Regulation of store-operated Ca2+ entry by IP3 receptors independent of their ability to release Ca2+
Abstract
Loss of endoplasmic reticular (ER) Ca2+ activates store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) by causing the ER localized Ca2+ sensor STIM to unfurl domains that activate Orai channels in the plasma membrane at membrane contact sites (MCS). Here we demonstrate a novel mechanism by which the inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate receptor (IP3R), an ER-localized IP3-gated Ca2+ channel, regulates neuronal SOCE. In human neurons, SOCE evoked by pharmacological depletion of ER-Ca2+ is attenuated by loss of IP3Rs, and restored by expression of IP3Rs even when they cannot release Ca2+, but only if the IP3Rs can bind IP3. Imaging studies demonstrate that IP3Rs enhance association of STIM1 with Orai1 in neuronal cells with empty stores; this requires an IP3-binding site, but not a pore. Convergent regulation by IP3Rs, may tune neuronal SOCE to respond selectively to receptors that generate IP3.
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Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (DST/INSPIRE Fellowship/2017/IF170360)
- Pragnya Chakraborty
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (BT/PR6371/COE/34/19/2013)
- Gaiti Hasan
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCBS,TIFR core support)
- Gaiti Hasan
Wellcome Trust (101844)
- Colin W Taylor
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/T012986/1)
- Colin W Taylor
NIH (DE014756)
- David I Yule
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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© 2023, Chakraborty et al.
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