Mitochondrial calcium exchange in physiology and disease

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

Molecular nature and physiological role of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter channel

BR Alevriadou, A Patel, M Noble… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Abstract Calcium (Ca 2+) signaling is critical for cell function and cell survival. Mitochondria
play a major role in regulating the intracellular Ca 2+ concentration ([Ca 2+] i). Mitochondrial …

Structure and mechanism of the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter holocomplex

M Fan, J Zhang, CW Tsai, BJ Orlando, M Rodriguez… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Mitochondria take up Ca2+ through the mitochondrial calcium uniporter complex to regulate
energy production, cytosolic Ca2+ signalling and cell death,. In mammals, the uniporter …

Metal coordination complexes as therapeutic agents for ischemia-reperfusion injury

NP Bigham, JJ Wilson - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), which describes the cell damage and death that occurs
after blood and oxygen are restored to ischemic or hypoxic tissue, is a significant factor …

A high-throughput screening identifies MICU1 targeting compounds

G Di Marco, F Vallese, B Jourde, C Bergsdorf… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Mitochondrial Ca 2+ uptake depends on the mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU)
complex, a highly selective channel of the inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM). Here, we …

Mitochondrial functions and rare diseases

L Dard, W Blanchard, C Hubert, D Lacombe… - Molecular Aspects of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are dynamic cellular organelles responsible for a large variety of biochemical
processes as energy transduction, REDOX signaling, the biosynthesis of hormones and …

The Mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter is a central regulator of interorganellar Ca2+ transfer and NFAT activation

RE Yoast, SM Emrich, X Zhang, P Xin, V Arige… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
Mitochondrial Ca 2+ uptake tailors the strength of stimulation of plasma membrane
phospholipase C–coupled receptors to that of cellular bioenergetics. However, how Ca 2+ …

Structures reveal gatekeeping of the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter by MICU1-MICU2

C Wang, A Jacewicz, BD Delgado, R Baradaran… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
The mitochondrial calcium uniporter is a Ca2+-gated ion channel complex that controls
mitochondrial Ca2+ entry and regulates cell metabolism. MCU and EMRE form the channel …

Inhibitors of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter for the treatment of disease

JJ Woods, JJ Wilson - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2020 - Elsevier
The mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU) is a protein located in the inner mitochondrial
membrane that is responsible for mitochondrial Ca 2+ uptake. Under certain pathological …

Structural insights into the Ca2+-dependent gating of the human mitochondrial calcium uniporter

Y Wang, Y Han, J She, NX Nguyen, VK Mootha, X Bai… - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake is mediated by an inner mitochondrial membrane protein called
the mitochondrial calcium uniporter. In humans, the uniporter functions as a holocomplex …