小胞体レドックスーム：タンパク質フォールディングとその先

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the largest cellular organelle, is crucially dependent on its redox organization. First, to optimize disulfide bond formation in nascent proteins, it maintains a relatively oxidizing environment, reminiscent of the extracellular space. Second, it harbors several oxidoreductases from the protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) family, together with Ero1α oxidase and chaperones, which compose interplaying oxidative, reductive, and chaperone pathways to optimize protein processing. Third, disulfide formation and reshuffling in client proteins, involving thiol oxidation and disulfide exchange reactions, connect proteostasis to ER/cellular redox homeostasis. ER redox folding involves Ca²⁺-dependent liquid phase separation of PDI complexes. Calcium fluxes heavily interplay with dynamic redox regulation. ER stress disrupts the ER redox state and, in turn, is also regulated by cellular redox processes. Moreover, the ER makes membrane contacts with many other organelles such as plasma membrane, peroxisomes, and mitochondria, which are hubs for mutually dependent oxidant and calcium-linked effects. Furthermore, the ER redoxome extends to other subcellular and extracellular locations, a process we termed the "ER-dependent outreach redoxome (ERDOR)". ERDOR can occur by overflow of ER products such as H₂O₂, mobility of ER-associated domains or, mainly, via ER oxidoreductase translocation. The ER establishes a particular communication with the extracellular milieu via translocation of PDIs. Despite the low levels of extracellularly located ER oxidoreductases, they redox-regulate several molecular targets and may compose a peri/epicellular redox network. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the ER redoxome as an important emerging frontier to understand not only redox proteostasis but also intra- and intercellular redox communication.