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Nature Cell Biology 11, 669 - 677 (2009)
doi:10.1038/ncb0609-669
STIMulating store-operated Ca2+ entry
Michael D. Cahalan1
Abstract
Calcium influx through plasma membrane store-operated Ca2+ (SOC) channels is triggered when the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+ store is depleted — a homeostatic Ca2+ signalling mechanism that remained enigmatic for more than two decades. RNA-interference (RNAi) screening and molecular and cellular physiological analysis recently identified STIM1 as the mechanistic 'missing link' between the ER and the plasma membrane. STIM proteins sense the depletion of Ca2+ from the ER, oligomerize, translocate to junctions adjacent to the plasma membrane, organize Orai or TRPC (transient receptor potential cation) channels into clusters and open these channels to bring about SOC entry.
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Michael D. Cahalan is in the department of Physiology and Biophysics and Institute for Immunology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697–4561, USA.
e-mail: mcahalan@uci.edu
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