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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
40
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-29
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The Ca(2+)-sensitive dehydrogenases of the mitochondrial matrix are, so far, the only known effectors to allow Ca2+ signals to couple the activation of plasma membrane receptors to the stimulation of aerobic metabolism. In this study, we demonstrate a novel mechanism, based on Ca(2+)-sensitive metabolite carriers of the inner membrane. We expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells aralar1 and citrin, aspartate/glutamate exchangers that have Ca(2+)-binding sites in their sequence, and measured mitochondrial Ca2+ and ATP levels as well as cytosolic Ca2+ concentration with targeted recombinant probes. The increase in mitochondrial ATP levels caused by cell stimulation with Ca(2+)-mobilizing agonists was markedly larger in cells expressing aralar and citrin (but not truncated mutants lacking the Ca(2+)-binding site) than in control cells. Conversely, the cytosolic and the mitochondrial Ca2+ signals were the same in control cells and cells expressing the different aralar1 and citrin variants, thus ruling out an indirect effect through the Ca(2+)-sensitive dehydrogenases. Together, these data show that the decoding of Ca2+ signals in mitochondria depends on the coordinate activity of mitochondrial enzymes and carriers, which may thus represent useful pharmacological targets in this process of major pathophysiological interest.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenosine Triphosphate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aequorin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aspartic Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutamic Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Luciferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Transport Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitochondrial Membrane Transport..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitochondrial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Organic Anion Transporters, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxygen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SLC25A12 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/citrin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
38686-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Adenosine Triphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Aequorin, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Aspartic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Calcium-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Cytosol, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Glutamic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Luminescent Measurements, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Mitochondrial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Organic Anion Transporters, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Oxygen, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Spectrometry, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:12851387-Transfection
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Recombinant expression of the Ca(2+)-sensitive aspartate/glutamate carrier increases mitochondrial ATP production in agonist-stimulated Chinese hamster ovary cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmaco-Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari and CNR Institute of Biomembranes and Bioenergetics, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't