Abstract
Nicotinic adenine acid dinucleotide phosphate (NAADP) is one of the most potent endogenous Ca2+ mobilizing messengers. NAADP mobilizes Ca2+ from an acidic lysosome-related store, which can be subsequently amplified into global Ca2+ waves by calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) from ER/SR via Ins(1,4,5)P3 receptors or ryanodine receptors. A body of evidence indicates that 2 pore channel 2 (TPC2), a new member of the superfamily of voltage-gated ion channels containing 12 putative transmembrane segments, is the long sought after NAADP receptor. Activation of NAADP/TPC2/Ca2+ signaling inhibits the fusion between autophagosome and lysosome by alkalizing the lysosomal pH, thereby arresting autophagic flux. In addition, TPC2 is downregulated during neural differentiation of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells, and TPC2 downregulation actually facilitates the neural lineage entry of ES cells. Here we propose the mechanism underlying how NAADPinduced Ca2+ release increases lysosomal pH and discuss the role of TPC2 in neural differentiation of mouse ES cells.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | e27595 |
Journal | Communicative and Integrative Biology |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank members of the Yue lab for advice on the manuscript. Our research is supported by the Research Grant Council (RGC) grants (HKU 782709M, HKU 785911M, HKU 769912M, and HKU 785213M).
Keywords
- Autophagy
- Ca
- Lysosome
- NAADP
- PH
- Rab7
- TPC2