Mitochondrial calcium exchange in physiology and disease

JF Garbincius, JW Elrod - Physiological reviews, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
The uptake of calcium into and extrusion of calcium from the mitochondrial matrix is a
fundamental biological process that has critical effects on cellular metabolism, signaling …

The machineries, regulation and cellular functions of mitochondrial calcium

C Giorgi, S Marchi, P Pinton - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Calcium ions (Ca2+) are some of the most versatile signalling molecules, and they
have many physiological functions, prominently including muscle contraction, neuronal …

Calcium dynamics as a machine for decoding signals

C Giorgi, A Danese, S Missiroli, S Patergnani… - Trends in cell …, 2018 - cell.com
Calcium (Ca 2+) is considered one of the most-important biological cations, because it is
implicated in cell physiopathology and cell fate through a finely tuned signaling system. In …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial calcium transport and the redox nature of the calcium-induced membrane permeability transition

AE Vercesi, RF Castilho, AJ Kowaltowski… - Free Radical Biology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Mitochondria possess a Ca 2+ transport system composed of separate Ca 2+ influx and
efflux pathways. Intramitochondrial Ca 2+ concentrations regulate oxidative …

MCU proteins dominate in vivo mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake in Arabidopsis roots

C Ruberti, E Feitosa-Araujo, Z Xu, S Wagner… - The Plant …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Ca2+ signaling is central to plant development and acclimation. While Ca2+-responsive
proteins have been investigated intensely in plants, only a few Ca2+-permeable channels …

Rapid, selection-free, high-efficiency genome editing in protozoan parasites using CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoproteins

LC Soares Medeiros, L South, D Peng, JM Bustamante… - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Trypanosomatids (order Kinetoplastida), including the human pathogens Trypanosoma cruzi
(agent of Chagas disease), Trypanosoma brucei,(African sleeping sickness), and …

MCUb induction protects the heart from postischemic remodeling

J Huo, S Lu, JQ Kwong, MJ Bround, KM Grimes… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Mitochondrial Ca2+ loading augments oxidative metabolism to match functional
demands during times of increased work or injury. However, mitochondrial Ca2+ overload …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in the molecular mechanism of mitochondrial calcium uptake

G Pallafacchina, S Zanin, R Rizzuto - F1000Research, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the last few decades, a large body of experimental evidence has highlighted the complex
role for mitochondria in eukaryotic cells: they are not only the site of aerobic metabolism …

IP3 receptor-mediated Ca2+ release from acidocalcisomes regulates mitochondrial bioenergetics and prevents autophagy in Trypanosoma cruzi

MA Chiurillo, N Lander, AE Vercesi, R Docampo - Cell Calcium, 2020 - Elsevier
In contrast to animal cells, the inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate receptor of Trypanosoma cruzi
(TcIP 3 R) localizes to acidocalcisomes instead of the endoplasmic reticulum. Here, we …

From the identification to the dissection of the physiological role of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter: an ongoing story

G Pallafacchina, S Zanin, R Rizzuto - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The notion of mitochondria being involved in the decoding and shaping of intracellular Ca2+
signals has been circulating since the end of the 19th century. Despite that, the molecular …