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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
47
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-11-24
pubmed:abstractText
The Na+/Ca2+ exchangers NCX1, NCX2, and NCX3 are vital for the control of cellular Ca2+ homeostasis. Here, we show that a doublet of downstream regulatory element sites in the promoter of the NCX3 gene mediates transcriptional repression of NCX3 by the Ca2+-modulated transcriptional repressor downstream regulatory element antagonist modulator (DREAM). Overexpression of a DREAM EF-hand mutant insensitive to Ca2+ (EFmDREAM) in hippocampus and cerebellum of transgenic mice significantly reduced NCX3 mRNA and protein levels without modifying NCX1 and NCX2 expression. Cerebellar granules from EFmDREAM transgenic mice showed increased levels of cytosolic Ca2+ and were more vulnerable to increased Ca2+ influx after partial opening of voltage-gated plasma membrane Ca2+ channels induced by increasing K+ in the culture medium but survived better in the conditions of reduced Ca2+ influx prevailing in low extracellular K+. Overexpression of NCX3 in EFmDREAM transgenic granules using a lentiviral vector restored the normal survival response to high K+ observed in wild-type granules. Thus, the downregulation of the regulator of Ca2+ homeostasis NCX3 by Ca2+-regulated DREAM is a striking example of the autoregulatory property of the Ca2+ signal in neurons.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
10822-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Calcium Signaling, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Cerebellum, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Cytoplasmic Granules, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Homeostasis, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Intracellular Membranes, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Kv Channel-Interacting Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Osmolar Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16306395-Sodium-Calcium Exchanger
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Downstream regulatory element antagonist modulator regulates Ca2+ homeostasis and viability in cerebellar neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Centre of Biotechnology, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E-28049 Madrid, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't