Store-Operated Calcium Channels in Physiological and Pathological States of the Nervous System.

Front Cell Neurosci

Department of Anesthesiology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, United States.

Published: November 2020

Store-operated calcium channels (SOCs) are widely expressed in excitatory and non-excitatory cells where they mediate significant store-operated calcium entry (SOCE), an important pathway for calcium signaling throughout the body. While the activity of SOCs has been well studied in non-excitable cells, attention has turned to their role in neurons and glia in recent years. In particular, the role of SOCs in the nervous system has been extensively investigated, with links to their dysregulation found in a wide variety of neurological diseases from Alzheimer's disease (AD) to pain. In this review, we provide an overview of their molecular components, expression, and physiological role in the nervous system and describe how the dysregulation of those roles could potentially lead to various neurological disorders. Although further studies are still needed to understand how SOCs are activated under physiological conditions and how they are linked to pathological states, growing evidence indicates that SOCs are important players in neurological disorders and could be potential new targets for therapies. While the role of SOCE in the nervous system continues to be multifaceted and controversial, the study of SOCs provides a potentially fruitful avenue into better understanding the nervous system and its pathologies.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7732603PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2020.600758DOI Listing

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