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Sallinger M, Humer C, Ong HL, Narayanasamy S, Lin QT, Fahrner M, Grabmayr H, Berlansky S, Choi S, Schmidt T, Maltan L, Atzgerstorfer L, Niederwieser M, Frischauf I, Romanin C, Stathopulos PB, Ambudkar I, Leitner R, Bonhenry D, Schindl R. Essential role of N-terminal SAM regions in STIM1 multimerization and function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2318874121. [PMID: 38753510 PMCID: PMC11127010 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2318874121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
Abstract
The single-pass transmembrane protein Stromal Interaction Molecule 1 (STIM1), located in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane, possesses two main functions: It senses the ER-Ca2+ concentration and directly binds to the store-operated Ca2+ channel Orai1 for its activation when Ca2+ recedes. At high resting ER-Ca2+ concentration, the ER-luminal STIM1 domain is kept monomeric but undergoes di/multimerization once stores are depleted. Luminal STIM1 multimerization is essential to unleash the STIM C-terminal binding site for Orai1 channels. However, structural basis of the luminal association sites has so far been elusive. Here, we employed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and identified two essential di/multimerization segments, the α7 and the adjacent region near the α9-helix in the sterile alpha motif (SAM) domain. Based on MD results, we targeted the two STIM1 SAM domains by engineering point mutations. These mutations interfered with higher-order multimerization of ER-luminal fragments in biochemical assays and puncta formation in live-cell experiments upon Ca2+ store depletion. The STIM1 multimerization impeded mutants significantly reduced Ca2+ entry via Orai1, decreasing the Ca2+ oscillation frequency as well as store-operated Ca2+ entry. Combination of the ER-luminal STIM1 multimerization mutations with gain of function mutations and coexpression of Orai1 partially ameliorated functional defects. Our data point to a hydrophobicity-driven binding within the ER-luminal STIM1 multimer that needs to switch between resting monomeric and activated multimeric state. Altogether, these data reveal that interactions between SAM domains of STIM1 monomers are critical for multimerization and activation of the protein.
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- Matthias Sallinger
- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz4040, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz4040, Austria
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- Secretory Physiology Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD20892
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- Secretory Physiology Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD20892
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Western University, London, ONN6A5C1, Canada
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz4040, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz4040, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz4040, Austria
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- Secretory Physiology Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD20892
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Graz8010, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz4040, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz4040, Austria
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Graz8010, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz4040, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz4040, Austria
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Western University, London, ONN6A5C1, Canada
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- Secretory Physiology Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD20892
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz4040, Austria
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- Department of Physics and Materials Science, Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-AlzetteL1511, Luxembourg
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Graz8010, Austria
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Fröhlich M, Söllner J, Derler I. Insights into the dynamics of the Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ channel pore-forming complex Orai1. Biochem Soc Trans 2024; 52:747-760. [PMID: 38526208 DOI: 10.1042/bst20230815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
Abstract
An important calcium (Ca2+) entry pathway into the cell is the Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channel, which controls a series of downstream signaling events such as gene transcription, secretion and proliferation. It is composed of a Ca2+ sensor in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the stromal interaction molecule (STIM), and the Ca2+ ion channel Orai in the plasma membrane (PM). Their activation is initiated by receptor-ligand binding at the PM, which triggers a signaling cascade within the cell that ultimately causes store depletion. The decrease in ER-luminal Ca2+ is sensed by STIM1, which undergoes structural rearrangements that lead to coupling with Orai1 and its activation. In this review, we highlight the current understanding of the Orai1 pore opening mechanism. In this context, we also point out the questions that remain unanswered and how these can be addressed by the currently emerging genetic code expansion (GCE) technology. GCE enables the incorporation of non-canonical amino acids with novel properties, such as light-sensitivity, and has the potential to provide novel insights into the structure/function relationship of CRAC channels at a single amino acid level in the living cell.
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- Maximilian Fröhlich
- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, A-4020 Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, A-4020 Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, A-4020 Linz, Austria
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Sallinger M, Grabmayr H, Humer C, Bonhenry D, Romanin C, Schindl R, Derler I. Activation mechanisms and structural dynamics of STIM proteins. J Physiol 2024; 602:1475-1507. [PMID: 36651592 DOI: 10.1113/jp283828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
The family of stromal interaction molecules (STIM) includes two widely expressed single-pass endoplasmic reticulum (ER) transmembrane proteins and additional splice variants that act as precise ER-luminal Ca2+ sensors. STIM proteins mainly function as one of the two essential components of the so-called Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channel. The second CRAC channel component is constituted by pore-forming Orai proteins in the plasma membrane. STIM and Orai physically interact with each other to enable CRAC channel opening, which is a critical prerequisite for various downstream signalling pathways such as gene transcription or proliferation. Their activation commonly requires the emptying of the intracellular ER Ca2+ store. Using their Ca2+ sensing capabilities, STIM proteins confer this Ca2+ content-dependent signal to Orai, thereby linking Ca2+ store depletion to CRAC channel opening. Here we review the conformational dynamics occurring along the entire STIM protein upon store depletion, involving the transition from the quiescent, compactly folded structure into an active, extended state, modulation by a variety of accessory components in the cell as well as the impairment of individual steps of the STIM activation cascade associated with disease.
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- Matthias Sallinger
- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Center for Nanobiology and Structural Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Nove Hrady, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Gottfried Schatz Research Centre, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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Bacsa B, Hopl V, Derler I. Synthetic Biology Meets Ca 2+ Release-Activated Ca 2+ Channel-Dependent Immunomodulation. Cells 2024; 13:468. [PMID: 38534312 DOI: 10.3390/cells13060468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Many essential biological processes are triggered by the proximity of molecules. Meanwhile, diverse approaches in synthetic biology, such as new biological parts or engineered cells, have opened up avenues to precisely control the proximity of molecules and eventually downstream signaling processes. This also applies to a main Ca2+ entry pathway into the cell, the so-called Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channel. CRAC channels are among other channels are essential in the immune response and are activated by receptor-ligand binding at the cell membrane. The latter initiates a signaling cascade within the cell, which finally triggers the coupling of the two key molecular components of the CRAC channel, namely the stromal interaction molecule, STIM, in the ER membrane and the plasma membrane Ca2+ ion channel, Orai. Ca2+ entry, established via STIM/Orai coupling, is essential for various immune cell functions, including cytokine release, proliferation, and cytotoxicity. In this review, we summarize the tools of synthetic biology that have been used so far to achieve precise control over the CRAC channel pathway and thus over downstream signaling events related to the immune response.
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- Bernadett Bacsa
- Division of Medical Physics und Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, A-4020 Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, A-4020 Linz, Austria
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Kodakandla G, Akimzhanov AM, Boehning D. Regulatory mechanisms controlling store-operated calcium entry. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1330259. [PMID: 38169682 PMCID: PMC10758431 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1330259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Calcium influx through plasma membrane ion channels is crucial for many events in cellular physiology. Cell surface stimuli lead to the production of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3), which binds to IP3 receptors (IP3R) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to release calcium pools from the ER lumen. This leads to the depletion of ER calcium pools, which has been termed store depletion. Store depletion leads to the dissociation of calcium ions from the EF-hand motif of the ER calcium sensor Stromal Interaction Molecule 1 (STIM1). This leads to a conformational change in STIM1, which helps it to interact with the plasma membrane (PM) at ER:PM junctions. At these ER:PM junctions, STIM1 binds to and activates a calcium channel known as Orai1 to form calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channels. Activation of Orai1 leads to calcium influx, known as store-operated calcium entry (SOCE). In addition to Orai1 and STIM1, the homologs of Orai1 and STIM1, such as Orai2/3 and STIM2, also play a crucial role in calcium homeostasis. The influx of calcium through the Orai channel activates a calcium current that has been termed the CRAC current. CRAC channels form multimers and cluster together in large macromolecular assemblies termed "puncta". How CRAC channels form puncta has been contentious since their discovery. In this review, we will outline the history of SOCE, the molecular players involved in this process, as well as the models that have been proposed to explain this critical mechanism in cellular physiology.
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- Goutham Kodakandla
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, United States
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Kodakandla G, Akimzhanov AM, Boehning D. Regulatory mechanisms controlling store-operated calcium entry. ARXIV 2023:arXiv:2309.06907v3. [PMID: 37744466 PMCID: PMC10516112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
Abstract
Calcium influx through plasma membrane ion channels is crucial for many events in cellular physiology. Cell surface stimuli lead to the production of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3), which binds to IP3 receptors (IP3R) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to release calcium pools from the ER lumen. This leads to the depletion of ER calcium pools, which has been termed store depletion. Store depletion leads to the dissociation of calcium ions from the EF-hand motif of the ER calcium sensor Stromal Interaction Molecule 1 (STIM1). This leads to a conformational change in STIM1, which helps it to interact with the plasma membrane (PM) at ER:PM junctions. At these ER:PM junctions, STIM1 binds to and activates a calcium channel known as Orai1 to form calcium-release activated calcium (CRAC) channels. Activation of Orai1 leads to calcium influx, known as store-operated calcium entry (SOCE). In addition to Orai1 and STIM1, the homologs of Orai1 and STIM1, such as Orai2/3 and STIM2, also play a crucial role in calcium homeostasis. The influx of calcium through the Orai channel activates a calcium current that has been termed the CRAC current. CRAC channels form multimers and cluster together in large macromolecular assemblies termed "puncta". How CRAC channels form puncta has been contentious since their discovery. In this review, we will outline the history of SOCE, the molecular players involved in this process, as well as the models that have been proposed to explain this critical mechanism in cellular physiology.
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- Goutham Kodakandla
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, USA, 08103
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, 77030
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, USA, 08103
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Liu X, Zheng T, Jiang Y, Wang L, Zhang Y, Liang Q, Chen Y. Molecular Mechanism Analysis of STIM1 Thermal Sensation. Cells 2023; 12:2613. [PMID: 37998348 PMCID: PMC10670385 DOI: 10.3390/cells12222613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 11/05/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
Abstract
STIM1 has been identified as a new warm sensor, but the exact molecular mechanism remains unclear. In this study, a variety of mutants of STIM1, Orai1 and Orai3 were generated. The single-cell calcium imaging and confocal analysis were used to evaluate the thermal sensitivity of the resulting STIM mutants and the interaction between STIM1 and Orai mutants in response to temperature. Our results suggested that the CC1-SOAR of STIM1 was a direct activation domain of temperature, leading to subsequent STIM1 activation, and the transmembrane (TM) region and K domain but not EF-SAM were needed for this process. Furthermore, both the TM and SOAR domains exhibited similarities and differences between STIM1-mediated thermal sensation and store-operated calcium entry (SOCE), and the key sites of Orai1 showed similar roles in these two responses. Additionally, the TM23 (comprising TM2, loop2, and TM3) region of Orai1 was identified as the key domain determining the STIM1/Orai1 thermal response pattern, while the temperature reactive mode of STIM1/Orai3 seemed to result from a combined effect of Orai3. These findings provide important support for the specific molecular mechanism of STIM1-induced thermal response, as well as the interaction mechanism of STIM1 with Orai1 and Orai3 after being activated by temperature.
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- Xiaoling Liu
- School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102401, China; (T.Z.); (L.W.); (Y.Z.); (Q.L.)
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- School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102401, China; (T.Z.); (L.W.); (Y.Z.); (Q.L.)
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;
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- School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102401, China; (T.Z.); (L.W.); (Y.Z.); (Q.L.)
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- School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102401, China; (T.Z.); (L.W.); (Y.Z.); (Q.L.)
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- School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102401, China; (T.Z.); (L.W.); (Y.Z.); (Q.L.)
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- School of Pharmacy, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China
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Sakai‐Takemura F, Saito F, Nogami K, Maruyama Y, Elhussieny A, Matsumura K, Takeda S, Aoki Y, Miyagoe‐Suzuki Y. Antioxidants restore store-operated Ca 2+ entry in patient-iPSC-derived myotubes with tubular aggregate myopathy-associated Ile484ArgfsX21 STIM1 mutation via upregulation of binding immunoglobulin protein. FASEB Bioadv 2023; 5:453-469. [PMID: 37936920 PMCID: PMC10626159 DOI: 10.1096/fba.2023-00069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) is indispensable for intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis in skeletal muscle, and constitutive activation of SOCE causes tubular aggregate myopathy (TAM). To understand the pathogenesis of TAM, we induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from a TAM patient with a rare mutation (c.1450_1451insGA; p. Ile484ArgfsX21) in the STIM1 gene. This frameshift mutation produces a truncated STIM1 with a disrupted C-terminal inhibitory domain (CTID) and was reported to diminish SOCE. Myotubes induced from the patient's-iPSCs (TAM myotubes) showed severely impaired SOCE, but antioxidants greatly restored SOCE partly via upregulation of an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) chaperone, BiP (GRP78), in the TAM myotubes. Our observation suggests that antioxidants are promising tools for treatment of TAM caused by reduced SOCE.
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- Fusako Sakai‐Takemura
- Department of Molecular TherapyNational Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and PsychiatryTokyoJapan
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- Department of Neurology, School of MedicineTeikyo UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Molecular TherapyNational Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and PsychiatryTokyoJapan
- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical ScienceKyushu UniversityFukuokaJapan
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- Department of Molecular TherapyNational Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and PsychiatryTokyoJapan
- Department of Gene Regulation, Faculty of Pharmaceutical ScienceTokyo University of ScienceChibaJapan
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- Department of Molecular TherapyNational Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and PsychiatryTokyoJapan
- Department of Neurology, Faculty of MedicineMinia UniversityMiniaEgypt
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- Department of Molecular TherapyNational Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and PsychiatryTokyoJapan
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- Department of Molecular TherapyNational Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and PsychiatryTokyoJapan
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- Department of Molecular TherapyNational Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and PsychiatryTokyoJapan
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Zhou Y, Jennette MR, Ma G, Kazzaz SA, Baraniak JH, Nwokonko RM, Groff ML, Velasquez-Reynel M, Huang Y, Wang Y, Gill DL. An apical Phe-His pair defines the Orai1-coupling site and its occlusion within STIM1. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6921. [PMID: 37903816 PMCID: PMC10616141 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42254-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Ca2+ signal-generation through inter-membrane junctional coupling between endoplasmic reticulum (ER) STIM proteins and plasma membrane (PM) Orai channels, remains a vital but undefined mechanism. We identify two unusual overlapping Phe-His aromatic pairs within the STIM1 apical helix, one of which (F394-H398) mediates important control over Orai1-STIM1 coupling. In resting STIM1, this locus is deeply clamped within the folded STIM1-CC1 helices, likely near to the ER surface. The clamped environment in holo-STIM1 is critical-positive charge replacing Phe-394 constitutively unclamps STIM1, mimicking store-depletion, negative charge irreversibly locks the clamped-state. In store-activated, unclamped STIM1, Phe-394 mediates binding to the Orai1 channel, but His-398 is indispensable for transducing STIM1-binding into Orai1 channel-gating, and is spatially aligned with Phe-394 in the exposed Sα2 helical apex. Thus, the Phe-His locus traverses between ER and PM surfaces and is decisive in the two critical STIM1 functions-unclamping to activate STIM1, and conformational-coupling to gate the Orai1 channel.
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- Yandong Zhou
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Institute of Biosciences and Technology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Center for Epigenetics and Disease Prevention, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resources and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, PR China
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA.
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Liu P, Yang Z, Wang Y, Sun A. Role of STIM1 in the Regulation of Cardiac Energy Substrate Preference. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:13188. [PMID: 37685995 PMCID: PMC10487555 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241713188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2023] [Revised: 08/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
Abstract
The heart requires a variety of energy substrates to maintain proper contractile function. Glucose and long-chain fatty acids (FA) are the major cardiac metabolic substrates under physiological conditions. Upon stress, a shift of cardiac substrate preference toward either glucose or FA is associated with cardiac diseases. For example, in pressure-overloaded hypertrophic hearts, there is a long-lasting substrate shift toward glucose, while in hearts with diabetic cardiomyopathy, the fuel is switched toward FA. Stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1), a well-established calcium (Ca2+) sensor of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+ store, is increasingly recognized as a critical player in mediating both cardiac hypertrophy and diabetic cardiomyopathy. However, the cause-effect relationship between STIM1 and glucose/FA metabolism and the possible mechanisms by which STIM1 is involved in these cardiac metabolic diseases are poorly understood. In this review, we first discussed STIM1-dependent signaling in cardiomyocytes and metabolic changes in cardiac hypertrophy and diabetic cardiomyopathy. Second, we provided examples of the involvement of STIM1 in energy metabolism to discuss the emerging role of STIM1 in the regulation of energy substrate preference in metabolic cardiac diseases and speculated the corresponding underlying molecular mechanisms of the crosstalk between STIM1 and cardiac energy substrate preference. Finally, we briefly discussed and presented future perspectives on the possibility of targeting STIM1 to rescue cardiac metabolic diseases. Taken together, STIM1 emerges as a key player in regulating cardiac energy substrate preference, and revealing the underlying molecular mechanisms by which STIM1 mediates cardiac energy metabolism could be helpful to find novel targets to prevent or treat cardiac metabolic diseases.
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- Panpan Liu
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
- Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
- Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Berna-Erro A, Sanchez-Collado J, Nieto-Felipe J, Macias-Diaz A, Redondo PC, Smani T, Lopez JJ, Jardin I, Rosado JA. The Ca 2+ Sensor STIM in Human Diseases. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1284. [PMID: 37759684 PMCID: PMC10526185 DOI: 10.3390/biom13091284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
Abstract
The STIM family of proteins plays a crucial role in a plethora of cellular functions through the regulation of store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) and, thus, intracellular calcium homeostasis. The two members of the mammalian STIM family, STIM1 and STIM2, are transmembrane proteins that act as Ca2+ sensors in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and, upon Ca2+ store discharge, interact with and activate the Orai/CRACs in the plasma membrane. Dysregulation of Ca2+ signaling leads to the pathogenesis of a variety of human diseases, including neurodegenerative disorders, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and immune disorders. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms underlying Ca2+ signaling pathways is crucial for developing therapeutic strategies targeting these diseases. This review focuses on several rare conditions associated with STIM1 mutations that lead to either gain- or loss-of-function, characterized by myopathy, hematological and immunological disorders, among others, and due to abnormal activation of CRACs. In addition, we summarize the current evidence concerning STIM2 allele duplication and deletion associated with language, intellectual, and developmental delay, recurrent pulmonary infections, microcephaly, facial dimorphism, limb anomalies, hypogonadism, and congenital heart defects.
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- Alejandro Berna-Erro
- Department of Physiology, Institute of Molecular Pathology Biomarkers, Universidad de Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain; (A.B.-E.); (J.N.-F.); (A.M.-D.); (P.C.R.); (J.J.L.)
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- Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, 41004 Seville, Spain; (J.S.-C.); (T.S.)
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Molecular Pathology Biomarkers, Universidad de Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain; (A.B.-E.); (J.N.-F.); (A.M.-D.); (P.C.R.); (J.J.L.)
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Molecular Pathology Biomarkers, Universidad de Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain; (A.B.-E.); (J.N.-F.); (A.M.-D.); (P.C.R.); (J.J.L.)
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Molecular Pathology Biomarkers, Universidad de Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain; (A.B.-E.); (J.N.-F.); (A.M.-D.); (P.C.R.); (J.J.L.)
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- Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville, 41004 Seville, Spain; (J.S.-C.); (T.S.)
- Group of Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, University Hospital of Virgen del Rocio, University of Seville, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), 41004 Seville, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Molecular Pathology Biomarkers, Universidad de Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain; (A.B.-E.); (J.N.-F.); (A.M.-D.); (P.C.R.); (J.J.L.)
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Molecular Pathology Biomarkers, Universidad de Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain; (A.B.-E.); (J.N.-F.); (A.M.-D.); (P.C.R.); (J.J.L.)
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Molecular Pathology Biomarkers, Universidad de Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain; (A.B.-E.); (J.N.-F.); (A.M.-D.); (P.C.R.); (J.J.L.)
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Yu T, Li X, Luo Q, Liu H, Jin J, Li S, He J. S417 in the CC3 region of STIM1 is critical for STIM1-Orai1 binding and CRAC channel activation. Life Sci Alliance 2023; 6:e202201623. [PMID: 36690443 PMCID: PMC9873985 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202201623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) is a universal Ca2+ influx pathway that is important for the function of many cell types. SOCE is controlled by the interaction of the ER Ca2+ sensor STIM1 with the plasma membrane Ca2+ channel Orai1. S417 is located in the third coiled-coil (CC3) domain of the C-terminus of STIM1. We found that single-point mutation of this residue (S417G) abolished STIM1 C-terminus interactions with Orai1. Mutation of S417 also abolished CAD-Orai1 binding and Orai1 channel activation, eliminated STIM1 puncta formation, and co-localization with Orai1 and SOCE. 2-APB was found to restore the binding of the STIM1 C-terminus mutant (S417G) to Orai1 and dose-dependently activate Orai1 channel. Both CBD and NBD of Orai1 are required for 2-APB-induced coupling between the Orai1 and STIM1 C-terminus mutant (S417G) and CRAC channel activation. We also demonstrated that 2-APB led to delayed activation of Orai1-K85E channel, although Orai1-K85E obviously impairs 2-APB-induced STIM1 C-terminus mutant (S417G)-Orai1 coupling. Our results suggest S417 in the CC3 domain of STIM1 is essential for STIM1-Orai1 binding and CRAC channel activation.
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- Tao Yu
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Wuhan Children's Hospital (Wuhan Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital), Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Division of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Division of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Division of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Division of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Division of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Division of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Cohen HA, Zomot E, Nataniel T, Militsin R, Palty R. The SOAR of STIM1 interacts with plasma membrane lipids to form ER-PM contact sites. Cell Rep 2023; 42:112238. [PMID: 36906853 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Revised: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023] Open
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Depletion of Ca2+ from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) causes the ER Ca2+ sensor STIM1 to form membrane contact sites (MCSs) with the plasma membrane (PM). At the ER-PM MCS, STIM1 binds to Orai channels to induce cellular Ca2+ entry. The prevailing view of this sequential process is that STIM1 interacts with the PM and with Orai1 using two separate modules: a C-terminal polybasic domain (PBD) for the interaction with PM phosphoinositides and the STIM-Orai activation region (SOAR) for the interaction with Orai channels. Here, using electron and fluorescence microscopy and protein-lipid interaction assays, we show that oligomerization of the SOAR promotes direct interaction with PM phosphoinositides to trap STIM1 at ER-PM MCSs. The interaction depends on a cluster of conserved lysine residues within the SOAR and is co-regulated by the STIM1 coil-coiled 1 and inactivation domains. Collectively, our findings uncover a molecular mechanism for formation and regulation of ER-PM MCSs by STIM1.
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- Hadas Achildiev Cohen
- Department of Biochemistry, Technion Integrated Cancer Center, Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry, Technion Integrated Cancer Center, Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry, Technion Integrated Cancer Center, Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry, Technion Integrated Cancer Center, Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry, Technion Integrated Cancer Center, Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel.
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Horvath F, Berlansky S, Maltan L, Grabmayr H, Fahrner M, Derler I, Romanin C, Renger T, Krobath H. Swing-out opening of stromal interaction molecule 1. Protein Sci 2023; 32:e4571. [PMID: 36691702 PMCID: PMC9929737 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) resides in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane and senses luminal calcium (Ca2+ ) concentration. STIM1 activation involves a large-scale conformational transition that exposes a STIM1 domain termed "CAD/SOAR", - which is required for activation of the calcium channel Orai. Under resting cell conditions, STIM1 assumes a quiescent state where CAD/SOAR is suspended in an intramolecular clamp formed by the coiled-coil 1 domain (CC1) and CAD/SOAR. Here, we present a structural model of the cytosolic part of the STIM1 resting state using molecular docking simulations that take into account previously reported interaction sites between the CC1α1 and CAD/SOAR domains. We corroborate and refine previously reported interdomain coiled-coil contacts. Based on our model, we provide a detailed analysis of the CC1-CAD/SOAR binding interface using molecular dynamics simulations. We find a very similar binding interface for a proposed domain-swapped configuration of STIM1, where the CAD/SOAR domain of one monomer interacts with the CC1α1 domain of another monomer of STIM1. The rich structural and dynamical information obtained from our simulations reveals novel interaction sites such as M244, I409, or E370, which are crucial for STIM1 quiescent state stability. We tested our predictions by electrophysiological and Förster resonance energy transfer experiments on corresponding single-point mutants. These experiments provide compelling support for the structural model of the STIM1 quiescent state reported here. Based on transitions observed in enhanced-sampling simulations paired with an analysis of the quiescent STIM1 conformational dynamics, our work offers a first atomistic model for CC1α1-CAD/SOAR detachment.
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- Ferdinand Horvath
- Department for Theoretical BiophysicsJohannes Kepler University LinzLinzAustria
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- Institute of BiophysicsJohannes Kepler University LinzLinzAustria
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- Institute of BiophysicsJohannes Kepler University LinzLinzAustria
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- Institute of BiophysicsJohannes Kepler University LinzLinzAustria
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- Institute of BiophysicsJohannes Kepler University LinzLinzAustria
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- Institute of BiophysicsJohannes Kepler University LinzLinzAustria
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- Department for Theoretical BiophysicsJohannes Kepler University LinzLinzAustria
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- Department for Theoretical BiophysicsJohannes Kepler University LinzLinzAustria
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Gamage TH, Grabmayr H, Horvath F, Fahrner M, Misceo D, Louch WE, Gunnes G, Pullisaar H, Reseland JE, Lyngstadaas SP, Holmgren A, Amundsen SS, Rathner P, Cerofolini L, Ravera E, Krobath H, Luchinat C, Renger T, Müller N, Romanin C, Frengen E. A single amino acid deletion in the ER Ca 2+ sensor STIM1 reverses the in vitro and in vivo effects of the Stormorken syndrome-causing R304W mutation. Sci Signal 2023; 16:eadd0509. [PMID: 36749824 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.add0509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Stormorken syndrome is a multiorgan hereditary disease caused by dysfunction of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+ sensor protein STIM1, which forms the Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channel together with the plasma membrane channel Orai1. ER Ca2+ store depletion activates STIM1 by releasing the intramolecular "clamp" formed between the coiled coil 1 (CC1) and CC3 domains of the protein, enabling the C terminus to extend and interact with Orai1. The most frequently occurring mutation in patients with Stormorken syndrome is R304W, which destabilizes and extends the STIM1 C terminus independently of ER Ca2+ store depletion, causing constitutive binding to Orai1 and CRAC channel activation. We found that in cis deletion of one amino acid residue, Glu296 (which we called E296del) reversed the pathological effects of R304W. Homozygous Stim1 E296del+R304W mice were viable and phenotypically indistinguishable from wild-type mice. NMR spectroscopy, molecular dynamics simulations, and cellular experiments revealed that although the R304W mutation prevented CC1 from interacting with CC3, the additional deletion of Glu296 opposed this effect by enabling CC1-CC3 binding and restoring the CC domain interactions within STIM1 that are critical for proper CRAC channel function. Our results provide insight into the activation mechanism of STIM1 by clarifying the molecular basis of mutation-elicited protein dysfunction and pathophysiology.
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- Thilini H Gamage
- Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, 0450 Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020 Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020 Linz, Austria
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, 0450 Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, 0450 Oslo, Norway
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1430 Ås, Norway
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- Department of Biomaterials, Institute of Clinical Dentistry, University of Oslo, 0455 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Biomaterials, Institute of Clinical Dentistry, University of Oslo, 0455 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, 0450 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, 0450 Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
- Institut für Analytische Chemie, University of Vienna, Währinger Straße 38, 1090 Wien, Austria
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- Magnetic Resonance Center, University of Florence and Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metalloproteine, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center, University of Florence and Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metalloproteine, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Chemistry, Ugo Schiff, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, Ugo Schiff, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- CERM, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1645/31A, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Institute of Biochemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020 Linz, Austria
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, 0450 Oslo, Norway
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Yuan X, Tang B, Chen Y, Zhou L, Deng J, Han L, Zhai Y, Zhou Y, Gill DL, Lu C, Wang Y. Celastrol inhibits store operated calcium entry and suppresses psoriasis. Front Pharmacol 2023; 14:1111798. [PMID: 36817139 PMCID: PMC9928759 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1111798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Introduction: Psoriasis is an inflammatory autoimmune skin disease that is hard to cure and prone to relapse. Currently available global immunosuppressive agents for psoriasis may cause severe side effects, thus it is crucial to identify new therapeutic reagents and druggable signaling pathways for psoriasis. Methods: To check the effects of SOCE inhibitors on psoriasis, we used animal models, biochemical approaches, together with various imaging techniques, including calcium, confocal and FRET imaging. Results and discussion: Store operated calcium (Ca2+) entry (SOCE), mediated by STIM1 and Orai1, is crucial for the function of keratinocytes and immune cells, the two major players in psoriasis. Here we showed that a natural compound celastrol is a novel SOCE inhibitor, and it ameliorated the skin lesion and reduced PASI scores in imiquimod-induced psoriasis-like mice. Celastrol dose- and time-dependently inhibited SOCE in HEK cells and HaCaT cells, a keratinocyte cell line. Mechanistically, celastrol inhibited SOCE via its actions both on STIM1 and Orai1. It inhibited Ca2+ entry through constitutively-active Orai1 mutants independent of STIM1. Rather than blocking the conformational switch and oligomerization of STIM1 during SOCE activation, celastrol diminished the transition from oligomerized STIM1 into aggregates, thus locking STIM1 in a partially active state. As a result, it abolished the functional coupling between STIM1 and Orai1, diminishing SOCE signals. Overall, our findings identified a new SOCE inhibitor celastrol that suppresses psoriasis, suggesting that SOCE pathway may serve as a new druggable target for treating psoriasis.
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- Xiaoman Yuan
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China,Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Lab on Chinese Medicine and Immune Disease Research, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China,Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Lab on Chinese Medicine and Immune Disease Research, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China,Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Lab on Chinese Medicine and Immune Disease Research, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China,Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Lab on Chinese Medicine and Immune Disease Research, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China,*Correspondence: Youjun Wang, ; Chuanjian Lu,
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China,Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China,*Correspondence: Youjun Wang, ; Chuanjian Lu,
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Sirko C, Novello MJ, Stathopulos PB. An S-glutathiomimetic Provides Structural Insights into Stromal Interaction Molecule-1 Regulation. J Mol Biol 2022; 434:167874. [PMID: 36332662 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2022.167874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 10/02/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
Stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) is an endo/sarcoplasmic reticulum (ER/SR) calcium (Ca2+) sensing protein that regulates store-operated calcium entry (SOCE). In SOCE, STIM1 activates Orai1-composed Ca2+ channels in the plasma membrane (PM) after ER stored Ca2+ depletion. S-Glutathionylation of STIM1 at Cys56 evokes constitutive SOCE in DT40 cells; however, the structural and biophysical mechanisms underlying the regulation of STIM1 by this modification are poorly defined. By establishing a protocol for site-specific STIM1 S-glutathionylation using reduced glutathione and diamide, we have revealed that modification of STIM1 at either Cys49 or Cys56 induces thermodynamic destabilization and conformational changes that result in increased solvent-exposed hydrophobicity. Further, S-glutathionylation or point-mutation of Cys56 reduces Ca2+ binding affinity, as measured by intrinsic fluorescence and far-UV circular dichroism spectroscopies. Solution NMR showed S-glutathionylated-induced perturbations in STIM1 are localized to the α1 helix of the canonical EF-hand, the α3 and α4 helices of the non-canonical EF-hand and α6 and α8 helices of the SAM domain. Finally, we designed an S-glutathiomimetic mutation that strongly recapitulates the structural, biophysical and functional effects within the STIM1 luminal domain and we envision to be another tool for understanding the effects of protein S-glutathionylation in vitro, in cellulo and in vivo.
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- Christian Sirko
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A5C1, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A5C1, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A5C1, Canada.
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Jardin I, Berna-Erro A, Nieto-Felipe J, Macias A, Sanchez-Collado J, Lopez JJ, Salido GM, Rosado JA. Similarities and Differences between the Orai1 Variants: Orai1α and Orai1β. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232314568. [PMID: 36498894 PMCID: PMC9735889 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232314568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Orai1, the first identified member of the Orai protein family, is ubiquitously expressed in the animal kingdom. Orai1 was initially characterized as the channel responsible for the store-operated calcium entry (SOCE), a major mechanism that allows cytosolic calcium concentration increments upon receptor-mediated IP3 generation, which results in intracellular Ca2+ store depletion. Furthermore, current evidence supports that abnormal Orai1 expression or function underlies several disorders. Orai1 is, together with STIM1, the key element of SOCE, conducting the Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) current and, in association with TRPC1, the store-operated Ca2+ (SOC) current. Additionally, Orai1 is involved in non-capacitative pathways, as the arachidonate-regulated or LTC4-regulated Ca2+ channel (ARC/LRC), store-independent Ca2+ influx activated by the secretory pathway Ca2+-ATPase (SPCA2) and the small conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel 3 (SK3). Furthermore, Orai1 possesses two variants, Orai1α and Orai1β, the latter lacking 63 amino acids in the N-terminus as compared to the full-length Orai1α form, which confers distinct features to each variant. Here, we review the current knowledge about the differences between Orai1α and Orai1β, the implications of the Ca2+ signals triggered by each variant, and their downstream modulatory effect within the cell.
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Shrestha N, Hye-Ryong Shim A, Maneshi MM, See-Wai Yeung P, Yamashita M, Prakriya M. Mapping interactions between the CRAC activation domain and CC1 regulating the activity of the ER Ca 2+ sensor STIM1. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:102157. [PMID: 35724962 PMCID: PMC9304783 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 06/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) is a widely expressed protein that functions as the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+ sensor and activator of Orai1 channels. In resting cells with replete Ca2+ stores, an inhibitory clamp formed by the coiled-coil 1 (CC1) domain interacting with the CRAC-activation domain (CAD) of STIM1 helps keep STIM1 in a quiescent state. Following depletion of ER Ca2+ stores, the brake is released, allowing CAD to extend away from the ER membrane and enabling it to activate Orai1 channels. However, the molecular determinants of CC1-CAD interactions that enforce the inhibitory clamp are incompletely understood. Here, we performed Ala mutagenesis in conjunction with live-cell FRET analysis to examine residues in CC1 and CAD that regulate the inhibitory clamp. Our results indicate that in addition to previously identified hotspots in CC1⍺1 and CC3, several hydrophobic residues in CC2 and the apex region of CAD are critical for CC1-CAD interactions. Mutations in these residues loosen the CC1-CAD inhibitory clamp to release CAD from CC1 in cells with replete Ca2+ stores. By contrast, altering the hydrophobic residues L265 and L273 strengthens the clamp to prevent STIM1 activation. Inclusion of the inactivation domain of STIM1 helps stabilize CC1-CAD interaction in several mutants to prevent spontaneous STIM1 activation. In addition, R426C, a human disease-linked mutation in CC3, affects the clamp but also impairs Orai1 binding to inhibit CRAC channel activation. These results identify the CC2, apex, and inactivation domain regions of STIM1 as important determinants of STIM1 activation.
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- Nisha Shrestha
- Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Collins HE, Zhang D, Chatham JC. STIM and Orai Mediated Regulation of Calcium Signaling in Age-Related Diseases. FRONTIERS IN AGING 2022; 3:876785. [PMID: 35821821 PMCID: PMC9261457 DOI: 10.3389/fragi.2022.876785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Tight spatiotemporal regulation of intracellular Ca2+ plays a critical role in regulating diverse cellular functions including cell survival, metabolism, and transcription. As a result, eukaryotic cells have developed a wide variety of mechanisms for controlling Ca2+ influx and efflux across the plasma membrane as well as Ca2+ release and uptake from intracellular stores. The STIM and Orai protein families comprising of STIM1, STIM2, Orai1, Orai2, and Orai3, are evolutionarily highly conserved proteins that are core components of all mammalian Ca2+ signaling systems. STIM1 and Orai1 are considered key players in the regulation of Store Operated Calcium Entry (SOCE), where release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores such as the Endoplasmic/Sarcoplasmic reticulum (ER/SR) triggers Ca2+ influx across the plasma membrane. SOCE, which has been widely characterized in non-excitable cells, plays a central role in Ca2+-dependent transcriptional regulation. In addition to their role in Ca2+ signaling, STIM1 and Orai1 have been shown to contribute to the regulation of metabolism and mitochondrial function. STIM and Orai proteins are also subject to redox modifications, which influence their activities. Considering their ubiquitous expression, there has been increasing interest in the roles of STIM and Orai proteins in excitable cells such as neurons and myocytes. While controversy remains as to the importance of SOCE in excitable cells, STIM1 and Orai1 are essential for cellular homeostasis and their disruption is linked to various diseases associated with aging such as cardiovascular disease and neurodegeneration. The recent identification of splice variants for most STIM and Orai isoforms while complicating our understanding of their function, may also provide insight into some of the current contradictions on their roles. Therefore, the goal of this review is to describe our current understanding of the molecular regulation of STIM and Orai proteins and their roles in normal physiology and diseases of aging, with a particular focus on heart disease and neurodegeneration.
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- Helen E. Collins
- Division of Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, Department of PathologyUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, Department of PathologyUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States,*Correspondence: John C. Chatham,
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Xie J, Ma G, Zhou L, He L, Zhang Z, Tan P, Huang Z, Fang S, Wang T, Lee Y, Wen S, Siwko S, Wang L, Liu J, Du Y, Zhang N, Liu X, Han L, Huang Y, Wang R, Wang Y, Zhou Y, Han W. Identification of a STIM1 Splicing Variant that Promotes Glioblastoma Growth. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2103940. [PMID: 35076181 PMCID: PMC9008427 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202103940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 01/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Deregulated store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) mediated by aberrant STIM1-ORAI1 signaling is closely implicated in cancer initiation and progression. Here the authors report the identification of an alternatively spliced variant of STIM1, designated STIM1β, that harbors an extra exon to encode 31 additional amino acids in the cytoplasmic domain. STIM1β, highly conserved in mammals, is aberrantly upregulated in glioma tissues to perturb Ca2+ signaling. At the molecular level, the 31-residue insertion destabilizes STIM1β by perturbing its cytosolic inhibitory domain and accelerating its activation kinetics to efficiently engage and gate ORAI calcium channels. Functionally, STIM1β depletion affects SOCE in glioblastoma cells, suppresses tumor cell proliferation and growth both in vitro and in vivo. Collectively, their study establishes a splicing variant-specific tumor-promoting role of STIM1β that can be potentially targeted for glioblastoma intervention.
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- Jiansheng Xie
- Department of Medical OncologyLaboratory of Cancer BiologyInstitute of Clinical ScienceSir Run Run Shaw HospitalCollege of MedicineZhejiang UniversityHangzhouZhejiangP. R. China
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- Center for Translational Cancer ResearchInstitute of Biosciences and TechnologyTexas A&M UniversityHoustonTX77030USA
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular DevelopmentCollege of Life SciencesBeijing Normal UniversityBeijing100875P. R. China
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- Center for Translational Cancer ResearchInstitute of Biosciences and TechnologyTexas A&M UniversityHoustonTX77030USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Molecular MedicineDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologySchool of Basic Medical SciencesFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical SchoolHoustonTX77030USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer ResearchInstitute of Biosciences and TechnologyTexas A&M UniversityHoustonTX77030USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer ResearchInstitute of Biosciences and TechnologyTexas A&M UniversityHoustonTX77030USA
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- Center for Epigenetics and Disease PreventionInstitute of Biosciences and TechnologyTexas A&M UniversityHoustonTX77030USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer ResearchInstitute of Biosciences and TechnologyTexas A&M UniversityHoustonTX77030USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer ResearchInstitute of Biosciences and TechnologyTexas A&M UniversityHoustonTX77030USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer ResearchInstitute of Biosciences and TechnologyTexas A&M UniversityHoustonTX77030USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer ResearchInstitute of Biosciences and TechnologyTexas A&M UniversityHoustonTX77030USA
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular DevelopmentCollege of Life SciencesBeijing Normal UniversityBeijing100875P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular DevelopmentCollege of Life SciencesBeijing Normal UniversityBeijing100875P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular DevelopmentCollege of Life SciencesBeijing Normal UniversityBeijing100875P. R. China
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- Department of Medical OncologyLaboratory of Cancer BiologyInstitute of Clinical ScienceSir Run Run Shaw HospitalCollege of MedicineZhejiang UniversityHangzhouZhejiangP. R. China
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- Center for Translational Cancer ResearchInstitute of Biosciences and TechnologyTexas A&M UniversityHoustonTX77030USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical SchoolHoustonTX77030USA
- Center for Epigenetics and Disease PreventionInstitute of Biosciences and TechnologyTexas A&M UniversityHoustonTX77030USA
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- Center for Epigenetics and Disease PreventionInstitute of Biosciences and TechnologyTexas A&M UniversityHoustonTX77030USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer ResearchInstitute of Biosciences and TechnologyTexas A&M UniversityHoustonTX77030USA
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular DevelopmentCollege of Life SciencesBeijing Normal UniversityBeijing100875P. R. China
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- Center for Translational Cancer ResearchInstitute of Biosciences and TechnologyTexas A&M UniversityHoustonTX77030USA
- Department of Translational Medical SciencesCollege of MedicineTexas A&M UniversityHoustonTX77030USA
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- Department of Medical OncologyLaboratory of Cancer BiologyInstitute of Clinical ScienceSir Run Run Shaw HospitalCollege of MedicineZhejiang UniversityHangzhouZhejiangP. R. China
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Jennette MR, Baraniak JH, Zhou Y, Gill DL. The unfolding and activation of STIM1 in store-operated calcium signal generation. Cell Calcium 2022; 102:102537. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2022.102537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Maltan L, Andova AM, Derler I. The Role of Lipids in CRAC Channel Function. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12030352. [PMID: 35327543 PMCID: PMC8944985 DOI: 10.3390/biom12030352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The composition and dynamics of the lipid membrane define the physical properties of the bilayer and consequently affect the function of the incorporated membrane transporters, which also applies for the prominent Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ ion channel (CRAC). This channel is activated by receptor-induced Ca2+ store depletion of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and consists of two transmembrane proteins, STIM1 and Orai1. STIM1 is anchored in the ER membrane and senses changes in the ER luminal Ca2+ concentration. Orai1 is the Ca2+-selective, pore-forming CRAC channel component located in the plasma membrane (PM). Ca2+ store-depletion of the ER triggers activation of STIM1 proteins, which subsequently leads to a conformational change and oligomerization of STIM1 and its coupling to as well as activation of Orai1 channels at the ER-PM contact sites. Although STIM1 and Orai1 are sufficient for CRAC channel activation, their efficient activation and deactivation is fine-tuned by a variety of lipids and lipid- and/or ER-PM junction-dependent accessory proteins. The underlying mechanisms for lipid-mediated CRAC channel modulation as well as the still open questions, are presented in this review.
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Zhang N, Pan H, Liang X, Xie J, Han W. The roles of transmembrane family proteins in the regulation of store-operated Ca 2+ entry. Cell Mol Life Sci 2022; 79:118. [PMID: 35119538 PMCID: PMC11071953 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-021-04034-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) is a major pathway for calcium signaling, which regulates almost every biological process, involving cell proliferation, differentiation, movement and death. Stromal interaction molecule (STIM) and ORAI calcium release-activated calcium modulator (ORAI) are the two major proteins involved in SOCE. With the deepening of studies, more and more proteins are found to be able to regulate SOCE, among which the transmembrane (TMEM) family proteins are worth paying more attention. In addition, the ORAI proteins belong to the TMEM family themselves. As the name suggests, TMEM family is a type of proteins that spans biological membranes including plasma membrane and membrane of organelles. TMEM proteins are in a large family with more than 300 proteins that have been already identified, while the functional knowledge about the proteins is preliminary. In this review, we mainly summarized the TMEM proteins that are involved in SOCE, to better describe a picture of the interaction between STIM and ORAI proteins during SOCE and its downstream signaling pathways, as well as to provide an idea for the study of the TMEM family proteins.
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- Ningxia Zhang
- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
- Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Institute of Clinical Science, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
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Optogenetics combines light and genetics to enable precise control of living cells, tissues, and organisms with tailored functions. Optogenetics has the advantages of noninvasiveness, rapid responsiveness, tunable reversibility, and superior spatiotemporal resolution. Following the initial discovery of microbial opsins as light-actuated ion channels, a plethora of naturally occurring or engineered photoreceptors or photosensitive domains that respond to light at varying wavelengths has ushered in the next chapter of optogenetics. Through protein engineering and synthetic biology approaches, genetically-encoded photoswitches can be modularly engineered into protein scaffolds or host cells to control a myriad of biological processes, as well as to enable behavioral control and disease intervention in vivo. Here, we summarize these optogenetic tools on the basis of their fundamental photochemical properties to better inform the chemical basis and design principles. We also highlight exemplary applications of opsin-free optogenetics in dissecting cellular physiology (designated "optophysiology"), and describe the current progress, as well as future trends, in wireless optogenetics, which enables remote interrogation of physiological processes with minimal invasiveness. This review is anticipated to spark novel thoughts on engineering next-generation optogenetic tools and devices that promise to accelerate both basic and translational studies.
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- Peng Tan
- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, Texas, United States.,Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, Texas, United States
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- Center for Epigenetics and Disease Prevention, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, United States.,Department of Translational Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, Houston, Texas, United States
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, Texas, United States.,Department of Translational Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, Houston, Texas, United States
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Harnessing single-molecule FRET illuminates the structural changes necessary for a protein to fine-tune the influx of calcium when reserves inside a cell run low.
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- Marc Fahrner
- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University LinzLinzAustria
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Zomot E, Achildiev Cohen H, Dagan I, Militsin R, Palty R. Bidirectional regulation of calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channel by SARAF. J Cell Biol 2021; 220:212731. [PMID: 34705029 PMCID: PMC8562847 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202104007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2021] [Revised: 08/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) through the Ca2+ release–activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channel is a central mechanism by which cells generate Ca2+ signals and mediate Ca2+-dependent gene expression. The molecular basis for CRAC channel regulation by the SOCE-associated regulatory factor (SARAF) remained insufficiently understood. Here we found that following ER Ca2+ depletion, SARAF facilitates a conformational change in the ER Ca2+ sensor STIM1 that relieves an activation constraint enforced by the STIM1 inactivation domain (ID; aa 475–483) and promotes initial activation of STIM1, its translocation to ER–plasma membrane junctions, and coupling to Orai1 channels. Following intracellular Ca2+ rise, cooperation between SARAF and the STIM1 ID controls CRAC channel slow Ca2+-dependent inactivation. We further show that in T lymphocytes, SARAF is required for proper T cell receptor evoked transcription. Taking all these data together, we uncover a dual regulatory role for SARAF during both activation and inactivation of CRAC channels and show that SARAF fine-tunes intracellular Ca2+ responses and downstream gene expression in cells.
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- Elia Zomot
- Department of Biochemistry, Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry, Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry, Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry, Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry, Technion Integrated Cancer Center, Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Maltan L, Najjar H, Tiffner A, Derler I. Deciphering Molecular Mechanisms and Intervening in Physiological and Pathophysiological Processes of Ca 2+ Signaling Mechanisms Using Optogenetic Tools. Cells 2021; 10:3340. [PMID: 34943850 PMCID: PMC8699489 DOI: 10.3390/cells10123340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Calcium ion channels are involved in numerous biological functions such as lymphocyte activation, muscle contraction, neurotransmission, excitation, hormone secretion, gene expression, cell migration, memory, and aging. Therefore, their dysfunction can lead to a wide range of cellular abnormalities and, subsequently, to diseases. To date various conventional techniques have provided valuable insights into the roles of Ca2+ signaling. However, their limited spatiotemporal resolution and lack of reversibility pose significant obstacles in the detailed understanding of the structure-function relationship of ion channels. These drawbacks could be partially overcome by the use of optogenetics, which allows for the remote and well-defined manipulation of Ca2+-signaling. Here, we review the various optogenetic tools that have been used to achieve precise control over different Ca2+-permeable ion channels and receptors and associated downstream signaling cascades. We highlight the achievements of optogenetics as well as the still-open questions regarding the resolution of ion channel working mechanisms. In addition, we summarize the successes of optogenetics in manipulating many Ca2+-dependent biological processes both in vitro and in vivo. In summary, optogenetics has significantly advanced our understanding of Ca2+ signaling proteins and the used tools provide an essential basis for potential future therapeutic application.
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, A-4020 Linz, Austria; (L.M.); (H.N.); (A.T.)
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Masson B, Montani D, Humbert M, Capuano V, Antigny F. Role of Store-Operated Ca 2+ Entry in the Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling Occurring in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Biomolecules 2021; 11:1781. [PMID: 34944425 PMCID: PMC8698435 DOI: 10.3390/biom11121781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a severe and multifactorial disease. PAH pathogenesis mostly involves pulmonary arterial endothelial and pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cell (PASMC) dysfunction, leading to alterations in pulmonary arterial tone and distal pulmonary vessel obstruction and remodeling. Unfortunately, current PAH therapies are not curative, and therapeutic approaches mostly target endothelial dysfunction, while PASMC dysfunction is under investigation. In PAH, modifications in intracellular Ca2+ homoeostasis could partly explain PASMC dysfunction. One of the most crucial actors regulating Ca2+ homeostasis is store-operated Ca2+ channels, which mediate store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE). This review focuses on the main actors of SOCE in human and experimental PASMC, their contribution to PAH pathogenesis, and their therapeutic potential in PAH.
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- Bastien Masson
- Faculté de Médecine, School of Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; (B.M.); (D.M.); (M.H.); (V.C.)
- INSERM UMR_S 999 Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Novel Therapies, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph, Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, 92350 Le Plessis-Robinson, France
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- Faculté de Médecine, School of Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; (B.M.); (D.M.); (M.H.); (V.C.)
- INSERM UMR_S 999 Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Novel Therapies, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph, Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, 92350 Le Plessis-Robinson, France
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Department of Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine, Pulmonary Hypertension National Referral Center, Hôpital Bicêtre, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Faculté de Médecine, School of Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; (B.M.); (D.M.); (M.H.); (V.C.)
- INSERM UMR_S 999 Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Novel Therapies, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph, Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, 92350 Le Plessis-Robinson, France
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Department of Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine, Pulmonary Hypertension National Referral Center, Hôpital Bicêtre, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Faculté de Médecine, School of Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; (B.M.); (D.M.); (M.H.); (V.C.)
- INSERM UMR_S 999 Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Novel Therapies, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph, Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, 92350 Le Plessis-Robinson, France
- Research and Innovation Unit, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph, Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, 92350 Le Plessis-Robinson, France
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- Faculté de Médecine, School of Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; (B.M.); (D.M.); (M.H.); (V.C.)
- INSERM UMR_S 999 Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Novel Therapies, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph, Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, 92350 Le Plessis-Robinson, France
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van Dorp S, Qiu R, Choi UB, Wu MM, Yen M, Kirmiz M, Brunger AT, Lewis RS. Conformational dynamics of auto-inhibition in the ER calcium sensor STIM1. eLife 2021; 10:66194. [PMID: 34730514 PMCID: PMC8651296 DOI: 10.7554/elife.66194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The dimeric ER Ca2+ sensor STIM1 controls store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) through the regulated binding of its CRAC activation domain (CAD) to Orai channels in the plasma membrane. In resting cells, the STIM1 CC1 domain interacts with CAD to suppress SOCE, but the structural basis of this interaction is unclear. Using single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) and protein crosslinking approaches, we show that CC1 interacts dynamically with CAD in a domain-swapped configuration with an orientation predicted to sequester its Orai-binding region adjacent to the ER membrane. Following ER Ca2+ depletion and release from CAD, cysteine crosslinking indicates that the two CC1 domains become closely paired along their entire length in the active Orai-bound state. These findings provide a structural basis for the dual roles of CC1: sequestering CAD to suppress SOCE in resting cells and propelling it toward the plasma membrane to activate Orai and SOCE after store depletion.
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- Stijn van Dorp
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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Gupta A, Kitzler CM, Rathner P, Fahrner M, Grabmayr H, Rathner A, Romanin C, Müller N. Resonance assignment of coiled-coil 3 (CC3) domain of human STIM1. BIOMOLECULAR NMR ASSIGNMENTS 2021; 15:433-439. [PMID: 34417953 PMCID: PMC8481183 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-021-10042-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The protein stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) plays a pivotal role in mediating store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) into cells, which is essential for adaptive immunity. It acts as a calcium sensor in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and extends into the cytosol, where it changes from an inactive (tight) to an active (extended) oligomeric form upon calcium store depletion. NMR studies of this protein are challenging due to its membrane-spanning and aggregation properties. Therefore follow the divide-and-conquer approach, focusing on individual domains first is in order. The cytosolic part is predicted to have a large content of coiled-coil (CC) structure. We report the 1H, 13C, 15N chemical shift assignments of the CC3 domain. This domain is crucial for the stabilisation of the tight quiescent form of STIM1 as well as for activating the ORAI calcium channel by direct contact, in the extended active form.
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- Agrim Gupta
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040, Linz, Austria
- Institute of Analytical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währingerstrasse 38, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040, Linz, Austria.
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1645/31A, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
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Höglinger C, Grabmayr H, Maltan L, Horvath F, Krobath H, Muik M, Tiffner A, Renger T, Romanin C, Fahrner M, Derler I. Defects in the STIM1 SOARα2 domain affect multiple steps in the CRAC channel activation cascade. Cell Mol Life Sci 2021; 78:6645-6667. [PMID: 34498097 PMCID: PMC8558294 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-021-03933-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channel consists of STIM1, a Ca2+ sensor in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and Orai1, the Ca2+ ion channel in the plasma membrane. Ca2+ store depletion triggers conformational changes and oligomerization of STIM1 proteins and their direct interaction with Orai1. Structural alterations include the transition of STIM1 C-terminus from a folded to an extended conformation thereby exposing CAD (CRAC activation domain)/SOAR (STIM1-Orai1 activation region) for coupling to Orai1. In this study, we discovered that different point mutations of F394 in the small alpha helical segment (STIM1 α2) within the CAD/SOAR apex entail a rich plethora of effects on diverse STIM1 activation steps. An alanine substitution (STIM1 F394A) destabilized the STIM1 quiescent state, as evident from its constitutive activity. Single point mutation to hydrophilic, charged amino acids (STIM1 F394D, STIM1 F394K) impaired STIM1 homomerization and subsequent Orai1 activation. MD simulations suggest that their loss of homomerization may arise from altered formation of the CC1α1-SOAR/CAD interface and potential electrostatic interactions with lipid headgroups in the ER membrane. Consistent with these findings, we provide experimental evidence that the perturbing effects of F394D depend on the distance of the apex from the ER membrane. Taken together, our results suggest that the CAD/SOAR apex is in the immediate vicinity of the ER membrane in the STIM1 quiescent state and that different mutations therein can impact the STIM1/Orai1 activation cascade in various manners. Legend: Upon intracellular Ca2+ store depletion of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), Ca2+ dissociates from STIM1. As a result, STIM1 adopts an elongated conformation and elicits Ca2+ influx from the extracellular matrix (EM) into the cell due to binding to and activation of Ca2+-selective Orai1 channels (left). The effects of three point mutations within the SOARα2 domain highlight the manifold roles of this region in the STIM1/Orai1 activation cascade: STIM1 F394A is active irrespective of the intracellular ER Ca2+ store level, but activates Orai1 channels to a reduced extent (middle). On the other hand, STIM1 F394D/K cannot adopt an elongated conformation upon Ca2+ store-depletion due to altered formation of the CC1α1-SOAR/CAD interface and/or electrostatic interaction of the respective side-chain charge with corresponding opposite charges on lipid headgroups in the ER membrane (right).
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- Carmen Höglinger
- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020, Linz, Austria.
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020, Linz, Austria.
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Regulation of Store-Operated Ca 2+ Entry by SARAF. Cells 2021; 10:cells10081887. [PMID: 34440656 PMCID: PMC8391525 DOI: 10.3390/cells10081887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Calcium (Ca2+) signaling plays a dichotomous role in cellular biology, controlling cell survival and proliferation on the one hand and cellular toxicity and cell death on the other. Store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) by CRAC channels represents a major pathway for Ca2+ entry in non-excitable cells. The CRAC channel has two key components, the endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ sensor stromal interaction molecule (STIM) and the plasma-membrane Ca2+ channel Orai. Physical coupling between STIM and Orai opens the CRAC channel and the resulting Ca2+ flux is regulated by a negative feedback mechanism of slow Ca2+ dependent inactivation (SCDI). The identification of the SOCE-associated regulatory factor (SARAF) and investigations of its role in SCDI have led to new functional and molecular insights into how SOCE is controlled. In this review, we provide an overview of the functional and molecular mechanisms underlying SCDI and discuss how the interaction between SARAF, STIM1, and Orai1 shapes Ca2+ signaling in cells.
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Baraniak JH, Zhou Y, Nwokonko RM, Jennette MR, Kazzaz SA, Stenson JM, Whitsell AL, Wang Y, Trebak M, Gill DL. Orai channel C-terminal peptides are key modulators of STIM-Orai coupling and calcium signal generation. Cell Rep 2021; 35:109322. [PMID: 34192542 PMCID: PMC8462482 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Revised: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Junctional coupling between endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+-sensor STIM proteins and plasma membrane (PM) Orai channels mediates Ca2+ signals in most cells. We reveal that PM-tethered, fluorescently tagged C-terminal M4x (fourth transmembrane helix contains a cytoplasmic C-terminal extension) peptides from Orai channels undergo a Leu-specific signature of direct interaction with the STIM1 Orai-activating region (SOAR), exactly mimicking STIM1 binding to gate Orai channels. The 20-amino-acid Orai3-M4x peptide associates avidly with STIM1 within ER-PM junctions, functions to competitively block native Ca2+ signals, and mediates a key modification of STIM-Orai coupling induced by 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate. By blocking STIM-Orai coupling, the Orai3-M4x peptide reveals the critical role of Orai channels in driving Ca2+ oscillatory signals and transcriptional control through NFAT. The M4x peptides interact independently with SOAR dimers consistent with unimolecular coupling between Orai subunits and STIM1 dimers. We reveal the critical role of M4x helices in defining the coupling interface between STIM and Orai proteins to mediate store-operated Ca2+ signals.
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- James H Baraniak
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resources and Molecular Development College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
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Store Operated Calcium Entry in Cell Migration and Cancer Metastasis. Cells 2021; 10:cells10051246. [PMID: 34069353 PMCID: PMC8158756 DOI: 10.3390/cells10051246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Ca2+ signaling is ubiquitous in eukaryotic cells and modulates many cellular events including cell migration. Directional cell migration requires the polarization of both signaling and structural elements. This polarization is reflected in various Ca2+ signaling pathways that impinge on cell movement. In particular, store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) plays important roles in regulating cell movement at both the front and rear of migrating cells. SOCE represents a predominant Ca2+ influx pathway in non-excitable cells, which are the primary migrating cells in multicellular organisms. In this review, we summarize the role of Ca2+ signaling in cell migration with a focus on SOCE and its diverse functions in migrating cells and cancer metastasis. SOCE has been implicated in regulating focal adhesion turnover in a polarized fashion and the mechanisms involved are beginning to be elucidated. However, SOCE is also involved is other aspects of cell migration with a less well-defined mechanistic understanding. Therefore, much remains to be learned regarding the role and regulation of SOCE in migrating cells.
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Crul T, Maléth J. Endoplasmic Reticulum-Plasma Membrane Contact Sites as an Organizing Principle for Compartmentalized Calcium and cAMP Signaling. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22094703. [PMID: 33946838 PMCID: PMC8124356 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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In eukaryotic cells, ultimate specificity in activation and action-for example, by means of second messengers-of the myriad of signaling cascades is primordial. In fact, versatile and ubiquitous second messengers, such as calcium (Ca2+) and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), regulate multiple-sometimes opposite-cellular functions in a specific spatiotemporal manner. Cells achieve this through segregation of the initiators and modulators to specific plasma membrane (PM) subdomains, such as lipid rafts and caveolae, as well as by dynamic close contacts between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane and other intracellular organelles, including the PM. Especially, these membrane contact sites (MCSs) are currently receiving a lot of attention as their large influence on cell signaling regulation and cell physiology is increasingly appreciated. Depletion of ER Ca2+ stores activates ER membrane STIM proteins, which activate PM-residing Orai and TRPC Ca2+ channels at ER-PM contact sites. Within the MCS, Ca2+ fluxes relay to cAMP signaling through highly interconnected networks. However, the precise mechanisms of MCS formation and the influence of their dynamic lipid environment on their functional maintenance are not completely understood. The current review aims to provide an overview of our current understanding and to identify open questions of the field.
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- Tim Crul
- First Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, H6720 Szeged, Hungary
- HAS-USZ Momentum Epithelial Cell Signaling and Secretion Research Group, University of Szeged, H6720 Szeged, Hungary
- HCEMM-SZTE Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, University of Szeged, H6720 Szeged, Hungary
- Correspondence: (T.C.); (J.M.)
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- First Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, H6720 Szeged, Hungary
- HAS-USZ Momentum Epithelial Cell Signaling and Secretion Research Group, University of Szeged, H6720 Szeged, Hungary
- HCEMM-SZTE Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, University of Szeged, H6720 Szeged, Hungary
- Correspondence: (T.C.); (J.M.)
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Rosenberg P, Zhang H, Bryson VG, Wang C. SOCE in the cardiomyocyte: the secret is in the chambers. Pflugers Arch 2021; 473:417-434. [PMID: 33638008 PMCID: PMC7910201 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-021-02540-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) is an ancient and ubiquitous Ca2+ signaling pathway that is present in virtually every cell type. Over the last two decades, many studies have implicated this non-voltage dependent Ca2+ entry pathway in cardiac physiology. The relevance of the SOCE pathway in cardiomyocytes is often questioned given the well-established role for excitation contraction coupling. In this review, we consider the evidence that STIM1 and SOCE contribute to Ca2+ dynamics in cardiomyocytes. We discuss the relevance of this pathway to cardiac growth in response to developmental and pathologic cues. We also address whether STIM1 contributes to Ca2+ store refilling that likely impacts cardiac pacemaking and arrhythmogenesis in cardiomyocytes.
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- Paul Rosenberg
- Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27705, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27705, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27705, USA
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Rathner P, Fahrner M, Cerofolini L, Grabmayr H, Horvath F, Krobath H, Gupta A, Ravera E, Fragai M, Bechmann M, Renger T, Luchinat C, Romanin C, Müller N. Interhelical interactions within the STIM1 CC1 domain modulate CRAC channel activation. Nat Chem Biol 2021; 17:196-204. [PMID: 33106661 PMCID: PMC7610458 DOI: 10.1038/s41589-020-00672-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The calcium release activated calcium channel is activated by the endoplasmic reticulum-resident calcium sensor protein STIM1. On activation, STIM1 C terminus changes from an inactive, tight to an active, extended conformation. A coiled-coil clamp involving the CC1 and CC3 domains is essential in controlling STIM1 activation, with CC1 as the key entity. The nuclear magnetic resonance-derived solution structure of the CC1 domain represents a three-helix bundle stabilized by interhelical contacts, which are absent in the Stormorken disease-related STIM1 R304W mutant. Two interhelical sites between the CC1α1 and CC1α2 helices are key in controlling STIM1 activation, affecting the balance between tight and extended conformations. Nuclear magnetic resonance-directed mutations within these interhelical interactions restore the physiological, store-dependent activation behavior of the gain-of-function STIM1 R304W mutant. This study reveals the functional impact of interhelical interactions within the CC1 domain for modifying the CC1-CC3 clamp strength to control the activation of STIM1.
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- Petr Rathner
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence and Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metallo Proteine (CIRMMP), Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence and Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metallo Proteine (CIRMMP), Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence and Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metallo Proteine (CIRMMP), Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence and Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metallo Proteine (CIRMMP), Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria.
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
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The Orai Pore Opening Mechanism. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22020533. [PMID: 33430308 PMCID: PMC7825772 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22020533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2020] [Revised: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cell survival and normal cell function require a highly coordinated and precise regulation of basal cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations. The primary source of Ca2+ entry into the cell is mediated by the Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channel. Its action is stimulated in response to internal Ca2+ store depletion. The fundamental constituents of CRAC channels are the Ca2+ sensor, stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) anchored in the endoplasmic reticulum, and a highly Ca2+-selective pore-forming subunit Orai1 in the plasma membrane. The precise nature of the Orai1 pore opening is currently a topic of intensive research. This review describes how Orai1 gating checkpoints in the middle and cytosolic extended transmembrane regions act together in a concerted manner to ensure an opening-permissive Orai1 channel conformation. In this context, we highlight the effects of the currently known multitude of Orai1 mutations, which led to the identification of a series of gating checkpoints and the determination of their role in diverse steps of the Orai1 activation cascade. The synergistic action of these gating checkpoints maintains an intact pore geometry, settles STIM1 coupling, and governs pore opening. We describe the current knowledge on Orai1 channel gating mechanisms and summarize still open questions of the STIM1-Orai1 machinery.
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Grabmayr H, Romanin C, Fahrner M. STIM Proteins: An Ever-Expanding Family. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 22:E378. [PMID: 33396497 PMCID: PMC7795233 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22010378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2020] [Revised: 12/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Stromal interaction molecules (STIM) are a distinct class of ubiquitously expressed single-pass transmembrane proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane. Together with Orai ion channels in the plasma membrane (PM), they form the molecular basis of the calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channel. An intracellular signaling pathway known as store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) is critically dependent on the CRAC channel. The SOCE pathway is activated by the ligand-induced depletion of the ER calcium store. STIM proteins, acting as calcium sensors, subsequently sense this depletion and activate Orai ion channels via direct physical interaction to allow the influx of calcium ions for store refilling and downstream signaling processes. This review article is dedicated to the latest advances in the field of STIM proteins. New results of ongoing investigations based on the recently published functional data as well as structural data from nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are reported and complemented with a discussion of the latest developments in the research of STIM protein isoforms and their differential functions in regulating SOCE.
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020 Linz, Austria;
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020 Linz, Austria;
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Tiffner A, Derler I. Molecular Choreography and Structure of Ca 2+ Release-Activated Ca 2+ (CRAC) and K Ca2+ Channels and Their Relevance in Disease with Special Focus on Cancer. MEMBRANES 2020; 10:membranes10120425. [PMID: 33333945 PMCID: PMC7765462 DOI: 10.3390/membranes10120425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Ca2+ ions play a variety of roles in the human body as well as within a single cell. Cellular Ca2+ signal transduction processes are governed by Ca2+ sensing and Ca2+ transporting proteins. In this review, we discuss the Ca2+ and the Ca2+-sensing ion channels with particular focus on the structure-function relationship of the Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) ion channel, the Ca2+-activated K+ (KCa2+) ion channels, and their modulation via other cellular components. Moreover, we highlight their roles in healthy signaling processes as well as in disease with a special focus on cancer. As KCa2+ channels are activated via elevations of intracellular Ca2+ levels, we summarize the current knowledge on the action mechanisms of the interplay of CRAC and KCa2+ ion channels and their role in cancer cell development.
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Gibhardt CS, Cappello S, Bhardwaj R, Schober R, Kirsch SA, Bonilla Del Rio Z, Gahbauer S, Bochicchio A, Sumanska M, Ickes C, Stejerean-Todoran I, Mitkovski M, Alansary D, Zhang X, Revazian A, Fahrner M, Lunz V, Frischauf I, Luo T, Ezerina D, Messens J, Belousov VV, Hoth M, Böckmann RA, Hediger MA, Schindl R, Bogeski I. Oxidative Stress-Induced STIM2 Cysteine Modifications Suppress Store-Operated Calcium Entry. Cell Rep 2020; 33:108292. [PMID: 33086068 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Revised: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) through STIM-gated ORAI channels governs vital cellular functions. In this context, SOCE controls cellular redox signaling and is itself regulated by redox modifications. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this calcium-redox interplay and the functional outcomes are not fully understood. Here, we examine the role of STIM2 in SOCE redox regulation. Redox proteomics identify cysteine 313 as the main redox sensor of STIM2 in vitro and in vivo. Oxidative stress suppresses SOCE and calcium currents in cells overexpressing STIM2 and ORAI1, an effect that is abolished by mutation of cysteine 313. FLIM and FRET microscopy, together with MD simulations, indicate that oxidative modifications of cysteine 313 alter STIM2 activation dynamics and thereby hinder STIM2-mediated gating of ORAI1. In summary, this study establishes STIM2-controlled redox regulation of SOCE as a mechanism that affects several calcium-regulated physiological processes, as well as stress-induced pathologies.
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- Christine Silvia Gibhardt
- Molecular Physiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria; Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Computational Biology, Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Computational Biology, Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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- Computational Biology, Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Light Microscopy Facility, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany
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- Biophysics, Center for Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, Brussels Center for Redox Biology, Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, Brussels Center for Redox Biology, Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, Brussels Center for Redox Biology, Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Molecular Physiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany; Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia; Federal Center of Brain Research and Neurotechnologies of the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia
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- Biophysics, Center for Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Computational Biology, Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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- Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
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- Molecular Physiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany.
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Sun Y, Nascimento Da Conceicao V, Ahamad N, Madesh M, Singh BB. Spatial localization of SOCE channels and its modulators regulate neuronal physiology and contributes to pathology. CURRENT OPINION IN PHYSIOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cophys.2020.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) through Orai ion channels is an intracellular signaling pathway that is initiated by ligand-induced depletion of calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) store. The molecular link between SOCE and ER store depletion is thereby provided by a distinct class of single pass ER transmembrane proteins known as stromal interaction molecules (STIM). STIM proteins are equipped with a precise N-terminal calcium sensing domain that enables them to react to changes of the ER luminal calcium concentration. Additionally, a C-terminal coiled-coil domain permits relaying of signals to Orai ion channels via direct physical interaction. In this review, we provide a brief introduction to STIM proteins with a focus on structure and function and give an overview of recent developments in the field of STIM research.
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- Marc Fahrner
- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020 Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020 Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020 Linz, Austria
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Baraniak JH, Zhou Y, Nwokonko RM, Gill DL. The Intricate Coupling Between STIM Proteins and Orai Channels. CURRENT OPINION IN PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 17:106-114. [PMID: 32954113 DOI: 10.1016/j.cophys.2020.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Store-operated Ca2+ entry signals are critical for cellular regulation. This intricate signaling pathway involves coupling of proteins in two different membranes: the ER-resident Ca2+-sensing STIM proteins and the highly Ca2+-selective PM Orai channels. The molecular nature of the STIM-Orai coupling interface in ER-PM junctions and consequent Orai channel gating, are processes under intense study. We describe recent developments in determining the mechanism of Orai activation through the key STIM-Orai Activating Region (SOAR) of STIM1. We describe the unexpected unimolecular coupling of STIM with Orai and explain the observed variable stoichiometry of STIM-Orai interactions. We also define the discrete C-terminal regions in Orai channels that initially latch onto STIM proteins and mediate allosteric activation of the channel. A critical "nexus" region closely associated with the STIM-activated C-terminus of Orai1, propagates the STIM-binding signal through the four tightly-associated transmembrane helices of Orai1, finally to modify the pore-forming helices and effect channel opening.
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- James H Baraniak
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033
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Sallinger M, Tiffner A, Schmidt T, Bonhenry D, Waldherr L, Frischauf I, Lunz V, Derler I, Schober R, Schindl R. Luminal STIM1 Mutants that Cause Tubular Aggregate Myopathy Promote Autophagic Processes. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E4410. [PMID: 32575830 PMCID: PMC7352373 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21124410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) is a ubiquitously expressed Ca2+ sensor protein that induces permeation of Orai Ca2+ channels upon endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-store depletion. A drop in luminal Ca2+ causes partial unfolding of the N-terminal STIM1 domains and thus initial STIM1 activation. We compared the STIM1 structure upon Ca2+ depletion from our molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with a recent 2D NMR structure. Simulation- and structure-based results showed unfolding of two α-helices in the canonical and in the non-canonical EF-hand. Further, we structurally and functionally evaluated mutations in the non-canonical EF-hand that have been shown to cause tubular aggregate myopathy. We found these mutations to cause full constitutive activation of Ca2+-release-activated Ca2+ currents (ICRAC) and to promote autophagic processes. Specifically, heterologously expressed STIM1 mutations in the non-canonical EF-hand promoted translocation of the autophagy transcription factors microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) and transcription factor EB (TFEB) into the nucleus. These STIM1 mutations additionally stimulated an enhanced production of autophagosomes. In summary, mutations in STIM1 that cause structural unfolding promoted Ca2+ down-stream activation of autophagic processes.
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- Matthias Sallinger
- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, A-4020 Linz, Austria; (M.S.); (A.T.); (I.F.); (V.L.); (I.D.)
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, A-4020 Linz, Austria; (M.S.); (A.T.); (I.F.); (V.L.); (I.D.)
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- Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Medical University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria; (T.S.); (L.W.)
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- Center for Nanobiology and Structural Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-373 33 Nove Hrady, Czech Republic;
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- Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Medical University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria; (T.S.); (L.W.)
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, A-4020 Linz, Austria; (M.S.); (A.T.); (I.F.); (V.L.); (I.D.)
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, A-4020 Linz, Austria; (M.S.); (A.T.); (I.F.); (V.L.); (I.D.)
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, A-4020 Linz, Austria; (M.S.); (A.T.); (I.F.); (V.L.); (I.D.)
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- Institute of Biophysics, JKU Life Science Center, Johannes Kepler University Linz, A-4020 Linz, Austria; (M.S.); (A.T.); (I.F.); (V.L.); (I.D.)
- Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Medical University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria; (T.S.); (L.W.)
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- Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Medical University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria; (T.S.); (L.W.)
- BioTechMed-Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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Noble M, Lin QT, Sirko C, Houpt JA, Novello MJ, Stathopulos PB. Structural Mechanisms of Store-Operated and Mitochondrial Calcium Regulation: Initiation Points for Drug Discovery. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E3642. [PMID: 32455637 PMCID: PMC7279490 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21103642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Calcium (Ca2+) is a universal signaling ion that is essential for the life and death processes of all eukaryotes. In humans, numerous cell stimulation pathways lead to the mobilization of sarco/endoplasmic reticulum (S/ER) stored Ca2+, resulting in the propagation of Ca2+ signals through the activation of processes, such as store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE). SOCE provides a sustained Ca2+ entry into the cytosol; moreover, the uptake of SOCE-mediated Ca2+ by mitochondria can shape cytosolic Ca2+ signals, function as a feedback signal for the SOCE molecular machinery, and drive numerous mitochondrial processes, including adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production and distinct cell death pathways. In recent years, tremendous progress has been made in identifying the proteins mediating these signaling pathways and elucidating molecular structures, invaluable for understanding the underlying mechanisms of function. Nevertheless, there remains a disconnect between using this accumulating protein structural knowledge and the design of new research tools and therapies. In this review, we provide an overview of the Ca2+ signaling pathways that are involved in mediating S/ER stored Ca2+ release, SOCE, and mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake, as well as pinpoint multiple levels of crosstalk between these pathways. Further, we highlight the significant protein structures elucidated in recent years controlling these Ca2+ signaling pathways. Finally, we describe a simple strategy that aimed at applying the protein structural data to initiating drug design.
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- Megan Noble
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A5C1, Canada; (M.N.); (Q.-T.L.); (C.S.); (M.J.N.)
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A5C1, Canada; (M.N.); (Q.-T.L.); (C.S.); (M.J.N.)
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A5C1, Canada; (M.N.); (Q.-T.L.); (C.S.); (M.J.N.)
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- Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A5C1, Canada;
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A5C1, Canada; (M.N.); (Q.-T.L.); (C.S.); (M.J.N.)
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A5C1, Canada; (M.N.); (Q.-T.L.); (C.S.); (M.J.N.)
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Store-Operated Calcium Channels: From Function to Structure and Back Again. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2020; 12:cshperspect.a035055. [PMID: 31570335 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a035055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Store-operated calcium (Ca2+) entry (SOCE) occurs through a widely distributed family of ion channels activated by the loss of Ca2+ from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The best understood of these is the Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channel, which is notable for its unique activation mechanism as well as its many essential physiological functions and the diverse pathologies that result from dysregulation. In response to ER Ca2+ depletion, CRAC channels are formed through a diffusion trap mechanism at ER-plasma membrane (PM) junctions, where the ER Ca2+-sensing stromal interaction molecule (STIM) proteins bind and activate hexamers of Orai pore-forming proteins to trigger Ca2+ entry. Cell biological studies are clarifying the architecture of ER-PM junctions, their roles in Ca2+ and lipid transport, and functional interactions with cytoskeletal proteins. Molecular structures of STIM and Orai have inspired a multitude of mutagenesis and electrophysiological studies that reveal potential mechanisms for how STIM is toggled between inactive and active states, how it binds and activates Orai, and the importance of STIM-binding stoichiometry for opening the channel and establishing its signature characteristics of extremely high Ca2+ selectivity and low Ca2+ conductance.
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Niu L, Wu F, Li K, Li J, Zhang SL, Hu J, Wang Q. STIM1 interacts with termini of Orai channels in a sequential manner. J Cell Sci 2020; 133:jcs239491. [PMID: 32107289 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.239491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) is critical for numerous Ca2+-related processes. The activation of SOCE requires engagement between stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) molecules on the endoplasmic reticulum and Ca2+ release-activated channel (CRAC) Orai on the plasma membrane. However, the molecular details of their interactions remain elusive. Here, we analyzed STIM1-Orai interactions using synthetic peptides derived from the N- and C-termini of Orai channels (Orai-NT and Orai-CT, respectively) and purified fragments of STIM1. The binding of STIM1 to Orai-NT is hydrophilic based, whereas binding to the Orai-CT is mostly hydrophobic. STIM1 decreases its affinity for Orai-CT when Orai-NT is present, supporting a stepwise interaction. Orai3-CT exhibits stronger binding to STIM1 than Orai1-CT, largely due to the shortness of one helical turn. The role of newly identified residues was confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation and Ca2+ imaging using full-length molecules. Our results provide important insight into CRAC gating by STIM1.
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- Liling Niu
- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Tianjin 300070, China
- Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Department of Medical Physiology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Temple, TX 76504, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Tianjin 300070, China
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Ma G, He L, Liu S, Xie J, Huang Z, Jing J, Lee YT, Wang R, Luo H, Han W, Huang Y, Zhou Y. Optogenetic engineering to probe the molecular choreography of STIM1-mediated cell signaling. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1039. [PMID: 32098964 PMCID: PMC7042325 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14841-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Genetically encoded photoswitches have enabled spatial and temporal control of cellular events to achieve tailored functions in living cells, but their applications to probe the structure-function relations of signaling proteins are still underexplored. We illustrate herein the incorporation of various blue light-responsive photoreceptors into modular domains of the stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) to manipulate protein activity and faithfully recapitulate STIM1-mediated signaling events. Capitalizing on these optogenetic tools, we identify the molecular determinants required to mediate protein oligomerization, intramolecular conformational switch, and protein-target interactions. In parallel, we have applied these synthetic devices to enable light-inducible gating of calcium channels, conformational switch, dynamic protein-microtubule interactions and assembly of membrane contact sites in a reversible manner. Our optogenetic engineering approach can be broadly applied to aid the mechanistic dissection of cell signaling, as well as non-invasive interrogation of physiological processes with high precision. Optogenetic tools have been used to control cellular behaviours but their use to probe structure-function relations of signalling proteins are underexplored. Here the authors engineer optogenetic modules into STIM1 to dissect molecular details of STIM1-mediated signalling and control various cellular events.
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- Guolin Ma
- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Department of Gastroenterology, Key Laboratory of Hubei Province for Digestive System Disease, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Department of Medical Oncology, Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Institute of Clinical Science, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510120, China
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Key Laboratory of Hubei Province for Digestive System Disease, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Institute of Clinical Science, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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- Center for Epigenetics and Disease Prevention, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. .,Department of Translational Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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