Calcium signaling as a mediator of cell energy demand and a trigger to cell death.

Calcium signaling is pivotal to a host of physiological pathways. A rise in calcium concentration almost invariably signals an increased cellular energy demand. Consistent with this, calcium signals mediate a number of pathways that together serve to balance energy supply and demand. In pathological states, calcium signals can precipitate mitochondrial injury and cell death, especially when coupled to energy depletion and oxidative or nitrosative stress. This review explores the mechanisms that couple cell signaling pathways to metabolic regulation or to cell death. The significance of these pathways is exemplified by pathological case studies, such as those showing loss of mitochondrial calcium uptake 1 in patients and ischemia/reperfusion injury. © 2015 The Authors. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences published by Wiley Periodicals Inc. on behalf of The New York Academy of Sciences.

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Gauri Bhosale, Jenny A Sharpe, Stephanie Y Sundier, Michael R Duchen. Calcium signaling as a mediator of cell energy demand and a trigger to cell death. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2015 Sep;1350:107-16

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