TRIC-A shapes oscillatory Ca < sup > 2+ < /sup > signals by interaction with STIM1/Orai1 complexes

by Niroj Shrestha, Bernadett Bacsa, Hwei Ling Ong, Susanne Scheruebel, Helmut Bischof, Roland Malli, Indu Suresh Ambudkar, Klaus Groschner

Trimeric intracellular cation (TRIC) channels have been proposed to modulate Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and determine oscillatory Ca2+ signals. Here, we report that TRIC-A –mediated amplitude and frequency modulation of ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2)-mediated Ca2+ oscillations and inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor (IP3R)-induced cytosolic signals is based on attenuating store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE). Further, TRIC-A –dependent delay in ER Ca2+ store refilling contributes to shaping the pattern of Ca2+ oscillations. Upon ER Ca2+ depletion, TRIC-A clusters with stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) and Ca2+-release –activated Ca2+ channel 1 (Orai1) within ER –plasma membrane (PM) junctions and impairs assembly of the STIM1/Orai1 complex, causing a decrease in Orai1-mediated Ca2+ current and SOCE. Together, our findings demonstrate that TRIC-A is a negative regulator of STIM1/Orai1 function. Thus, aberrant SOCE could contribute to muscle disorders associated with loss of TRIC-A.

Source: PLoS Biology: Archived Table of Contents - April 23, 2020 Category: Biology Authors: Niroj Shrestha Source Type: research