Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

TMCO1-mediated Ca2+ leak underlies osteoblast functions via CaMKII signaling

  • Jianwei Li,
  • Caizhi Liu,
  • Yuheng Li,
  • Qiaoxia Zheng,
  • Youjia Xu,
  • Beibei Liu,
  • Weijia Sun,
  • Yuan Li,
  • Shuhui Ji,
  • Mingwei Liu,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Dingsheng Zhao,
  • Ruikai Du,
  • Zizhong Liu,
  • Guohui Zhong,
  • Cuiwei Sun,
  • Yanqing Wang,
  • Jinping Song,
  • Shu Zhang,
  • Jun Qin,
  • Shukuan Ling,
  • Xianhua Wang,
  • Yingxian Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09653-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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TMCO1 is a recently described endoplasmic reticular Ca2+ channel. Here, the authors show it is important for osteoblast function and bone formation in mice, and identify a novel pathway linking local increases in Ca2+ at the ER surface with the posttranslational modification of RUNX2.