PMID- 22459281 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121030 LR - 20211203 IS - 1532-1991 (Electronic) IS - 0143-4160 (Print) IS - 0143-4160 (Linking) VI - 52 IP - 1 DP - 2012 Jul TI - Mitochondrial Ca(2+) signals in autophagy. PG - 44-51 LID - 10.1016/j.ceca.2012.03.001 [doi] AB - Macroautophagy (autophagy) is a lysosomal degradation pathway that is conserved from yeast to humans that plays an important role in recycling cellular constituents in all cells. A number of protein complexes and signaling pathways impinge on the regulation of autophagy, with the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) as the central player in the canonical pathway. Cytoplasmic Ca(2+) signaling also regulates autophagy, with both activating and inhibitory effects, mediated by the canonical as well as non-canonical pathways. Here we review this regulation, with a focus on the role of an mTOR-independent pathway that involves the inositol trisphosphate receptor (InsP(3)R) Ca(2+) release channel and Ca(2+) signaling to mitochondria. Constitutive InsP(3)R Ca(2+) transfer to mitochondria is required for autophagy suppression in cells in nutrient-replete media. In its absence, cells become metabolically compromised due to insufficient production of reducing equivalents to support oxidative phosphorylation. Absence of this Ca(2+) transfer to mitochondria results in activation of AMPK, which activates mTOR-independent pro-survival autophagy. Constitutive InsP(3)R Ca(2+) release to mitochondria is an essential cellular process that is required for efficient mitochondrial respiration, maintenance of normal cell bioenergetics and suppression of autophagy. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Cardenas, Cesar AU - Cardenas C AD - Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085, USA. FAU - Foskett, J Kevin AU - Foskett JK LA - eng GR - GM/DK56328/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 GM056328/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH059937-14/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 GM056328-14/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH059937/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK056328/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20120328 PL - Netherlands TA - Cell Calcium JT - Cell calcium JID - 8006226 RN - 0 (Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors) RN - EC 2.7.- (Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.3 (AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases MH - *Autophagy MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - *Calcium Signaling MH - Humans MH - Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors/metabolism MH - Mitochondria/*metabolism MH - Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism PMC - PMC3389293 MID - NIHMS363011 EDAT- 2012/03/31 06:00 MHDA- 2012/10/31 06:00 PMCR- 2013/07/01 CRDT- 2012/03/31 06:00 PHST- 2012/01/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/02/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/03/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/03/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/03/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/10/31 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0143-4160(12)00052-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ceca.2012.03.001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Calcium. 2012 Jul;52(1):44-51. doi: 10.1016/j.ceca.2012.03.001. Epub 2012 Mar 28.