Melatonin: both a messenger of darkness and a participant in the cellular actions of non-visible solar radiation of near infrared light

DX Tan, RJ Reiter, S Zimmerman, R Hardeland - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Environmental light exposure is an important factor for human health that
impacts the biological clock of organisms. Melatonin usually serves as a chemical …

Regulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system by cyclic nucleotides and phosphodiesterases

S Gambaryan, S Mohagaonkar… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is one of the key players in the regulation
of blood volume and blood pressure. Dysfunction of this system is connected with …

Pharmacological inhibition of Epac1 averts ferroptosis cell death by preserving mitochondrial integrity

N Musheshe, A Oun, AM Sabogal-Guáqueta… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Exchange proteins directly activated by cAMP (Epac) proteins are implicated in a wide range
of cellular functions including oxidative stress and cell survival. Mitochondrial-dependent …

[HTML][HTML] Soluble adenylyl cyclase regulates the cytosolic NADH/NAD+ redox state and the bioenergetic switch between glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation

JC Chang, S Go, EH Gilglioni, S Duijst… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2021 - Elsevier
The evolutionarily conserved soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC, ADCY10) mediates cAMP
signaling exclusively in intracellular compartments. Because sAC activity is sensitive to local …

Impact of aldosterone on the failing myocardium: insights from mitochondria and adrenergic receptors signaling and function

M Guitart-Mampel, P Urquiza, JI Borges… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The mineralocorticoid aldosterone regulates electrolyte and blood volume homeostasis, but
it also adversely modulates the structure and function of the chronically failing heart, through …

Nanodomains in cardiopulmonary disorders and the impact of air pollution

I Cattani-Cavalieri, SS Valença… - Biochemical Society …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Air pollution is a major environmental threat and each year about 7 million people reported
to die as a result of air pollution. Consequently, exposure to air pollution is linked to …

Soluble adenylyl cyclase‐mediated cAMP signaling and the putative role of PKA and EPAC in cerebral mitochondrial function

E Jakobsen, SC Lange, LK Bak - Journal of Neuroscience …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondria produce the bulk of the ATP in most cells, including brain cells. Regulating this
complex machinery to match the energetic needs of the cell is a complicated process that we …

[HTML][HTML] The basics of mitochondrial cAMP signalling: Where, when, why

G Di Benedetto, K Lefkimmiatis, T Pozzan - Cell Calcium, 2021 - Elsevier
Cytosolic cAMP signalling in live cells has been extensively investigated in the past, while
only in the last decade the existence of an intramitochondrial autonomous cAMP …

Role of EPAC1 signalosomes in cell fate: friends or foes?

K Formoso, F Lezoualc'h, J Mialet-Perez - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The compartmentation of signaling processes is accomplished by the assembly of protein
complexes called signalosomes. These signaling platforms colocalize enzymes, substrates …

Absinthin, an agonist of the bitter taste receptor hTAS2R46, uncovers an ER-to-mitochondria Ca2+–shuttling event

M Talmon, S Rossi, D Lim, F Pollastro… - Journal of Biological …, 2019 - ASBMB
Type 2 taste receptors (TAS2R) are G protein–coupled receptors first described in the
gustatory system, but have also been shown to have extraoral localizations, including airway …