Calcium homeostasis modulator 1 (CALHM1) is a pore-forming subunit of a
voltage-gated ion channel and a voltage-gated ATP channel that in humans is encoded by the CALHM1gene.[5][6]
Function
Central nervous system
CALHM1 was identified by a tissue-specific gene expression profiling approach[7] that screened for genes located on susceptibility loci for late-onset
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and that are preferentially expressed in the hippocampus,[5] a brain region affected early in AD. CALHM1 is a plasma membrane calcium-permeable
ion channel regulated by voltage and extracellular calcium levels.[8] The exact function of CALHM1 in the brain is not completely understood, but studies have shown that CALHM1 controls neuronal intracellular calcium homeostasis and signaling, as well as calcium-dependent neuronal excitability and memory in mouse models.[8][9][10] Recent data have also shown that CALHM1 might facilitate the
proteolytic degradation of the cerebral
amyloid beta peptide, a culprit in AD
pathogenesis.[11]
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