Ca²⁺ signalling system initiated by endoplasmic reticulum stress stimulates PERK activation

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2022

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Feliziani, C.
Fernandez, M.
Quassollo, G.
Holstein, D.
Bairo, S.M.
Paton, J.C.
Paton, A.W.
de Batista, J.
Lechleiter, J.D.
Bollo, M.

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Cell Calcium, 2022; 106:102622-1-102622-16

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Constanza Feliziani, Macarena Fernandez, Gonzalo Quassollo, Deborah Holstein, Sebastián M. Bairo, James C. Paton, Adrienne W. Paton, Juan de Batista, James D. Lechleiter, Mariana Bollo

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The accumulation of unfolded proteins within the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) activates a signal transduction pathway termed the unfolded protein response (UPR), which attempts to restore ER homoeostasis. If this cannot be done, UPR signalling ultimately induces apoptosis. Ca²⁺ depletion in the ER is a potent inducer of ER stress. Despite the ubiquity of Ca²⁺ as an intracellular messenger, the precise mechanism(s) by which Ca²⁺ release affects the UPR remains unknown. Tethering a genetically encoded Ca²⁺ indicator (GCamP6) to the ER membrane revealed novel Ca²⁺ signalling events initiated by Ca²⁺ microdomains in human astrocytes under ER stress, induced by tunicamycin (Tm), an N-glycosylation inhibitor, as well as in a cell model deficient in all three inositol triphosphate receptor isoforms. Pharmacological and molecular studies indicate that these local events are mediated by translocons and that the Ca²⁺ microdomains impact (PKR)-like-ER kinase (PERK), an UPR sensor, activation. These findings reveal the existence of a Ca²⁺ signal mechanism by which stressor-mediated Ca²⁺ release regulates ER stress.

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