Nature Communications (Sep 2016)

ORP4L is essential for T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell survival

  • Wenbin Zhong,
  • Qing Yi,
  • Bing Xu,
  • Shiqian Li,
  • Tong Wang,
  • Fupei Liu,
  • Biying Zhu,
  • Peter R. Hoffmann,
  • Guangju Ji,
  • Pingsheng Lei,
  • Guoping Li,
  • Jiwei Li,
  • Jian Li,
  • Vesa M. Olkkonen,
  • Daoguang Yan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12702
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Lymphocytic leukaemia cells are characterized by high respiratory rates. Here, the authors report that the oxysterol-binding protein ORPL4 sustains mitochondrial respiration in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cells by regulating Ca2+release from the endoplasmic reticulum.