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Airway Smooth Muscle Regulated by Oxidative Stress in COPD. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:antiox12010142. [PMID: 36671004 PMCID: PMC9854973 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12010142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Since COPD is a heterogeneous disease, a specific anti-inflammatory therapy for this disease has not been established yet. Oxidative stress is recognized as a major predisposing factor to COPD related inflammatory responses, resulting in pathological features of small airway fibrosis and emphysema. However, little is known about effects of oxidative stress on airway smooth muscle. Cigarette smoke increases intracellular Ca2+ concentration and enhances response to muscarinic agonists in human airway smooth muscle. Cigarette smoke also enhances proliferation of these cells with altered mitochondrial protein. Hydrogen peroxide and 8-isoprostans are increased in the exhaled breath condensate in COPD. These endogenous oxidants cause contraction of tracheal smooth muscle with Ca2+ dynamics through Ca2+ channels and with Ca2+ sensitization through Rho-kinase. TNF-α and growth factors potentiate proliferation of these cells by synthesis of ROS. Oxidative stress can alter the function of airway smooth muscle through Ca2+ signaling. These phenotype changes are associated with manifestations (dyspnea, wheezing) and pathophysiology (airflow limitation, airway remodeling, airway hyperresponsiveness). Therefore, airway smooth muscle is a therapeutic target against COPD; oxidative stress should be included in treatable traits for COPD to advance precision medicine. Research into Ca2+ signaling related to ROS may contribute to the development of a novel agent for COPD.
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Aziz F, Li X, Chakraborty A, Zheng Y, Xin M, Liu K, Dong Z. Ubiquitination of ADRα1d/SerpinA1 complex stimulates hypoxia to induce gastric tumorigenesis with a combination of Helicobacter pylori and chronic stress through IL-1α. Gastric Cancer 2022; 25:726-740. [PMID: 35532840 DOI: 10.1007/s10120-022-01297-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) has been recognized as the class I carcinogen of gastric cancer and several studies have demonstrated that chronic stress may accelerate gastric cancer progression. However, the evidence is not sufficient. METHODS Here, we developed a mouse model that combined H. pylori infection with chronic stress. Gastric inflammation promotes gastric tumor development progression. To evaluate the number of pro-inflammatory cells through observing the numbers of activated macrophages and neutrophils in mice gastric tumors compared with untreated mice or only treated with one factor. ADRα1d /SerpinA1 expression and localization were assessed under stress conditions and H. pylori infection, and evaluated by analyzing IL-1α, CD8, platelet, and RBC status using α- or β- blockers against gastritis to prevent gastric cancer. RESULTS Further mechanism study showed that stress hormones increase the number of CD8+ lymphocytes by activating ADRβ2 receptors, leading to IL-1α secretion and tumorigenicity. Gastric carcinogenesis also involves gastric muscle contraction mediated through ADRα1d/Serpina1 interaction. Specifically, we showed that the ADRα1d/SerpinA1 complex increases glucose uptake and the development of hypoxia conditions. These responses promote platelet aggregation and muscle contraction. In turn, gastric cancer cells increase lactate production and promote gastric cell proliferation through Muc-13 and IL-1α stimulation. CONCLUSION H. pylori infection in combination with chronic stress can lead to gastric cancer, and the synergistic effects of cytokine production (i.e. IL-1α), T lymphocyte dysfunction contributes to gastric carcinogenesis which will offer treatment opportunities for stress-associated gastric cancer and provide new strategies for the prevention and treatment of gastric cancer in clinics.
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- Faisal Aziz
- The China-US (Henan) Hormel Cancer Institute, Zhengzhou, 450003, Henan, People's Republic of China.,The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN, 55912, USA
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- The China-US (Henan) Hormel Cancer Institute, Zhengzhou, 450003, Henan, People's Republic of China.,Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China.,Henan Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center for Cancer Chemoprevention, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- The China-US (Henan) Hormel Cancer Institute, Zhengzhou, 450003, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- The China-US (Henan) Hormel Cancer Institute, Zhengzhou, 450003, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- The China-US (Henan) Hormel Cancer Institute, Zhengzhou, 450003, Henan, People's Republic of China.,Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China.,Henan Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center for Cancer Chemoprevention, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China.,The Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450003, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- The China-US (Henan) Hormel Cancer Institute, Zhengzhou, 450003, Henan, People's Republic of China. .,Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China.
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He M, Cao C, Ni Z, Liu Y, Song P, Hao S, He Y, Sun X, Rao Y. PROTACs: great opportunities for academia and industry (an update from 2020 to 2021). Signal Transduct Target Ther 2022; 7:181. [PMID: 35680848 PMCID: PMC9178337 DOI: 10.1038/s41392-022-00999-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) technology is a new protein-degradation strategy that has emerged in recent years. It uses bifunctional small molecules to induce the ubiquitination and degradation of target proteins through the ubiquitin–proteasome system. PROTACs can not only be used as potential clinical treatments for diseases such as cancer, immune disorders, viral infections, and neurodegenerative diseases, but also provide unique chemical knockdown tools for biological research in a catalytic, reversible, and rapid manner. In 2019, our group published a review article “PROTACs: great opportunities for academia and industry” in the journal, summarizing the representative compounds of PROTACs reported before the end of 2019. In the past 2 years, the entire field of protein degradation has experienced rapid development, including not only a large increase in the number of research papers on protein-degradation technology but also a rapid increase in the number of small-molecule degraders that have entered the clinical and will enter the clinical stage. In addition to PROTAC and molecular glue technology, other new degradation technologies are also developing rapidly. In this article, we mainly summarize and review the representative PROTACs of related targets published in 2020–2021 to present to researchers the exciting developments in the field of protein degradation. The problems that need to be solved in this field will also be briefly introduced.
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- Ming He
- Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China.,Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China. .,School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, China.
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Lehtimäki J, Jalava N, Unkila K, Aspegren J, Haapalinna A, Pesonen U. Tasipimidine-the pharmacological profile of a novel orally active selective α 2A-adrenoceptor agonist. Eur J Pharmacol 2022; 923:174949. [PMID: 35405115 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2022.174949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The pharmacological profile of tasipimidine, a novel orally active α2-adrenoceptor agonist developed for situational anxiety and fear in dogs, was studied in various in vitro and in vivo models. In the cell assays, tasipimidine demonstrated binding affinity and full agonism on the human α2A-adrenoceptors with a pEC50 of 7.57, while agonism on the α2B-and α2C-adrenoceptors and the rodent α2D-adrenoceptor was weaker, resulting in pEC50 values of 6.00, 6.29 and 6.56, respectively. Tasipimidine had a low binding affinity on the human α1-adrenoceptors. It had no functional effects in the LNCaP cells expressing endogenously the human α1A-adrenoceptors but was a weak agonist in the Chem-1 cells coexpressing Gα15 protein and α1A-adrenoceptors. In the recombinant CHO cells, although tasipimidine was a weak partial agonist in the inositol monophosphate accumulation assay, it was a full agonist in the intracellular [Ca2+] assay. No functional effects were observed on the human α1B-adrenoceptor, whereas in the rat α1A and α1B-adrenoceptors, tasipimidine was a weak partial agonist. In the rat vas deferens preparations, tasipimidine was a full agonist on the α2D-adrenoceptor but weak partial agonist on the α1-adrenoceptor. The receptor profile of tasipimidine indicated few secondary targets, and no functional effects were observed. Sedative effects of tasipimidine were demonstrated in vivo by the reduced acoustic startle reflex in rats with subcutaneous doses and decreased spontaneous locomotor activity in mice with subcutaneous and higher oral doses. It may be concluded that tasipimidine is an orally active and selective α2A-adrenoceptor agonist.
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- Jyrki Lehtimäki
- Orion Corporation Orion Pharma, R&D, P.O. Box 425, FI-20101, Turku, Finland.
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- Orion Corporation Orion Pharma, R&D, P.O. Box 425, FI-20101, Turku, Finland
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- Orion Corporation Orion Pharma, R&D, P.O. Box 425, FI-20101, Turku, Finland
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- Orion Corporation Orion Pharma, R&D, P.O. Box 425, FI-20101, Turku, Finland
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- Orion Corporation Orion Pharma, R&D, P.O. Box 425, FI-20101, Turku, Finland
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- Institute of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, FI-20520, Turku, Finland
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Gholizadeh N, Mohebbi AH, Mirzaii-Dizgah I, Sheykhbahaei N. α1 adrenergic receptors in serum and saliva of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma. Clin Transl Oncol 2021; 23:1705-1710. [PMID: 33644847 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-021-02571-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neurotransmitters released from the sympathetic nervous system attach to the adrenergic receptors on the surface of tumoral cells in response to stress, and alter the expression of genes programming cellular activity. This study aimed to assess the expression of α1 adrenergic receptors in the serum and saliva of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) compared with healthy controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this case-control study, serum and stimulated and unstimulated saliva samples were collected from 26 OSCC patients and 26 healthy controls. ELISA kits were used for measurement of the serum and salivary levels of α1 adrenergic receptors. RESULTS The level of α1 adrenergic receptors was significantly higher in the stimulated and unstimulated saliva of OSCC patients than healthy controls (P = 0.000). However, their serum level was not significantly different between the two groups (P = 0.389). The serum level of α1 adrenergic receptors significantly increased by an increase in OSCC grade. No significant correlation was noted between the serum and salivary levels of α1 adrenergic receptors in OSCC patients. The salivary level of α1 adrenergic receptors was significantly higher in patients with tumors located in the gingiva, compared with other sites. CONCLUSION Significantly higher salivary level of α1 adrenergic receptors in OSCC patients compared with healthy controls, and no significant difference in their serum level between the two groups may indirectly indicate the over-expression of these receptors in OSCC cells, compared with normal oral mucosa. Further studies and particularly histological analyses are required to confirm this finding.
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- Narges Gholizadeh
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
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Sharma V, Rana R, Baksi R, Borse SP, Nivsarkar M. Light-controlled calcium signalling in prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia. FUTURE JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES 2020. [DOI: 10.1186/s43094-020-00046-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Identifying ways to reduce the burden of prostate cancer (Pca) or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a top research priority. It is a typical entanglement seen in men which is portrayed by trouble in micturition. It stands as a significant problem in our society. Different molecular biomarker has high potential to treat Pca or BPH but also causes serious side effects during treatment.
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The role of calcium signalling in the alteration of different biomarkers of Pca or BPH is important. Therefore, the photoswitch drugs may hold the potential to rebalance the altered calcium signaling cascade and the biomarker levels. Thereby play a significant role in the management of Pca and BPH. Online literature searches such as PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar were carried out. The search terms used for this review were photo-pharmacology, photo-switch drug, photodynamic therapy, calcium signalling, etc. Present treatment of Pca or BPH shows absence of selectivity and explicitness which may additionally result in side effects. The new condition of the calcium flagging may offer promising outcomes in restoring the present issues related with prostate malignancy and BPH treatment.
Conclusion
The light-switching calcium channel blockers aim to solve this issue by incorporating photo-switchable calcium channel blockers that may control the signalling pathway related to proliferation and metastasis in prostate cancer without any side effects.
Graphical abstract
Schematic diagram explaining the proposed role of photo-switch therapy in curbing the side effects of active drugs in Pca (prostate cancer) and BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia). a) Delivery of medication by ordinary strategies and irreversible phototherapy causes side effects during treatment. Utilization of photo-switch drug to control the dynamic and inert condition of the medication can cause the medication impacts as we required in prostate cancer and BPH. b) Support of harmony between the calcium signaling is essential to guarantee ordinary physiology. Increment or abatement in the dimensions of calcium signaling can result in changed physiology. c) Major factors involved in the pathogenesis of BPH; downregulation of vitamin D receptor (VDR) and histone deacetylase (HDAC) can prevent BPH. Similarly, downregulation of α-1 adrenoceptor can reduce muscle contraction, while overexpression of β-3 adrenoceptor in BPH can promote further muscle relaxation in BPH treatment therapy. Inhibition of overexpressed biomarkers in BPH TRPM2-1: transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 1; TRPM2-2: transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 2; Androgens; CXCL5: C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 5; TGFβ-1: transforming growth factor β-1; TXA2; thromboxane-2; NMDA: N-methyl-d-aspartate can be the potential target in BPH therapy.
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Roy S, Malone S, Grimes S, Morgan SC. Impact of Concomitant Medications on Biochemical Outcome in Localised Prostate Cancer Treated with Radiotherapy and Androgen Deprivation Therapy. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2020; 33:181-190. [PMID: 32994091 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2020.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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AIMS Several classes of concomitant medications have been shown to affect oncological outcomes in patients with prostate cancer (PCa). We assessed the association between the use of commonly prescribed concomitant medications and biochemical relapse-free survival (bRFS) in patients with localised PCa treated with radiotherapy and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). MATERIALS AND METHODS A secondary pooled analysis of two phase III randomised trials was carried out. In the first trial, patients with localised PCa with clinical stage T1b-T3, prostate-specific antigen <30 ng/ml and Gleason score ≤7 were treated with radical radiotherapy and 6 months of ADT starting 4 months before or concomitantly with radiotherapy. In the second trial, patients with high-risk PCa were treated with radical radiotherapy and 36 months of ADT with randomisation to three-dimensional conformal or intensity-modulated radiotherapy. Information on concomitant medications was collected from the medical record. Univariable and multivariable Cox regression was used to identify factors associated with bRFS. RESULTS Overall, 486 patients were evaluable. The median follow-up was 125 months; 10-year bRFS was 83.7%. On univariable analysis, receipt of metformin was significantly associated with worse bRFS. Ten-year bRFS was 73% and 85% for patients with and without concomitant metformin (adjusted hazard ratio 2.11, 95% confidence interval 1.03-4.33). Similar evidence of an association was observed with sulfonamide-based α1-receptor blockers (adjusted hazard ratio 2.72, 95% confidence interval 1.31-5.66). However, no such association was seen with receipt of quinazoline-based α1-receptor blockers (adjusted hazard ratio 1.09, 95% confidence interval 0.42-2.82). There was no significant association between bRFS and receipt of all other medication classes considered. CONCLUSIONS In this population of patients with localised PCa treated with radiotherapy and ADT, receipt of concomitant metformin and sulfonamide-based α1-receptor blockers was associated with inferior biochemical outcome. Randomised trials are required to assess the true effect of these medications on oncological outcomes in localised PCa.
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- S Roy
- Radiation Medicine Program, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Radiation Medicine Program, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Radiation Oncology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Radiation Medicine Program, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Radiation Medicine Program, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Radiation Oncology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Li Z, Lin Y, Song H, Qin X, Yu Z, Zhang Z, Dong G, Li X, Shi X, Du L, Zhao W, Li M. First small-molecule PROTACs for G protein-coupled receptors: inducing α 1A-adrenergic receptor degradation. Acta Pharm Sin B 2020; 10:1669-1679. [PMID: 33088687 PMCID: PMC7563999 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2020.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Revised: 11/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are dual-functional hybrid molecules that can selectively recruit an E3 ubiquitin ligase to a target protein to direct the protein into the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), thereby selectively reducing the target protein level by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. Nowadays, small-molecule PROTACs are gaining popularity as tools to degrade pathogenic protein. Herein, we present the first small-molecule PROTACs that can induce the α1A-adrenergic receptor (α1A-AR) degradation, which is also the first small-molecule PROTACs for G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) to our knowledge. These degradation inducers were developed through conjugation of known α1-adrenergic receptors (α1-ARs) inhibitor prazosin and cereblon (CRBN) ligand pomalidomide through the different linkers. The representative compound 9c is proved to inhibit the proliferation of PC-3 cells and result in tumor growth regression, which highlighted the potential of our study as a new therapeutic strategy for prostate cancer.
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Key Words
- BPH, benign prostatic hyperplasia
- CRBN, cereblon
- DCM, dichloromethane
- DMF, dimethylformamide
- DMSO, dimethylsulfoxide
- Degradation
- GPCR, G-protein-coupled receptor
- HPLC, high-performance liquid chromatography
- LUTS, lower urinary tract symptoms
- PROTACs, proteolysis targeting chimeras
- Prostate cancer
- Small-molecule PROTACs
- TEA, triethylamine
- THF, tetrahydrofuran
- Ubiquitylation
- hPCE, human prostate cancer epithelial
- α1-ARs, α1-adrenergic receptors
- α1A-AR, α1A-adrenergic receptor
- α1A-Adrenergic receptor
- α1B-AR, α1B-adrenergic receptor
- α1D-AR, α1D-adrenergic receptor
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- Zhenzhen Li
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Immunology, Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of Shandong Province, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Immunology, Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of Shandong Province, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Immunology, Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of Shandong Province, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
- Corresponding author. Tel./fax: +86 531 88382076.
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Drug Repositioning of the α 1-Adrenergic Receptor Antagonist Naftopidil: A Potential New Anti-Cancer Drug? Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21155339. [PMID: 32727149 PMCID: PMC7432507 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21155339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Failure of conventional treatments is often observed in cancer management and this requires the development of alternative therapeutic strategies. However, new drug development is known to be a high-failure process because of the possibility of a lower efficacy than expected for the drug or appearance of non-manageable side effects. Another way to find alternative therapeutic drugs consists in identifying new applications for drugs already approved for a particular disease: a concept named "drug repurposing". In this context, several studies demonstrated the potential anti-tumour activity exerted by α1-adrenergic receptor antagonists and notably renewed interest for naftopidil as an anti-cancer drug. Naftopidil is used for benign prostatic hyperplasia management in Japan and a retrospective study brought out a reduced incidence of prostate cancer in patients that had been prescribed this drug. Further studies showed that naftopidil exerted anti-proliferative and cytotoxic effects on prostate cancer as well as several other cancer types in vitro, as well as ex vivo and in vivo. Moreover, naftopidil was demonstrated to modulate the expression of Bcl-2 family pro-apoptotic members which could be used to sensitise cancer cells to targeting therapies and to overcome resistance of cancer cells to apoptosis. For most of these anti-cancer effects, the molecular pathway is either not fully deciphered or shown to involve α1-adrenergic receptor-independent pathway, suggesting off target transduction signals. In order to improve its efficacy, naftopidil analogues were designed and shown to be effective in several studies. Thereby, naftopidil appears to display anti-cancer properties on different cancer types and could be considered as a candidate for drug repurposing although its anti-cancerous activities need to be studied more deeply in prospective randomized clinical trials.
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Abe N, Toyama H, Ejima Y, Saito K, Tamada T, Yamauchi M, Kazama I. α 1-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade by Prazosin Synergistically Stabilizes Rat Peritoneal Mast Cells. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 2020:3214186. [PMID: 32461978 PMCID: PMC7243011 DOI: 10.1155/2020/3214186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Adrenaline quickly inhibits the release of histamine from mast cells. Besides β 2-adrenergic receptors, several in vitro studies also indicate the involvement of α-adrenergic receptors in the process of exocytosis. Since exocytosis in mast cells can be detected electrophysiologically by the changes in the membrane capacitance (Cm), its continuous monitoring in the presence of drugs would determine their mast cell-stabilizing properties. METHODS Employing the whole-cell patch-clamp technique in rat peritoneal mast cells, we examined the effects of adrenaline on the degranulation of mast cells and the increase in the Cm during exocytosis. We also examined the degranulation of mast cells in the presence or absence of α-adrenergic receptor agonists or antagonists. RESULTS Adrenaline dose-dependently suppressed the GTP-γ-S-induced increase in the Cm and inhibited the degranulation from mast cells, which was almost completely erased in the presence of butoxamine, a β 2-adrenergic receptor antagonist. Among α-adrenergic receptor agonists or antagonists, high-dose prazosin, a selective α 1-adrenergic receptor antagonist, significantly reduced the ratio of degranulating mast cells and suppressed the increase in the Cm. Additionally, prazosin augmented the inhibitory effects of adrenaline on the degranulation of mast cells. CONCLUSIONS This study provided electrophysiological evidence for the first time that adrenaline dose-dependently inhibited the process of exocytosis, confirming its usefulness as a potent mast cell stabilizer. The pharmacological blockade of α 1-adrenergic receptor by prazosin synergistically potentiated such mast cell-stabilizing property of adrenaline, which is primarily mediated by β 2-adrenergic receptors.
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- Nozomu Abe
- Department of Anesthesiology, Tohoku University Hospital, Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Tohoku University Hospital, Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Tohoku University Hospital, Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Tohoku University Hospital, Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Tohoku University Hospital, Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Miyagi University, School of Nursing, Gakuen, Taiwa-cho, Kurokawa-gun, Miyagi, Japan
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FitzGerald LM, Jung CH, Wong EM, Joo JE, Gould JA, Vasic V, Bassett JK, O'Callaghan N, Nottle T, Pedersen J, Giles GG, Southey MC. Obtaining high quality transcriptome data from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded diagnostic prostate tumor specimens. J Transl Med 2018; 98:537-550. [PMID: 29339835 DOI: 10.1038/s41374-017-0001-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Revised: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Prognostic genomic biomarkers that can be measured at diagnosis to aid choice of treatment options are unavailable for most common cancers. This is due in part to the poor quality and quantity of available diagnostic specimens for discovery research and to limitations in genomic technologies. Recent technical advances now enable high-density molecular analyses using suboptimal biological specimens. Here we describe the optimization of a transcriptome-specific protocol for use with formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) diagnostic prostate cancer (PrCa) specimens. We applied the Ion AmpliSeq Transcriptome Human Gene Expression Kit (AmpliSeq Kit) to RNA samples extracted from 36 tumor-enriched and 16 adjacent normal tissues (ADJNT) from 37 FFPE PrCa specimens over a series of eight pilot studies, incorporating protocol modifications from Pilots 2 to 5. Data quality were measured by (1) the total number of mapped reads; (2) the percentage of reads that mapped to AmpliSeq target regions (OnTarget%); (3) the percentage of genes on the AmpliSeq panel with a read count ≥10 (TargetsDetected%); and (4) comparing the gene read-count distribution of the prostate tissue samples with the median gene read-count distribution of cell line-derived RNA samples. Modifications incorporated into Pilot study 5 provided gene expression data equivalent to cell line-derived RNA samples. These modifications included the use of freshly cut slides for macrodissection; increased tissue section thickness (8 µm); RNA extraction using the RecoverAll Total Nucleic Acid Isolation Kit for FFPE (ThermoFisher); 18 target amplification cycles; and processing six samples per Ion PI chip. This protocol will facilitate the discovery of prognostic biomarkers for cancer by allowing researchers to exploit previously underutilized diagnostic FFPE specimens.
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- Liesel M FitzGerald
- Cancer Epidemiology and Intelligence Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Melbourne Bioinformatics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Health Translation Precinct, Medical Genomics Facility, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Health Translation Precinct, Medical Genomics Facility, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Cancer Epidemiology and Intelligence Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- TissuPath Specialist Pathology, Mount Waverley, VIC, Australia
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- TissuPath Specialist Pathology, Mount Waverley, VIC, Australia
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- Cancer Epidemiology and Intelligence Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Global and Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Cancer Epidemiology and Intelligence Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. .,Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia. .,Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
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Noradrenaline, oxymetazoline and phorbol myristate acetate induce distinct functional actions and phosphorylation patterns of α 1A-adrenergic receptors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2017; 1864:2378-2388. [PMID: 28888989 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2017.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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In LNCaP cells that stably express α1A-adrenergic receptors, oxymetazoline increased intracellular calcium and receptor phosphorylation, however, this agonist was a weak partial agonist, as compared to noradrenaline, for calcium signaling. Interestingly, oxymetazoline-induced receptor internalization and desensitization displayed greater effects than those induced by noradrenaline. Phorbol myristate acetate induced modest receptor internalization and minimal desensitization. α1A-Adrenergic receptor interaction with β-arrestins (colocalization/coimmunoprecipitation) was induced by noradrenaline and oxymetazoline and, to a lesser extent, by phorbol myristate acetate. Oxymetazoline was more potent and effective than noradrenaline in inducing ERK 1/2 phosphorylation. Mass spectrometric analysis of immunopurified α1A-adrenergic receptors from cells treated with adrenergic agonists and the phorbol ester clearly showed that phosphorylated residues were present both at the third intracellular loop and at the carboxyl tail. Distinct phosphorylation patterns were observed under the different conditions. The phosphorylated residues were: a) Baseline and all treatments: T233; b) noradrenaline: S220, S227, S229, S246, S250, S389; c) oxymetazoline: S227, S246, S381, T384, S389; and d) phorbol myristate acetate: S246, S250, S258, S351, S352, S401, S402, S407, T411, S413, T451. Our novel data, describing the α1A-AR phosphorylation sites, suggest that the observed different phosphorylation patterns may participate in defining adrenoceptor localization and action, under the different conditions examined.
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Maestri V, Tarozzi A, Simoni E, Cilia A, Poggesi E, Naldi M, Nicolini B, Pruccoli L, Rosini M, Minarini A. Quinazoline based α 1 -adrenoreceptor antagonists with potent antiproliferative activity in human prostate cancer cell lines. Eur J Med Chem 2017; 136:259-269. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Revised: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Gupta S, Pandey D, Mandalapu D, Sharma V, Shukla M, Singh S, Singh N, Yadav SK, Tanpula DK, Singh S, Maikhuri JP, Shukla S, Lal J, Siddiqi MI, Gupta G, Sharma VL. Novel aryl piperazines for alleviation of ‘andropause’ associated prostatic disorders and depression. Eur J Med Chem 2017; 132:204-218. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.03.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Revised: 03/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The Role of α1-Adrenoceptor Antagonists in the Treatment of Prostate and Other Cancers. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17081339. [PMID: 27537875 PMCID: PMC5000736 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17081339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Revised: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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This review evaluates the role of α-adrenoceptor antagonists as a potential treatment of prostate cancer (PCa). Cochrane, Google Scholar and Pubmed were accessed to retrieve sixty-two articles for analysis. In vitro studies demonstrate that doxazosin, prazosin and terazosin (quinazoline α-antagonists) induce apoptosis, decrease cell growth, and proliferation in PC-3, LNCaP and DU-145 cell lines. Similarly, the piperazine based naftopidil induced cell cycle arrest and death in LNCaP-E9 cell lines. In contrast, sulphonamide based tamsulosin did not exhibit these effects. In vivo data was consistent with in vitro findings as the quinazoline based α-antagonists prevented angiogenesis and decreased tumour mass in mice models of PCa. Mechanistically the cytotoxic and antitumor effects of the α-antagonists appear largely independent of α 1-blockade. The proposed targets include: VEGF, EGFR, HER2/Neu, caspase 8/3, topoisomerase 1 and other mitochondrial apoptotic inducing factors. These cytotoxic effects could not be evaluated in human studies as prospective trial data is lacking. However, retrospective studies show a decreased incidence of PCa in males exposed to α-antagonists. As human data evaluating the use of α-antagonists as treatments are lacking; well designed, prospective clinical trials are needed to conclusively demonstrate the anticancer properties of quinazoline based α-antagonists in PCa and other cancers.
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Ma Z, Lin Y, Cheng Y, Wu W, Cai R, Chen S, Shi B, Han B, Shi X, Zhou Y, Du L, Li M. Discovery of the First Environment-Sensitive Near-Infrared (NIR) Fluorogenic Ligand for α1-Adrenergic Receptors Imaging in Vivo. J Med Chem 2016; 59:2151-62. [PMID: 26821136 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Zhao Ma
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of
Chemical Biology (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of
Chemical Biology (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of
Chemical Biology (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Department
of Urology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department
of Urology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department
of Pathology, School of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences & Technology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of
Chemical Biology (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of
Chemical Biology (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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Colciago A, Mornati O, Ferri N, Castelnovo LF, Fumagalli L, Bolchi C, Pallavicini M, Valoti E, Negri-Cesi P. A selective alpha1D-adrenoreceptor antagonist inhibits human prostate cancer cell proliferation and motility “in vitro”. Pharmacol Res 2016; 103:215-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2015.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Revised: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 11/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Gupta S, Pandey D, Mandalapu D, Bala V, Sharma V, Shukla M, Yadav SK, Singh N, Jaiswal S, Maikhuri JP, Lal J, Siddiqi MI, Gupta G, Sharma VL. Design, synthesis and biological profiling of aryl piperazine based scaffolds for the management of androgen sensitive prostatic disorders. MEDCHEMCOMM 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6md00426a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Twenty-six piperazine derivatives were synthesized and findings revealed that compound9ais promising candidate for management of prostatic disorders.
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Fuchs R, Stracke A, Ebner N, Zeller CW, Raninger AM, Schittmayer M, Kueznik T, Absenger-Novak M, Birner-Gruenberger R. The cytotoxicity of the α1-adrenoceptor antagonist prazosin is linked to an endocytotic mechanism equivalent to transport-P. Toxicology 2015; 338:17-29. [PMID: 26449523 PMCID: PMC4671317 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2015.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Revised: 09/30/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Since the α1-adrenergic antagonist prazosin (PRZ) was introduced into medicine as a treatment for hypertension and benign prostate hyperplasia, several studies have shown that PRZ induces apoptosis in various cell types and interferes with endocytotic trafficking. Because PRZ is also able to induce apoptosis in malignant cells, its cytotoxicity is a focus of interest in cancer research. Besides inducing apoptosis, PRZ was shown to serve as a substrate for an amine uptake mechanism originally discovered in neurones called transport-P. In line with our hypothesis that transport-P is an endocytotic mechanism also present in non-neuronal tissue and linked to the cytotoxicity of PRZ, we tested the uptake of QAPB, a fluorescent derivative of PRZ, in cancer cell lines in the presence of inhibitors of transport-P and endocytosis. Early endosomes and lysosomes were visualised by expression of RAB5-RFP and LAMP1-RFP, respectively; growth and viability of cells in the presence of PRZ and uptake inhibitors were also tested. Cancer cells showed co-localisation of QAPB with RAB5 and LAMP1 positive vesicles as well as tubulation of lysosomes. The uptake of QAPB was sensitive to transport-P inhibitors bafilomycin A1 (inhibits v-ATPase) and the antidepressant desipramine. Endocytosis inhibitors pitstop(®) 2 (general inhibitor of endocytosis), dynasore (dynamin inhibitor) and methyl-β-cyclodextrin (cholesterol chelator) inhibited the uptake of QAPB. Bafilomycin A1 and methyl-β-cyclodextrin but not desipramine were able to preserve growth and viability of cells in the presence of PRZ. In summary, we confirmed the hypothesis that the cellular uptake of QAPB/PRZ represents an endocytotic mechanism equivalent to transport-P. Endocytosis of QAPB/PRZ depends on a proton gradient, dynamin and cholesterol, and results in reorganisation of the LAMP1 positive endolysosomal system. Finally, the link seen between the cellular uptake of PRZ and cell death implies a still unknown pro-apoptotic membrane protein with affinity towards PRZ.
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- Robert Fuchs
- Institute of Pathophysiology and Immunology, Centre of Molecular Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31A, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Institute of Pathophysiology and Immunology, Centre of Molecular Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31A, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Institute of Pathophysiology and Immunology, Centre of Molecular Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31A, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Institute of Pathophysiology and Immunology, Centre of Molecular Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31A, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Institute of Pathophysiology and Immunology, Centre of Molecular Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31A, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Research Unit Functional Proteomics and Metabolic Pathways, Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz and Omics Center Graz, BioTechMed-Graz, Stiftingtalstrasse 24, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Centre for Medical Research, Medical University of Graz, Stiftingtalstrasse 24, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Centre for Medical Research, Medical University of Graz, Stiftingtalstrasse 24, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Research Unit Functional Proteomics and Metabolic Pathways, Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz and Omics Center Graz, BioTechMed-Graz, Stiftingtalstrasse 24, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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Morelli MB, Amantini C, Nabissi M, Liberati S, Cardinali C, Farfariello V, Tomassoni D, Quaglia W, Piergentili A, Bonifazi A, Del Bello F, Santoni M, Mammana G, Servi L, Filosa A, Gismondi A, Santoni G. Cross-talk between alpha1D-adrenoceptors and transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 triggers prostate cancer cell proliferation. BMC Cancer 2014; 14:921. [PMID: 25481381 PMCID: PMC4306515 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 11/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background There is evidence that calcium (Ca2+) increases the proliferation of human advanced prostate cancer (PCa) cells but the ion channels involved are not fully understood. Here, we investigated the correlation between alpha1D-adrenergic receptor (alpha1D-AR) and the transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) expression levels in human PCa tissues and evaluated the ability of alpha1D-AR to cross-talk with TRPV1 in PCa cell lines. Methods The expression of alpha1D-AR and TRPV1 was examined in human PCa tissues by quantitative RT-PCR and in PCa cell lines (DU145, PC3 and LNCaP) by cytofluorimetry. Moreover, alpha1D-AR and TRPV1 colocalization was investigated by confocal microscopy in PCa cell lines and by fluorescence microscopy in benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) and PCa tissues. Cell proliferation was assessed by BrdU incorporation. Alpha1D-AR/TRPV1 knockdown was obtained using siRNA transfection. Signalling pathways were evaluated by measurement of extracellular acidification rate, Ca2+ flux, IP3 production, western blot and MTT assay. Results The levels of the alpha1D-AR and TRPV1 mRNAs are increased in PCa compared to BPH specimens and a high correlation between alpha1D-AR and TRPV1 expression levels was found. Moreover, alpha1D-AR and TRPV1 are co-expressed in prostate cancer cell lines and specimens. Noradrenaline (NA) induced an alpha1D-AR- and TRPV1-dependent protons release and Ca2+ flux in PC3 cell lines; NA by triggering the activation of phospholipase C (PLC), protein kinase C (PKC) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) pathways stimulated PC3 cell proliferation, that was completely inhibited by clopenphendioxan (WS433) and capsazepine (CPZ) combination or by alpha1D-AR/TRPV1 double knockdown. Conclusions We demonstrate a cross-talk between alpha1D-AR and TRPV1, that is involved in the control of PC3 cell proliferation. These data strongly support for a putative novel pharmacological approach in the treatment of PCa by targeting both alpha1D-AR and TRPV1 channels. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2407-14-921) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino 62032, Italy.
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OBJECTIVE This article reviews the current understanding of transient receptor potential ion channels (TRP channels) in health and disease. BACKGROUND Transient receptor potential ion channels are a group of 27 channels that are expressed in all tissues. These channels play important roles in surgically important problems, such as chronic pain, susceptibility to infection, hypothermia, and some cancers. METHODS A literature search was performed. This review focuses on the role of TRP channels in a few surgically important disease processes, such as pain, inflammation, airway diseases, and malignant melanomas. In addition, we discuss some of the structural properties that are important for the activation of TRP channels. RESULTS TRPA1 and TRPV1 are expressed on pain fibers and play an important role in the development of chronic pain, such as chemotherapy-related neuropathic pain. Deletion of TRPA1 and TRPV1 suppresses the development of chronic pain, and blockers of TRPA1 and TRPV1 show promise as a new class of painkillers. Furthermore, several TRP channels are expressed on immune cells. Macrophages express at least 3 different TRP channels, and the properly balanced activation of all these channels together allows normal macrophage function. Deletion of any of these channels results in impaired macrophage function and increased susceptibility to infection. Because several of these TRP channels on macrophages are temperature sensitive, they may comprise the link for hypothermia-related infectious complications in trauma, and to a lesser degree, in elective surgical patients. CONCLUSIONS Transient receptor potential ion channels are involved in several surgically important disease processes. Activation or blockade of these channels offers new therapeutic opportunities. Pharmacologic activation or blockade of TRP channels may offer new treatment options in surgical patients for the management of pain and infections.
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White CW, Xie JH, Ventura S. Age-related changes in the innervation of the prostate gland: implications for prostate cancer initiation and progression. Organogenesis 2013; 9:206-15. [PMID: 23872639 PMCID: PMC3896592 DOI: 10.4161/org.24843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The adult prostate gland grows and develops under hormonal control while its physiological functions are controlled by the autonomic nervous system. The prostate gland receives sympathetic input via the hypogastric nerve and parasympathetic input via the pelvic nerve. In addition, the hypogastric and pelvic nerves also provide sensory inputs to the gland. This review provides a summary of the innervation of the adult prostate gland and describes the changes which occur with age and disease. Growth and development of the prostate gland is age dependent as is the occurrence of both benign prostate disease and prostate cancer. In parallel, the activity and influence of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system changes with age. The influence of the sympathetic nervous system on benign prostatic hyperplasia is well documented and this review considers the possibility of a link between changes in autonomic innervation and prostate cancer progression.
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- Carl W White
- Drug Discovery Biology; Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Monash University; Parkville, VIC Australia
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Shapovalov G, Lehen’kyi V, Skryma R, Prevarskaya N. TRP channels in cell survival and cell death in normal and transformed cells. Cell Calcium 2011; 50:295-302. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2011.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2011] [Revised: 05/05/2011] [Accepted: 05/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Ohanyan VA, Guarini G, Thodeti CK, Talasila PK, Raman P, Haney RM, Meszaros JG, Damron DS, Bratz IN. Endothelin-mediated in vivo pressor responses following TRPV1 activation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 301:H1135-42. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00082.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Transient receptor potential vanilliod 1 (TRPV1) channels have recently been postulated to play a role in the vascular complications/consequences associated with diabetes despite the fact that the mechanisms through which TRPV1 regulates vascular function are not fully known. Accordingly, our goal was to define the mechanisms by which TRPV1 channels modulate vascular function and contribute to vascular dysfunction in diabetes. We subjected mice lacking TRPV1 [TRPV1(−/−)], db/ db, and control C57BLKS/J mice to in vivo infusion of the TRPV1 agonist capsaicin or the α-adrenergic agonist phenylephrine (PE) to examine the integrated circulatory actions of TRPV1. Capsaicin (1, 10, 20, and 100 μg/kg) dose dependently increased MAP in control mice (5.7 ± 1.6, 11.7 ± 2.1, 25.4 ± 3.4, and 51.6 ± 3.9%), which was attenuated in db/db mice (3.4 ± 2.1, 3.9 ± 2.1, 7.0 ± 3.3, and 17.9 ± 6.2%). TRPV1(−/−) mice exhibited no changes in MAP in response to capsaicin, suggesting the actions of this agonist are specific to TRPV1 activation. Immunoblot analysis revealed decreased aortic TRPV1 protein expression in db/db compared with control mice. Capsaicin-induced responses were recorded following inhibition of endothelin A and B receptors (ETA /ETB). Inhibition of ETA receptors abolished the capsaicin-mediated increases in MAP. Combined antagonism of ETA and ETB receptors did not further inhibit the capsaicin response. Cultured endothelial cell exposure to capsaicin increased endothelin production as shown by an endothelin ELISA assay, which was attenuated by inhibition of TRPV1 or endothelin-converting enzyme. TRPV1 channels contribute to the regulation of vascular reactivity and MAP via production of endothelin and subsequent activation of vascular ETA receptors. Impairment of TRPV1 channel function may contribute to vascular dysfunction in diabetes.
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- Vahagn A. Ohanyan
- Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rootstown, Ohio; and
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- Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rootstown, Ohio; and
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- Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rootstown, Ohio; and
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- Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rootstown, Ohio; and
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- Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rootstown, Ohio; and
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- Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rootstown, Ohio; and
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- Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rootstown, Ohio; and
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
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- Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rootstown, Ohio; and
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Spehr J, Gelis L, Osterloh M, Oberland S, Hatt H, Spehr M, Neuhaus EM. G protein-coupled receptor signaling via Src kinase induces endogenous human transient receptor potential vanilloid type 6 (TRPV6) channel activation. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:13184-92. [PMID: 21349844 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.183525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ca(2+) homeostasis plays a critical role in a variety of cellular processes. We showed previously that stimulation of the prostate-specific G protein-coupled receptor (PSGR) enhances cytosolic Ca(2+) and inhibits proliferation of prostate cells. Here, we analyzed the signaling mechanisms underlying the PSGR-mediated Ca(2+) increase. Using complementary molecular, biochemical, electrophysiological, and live-cell imaging techniques, we found that endogenous Ca(2+)-selective transient receptor potential vanilloid type 6 (TRPV6) channels are critically involved in the PSGR-induced Ca(2+) signal. Biophysical characterization of the current activated by PSGR stimulation revealed characteristic properties of TRPV6. The molecular identity of the involved channel was confirmed using RNA interference targeting TrpV6. TRPV6-mediated Ca(2+) influx depended on Src kinase activity. Src kinase activation occurred independently of G protein activation, presumably by direct interaction with PSGR. Taken together, we report that endogenous TRPV6 channels are activated downstream of a G protein-coupled receptor and present the first physiological characterization of these channels in situ.
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- Jennifer Spehr
- Department of Chemosensation, RTWH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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Ciolek J, Maïga A, Marcon E, Servent D, Gilles N. Pharmacological characterization of zinc and copper interaction with the human alpha(1A)-adrenoceptor. Eur J Pharmacol 2011; 655:1-8. [PMID: 21262225 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.12.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2010] [Revised: 11/22/2010] [Accepted: 12/15/2010] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Metal ions have a major role in human health, and interact with many classes of receptors including the G-protein coupled receptors. In the peripheral system, zinc mainly accumulates in the soft prostate organ and, with copper, influences prostate disease progression, from normal to hypertrophic or cancerous states. The development of these pathologies may be influenced by the α(1A)-adrenoceptor, the principal regulator of prostate tonicity. There is currently no information on possible interactions between metals and the α(1A)-adrenoceptor. We therefore studied the effects of several mono- and divalent ions on this receptor subtype using binding and functional experiments performed on expressed cloned human α(1A)-adrenoceptor. Regardless of the counter anion used, Zn(2+) and Cu(2+) interact with α(1A)-adrenoceptor with apparent affinities in the low micromolar range. In addition, using specific binding experiments, we established that these ions acted as negative allosteric ligands on prazosin/α(1A)-adrenoceptor interaction, but in a different manner from the allosteric modulator 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl)-amiloride, suggesting distinct mode of interaction. In addition, the presence of Cu(2+) weakly decreased epinephrine affinity, whereas the addition of Zn(2+) shifted to the left the epinephrine binding curve, revealing a positive allosteric effect but only on half of the binding site. Finally, cell-based functional experiments demonstrated that Zn(2+) and Cu(2+) antagonized epinephrine activation in an insurmountable manner, by reducing agonist efficacy without any shift in the epinephrine activation curves. This study shows the interactions between metal ions and the α(1A)-adrenoceptor with affinities compatible with physiological concentrations and suggests that zinc and copper may have a biological role in prostate function.
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- Justyna Ciolek
- CEA Saclay, iBiTec-S, SIMOPRO, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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The role of TRPC6 in HGF-induced cell proliferation of human prostate cancer DU145 and PC3 cells. Asian J Androl 2010; 12:841-52. [PMID: 20835261 DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a glycoprotein that induces prostate cancer cell proliferation, migration and invasion. The activation of transient receptor potential canonical 6 (TRPC6) channels is considered important in promoting prostate cancer cell proliferation. In this study, we assessed the role of endogenous TRPC6 channels in the HGF-induced cell proliferation of prostate cancer. Reverse transcription-PCR and Western blotting were used to investigate TRPC6 expression. Electrophysiological techniques (whole-cell patch clamp configuration) and Ca(2+) imaging analysis were used to investigate the channel activity in cells. The effects of TRPC6 channels on cell cycle progression, cell apoptosis and cell growth were also examined. TRPC6 and c-MET were expressed in DU145 and PC3 cells. In addition, functional TRPC6 channels were present in DU145 and PC3 cells, and TRPC6 knockdown suppressed TRPC-like currents evoked by oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (OAG). Inhibition of TRPC6 channels in DU145 and PC3 cells abolished OAG- and HGF-induced Ca(2+) entry. Furthermore, inhibition of TRPC6 channels arrested DU145 and PC3 cells at the G(2)/M phase and suppressed HGF-induced cell proliferation. Collectively, our results indicate that TRPC6 has an important role in HGF-induced DU145 and PC3 cell proliferation.
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Caprini E, Cristofoletti C, Arcelli D, Fadda P, Citterich MH, Sampogna F, Magrelli A, Censi F, Torreri P, Frontani M, Scala E, Picchio MC, Temperani P, Monopoli A, Lombardo GA, Taruscio D, Narducci MG, Russo G. Identification of Key Regions and Genes Important in the Pathogenesis of Sézary Syndrome by Combining Genomic and Expression Microarrays. Cancer Res 2009; 69:8438-46. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-09-2367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Katsogiannou M, Boustany CE, Gackiere F, Delcourt P, Athias A, Mariot P, Dewailly E, Jouy N, Lamaze C, Bidaux G, Mauroy B, Prevarskaya N, Slomianny C. Caveolae contribute to the apoptosis resistance induced by the alpha(1A)-adrenoceptor in androgen-independent prostate cancer cells. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7068. [PMID: 19763272 PMCID: PMC2742726 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2009] [Accepted: 08/25/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND During androgen ablation prostate cancer cells' growth and survival become independent of normal regulatory mechanisms. These androgen-independent cells acquire the remarkable ability to adapt to the surrounding microenvironment whose factors, such as neurotransmitters, influence their survival. Although findings are becoming evident about the expression of alpha(1A)-adrenoceptors in prostate cancer epithelial cells, their exact functional role in androgen-independent cells has yet to be established. Previous work has demonstrated that membrane lipid rafts associated with key signalling proteins mediate growth and survival signalling pathways in prostate cancer cells. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In order to analyze the membrane topology of the alpha(1A)-adrenoceptor we explored its presence by a biochemical approach in purified detergent resistant membrane fractions of the androgen-independent prostate cancer cell line DU145. Electron microscopy observations demonstrated the colocalization of the alpha(1A)-adrenoceptor with caveolin-1, the major protein component of caveolae. In addition, we showed that agonist stimulation of the alpha(1A)-adrenoceptor induced resistance to thapsigargin-induced apoptosis and that caveolin-1 was necessary for this process. Further, immunohistofluorescence revealed the relation between high levels of alpha(1A)-adrenoceptor and caveolin-1 expression with advanced stage prostate cancer. We also show by immunoblotting that the TG-induced apoptosis resistance described in DU145 cells is mediated by extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK). CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE In conclusion, we propose that alpha(1A)-adrenoceptor stimulation in androgen-independent prostate cancer cells via caveolae constitutes one of the mechanisms contributing to their protection from TG-induced apoptosis.
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- Maria Katsogiannou
- Inserm U800, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Inserm U800, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Inserm U800, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Inserm U800, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Lipidomique-IFR100, Hôpital du Bocage, Dijon, France
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- Inserm U800, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Inserm U800, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- IFR 114, IMPRT, Institut de Recherche sur le Cancer de Lille, Lille, France
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- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Laboratoire Trafic, Signalisation et Ciblage Intracellulaires, Paris, France
- CNRS, UMR144, Paris, France
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- Inserm U800, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Inserm U800, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Inserm U800, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Inserm U800, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Yue D, Wang Y, Xiao JY, Wang P, Ren CS. Expression of TRPC6 in benign and malignant human prostate tissues. Asian J Androl 2009; 11:541-7. [PMID: 19701218 DOI: 10.1038/aja.2009.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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We investigated the expression of transient receptor potential canonical 6 (TRPC6) protein in benign and malignant human prostate tissues and in prostate cancer cell lines and the association with the stage, grade and androgen responsiveness of the tumors. Immunohistochemical techniques, Western blot and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were used to investigate TRPC6 expression. TRPC6 protein was detected in 9 of 20 (45.0%) of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) cases, and there was a significant difference compared with prostate cancer (129 of 149 [86.6%])(P < 0.01). TRPC6 expression was associated with the histological grade and extraprostatic extension (P < 0.01). Tumors of higher stage tended to have a higher frequency of TRPC6 protein staining, but the difference was not significant among T2, T3 and T4. TRPC6 expression difference between androgen-independent (AI) tumors and androgen-dependent (AD) tumors was not statistically significant. TRPC6 was also observed in prostate cancer cell lines. In summary, TRPC6 is detected in benign and malignant human prostate tissues and prostate cancer cell lines and is associated with the histological grade, Gleason score and extraprostatic extension of prostate cancer.
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- Dan Yue
- Cancer Research Institute, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
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Intermediate-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels (IKCa1) regulate human prostate cancer cell proliferation through a close control of calcium entry. Oncogene 2009; 28:1792-806. [DOI: 10.1038/onc.2009.25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Liou SF, Lin HH, Liang JC, Chen IJ, Yeh JL. Inhibition of human prostate cancer cells proliferation by a selective alpha1-adrenoceptor antagonist labedipinedilol-A involves cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Toxicology 2009; 256:13-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2008.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2008] [Revised: 10/30/2008] [Accepted: 10/30/2008] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Flourakis M, Prevarskaya N. Insights into Ca2+ homeostasis of advanced prostate cancer cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2009; 1793:1105-9. [PMID: 19339216 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2009.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2008] [Revised: 12/31/2008] [Accepted: 01/11/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Prostate cancer is the second cancer-related cause of death. Nowadays, the aim of treatments is to decrease the effects of androgens on this organ. Unfortunately, over time, patients develop an androgen-independent cancer with a fatal outcome. The main features of late stage prostate cancer are an increased cell proliferation and apoptosis resistance. It is well known that calcium (Ca2+), a ubiquitous secondary messenger, is involved in several processes such as apoptosis and proliferation. In this mini review, we will focus on the changes in Ca2+ homeostasis of prostate cancer epithelial cells during prostate cancer evolution.
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- Matthieu Flourakis
- Inserm, U-800, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale contre le cancer, Villeneuve d'Ascq, F-59655, France.
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Liu D, Yang D, He H, Chen X, Cao T, Feng X, Ma L, Luo Z, Wang L, Yan Z, Zhu Z, Tepel M. Increased transient receptor potential canonical type 3 channels in vasculature from hypertensive rats. Hypertension 2008; 53:70-6. [PMID: 19029480 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.108.116947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We tested the hypothesis that transient receptor potential canonical type 3 (TRPC3) channels are increased in vascular smooth muscle cells and aortic tissue from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) compared with normotensive Wistar Kyoto rats. Expression of TRPC3 was analyzed by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. TRPC3 gene knockdown was performed by specific small interfering RNA and TRPC3 overexpression using the pAdEasy-1 system. Cytosolic calcium was measured using fluorescence spectrophotometry and vasoconstriction of aortic rings using a force transducer. In SHR, the expression of TRPC3 channel protein was significantly higher in aortic rings (1.48+/-0.05 versus 1.00+/-0.06; each n=6; P<0.01) and vascular smooth muscle cells (1.28+/-0.08 versus 1.00+/-0.03; each n=6; P<0.05) compared with Wistar Kyoto rats. Knockdown of TRPC3 gene expression by specific small interfering RNA significantly reduced the angiotensin II-induced calcium influx by 30+/-3% (n=6; P<0.01), whereas TRPC3 overexpression significantly increased it by 55+/-3% (n=6; P<0.01). The angiotensin II-induced calcium increase was significantly enhanced in vascular smooth muscle cells from SHR compared with Wistar Kyoto rats, even in the presence of the calcium channel blocker amlodipine. Angiotensin II significantly elevated the TRPC3 channel protein expression in vascular smooth muscle cells from SHR from 1.28+/-0.08 to 1.61+/-0.08 (each n=6; P<0.01). Angiotensin II-induced TRPC3 expression was prevented by telmisartan. Administration of telmisartan to SHR for 4 weeks significantly reduced blood pressure, angiotensin II-induced vasoconstriction, and TRPC3 channel protein expression in aortic tissue. TRPC3 expression was not significantly reduced after reduction of blood pressure in SHR using amlodipine. In conclusion, we give experimental evidence that increased TRPC3 channel protein expression in the vasculature is important for elevated blood pressure.
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- Daoyan Liu
- Center for Hypertension and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Hypertension and Endocrinology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing Institute of Hypertension, Chongqing, PR China
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Shi T, Gaivin RJ, McCune DF, Gupta M, Perez DM. Dominance of the α1B-Adrenergic Receptor and its Subcellular Localization in Human and TRAMP Prostate Cancer Cell Lines. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2008; 27:27-45. [PMID: 17365508 DOI: 10.1080/10799890601087487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The function and distribution of alpha1-adrenergic receptor (AR) subtypes in prostate cancer cells is well characterized. Previous studies have used RNA localization or low-avidity antibodies in tissue or cell lines to determine the alpha1-AR subtype and suggested that the alpha1A-AR is dominant. Two androgen-insensitive, human metastatic cancer cell lines DU145 and PC3 were used as well as the mouse TRAMP C1-C3 primary and clonal cell lines. The density of alpha1-ARs was determined by saturation binding and the distribution of the different alpha1-AR subtypes was examined by competition-binding experiments. In contrast to previous studies, the major alpha1-AR subtype in DU145, PC3 and all of the TRAMP cell lines is the alpha1B-AR. DU145 cells contained 100% of the alpha1B-AR subtype, whereas PC3 cells were composed of 21% alpha1 A-AR and 79% alpha1B-AR. TRAMP cell lines contained between 66% and 79% of the alpha1B-AR with minor fractions of the other two subtypes. Faster doubling time in the TRAMP cell lines correlated with decreasing alpha 1B-AR and increasing alpha1 A- and alpha1D-AR densities. Transfection with EGFP-tagged alpha1B-ARs revealed that localization was mainly intracellular, but the majority of the receptors translocated to the cell surface after extended preincubation (18 hr) with either agonist or antagonist. Localization was confirmed by ligand-binding studies and inositol phosphate assays where prolonged preincubation with either agonist and/or antagonist increased the density and function of alpha 1-ARs, suggesting that the native receptors were mostly intracellular and nonfunctional. Our studies indicate that alpha1B-ARs are the major alpha1-AR subtype expressed in DU145, PC3, and all TRAMP cell lines, but most of the receptor is localized in intracellular compartments in a nonfunctional state, which can be rescued upon prolonged incubation with any ligand.
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- Ting Shi
- The Department of Molecular Cardiology, The Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Taves J, Rastedt D, Canine J, Mork D, Wallert MA, Provost JJ. Sodium hydrogen exchanger and phospholipase D are required for alpha1-adrenergic receptor stimulation of metalloproteinase-9 and cellular invasion in CCL39 fibroblasts. Arch Biochem Biophys 2008; 477:60-6. [PMID: 18539131 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2008.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2008] [Revised: 05/05/2008] [Accepted: 05/17/2008] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) plays a critical role in digesting the extracellular matrix and has a vital function in tumor metastasis and invasion; this protease activity is significantly increased in non-small cell lung cancers. The sodium hydrogen exchanger isoform 1 (NHE1) functions as a focal point for signal coordination and cytoskeletal reorganization. NHE1 is thought to play a central role in establishing signaling components at the leading edge of a migrating cell. Therefore, we studied the relationship between NHE1 and MMP-9 activity in Chinese hamster lung fibroblasts (CCL39) stimulated with phenylephrine (PE). We show that PE increases MMP-9 gelatinolytic activity in CCL39 cells. The inhibition of phospholipase D (PLD) signaling abrogated PE-induced MMP-9 activity. The role of PLD as an essential signaling intermediate was confirmed when the addition of permeable phosphatidic acid increased MMP-9 activity in the same cells. PE-induced invasion was increased 1.9-fold over controls and the PE response was lost when 1-butanol was used to block PLD signaling. Cells pre-treated with the NHE1 inhibitor, 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl) amiloride (EIPA) prior to PE addition resulted in a notable decrease in MMP-9 activation and cell invasion as compared to untreated PE-stimulated cells. CCL39 NHE1 null cells demonstrated no increase in MMP-9 protease activity or cell invasion in response to PE treatment. Reconstitution of NHE1 expression recovered the PE-induced activation of protease activity and cell invasion. MMP-9 processing was altered in cells expressing a proton transport defective NHE1 but retained the ability to respond to PE. Conversely, cells expressing an ezrin, radixin, moesin (ERM)-binding deficient NHE1 had a lower MMP-9 activity and the protease did not respond to PE addition. Parallel studies on NCI-H358 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCL) cells showed that PE stimulated both MMP-9 activity and cell invasion in an NHE1 dependent manner. This work describes for the first time a PE-induced relationship between NHE1 and MMP-9 and a new potential mechanism by which NHE1 could promote tumor formation and metastasis.
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- Jennifer Taves
- Departments of Chemistry and Biosciences, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Hagen Hall, Moorhead, MN 56563, USA
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Guilbert A, Dhennin-Duthille I, Hiani YE, Haren N, Khorsi H, Sevestre H, Ahidouch A, Ouadid-Ahidouch H. Expression of TRPC6 channels in human epithelial breast cancer cells. BMC Cancer 2008; 8:125. [PMID: 18452628 PMCID: PMC2409351 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-8-125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2007] [Accepted: 05/02/2008] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background TRP channels have been shown to be involved in tumour generation and malignant growth. However, the expression of these channels in breast cancer remains unclear. Here we studied the expression and function of endogenous TRPC6 channels in a breast cancer cell line (MCF-7), a human breast cancer epithelial primary culture (hBCE) and in normal and tumour breast tissues. Methods Molecular (Western blot and RT-PCR), and immunohistochemical techniques were used to investigate TRPC6 expression. To investigate the channel activity in both MCF-7 cells and hBCE we used electrophysiological technique (whole cell patch clamp configuration). Results A non selective cationic current was activated by the oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (OAG) in both hBCE and MCF-7 cells. OAG-inward current was inhibited by 2-APB, SK&F 96365 and La3+. TRPC6, but not TRPM7, was expressed both in hBCE and in MCF-7 cells. TRPC3 was only expressed in hBCE. Clinically, TRPC6 mRNA and protein were elevated in breast carcinoma specimens in comparison to normal breast tissue. Furthermore, we found that the overexpression of TRPC6 protein levels were not correlated with tumour grades, estrogen receptor expression or lymph node positive tumours. Conclusion Our results indicate that TRPC6 channels are strongly expressed and functional in breast cancer epithelial cells. Moreover, the overexpression of these channels appears without any correlation with tumour grade, ER expression and lymph node metastasis. Our findings support the idea that TRPC6 may have a role in breast carcinogenesis.
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- Arnaud Guilbert
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, JE Canaux ioniques dans le cancer du sein, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 33 Rue St Leu 80039, Amiens, France.
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Gackière F, Bidaux G, Delcourt P, Van Coppenolle F, Katsogiannou M, Dewailly E, Bavencoffe A, Van Chuoï-Mariot MT, Mauroy B, Prevarskaya N, Mariot P. CaV3.2 T-type calcium channels are involved in calcium-dependent secretion of neuroendocrine prostate cancer cells. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:10162-73. [PMID: 18230611 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m707159200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Because prostate cancer is, in its early stages, an androgen-dependent pathology, treatments aiming at decreasing testosterone plasma concentration have been developed for many years now. However, a significant proportion of patients suffer a relapse after a few years of hormone therapy. The androgen-independent stage of prostate cancer has been shown to be associated with the development of neuroendocrine differentiation. We previously demonstrated that neuroendocrine prostate cancer cells derived from LNCaP cells overexpress CaV3.2 T-type voltage-dependent calcium channels. We demonstrate here using prostatic acid phosphatase as a marker of prostate secretion and FM1-43 fluorescence imaging of membrane trafficking that neuroendocrine differentiation is associated with an increase in calcium-dependent secretion which critically relies on CaV3.2 T-type calcium channel activity. In addition, we show that these channels are expressed by neuroendocrine cells in prostate cancer tissues obtained from patients after surgery. We propose that CaV3.2 T-type calcium channel up-regulation may account for the alteration of secretion during prostate cancer development and that these channels, by promoting the secretion of potential mitogenic factors, could participate in the progression of the disease toward an androgen-independent stage.
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- Florian Gackière
- INSERM U800, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Equipe Labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer and Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Prevarskaya N, Zhang L, Barritt G. TRP channels in cancer. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2007; 1772:937-46. [PMID: 17616360 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2007.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2007] [Accepted: 05/25/2007] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The progression of cells from a normal differentiated state in which rates of proliferation and apoptosis are balanced to a tumorigenic and metastatic state involves the accumulation of mutations in multiple key signalling proteins and the evolution and clonal selection of more aggressive cell phenotypes. These events are associated with changes in the expression of numerous other proteins. This process of tumorigenesis involves the altered expression of one or more TRP proteins, depending on the nature of the cancer. The most clearly described changes are those involving TRPM8, TRPV6 and TRPM1. Expression of TRPM8 is substantially increased in androgen-dependent prostate cancer cells, but is decreased in androgen independent and metastatic prostate cancer. TRPM8 expression is regulated, in part, by androgens, most likely through androgen response elements in the TRPM8 promoter region. TRPM8 channels are involved in the regulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis. Expression of TRPV6 is also increased in prostate cancer and in a number of other cancers. In contrast to TRPM8, expression of TRPV6 is not directly regulated by androgens. TRPM1 is highly expressed in early stage melanomas but its expression declines with increases in the degree of aggressiveness of the melanoma. The expression of TRPV1, TRPC1, TRPC6, TRPM4, and TRPM5 is also increased in some cancers. The level of expression of TRPM8 and TRPV6 in prostate cancer, and of TRPM1 in melanomas, potentially provides a good prognostic marker for predicting the course of the cancer in individuals. The Drosophila melanogaster, TRPL, and the TRPV1 and TRPM8 proteins, have been used to try to develop strategies to selectively kill cancer cells by activating Ca(2+) and Na(+) entry, producing a sustained increase in the cytoplasmic concentration of these ions, and subsequent cell death by apoptosis and necrosis. TRPV1 is expressed in neurones involved in sensing cancer pain, and is a potential target for pharmacological inhibition of cancer pain in bone metastases, pancreatic cancer and most likely in other cancers. Further studies are required to assess which other TRP proteins are associated with the development and progression of cancer, what roles TRP proteins play in this process, and to develop further knowledge of TRP proteins as targets for pharmaceutical intervention and targeting in cancer.
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- Natalia Prevarskaya
- Inserm, U800, Equipe Labellisee par la Ligue Contre le Cancer, Villeneuve d'Ascq F-59650, France
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Bidaux G, Flourakis M, Thebault S, Zholos A, Beck B, Gkika D, Roudbaraki M, Bonnal JL, Mauroy B, Shuba Y, Skryma R, Prevarskaya N. Prostate cell differentiation status determines transient receptor potential melastatin member 8 channel subcellular localization and function. J Clin Invest 2007; 117:1647-57. [PMID: 17510704 PMCID: PMC1866249 DOI: 10.1172/jci30168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2006] [Accepted: 03/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In recent years, the transient receptor potential melastatin member 8 (TRPM8) channel has emerged as a promising prognostic marker and putative therapeutic target in prostate cancer (PCa). However, the mechanisms of prostate-specific regulation and functional evolution of TRPM8 during PCa progression remain unclear. Here we show, for the first time to our knowledge, that only secretory mature differentiated human prostate primary epithelial (PrPE) luminal cells expressed functional plasma membrane TRPM8 ((PM)TRPM8) channels. Moreover, PCa epithelial cells obtained from in situ PCa were characterized by a significantly stronger (PM)TRPM8-mediated current than that in normal cells. This (PM)TRPM8 activity was abolished in dedifferentiated PrPE cells that had lost their luminal secretory phenotype. However, we found that in contrast to (PM)TRPM8, endoplasmic reticulum TRPM8 ((ER)TRPM8) retained its function as an ER Ca(2+) release channel, independent of cell differentiation. We hypothesize that the constitutive activity of (ER)TRPM8 may result from the expression of a truncated TRPM8 splice variant. Our study provides insight into the role of TRPM8 in PCa progression and suggests that TRPM8 is a potentially attractive target for therapeutic intervention: specific inhibition of either (ER)TRPM8 or (PM)TRPM8 may be useful, depending on the stage and androgen sensitivity of the targeted PCa.
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- Gabriel Bidaux
- INSERM U800, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (USTL), Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Department of Physiology, Medical Biology Center, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- INSERM U800, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (USTL), Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Department of Physiology, Medical Biology Center, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- INSERM U800, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (USTL), Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Department of Physiology, Medical Biology Center, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- INSERM U800, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (USTL), Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Department of Physiology, Medical Biology Center, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- INSERM U800, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (USTL), Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Department of Physiology, Medical Biology Center, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- INSERM U800, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (USTL), Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Department of Physiology, Medical Biology Center, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- INSERM U800, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (USTL), Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Department of Physiology, Medical Biology Center, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- INSERM U800, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (USTL), Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Department of Physiology, Medical Biology Center, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- INSERM U800, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (USTL), Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Department of Physiology, Medical Biology Center, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- INSERM U800, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (USTL), Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Department of Physiology, Medical Biology Center, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- INSERM U800, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (USTL), Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Department of Physiology, Medical Biology Center, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- INSERM U800, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (USTL), Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Department of Physiology, Medical Biology Center, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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Prevarskaya N, Skryma R, Bidaux G, Flourakis M, Shuba Y. Ion channels in death and differentiation of prostate cancer cells. Cell Death Differ 2007; 14:1295-304. [PMID: 17479110 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4402162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Plasma membrane ion channels contribute to virtually all basic cellular processes, including such crucial ones for maintaining tissue homeostasis as proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Enhanced proliferation, aberrant differentiation, and impaired ability to die are the prime reasons for abnormal tissue growth, which can eventually turn into uncontrolled expansion and invasion, characteristic of cancer. Prostate cancer (PCa) cells express a variety of plasma membrane ion channels. By providing the influx of essential signaling ions, perturbing intracellular ion concentrations, regulating cell volume, and maintaining membrane potential, PCa cells are critically involved in proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. PCa cells of varying metastatic ability can be distinguished by their ion channel characteristics. Increased malignancy and invasiveness of androgen-independent PCa cells is generally associated with the shift to a 'more excitable' phenotype of their plasma membrane. This shift is manifested by the appearance of voltage-gated Na(+) and Ca(2+) channels which contribute to their enhanced apoptotic resistance together with downregulated store-operated Ca(2+) influx, altered expression of different K(+) channels and members of the Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channel family, and strengthened capability for maintaining volume constancy. The present review examines channel types expressed by PCa cells and their involvement in metastatic behaviors.
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- N Prevarskaya
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue contre le cancer, INSERM U800, Université de Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq F-59650, France.
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Prevarskaya N, Flourakis M, Bidaux G, Thebault S, Skryma R. Differential role of TRP channels in prostate cancer. Biochem Soc Trans 2007; 35:133-5. [PMID: 17233619 DOI: 10.1042/bst0350133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A major clinical problem with PC (prostate cancer) is the cell's ability to survive and proliferate upon androgen withdrawal. Indeed, deregulated cell differentiation and proliferation, together with the suppression of apoptosis, provides the condition for abnormal tissue growth. Here, we examine the differential role of TRP (transient receptor potential) channels in the control of Ca2+ homoeostasis and growth of PC cells.
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- N Prevarskaya
- Inserm, U-800, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale contre le cancer, Villeneuve d'Ascq F-59655, France.
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Villalba N, Stankevicius E, Garcia-Sacristán A, Simonsen U, Prieto D. Contribution of both Ca2+ entry and Ca2+ sensitization to the alpha1-adrenergic vasoconstriction of rat penile small arteries. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 292:H1157-69. [PMID: 17085536 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01034.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sympathetic adrenergic nerves maintain the flaccid state of the penis through the tonic release of norepinephrine that contracts trabecular and arterial smooth muscle. Simultaneous measurements of intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) and tension and experiments with alpha-toxin-permeabilized arteries were performed in branches of the rat dorsal penile artery to investigate the intracellular Ca(2+) signaling pathways underlying alpha(1)-adrenergic vasoconstriction. Phenylephrine increased both [Ca(2+)](i) and tension, these increases being abolished by extracellular Ca(2+) removal and reduced by about 50% by the L-type Ca(2+) channel blocker nifedipine (0.3 microM). Non-L-type Ca(2+) entry through store-operated channels was studied by inhibiting the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase with cyclopiazonic acid (CPA). CPA (30 microM) induced variable phasic contractions that were abolished by extracellular Ca(2+) removal and by the store-operated channels antagonist 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB, 50 microM) and largely inhibited by nifedipine (0.3 microM). CPA induced a sustained increase in [Ca(2+)](i) that was reduced in a Ca(2+)-free medium. Under conditions of L-type channels blockade, Ca(2+) readmission after store depletion with CPA evoked a sustained and marked elevation in [Ca(2+)](i) not coupled to contraction. 2-APB (50 microM) inhibited the rise in [Ca(2+)](i) evoked by CPA and the nifedipine-insensitive increases in both [Ca(2+)](i) and contraction elicited by phenylephrine. In alpha-toxin-permeabilized penile arteries, activation of G proteins with guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) and of the alpha(1)-adrenoceptor with phenylephrine both enhanced the myofilament sensitivity to Ca(2+). This Ca(2+) sensitization was reduced by selective inhibitors of PKC, tyrosine kinase (TK), and Rho kinase (RhoK) by 43%, 67%, and 82%, respectively. As a whole, the present data suggest the alpha(1)-adrenergic vasoconstriction in penile small arteries involves Ca(2+) entry through both L-type and 2-APB-sensitive receptor-operated channels, as well as Ca(2+) sensitization mechanisms mediated by PKC, TK, and RhoK. A capacitative Ca(2+) entry coupled to noncontractile functions of the smooth muscle cell is also demonstrated.
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MESH Headings
- Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Agonists
- Adrenergic alpha-Agonists/pharmacology
- Animals
- Arteries/drug effects
- Arteries/metabolism
- Calcium Channel Blockers/pharmacology
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/drug effects
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/metabolism
- Calcium Signaling/drug effects
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- In Vitro Techniques
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
- Male
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/innervation
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Penis/blood supply
- Phenylephrine/pharmacology
- Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein Kinase C/metabolism
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1/metabolism
- Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases/metabolism
- Sympathetic Nervous System/physiology
- Vasoconstriction/drug effects
- Vasoconstrictor Agents/pharmacology
- rho-Associated Kinases
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- Nuria Villalba
- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Liu D, Scholze A, Zhu Z, Krueger K, Thilo F, Burkert A, Streffer K, Holz S, Harteneck C, Zidek W, Tepel M. Transient receptor potential channels in essential hypertension. J Hypertens 2006; 24:1105-14. [PMID: 16685211 DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000226201.73065.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The role of nonselective cation channels of the transient receptor potential channel (TRPC) family in essential hypertension has not yet been investigated. METHODS We studied TRPCs in 51 patients with essential hypertension and 51 age-matched and sex-matched normotensive control subjects. Calcium and gadolinium influx into human monocytes was determined using the fluorescent dye technique. TRPC expression was measured using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and in-cell western assay. Gene silencing by small interfering RNA for specific TRPC knockdown was also performed. RESULTS We observed an increased gadolinium/calcium-influx ratio through TRPC in essential hypertensive patients compared with normotensive control subjects [cation influx ratio (mean +/- SEM), 125 +/- 14 versus 80 +/- 7%; each n = 51; P < 0.01], due to an increase of gadolinium influx in hypertensive patients compared with normotensive control subjects (48 +/- 4 versus 36 +/- 3%; each n = 51; P < 0.05). We observed a significant increase of TRPC3 and TRPC5 protein expression in essential hypertensive patients compared with normotensive control subjects (normalized TRPC3 expression, 3.21 +/- 0.59 versus 1.36 +/- 0.07; each n = 20; P < 0.01; normalized TRPC5 expression, 2.10 +/- 0.28 versus 1.40 +/- 0.52; each n = 12; P < 0.05). We used small interfering RNA for knockdown of TRPC5. The thereby reduced channel expression caused a significant attenuation of calcium and gadolinium influx. CONCLUSION This study points to an important role of TRPCs in essential hypertension.
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- Daoyan Liu
- Med. Klinik IV, Nephrologie, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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Beck B, Zholos A, Sydorenko V, Roudbaraki M, Lehen'kyi V, Bordat P, Prevarskaya N, Skryma R. TRPC7 is a receptor-operated DAG-activated channel in human keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol 2006; 126:1982-93. [PMID: 16741513 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Muscarinic and purinergic receptors expressed in keratinocytes are an important part of a functional system for cell growth. While several aspects of this process are clearly dependent on Ca(2+) homeostasis, less is known about the mechanisms controlling Ca(2+) entry during epidermal receptor stimulation. We used patch-clamp technique to study responses to carbachol (CCh) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in HaCaT human keratinocytes. Both agonists induced large currents mediated by cation-selective channels about three times more permeable to Ca(2+) than Na(+), suggesting that they play an important role in receptor-operated Ca(2+) entry. CCh- and ATP-induced currents were inhibited by 1-[6-([(17beta)-3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-yl]amino)hexyl]-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione, a phospholipase C (PLC) blocker. Investigation of the pathways downstream of PLC activation revealed that InsP(3) did not affect the agonist responses. In contrast, 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (OAG), a membrane-permeable analog of 1,2-diacylglycerol (DAG), evoked a similar cation current. This action appears to be direct, since the effects of activators or inhibitors of protein kinase C were comparatively small. Finally, transient receptor potential canonical 7 (TRPC7) specific knockdown by antisense oligonucleotides led to a decrease in ATP- and CCh-induced calcium entry, as well as OAG-evoked current. We concluded that activation of both muscarinic and purinergic receptors via a common DAG-dependent link opens Ca(2+)-permeable TRPC7 channels.
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- Benjamin Beck
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, inserm, U800, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue contre le cancer, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Thebault S, Flourakis M, Vanoverberghe K, Vandermoere F, Roudbaraki M, Lehen'kyi V, Slomianny C, Beck B, Mariot P, Bonnal JL, Mauroy B, Shuba Y, Capiod T, Skryma R, Prevarskaya N. Differential role of transient receptor potential channels in Ca2+ entry and proliferation of prostate cancer epithelial cells. Cancer Res 2006; 66:2038-47. [PMID: 16489003 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-0376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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One major clinical problem with prostate cancer is the cells' ability to survive and proliferate upon androgen withdrawal. Because Ca2+ is central to growth control, understanding the mechanisms of Ca2+ homeostasis involved in prostate cancer cell proliferation is imperative for new therapeutic strategies. Here, we show that agonist-mediated stimulation of alpha1-adrenergic receptors (alpha1-AR) promotes proliferation of the primary human prostate cancer epithelial (hPCE) cells by inducing store-independent Ca2+ entry and subsequent activation of nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) transcription factor. Such an agonist-induced Ca2+ entry (ACE) relied mostly on transient receptor potential canonical 6 (TRPC6) channels, whose silencing by antisense hybrid depletion decreased both hPCE cell proliferation and ACE. In contrast, ACE and related growth arrest associated with purinergic receptors (P2Y-R) stimulation involved neither TRPC6 nor NFAT. Our findings show that alpha1-AR signaling requires the coupled activation of TRPC6 channels and NFAT to promote proliferation of hPCE cells and thereby suggest TRPC6 as a novel potential therapeutic target.
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- Stephanie Thebault
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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Quaglia W, Santoni G, Pigini M, Piergentili A, Gentili F, Buccioni M, Mosca M, Lucciarini R, Amantini C, Nabissi MI, Ballarini P, Poggesi E, Leonardi A, Giannella M. Structure-activity relationships in 1,4-benzodioxan-related compounds. 8.(1) {2-[2-(4-chlorobenzyloxy)phenoxy]ethyl}-[2-(2,6-dimethoxyphenoxy)ethyl]amine (clopenphendioxan) as a tool to highlight the involvement of alpha1D- and alpha1B-adrenoreceptor subtypes in the regulation of human PC-3 prostate cancer cell apoptosis and proliferation. J Med Chem 2006; 48:7750-63. [PMID: 16302814 DOI: 10.1021/jm0580398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A series of new alpha1-adrenoreceptor antagonists (5-18) was prepared by introducing various substituents (Topliss approach) into the ortho, meta, and para positions of the benzyloxy function of the phendioxan open analogue 4 ("openphendioxan"). All the compounds synthesized were potent antagonists and generally displayed, similarly to 4, the highest affinity values at alpha1D- with respect to alpha1A- and alpha1B-AR subtypes and 5-HT1A subtype. By sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay on human PC-3 prostate cancer cells, the new compounds showed antitumor activity (estimated on the basis of three parameters GI50, TGI, LC50), at low micromolar concentration, with 7 ("clopenphendioxan") exhibiting the highest efficacy. Moreover, this study highlighted for the first time alpha1D- and alpha1B-AR expression in PC3 cells and also demonstrated the involvement of these subtypes in the modulation of apoptosis and cell proliferation. A significant reduction of alpha1D- and alpha1B-AR expression in PC3 cells was associated with the apoptosis induced by 7. This depletion was completely reversed by norepinephrine.
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- Wilma Quaglia
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Camerino, via S. Agostino 1, 62032 Camerino, Italy
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Cao X, Qin J, Xie Y, Khan O, Dowd F, Scofield M, Lin MF, Tu Y. Regulator of G-protein signaling 2 (RGS2) inhibits androgen-independent activation of androgen receptor in prostate cancer cells. Oncogene 2006; 25:3719-34. [PMID: 16449965 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hormones acting through G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) can cause androgen-independent activation of androgen receptor (AR) in prostate cancer cells. Regulators of G-protein signaling (RGS) proteins, through their GTPase activating protein (GAP) activities, inhibit GPCR-mediated signaling by inactivating G proteins. Here, we identified RGS2 as a gene specifically downregulated in androgen-independent prostate cancer cells. Expression of RGS2, but not other RGS proteins, abolished androgen-independent AR activity in androgen-independent LNCaP cells and CWR22Rv1 cells. In LNCaP cells, RGS2 inhibited G(q)-coupled GPCR signaling. Expression of exogenous wild-type RGS2, but not its GAP-deficient mutant, significantly reduced AR activation by constitutively activated G(q)Q209L mutant whereas silencing endogenous RGS2 by siRNA enhanced G(q)Q209L-stimulated AR activity. RGS2 had no effect on RGS-insensitive G(q)Q209L/G188S-induced AR activation. Furthermore, extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) was found to be involved in RGS2-mediated regulation of androgen-independent AR activity. In addition, RGS2 functioned as a growth suppressor for androgen-independent LNCaP cells whereas androgen-sensitive LNCaP cells with RGS2 silencing had a growth advantage under steroid-reduced conditions. Finally, RGS2 expression level was significantly decreased in human prostate tumor specimens. Taken together, our results suggest RGS2 as a novel regulator of AR signaling and its repression may be an important step during prostate tumorigenesis and progression.
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- X Cao
- Department of Pharmacology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE 68178, USA
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Mignen O, Brink C, Enfissi A, Nadkarni A, Shuttleworth TJ, Giovannucci DR, Capiod T. Carboxyamidotriazole-induced inhibition of mitochondrial calcium import blocks capacitative calcium entry and cell proliferation in HEK-293 cells. J Cell Sci 2005; 118:5615-23. [PMID: 16306224 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Blocking calcium entry may prevent normal and pathological cell proliferation. There is evidence suggesting that molecules such as carboxyamidotriazole, widely used in anti-cancer therapy based on its ability to block calcium entry in nonexcitable cells, also have antiproliferative properties. We found that carboxyamidotriazole and the capacitative calcium entry blocker 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate inhibited proliferation in HEK-293 cells with IC50 values of 1.6 and 50 μM, respectively. Capacitative calcium entry is activated as a result of intracellular calcium store depletion. However, non-capacitative calcium entry pathways exist that are independent of store depletion and are activated by arachidonic acid and diacylglycerol, generated subsequent to G protein coupled receptor stimulation. We found that carboxyamidotriazole completely inhibited the capacitative calcium entry and had no effect on the amplitude of arachidonic-acid-activated non-capacitative calcium entry. However, investigation of the effects of carboxyamidotriazole on mitochondrial calcium dynamics induced by carbachol, capacitative calcium entry and exogenously set calcium loads in intact and digitonin-permeabilized cells revealed that carboxyamidotriazole inhibited both calcium entry and mitochondrial calcium uptake in a time-dependent manner. Mitochondrial inner-membrane potential was altered by carboxyamidotriazole treatment, suggesting that carboxyamidotriazole antagonizes mitochondrial calcium import and thus local calcium clearance, which is crucial for the maintenance of capacitative calcium entry.
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- Olivier Mignen
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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