Nature Communications (Apr 2019)
A calcium/cAMP signaling loop at the ORAI1 mouth drives channel inactivation to shape NFAT induction
Abstract
ORAI1 constitutes the store-operated Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channel, but how this channel is turned off through Ca2+-dependent inactivation (CDI) remained unclear. Here the authors identify a spatially-restricted Ca2+/cAMP signaling crosstalk critical for mediating CDI which in turn regulates cellular Ca2+ signals and NFAT activation.