Cell motility is a complex cellular event that involves reorganization of cytoskeleton. This reorganization encompasses the transient polarization of the cell to facilitate the plasma membrane ruling, a rearrangement of cortical actin cytoskeleton required for the development of cellular protrusions. It is known that extracellular Ca 2+ inlux is essential for cell migration and for the positive-feedback cycle that maintains leading-edge structures and ruling activity. The aim of this review is to summarize our knowledge regarding the Ca 2+ -dependent signaling pathways, Ca 2+ transporters and sensors involved in cell migration. Also, we show here reported evidences that support for a crosstalk between Ca 2+ transport and the reorganization of the cytoskeleton required for cell migration. In this regard, we will analyze the role of store-operated Ca 2+ entry (SOCE) as a modulator of cytoskeleton and cell migration, but also the modulation of this Ca 2+ entry pathway by microtubules and the actin cytoskeleton. As a main conclusion, this review will show that data reported in the last years support a role for SOCE in shaping cytoskeleton, but at the same time, SOCE is strongly dependent on cytoskeletal proteins, in an interesting interplay between cytoskeleton and Ca 2+ dynamics.
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