A plethora of interacting organellar Ca2+ stores

Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2005 Apr;17(2):135-40. doi: 10.1016/j.ceb.2005.01.005.

Abstract

The endoplasmic reticulum is not the only major agonist-releasable Ca2+ store within cells; it is now clear that virtually all organelles so far studied have the ability to act as mobilizable Ca2+ stores. From recent findings with regard to Ca2+ transportation and Ca2+ homeostasis within a variety of cell organelles such as the mitochondria, nucleus, Golgi and lysosomes, it emerges that many of these organellar Ca2+ stores appear to interact with each other, adding a further level of complexity to Ca2+ signalling events.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Calcium / metabolism*
  • Calcium Channels / metabolism
  • Calcium Signaling / physiology*
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Membranes / metabolism*
  • Ion Pumps / metabolism
  • Nuclear Envelope / metabolism
  • Organelles / metabolism*

Substances

  • Calcium Channels
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Ion Pumps
  • Calcium