Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Acute RyR1 Ca2+ leak enhances NADH-linked mitochondrial respiratory capacity

  • Nadège Zanou,
  • Haikel Dridi,
  • Steven Reiken,
  • Tanes Imamura de Lima,
  • Chris Donnelly,
  • Umberto De Marchi,
  • Manuele Ferrini,
  • Jeremy Vidal,
  • Leah Sittenfeld,
  • Jerome N. Feige,
  • Pablo M. Garcia-Roves,
  • Isabel C. Lopez-Mejia,
  • Andrew R. Marks,
  • Johan Auwerx,
  • Bengt Kayser,
  • Nicolas Place

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27422-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Ryanodine receptor type 1 (RyR1) are involved in skeletal muscle contraction. Here, the authors show that a transient calcium leak in response to exercise-induced post translational modifications of RyR1 causes mitochondrial remodeling to improve respiration.