriggle mouse sagami). Two skin diseases are caused by Ca(2+)-pump mutations (Darier disease and Hailey-Hailey disease). Incomplete X-linked congenital stationary night blindness is caused by a mutation in the plasma-membrane Ca2+ channels in rods and cones.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium voor Fysiologie, K.U. Leuven Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Missiaen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Callewaert
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Parys
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wuytack
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Raeymaekers
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Droogmans
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nilius
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eggermont
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Smedt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D015220:Calcium Channels; D002128:Calcium Metabolism Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009154:Mutation; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium
vernacular_title: Intracellulaire calcium: fysiologie en fysiopathologie.