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J. Cell Biol.,
Volume 145, Number 2, April 19, 1999 279-289

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* Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, We previously demonstrated that CALNUC,
a Ca2+-binding protein with two EF-hands, is the major
Ca2+-binding protein in the Golgi by 45Ca2+ overlay
(Lin, P., H. Le-Niculescu, R. Hofmeister, J.M. McCaffery, M. Jin, H. Henneman, T. McQuistan, L. De Vries,
and M. Farquhar. 1998. J. Cell Biol. 141:1515-1527). In
this study we investigated CALNUC's properties and
the Golgi Ca2+ storage pool in vivo. CALNUC was
found to be a highly abundant Golgi protein (3.8 µg
CALNUC/mg Golgi protein, 2.5 × 105 CALNUC molecules/NRK cell) and to have a single high affinity, low
capacity Ca2+-binding site (Kd = 6.6 µM, binding capacity = 1.1 µmol Ca2+/µmol CALNUC). 45Ca2+ storage was increased by 2.5- and 3-fold, respectively, in
HeLa cells transiently overexpressing CALNUC-GFP
and in EcR-CHO cells stably overexpressing CALNUC. Deletion of the first EF-hand
Department of Pathology,
Department of Pharmacology, and § Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0651
helix from CALNUC completely abolished its Ca2+-binding capability.
CALNUC was correctly targeted to the Golgi in transfected cells as it colocalized and cosedimented with the Golgi marker,
-mannosidase II (Man II). Approximately 70% of the 45Ca2+ taken up by HeLa and CHO
cells overexpressing CALNUC was released by treatment with thapsigargin, a sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic
reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCA) (Ca2+ pump)
blocker. Stimulation of transfected cells with the agonist ATP or IP3 alone (permeabilized cells) also resulted in a significant increase in Ca2+ release from
Golgi stores. By immunofluorescence, the IP3 receptor type 1 (IP3R-1) was distributed over the endoplasmic
reticulum and codistributed with CALNUC in the
Golgi. These results provide direct evidence that
CALNUC binds Ca2+ in vivo and together with
SERCA and IP3R is involved in establishment of the
agonist-mobilizable Golgi Ca2+ store.
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