Mechanisms of vascular smooth muscle contraction and the basis for pharmacologic treatment of smooth muscle disorders

FV Brozovich, CJ Nicholson, CV Degen, YZ Gao… - Pharmacological …, 2016 - ASPET
The smooth muscle cell directly drives the contraction of the vascular wall and hence
regulates the size of the blood vessel lumen. We review here the current understanding of …

Physiological functions of CRAC channels

SM Emrich, RE Yoast, M Trebak - Annual Review of Physiology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) is a ubiquitous Ca2+ signaling pathway that is
evolutionarily conserved across eukaryotes. SOCE is triggered physiologically when the …

STIM proteins: dynamic calcium signal transducers

J Soboloff, BS Rothberg, M Madesh… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2012 - nature.com
Stromal interaction molecule (STIM) proteins function in cells as dynamic coordinators of
cellular calcium (Ca2+) signals. Spanning the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane, they …

[HTML][HTML] Altered calcium signaling in cancer cells

TA Stewart, KTDS Yapa, GR Monteith - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2015 - Elsevier
It is the nature of the calcium signal, as determined by the coordinated activity of a suite of
calcium channels, pumps, exchangers and binding proteins that ultimately guides a cell's …

Ryanodine receptor blockade reduces amyloid-β load and memory impairments in Tg2576 mouse model of Alzheimer disease

B Oulès, D Del Prete, B Greco, X Zhang… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
In Alzheimer disease (AD), the perturbation of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) calcium
(Ca2+) homeostasis has been linked to presenilins, the catalytic core in γ-secretase …

STIM1 and Orai1 mediate CRAC channel activity and are essential for human glioblastoma invasion

RK Motiani, MC Hyzinski-García, X Zhang… - … -European Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
The Ca 2+ sensor stromal interacting molecule 1 (STIM1) and the Ca 2+ channel Orai1
mediate the ubiquitous store-operated Ca 2+ entry (SOCE) pathway activated by depletion …

[HTML][HTML] Orai3 is an estrogen receptor α-regulated Ca2+ channel that promotes tumorigenesis

RK Motiani, X Zhang, KE Harmon, RS Keller… - The FASEB …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Store-operated Ca 2+ entry (SOCE) encoded by Orai1 proteins is a ubiquitous Ca
2+-selective conductance involved in cellular proliferation and migration. We recently …

[HTML][HTML] A coiled-coil clamp controls both conformation and clustering of stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1)

M Fahrner, M Muik, R Schindl, C Butorac… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
Store-operated Ca 2+ entry, essential for the adaptive immunity, is initiated by the
endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca 2+ sensor STIM1. Ca 2+ entry occurs through the plasma …

[HTML][HTML] STIM1-dependent peripheral coupling governs the contractility of vascular smooth muscle cells

V Krishnan, S Ali, AL Gonzales, P Thakore, CS Griffin… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Peripheral coupling between the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and plasma membrane (PM)
forms signaling complexes that regulate the membrane potential and contractility of vascular …

Calcium channels in vascular smooth muscle

D Ghosh, AU Syed, MP Prada, MA Nystoriak… - Advances in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Calcium (Ca 2+) plays a central role in excitation, contraction, transcription, and
proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMs). Precise regulation of intracellular Ca …