Cross-talk between TRPML1 channel, lipids and lysosomal storage diseases

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Figure 1. Comprehensive signaling events mediating lysosomal storage diseases. Under normal condition, lysosomal Ca²⁺ release through TRPML1 channel into the cytosol supports a transient Ca²⁺ elevation essential for lysosomal exocytosis and lipid trafficking. Under pathological conditions, lysosomal lipid accumulation (sphingomyelins, cholesterol) caused by alteration in sphingomyelinase (SMase) and NPCs activity (i.e., Niemann-Pick disease) inhibits TRPML1 channel activity and therefore lysosomal exocytosis and trafficking that in turn cause a secondary lysosomal storage. Similarly, direct alteration of TRPML1 activity (i.e., mucolipidosis type IV) results in the same lysosomal defects. Although H⁺ permeability of TRPML1 channel is still controversial, alteration in TRPML1 activity could also cause lysosomal H⁺ accumulation and pH acidification, decreasing acid hydrolases activity and causing lysosomal storage (pathway in dotted line).