Organellar Ca2+ Transport in Plant versus Animal Cells: Can We Learn from Each Other?
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Cell Microenvironment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 183
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mitochondria
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ca2+ is the second primary messenger inside cells and acts as the most prominent signal in many biological processes in plant and animal cells. In addition to Ca2+ influx and efflux across the plasma membrane, intracellular organelles also participate in concert to orchestrate Ca2+ dynamics that control cellular functions locally and globally. The relevance of intracellular organelle Ca2+ transporters in regulating cell function has been recognized for a very long time. The recent advancements in applying genetic, chemical and super-resolution imaging tools have placed the research of organellar Ca2+ transporters at the center stage over the last decade.
Nevertheless, the important topic covered in this Special Issue is yet to be discussed systematically. This Special Issue aims to collect original manuscripts and review articles on recent findings of organellar Ca2+ transport studies in plant and animal cells, with an attempt to shed light on the fundamental principles that govern their commonalities and differences throughout the evolution. As such, we may learn from this comparison and to further advance this research field.
Prof. Dr. Shey-Shing Sheu
Prof. Dr. Marc Freichel
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- organellar calcium transport
- plant cells
- animal cells
- intracellular organelle communication
- calcium signaling
- mitochondria
- organelle-targeted florescent Ca2+ indicators
- super-resolution imaging
Planned Papers
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Title: Sarcoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria contacts: impact on cardiac physiology and mitochondrial fitness
Authors: Sergio De la Fuente1, 2, *, Shey-Shing Sheu1, ǂ, Celia Fernandez-Sanz1, *, ǂ
Affiliation: 1 Center for Translational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA.
2 Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular (IBGM), Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Fi-siología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valladolid and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientí-ficas (CSIC), Ramon y Cajal, 7, E-47005 Valladolid, Spain.
