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Single-Cell Calcium Imaging for Studying the Activation of Calcium Ion Channels
Published on: December 13, 2024
A Novel Modulator of STIM2-Dependent Store-Operated Ca2+ Channel Activity
A Y Skopin1, A D Grigoryev1, L N Glushankova1
1Institute of Cytology of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194064 Russia.
Abstract:
Store-operated Ca2+ entry is one of the main pathways of calcium influx into non-excitable cells, which entails the initiation of many intracellular processes. The endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ sensors STIM1 and STIM2 are the key components of store-operated Ca2+ entry in mammalian cells. Under physiological conditions, STIM proteins are responsible for store-operated Ca2+ entry activation. The STIM1 and STIM2 proteins differ in their potency for activating different store-operated channels. At the moment, there are no selective modulators of the STIM protein activity. We screened a library of small molecules and found the 4-MPTC compound, which selectively inhibited STIM2-dependent store-operated Ca2+ entry (IC50 = 1 μM) and had almost no effect on the STIM1-dependent activation of store-operated channels.
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