title: Energized mitochondria increase the dynamic range over which inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate activates store-operated calcium influx.
abstract: In eukaryotic cells, activation of cell surface receptors that couple to the phosphoinositide pathway evokes a biphasic increase in intracellular free Ca2+ concentration: an initial transient phase reflecting Ca2+ release from intracellular stores, followed by a plateau phase due to Ca2+ influx. A major component of this Ca2+ influx is store-dependent and often can be measured directly as the Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ current (I(CRAC)). Under physiological conditions of weak intracellular Ca2+ buffering, respiring mitochondria play a central role in store-operated Ca2+ influx. They determine whether macroscopic I(CRAC) activates or not, to what extent and for how long. Here we describe an additional role for energized mitochondria: they reduce the amount of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) that is required to activate I(CRAC). By increasing the sensitivity of store-operated influx to InsP3, respiring mitochondria will determine whether modest levels of stimulation are capable of evoking Ca2+ entry or not. Mitochondrial Ca2+ buffering therefore increases the dynamic range of concentrations over which the InsP3 is able to function as the physiological messenger that triggers the activation of store-operated Ca2+ influx.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signalling, Department of Physiology, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gilabert
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bakowski
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Parekh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000502:physiology; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D007700:Kinetics; D015471:Leukemia, Basophilic, Acute; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D051381:Rats; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D002118:Calcium