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ReviewCell communication and signaling : CCS2025

Regulation of calcium homeostasis in endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria crosstalk: implications for skeletal muscle atrophy.

Xuexin Li, Xin Zhao, Zhengshan Qin, Jie Li, Bowen Sun, Li Liu

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Review in Cell communication and signaling : CCS, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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37citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Xuexin LiDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, No. 25, Taiping Road, Lu Zhou, Luzhou, Sichuan, 646000, China.
Xin ZhaoDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, No. 25, Taiping Road, Lu Zhou, Luzhou, Sichuan, 646000, China.
Zhengshan QinDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, No. 25, Taiping Road, Lu Zhou, Luzhou, Sichuan, 646000, China.
Jie LiDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, No. 25, Taiping Road, Lu Zhou, Luzhou, Sichuan, 646000, China.
Bowen SunDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, No. 25, Taiping Road, Lu Zhou, Luzhou, Sichuan, 646000, China.
Li LiuDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, No. 25, Taiping Road, Lu Zhou, Luzhou, Sichuan, 646000, China. niuniudoctor@swmu.edu.cn.

Funding

the Sichuan Science and Technology Program 2022YFS0632
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review comprehensively explores the critical role of calcium as an essential small-molecule biomessenger in skeletal muscle function. Calcium is vital for both regulating muscle excitation-contraction coupling and for the development, maintenance, and regeneration of muscle cells. The orchestrated release of calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is mediated by receptors such as the ryanodine receptor (RYR) and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R), which is crucial for skeletal muscle contraction. The sarcoendoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCA) pump plays a key role in recapturing calcium, enabling the muscle to return to a relaxed state. A pivotal aspect of calcium homeostasis involves the dynamic interaction between mitochondria and the ER. This interaction includes local calcium signaling facilitated by RYRs and a "quasi-synaptic" mechanism formed by the IP3R-Grp75-VDAC/MCU axis, allowing rapid calcium uptake by mitochondria with minimal interference at the cytoplasmic level. Disruption of calcium transport can lead to mitochondrial calcium overload, triggering the opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore and subsequent release of reactive oxygen species and cytochrome C, ultimately resulting in muscle damage and atrophy. This review explores the complex relationship between the ER and mitochondria and how these organelles regulate calcium levels in skeletal muscle, aiming to provide valuable perspectives for future research on the pathogenesis of muscle diseases and the development of prevention strategies.

Indexed as

CalciumEndoplasmic ReticulumHomeostasisMitochondriaMuscle, SkeletalMuscular AtrophyAnimalsCalcium SignalingHumansCalciumAtrophyCalciumEndoplasmic reticulumMitochondriaSkeletal muscle

Identifiers

PMID39789595
PMCPMC11721261

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