| Literature DB >> 11509734 |
Y Sano1, K Inamura, A Miyake, S Mochizuki, H Yokoi, H Matsushime, K Furuichi.
Abstract
We characterized an activation mechanism of the human LTRPC2 protein, a member of the transient receptor potential family of ion channels, and demonstrated that LTRPC2 mediates Ca2+ influx into immunocytes. Intracellular pyrimidine nucleotides, adenosine 5'-diphosphoribose (ADPR), and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), directly activated LTRPC2, which functioned as a Ca2+-permeable nonselective cation channel and enabled Ca2+ influx into cells. This activation was suppressed by intracellular adenosine triphosphate. These results reveal that ADPR and NAD act as intracellular messengers and may have an important role in Ca2+ influx by activating LTRPC2 in immunocytes.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11509734 DOI: 10.1126/science.1062473
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728