机构:[1]The Special Procurement Ward, Department of Geriatrics & Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China[2]Department of Endocrinology, East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, China[3]Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Neuroscience & Key Laboratory of Pain Research and Therapy, Medical College of Soochow University, 199 Ren-Ai Road, Suzhou 215123, China
Ca2+ plays a key role in intracellular signaling and controls various cellular processes such as proliferation, differentiation, cell growth, death, and apoptosis. Aberrant changes in intracellular Ca2+ levels can promote undesired cell proliferation and migration and are therefore associated with certain tumor types. Many research groups have suggested a potential role for voltage-gated Ca2+ channels in the regulation of tumor growth and progression, particularly T-type channels due to their unique biophysical properties. T-type channels are expressed in normal tissues throughout the body and in different types of tumors such as breast carcinoma, retinoblastoma, neuroblastoma, and glioma. It has been demonstrated that increased functional expression of the alpha 1 subunit of T-type channels plays a role in the abnormal proliferation of glioblastoma cells. As such, siRNA-mediated knockdown of the expression of the alpha 1 subunit of T-type channels decreases the proliferation of these cells. Moreover, pharmacological blockade of T-type channels significantly decreases tumor growth. In this review, we focus on the use of T-type channel blockers for the potential treatment of cancers, particularly highly proliferative tumors such as glioblastoma. We conclude that T-type channel blockers such as endostatin can serve as a potential therapeutic tool for tumors whose proliferation depends on increased T-type channel expression.
基金:
The work was
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
(30900437, 81171056, 81200852, 31271258, and 81371229), NSFCCNRS
(81311130114), Natural Science Funding of Jiangsu Province
(BK2011293), Natural Science Funding for Colleges and Universities
in Jiangsu Province (12KJB320010), Scientific Research Foundation for
the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars of State Education Ministry (to
Jin Tao), Suzhou Science and Technology Development Plan
(SYS201037 and SYS201102),YoungMedical Talents Training Program
Grant of Pudong Health Bureau of Shanghai (PWRq2012-08, to
Hua Wang), and Dong-Wu Scholar Funding of Soochow University.
第一作者机构:[1]The Special Procurement Ward, Department of Geriatrics & Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China[3]Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Neuroscience & Key Laboratory of Pain Research and Therapy, Medical College of Soochow University, 199 Ren-Ai Road, Suzhou 215123, China
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通讯作者:
通讯机构:[3]Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Neuroscience & Key Laboratory of Pain Research and Therapy, Medical College of Soochow University, 199 Ren-Ai Road, Suzhou 215123, China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Yuan Zhang,Hua Wang,Zhiyuan Qian,et al.Low-voltage-activated T-type Ca2+ channel inhibitors as new tools in the treatment of glioblastoma: the role of endostatin[J].PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY.2014,466(4):811-8.doi:10.1007/s00424-013-1427-5.
APA:
Yuan Zhang,Hua Wang,Zhiyuan Qian,Bo Feng,Xianyang Zhao...&Jin Tao.(2014).Low-voltage-activated T-type Ca2+ channel inhibitors as new tools in the treatment of glioblastoma: the role of endostatin.PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY,466,(4)
MLA:
Yuan Zhang,et al."Low-voltage-activated T-type Ca2+ channel inhibitors as new tools in the treatment of glioblastoma: the role of endostatin".PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 466..4(2014):811-8