title: IP3 receptor-operated calcium entry.
abstract: This Perspective by Mikoshiba and Hattori is the third in a series on cellular calcium release mechanisms. The authors describe the regulated release of calcium from intracellular stores by the inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate receptor (IP(3)R) and the relationship of this release mechanism to calcium influx from the extracellular milieu through store-operated calcium channels. They discuss a model proposing that intracellular and plasma membrane calcium channels are functionally and physically coupled.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan. mikosiba@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mikoshiba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hattori
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; C506926:ITPR1 protein, human; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium