PMID- 23711249 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131031 LR - 20161125 IS - 1471-4159 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3042 (Linking) VI - 126 IP - 6 DP - 2013 Sep TI - Native STIM2 and ORAI1 proteins form a calcium-sensitive and thapsigargin-insensitive complex in cortical neurons. PG - 727-38 LID - 10.1111/jnc.12320 [doi] AB - In non-excitatory cells, stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) and STIM2 mediate store-operated calcium entry via an interaction with ORAI1 calcium channels. However, in neurons, STIM2 over-expression appears to play a role in calcium homeostasis that is different from STIM1 over-expression. The aim of this study was to establish the role and localization of native STIM2 in the neuronal cell. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments revealed that the interaction between endogenous STIM2 and ORAI1 was greater in a low-calcium medium than in a high-calcium medium. Using a Proximity Ligation Assay (PLA), the number of apparent complexes of endogenous STIM2 with ORAI1 was quantified. No change in the number of PLA signals was observed in the presence of thapsigargin, which depletes calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). However, the number of apparent STIM2-ORAI1 complexes increased when intracellular and subsequently ER calcium concentrations were decreased by BAPTA-AM or a low-calcium medium. Both Fura-2 acetoxymethyl ester calcium imaging and PLA in the same neuronal cell indicated that the calcium responses correlated strongly with the number of endogenous STIM2-ORAI1 complexes. The small drop in calcium levels in the ER caused by decreased intracellular calcium levels appeared to initiate the calcium-sensitive and thapsigargin-insensitive interaction between STIM2 and ORAI1. We show in neuronal somata the formation of endogenous complexes of stromal interaction molecule 2 (STIM2) with ORAI1 calcium channels. Their number increased when intracellular Ca(2)(+) concentrations were decreased by the Ca(2)(+) chelator BAPTA-AM or a low-calcium medium (EGTA), but did not in the presence of thapsigargin (TG). We conclude that the small drop of Ca(2)(+) level in endoplasmic reticulum, due to the decreased level of intracellular Ca(2)(+), is sufficient to trigger STIM2-ORAI1 complex formation in a thapsigargin-insensitive manner. CI - (c) 2013 International Society for Neurochemistry. FAU - Gruszczynska-Biegala, Joanna AU - Gruszczynska-Biegala J AD - Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland. FAU - Kuznicki, Jacek AU - Kuznicki J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130612 PL - England TA - J Neurochem JT - Journal of neurochemistry JID - 2985190R RN - 0 (Calcium Channels) RN - 0 (Calcium-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Chelating Agents) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (ORAI1 Protein) RN - 0 (Orai1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (STIM2 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Stromal Interaction Molecule 2) RN - 139890-68-9 (1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid acetoxymethyl ester) RN - 526U7A2651 (Egtazic Acid) RN - 67526-95-8 (Thapsigargin) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - Calcium/*pharmacology MH - Calcium Channels/*metabolism MH - Calcium-Binding Proteins/*metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cerebral Cortex/cytology/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Chelating Agents/pharmacology MH - Egtazic Acid/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum/drug effects/metabolism MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Female MH - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted MH - Immunoprecipitation MH - Membrane Proteins/*metabolism MH - Microscopy, Fluorescence MH - Neurons/drug effects/*metabolism MH - ORAI1 Protein MH - Pregnancy MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Stromal Interaction Molecule 2 MH - Thapsigargin/*pharmacology OTO - NOTNLM OT - ORAI1 OT - STIM2 OT - calcium signaling OT - neurons OT - proximity ligation assay OT - store-operated calcium entry EDAT- 2013/05/29 06:00 MHDA- 2013/11/01 06:00 CRDT- 2013/05/29 06:00 PHST- 2012/12/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/04/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/05/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/05/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/05/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/11/01 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/jnc.12320 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurochem. 2013 Sep;126(6):727-38. doi: 10.1111/jnc.12320. Epub 2013 Jun 12.