Calcium Signalling
Why Calcium? [Ca 2+ ] i maintained very low – Prevents precipitation of organic anions
Why Calcium? Divalency - stronger protein binding than monovalent ions. Large [Ca 2+ ] gradient [10 -7 vs M]
PM Ca 2+ -ATPase ER Ca 2+ -ATPase – Calsequestrin Mitochondrial high capacity (low affinity) pump
Target TissueSignaling MoleculeMajor Responses LiverVasopressinGlycogen breakdown PancreasAChAmylase secretion Smooth muscleAChContraction Mast cellsAntigenHistamine secretion Blood plateletsThrombinaggregation
Turn the Pathway Off Voltage-gated Ca 2+ channels inactivate IP 3 rapidly dephosphorylated Ca 2+ rapidly pumped out Phosphatases are activated (CaMKII)
Ca 2+ as a 2 nd Messenger (cont’d) Ryanodine Receptors (RyR) Important for skeletal muscle Caffeine is an example of a reversible activator of RyRs IP3 receptors Inositol-1,4,5-P3
Gq Signalling - Calcium Signalling Tyrosine kinase Signalling – Calcium Signalling
Paari Dominic Swaminathan et al. Circulation Research. 2012;110: Copyright © American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved.
The domain structure of a calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) monomer. Paari Dominic Swaminathan et al. Circulation Research. 2012;110: Copyright © American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved.
Ca-Responsive Transcriptional Activation cAMP-response element (CRE) CaM KII and Ras-ERK1/2 signaling pathways NFAT