Cytosolic Ca2+ regulates the energization of isolated brain mitochondria by formation of pyruvate through the malate-aspartate shuttle.

The glutamate-dependent respiration of isolated BM (brain mitochondria) is regulated by Ca2+(cyt) (cytosolic Ca2+) (S0.5=225±22 nM) through its effects on aralar. We now also demonstrate that the α-glycerophosphate-dependent respiration is controlled by Ca2+(cyt) (S0.