Dataset Information

TRPP2 channels regulate apoptosis through the Ca2+ concentration in the endoplasmic reticulum.

ABSTRACT: Ca(2+) is an important signalling molecule that regulates multiple cellular processes, including apoptosis. Although Ca(2+) influx through transient receptor potential (TRP) channels in the plasma membrane is known to trigger cell death, the function of intracellular TRP proteins in the regulation of Ca(2+)-dependent signalling pathways and apoptosis has remained elusive. Here, we show that TRPP2, the ion channel mutated in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), protects cells from apoptosis by lowering the Ca(2+) concentration in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). ER-resident TRPP2 counteracts the activity of the sarcoendoplasmic Ca(2+) ATPase by increasing the ER Ca(2+) permeability. This results in diminished cytosolic and mitochondrial Ca(2+) signals upon stimulation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors and reduces Ca(2+) release from the ER in response to apoptotic stimuli. Conversely, knockdown of TRPP2 in renal epithelial cells increases ER Ca(2+) release and augments sensitivity to apoptosis. Our findings indicate an important function of ER-resident TRPP2 in the modulation of intracellular Ca(2+) signalling, and provide a molecular mechanism for the increased apoptosis rates in ADPKD upon loss of TRPP2 channel function.

SUBMITTER: Wegierski T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2657577 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

ACCESS DATA

Publications

TRPP2 channels regulate apoptosis through the Ca2+ concentration in the endoplasmic reticulum.

Wegierski Tomasz T Steffl Daniel D Kopp Christoph C Tauber Robert R Buchholz Björn B Nitschke Roland R Kuehn E Wolfgang EW Walz Gerd G Köttgen Michael M

The EMBO journal 20090115 5

Ca(2+) is an important signalling molecule that regulates multiple cellular processes, including apoptosis. Although Ca(2+) influx through transient receptor potential (TRP) channels in the plasma membrane is known to trigger cell death, the function of intracellular TRP proteins in the regulation of Ca(2+)-dependent signalling pathways and apoptosis has remained elusive. Here, we show that TRPP2, the ion channel mutated in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), protects cells fro ...[more]

PMID: 19153608

Similar Datasets

Project description:Phototransduction in Drosophila is mediated by phospholipase C (PLC) and Ca2+-permeable TRP channels, but the function of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+ stores in this important model for Ca2+ signaling remains obscure. We therefore expressed a low affinity Ca2+ indicator (ER-GCaMP6-150) in the ER, and measured its fluorescence both in dissociated ommatidia and in vivo from intact flies of both sexes. Blue excitation light induced a rapid (tau ∼0.8 s), PLC-dependent decrease in fluorescence, representing depletion of ER Ca2+ stores, followed by a slower decay, typically reaching ∼50% of initial dark-adapted levels, with significant depletion occurring under natural levels of illumination. The ER stores refilled in the dark within 100-200 s. Both rapid and slow store depletion were largely unaffected in InsP3 receptor mutants, but were much reduced in trp mutants. Strikingly, rapid (but not slow) depletion of ER stores was blocked by removing external Na+ and in mutants of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, CalX, which we immuno-localized to ER membranes in addition to its established localization in the plasma membrane. Conversely, overexpression of calx greatly enhanced rapid depletion. These results indicate that rapid store depletion is mediated by Na+/Ca2+ exchange across the ER membrane induced by Na+ influx via the light-sensitive channels. Although too slow to be involved in channel activation, this Na+/Ca2+ exchange-dependent release explains the decades-old observation of a light-induced rise in cytosolic Ca2+ in photoreceptors exposed to Ca2+-free solutions.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Phototransduction in Drosophila is mediated by phospholipase C, which activates TRP cation channels by an unknown mechanism. Despite much speculation, it is unknown whether endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+ stores play any role. We therefore engineered flies expressing a genetically encoded Ca2+ indicator in the photoreceptor ER. Although NCX Na+/Ca2+ exchangers are classically believed to operate only at the plasma membrane, we demonstrate a rapid light-induced depletion of ER Ca2+ stores mediated by Na+/Ca2+ exchange across the ER membrane. This NCX-dependent release was too slow to be involved in channel activation, but explains the decades-old observation of a light-induced rise in cytosolic Ca2+ in photoreceptors bathed in Ca2+-free solutions.

Dataset Information

TRPP2 channels regulate apoptosis through the Ca2+ concentration in the endoplasmic reticulum.

Publications

TRPP2 channels regulate apoptosis through the Ca2+ concentration in the endoplasmic reticulum.

Similar Datasets

OmicsDI is part of the ELIXIR infrastructure

Tweets