Overexpressed p32 localized in the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria negatively regulates calcium‑dependent endothelial nitric oxide synthase activit.

ABSTRACT: The p32 protein plays a crucial role in the regulation of cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]c) that contributes to the Ca2+‑dependent signaling cascade. Using an adenovirus and plasmid p32‑overexpression system, the aim of the study was to evaluate the role of p32 in the regulation of [Ca2+] and its potential associated with Ca2+‑dependent endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activation in endothelial cells. Using electron and confocal microscopic analysis, p32 overexpression was observed to be localized to mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum and played an important role in Ca2+ translocation, resulting in increased [Ca2+] in these organelles and reducing cytosolic [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]c). This decreased [Ca2+]c following p32 overexpression attenuated the Ca2+‑dependent signaling ca

SUBMITTER: Choi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7411372 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature