STIM1, an essential and conserved component of store-operated Ca2+ channel function. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Store-operated Ca2+ (SOC) channels regulate many cellular processes, but the underlying molecular components are not well defined. Using an RNA interference (RNAi)-based screen to identify genes that alter thapsigargin (TG)-dependent Ca2+ entry, we discovered a required and conserved role of Stim in SOC influx. RNAi-mediated knockdown of Stim in Drosophila S2 cells significantly reduced TG-dependent Ca2+ entry. Patch-clamp recording revealed nearly complete suppression of the Drosophila Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) current that has biophysical characteristics similar to CRAC current in human T cells. Similarly, knockdown of the human homologue STIM1 significantly reduced CRAC channel activity in Jurkat T cells. RNAi-mediated knockdown of STIM1 inhibited TG- or agonist-dependent Ca2+ entry in HEK293 or SH-SY5Y cells. Conversely, overexpression of STIM1 in HEK293 cells modestly enhanced TG-induced Ca2+ entry. We propose that STIM1, a ubiquitously expressed protein that is conserved from Drosophila to mammalian cells, plays an essential role in SOC influx and may be a common component of SOC and CRAC channels.

published proceedings

  • J Cell Biol

altmetric score

  • 13

author list (cited authors)

  • Roos, J., DiGregorio, P. J., Yeromin, A. V., Ohlsen, K., Lioudyno, M., Zhang, S., ... Stauderman, K. A.

citation count

  • 1502

complete list of authors

  • Roos, Jack||DiGregorio, Paul J||Yeromin, Andriy V||Ohlsen, Kari||Lioudyno, Maria||Zhang, Shenyuan||Safrina, Olga||Kozak, J Ashot||Wagner, Steven L||Cahalan, Michael D||Veliçelebi, Gönül||Stauderman, Kenneth A

publication date

  • May 2005