TRPV6 calcium channel translocates to the plasma membrane via Orai1-mediated mechanism and controls cancer cell survival

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Sep 16;111(37):E3870-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1413409111. Epub 2014 Aug 29.

Abstract

Transient receptor potential vanilloid subfamily member 6 (TRPV6) is a highly selective calcium channel that has been considered as a part of store-operated calcium entry (SOCE). Despite its first discovery in the early 2000s, the role of this channel in prostate cancer (PCa) remained, until now, obscure. Here we show that TRPV6 mediates calcium entry, which is highly increased in PCa due to the remodeling mechanism involving the translocation of the TRPV6 channel to the plasma membrane via the Orai1/TRPC1-mediated Ca(2+)/Annexin I/S100A11 pathway, partially contributing to SOCE. The TRPV6 calcium channel is expressed de novo by the PCa cell to increase its survival by enhancing proliferation and conferring apoptosis resistance. Xenografts in nude mice and bone metastasis models confirmed the remarkable aggressiveness of TRPV6-overexpressing tumors. Immunohistochemical analysis of these demonstrated the increased expression of clinical markers such as Ki-67, prostate specific antigen, synaptophysin, CD31, and CD56, which are strongly associated with a poor prognosis. Thus, the TRPV6 channel acquires its oncogenic potential in PCa due to the remodeling mechanism via the Orai1-mediated Ca(2+)/Annexin I/S100A11 pathway.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Annexin A1 / metabolism
  • Apoptosis
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary
  • Calcium / metabolism
  • Calcium Channels / metabolism*
  • Carcinogenesis / pathology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Membrane / metabolism*
  • Cell Survival
  • Disease Progression
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum / metabolism
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Mice, Nude
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasm Proteins / metabolism
  • ORAI1 Protein
  • Phenotype
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Protein Transport
  • Radiography
  • S100 Proteins / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction
  • TRPV Cation Channels / metabolism*
  • Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays

Substances

  • Annexin A1
  • Calcium Channels
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • ORAI1 Protein
  • ORAI1 protein, human
  • S100 Proteins
  • TRPV Cation Channels
  • TRPV6 protein, human
  • S100A11 protein, human
  • Calcium