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The endoplasmic reticulum, not the pH gradient, drives calcium refilling of lysosomes

  1. Abigail G Garrity
  2. Wuyang Wang
  3. Crystal MD Collier
  4. Sara A Levey
  5. Qiong Gao
  6. Haoxing Xu  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Michigan, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.15887
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  1. Abigail G Garrity
  2. Wuyang Wang
  3. Crystal MD Collier
  4. Sara A Levey
  5. Qiong Gao
  6. Haoxing Xu
(2016)
The endoplasmic reticulum, not the pH gradient, drives calcium refilling of lysosomes
eLife 5:e15887.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.15887
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Abstract

Impaired homeostasis of lysosomal Ca2+ causes lysosome dysfunction and lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs), but the mechanisms by which lysosomes acquire and refill Ca2+ are not known. We developed a physiological assay to monitor lysosomal Ca2+ store refilling using specific activators of lysosomal Ca2+ channels to repeatedly induce lysosomal Ca2+ release. In contrast to the prevailing view that lysosomal acidification drives Ca2+ into the lysosome, inhibiting the V-ATPase H+ pump did not prevent Ca2+ refilling. Instead, pharmacological depletion or chelation of Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Ca2+ prevented lysosomal Ca2+ stores from refilling. More specifically, antagonists of ER IP3 receptors (IP3Rs) rapidly and completely blocked Ca2+ refilling to lysosomes, but not in cells lacking IP3Rs. Furthermore, reducing ER Ca2+ or blocking IP3Rs caused a dramatic LSD-like lysosome storage phenotype. By closely apposing each other, the ER may serve as a direct and primary source of Ca2+ to the lysosome.

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  1. Abigail G Garrity

    Neuroscience Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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  2. Wuyang Wang

    Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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  3. Crystal MD Collier

    Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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  4. Sara A Levey

    Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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  5. Qiong Gao

    Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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  6. Haoxing Xu

    Neuroscience Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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  1. Abigail G Garrity
  2. Wuyang Wang
  3. Crystal MD Collier
  4. Sara A Levey
  5. Qiong Gao
  6. Haoxing Xu
(2016)
The endoplasmic reticulum, not the pH gradient, drives calcium refilling of lysosomes
eLife 5:e15887.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.15887

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