Cancela, Jose M., Charpentier, Gilles and Petersen, Ole Holger ![]() |
Abstract
Ca2+ signalling is one of the most important means in mammalian cells of relaying the action of hormones and neurotransmitters. The great diversity of agonist-induced Ca2+ signatures, visualized by optical imaging techniques, can be explained by the production of intracellular messengers triggering Ca2+ release from internal stores and/or by different coupling of Ca2+ release to Ca2+ entry. Several messengers, such as inositol trisphosphate and cyclic ADP-ribose, have been identified to date. More recent studies have reported the important role of a newly discovered Ca2+ releasing messenger, nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NAADP). These studies have shown important interactions of these messengers in the generation of specific Ca2+ signals. NAADP acts at a very low concentration and seems to have a key role in sensitising cyclic ADP-ribose and inositol trisphosphate receptors. These points will be discussed in the present review.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Biosciences Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIURI) |
Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics |
Publisher: | Springer |
ISSN: | 0031-6768 |
Last Modified: | 28 Oct 2022 08:40 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/71678 |
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