Mitochondrial Ca2+ Signaling in Health, Disease and Therapy

L Modesti, A Danese, V Angela Maria Vitto… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The divalent cation calcium (Ca2+) is considered one of the main second messengers
inside cells and acts as the most prominent signal in a plethora of biological processes. Its …

Intracellular calcium dysregulation by the Alzheimer's disease-linked protein presenilin 2

L Galla, N Redolfi, T Pozzan, P Pizzo… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. Even though most AD
cases are sporadic, a small percentage is familial due to autosomal dominant mutations in …

Reduced reticulum–mitochondria Ca2+ transfer is an early and reversible trigger of mitochondrial dysfunctions in diabetic cardiomyopathy

M Dia, L Gomez, H Thibault, N Tessier, C Leon… - Basic research in …, 2020 - Springer
Type 2 diabetic cardiomyopathy features Ca 2+ signaling abnormalities, notably an altered
mitochondrial Ca 2+ handling. We here aimed to study if it might be due to a dysregulation of …

TOM70 sustains cell bioenergetics by promoting IP3R3-mediated ER to mitochondria Ca2+ transfer

R Filadi, NS Leal, B Schreiner, A Rossi, G Dentoni… - Current biology, 2018 - cell.com
The mitochondrial translocase of the outer membrane (TOM) is a protein complex that is
essential for the post-translational import of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins. Among …

PSEN2 (presenilin 2) mutants linked to familial Alzheimer disease impair autophagy by altering Ca2+ homeostasis

C Fedeli, R Filadi, A Rossi, C Mammucari, P Pizzo - Autophagy, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT PSEN2 (presenilin 2) is one of the 3 proteins that, when mutated, causes early
onset familial Alzheimer disease (FAD) cases. In addition to its well-known role within the γ …

Defective mitochondrial pyruvate flux affects cell bioenergetics in Alzheimer's disease-related models

A Rossi, G Rigotto, G Valente, V Giorgio, E Basso… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Mitochondria are key organelles for brain health. Mitochondrial alterations have been
reported in several neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), and …

Luminal transport through intact endoplasmic reticulum limits the magnitude of localized Ca2+ signals

CC Crapart, ZC Scott, T Konno… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) forms an interconnected network of tubules stretching
throughout the cell. Understanding how ER functionality relies on its structural organization …

Maprotiline restores ER homeostasis and rescues neurodegeneration via Histamine Receptor H1 inhibition in retinal ganglion cells

W Chen, P Liu, D Liu, H Huang, X Feng, F Fang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
When the protein or calcium homeostasis of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is adversely
altered, cells experience ER stress that leads to various diseases including …

[HTML][HTML] Familial Alzheimer's disease-linked presenilin mutants and intracellular Ca2+ handling: A single-organelle, FRET-based analysis

E Greotti, P Capitanio, A Wong, T Pozzan, P Pizzo… - Cell Calcium, 2019 - Elsevier
An imbalance in Ca 2+ homeostasis represents an early event in the pathogenesis of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Presenilin-1 and-2 (PS1 and PS2) mutations, the major cause of …

Simultaneous imaging of ER and cytosolic Ca2+ dynamics reveals long-distance ER Ca2+ waves in plants

F Resentini, M Grenzi, D Ancora… - Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Calcium ions (Ca2+) play a key role in cell signaling across organisms. In plants, a
plethora of environmental and developmental stimuli induce specific Ca2+ increases in the …