Store depletion and store-operated Ca2+ current in human prostate cancer LNCaP cells: involvement in apoptosis
2000
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In the present study, we investigated the mechanisms involved in the induction of apoptosis by the Ca2+-ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin (TG), in androgen-sensitive human prostate cancer LNCaP cells.
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Exposure of fura-2-loaded LNCaP cells to TG in the presence of extracellular calcium produced an increase in intracellular Ca2+, the first phase of which was associated with depletion of intracellular stores and the second one with consecutive extracellular Ca2+ entry through plasma membrane, store-operated Ca2+ channels (SOCs).
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For the first time we have identified and characterized the SOC-mediated membrane current (Istore) in prostate cells using whole-cell, cell-attached, and perforated patch-clamp techniques, combined with fura-2 microspectrofluorimetric and Ca2+-imaging measurements.
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Istore in LNCaP cells lacked voltage-dependent gating and displayed an inwardly rectifying current-voltage relationship. The unitary conductance of SOCs with 80 mM Ca2+ as a charge carrier was estimated at 3.2 ± 0.4 pS. The channel has a high selectivity for Ca2+ over monovalent cations and is inhibited by Ni2+ (0.5–3 mM) and La3+ (1 μM).
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Treatment of LNCaP cells with TG (0.1 μM) induced apoptosis as judged from morphological changes. Decreasing extracellular free Ca2+ to 200 nM or adding 0.5 mM Ni2+ enhanced TG-induced apoptosis.
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The ability of TG to induce apoptosis was not reduced by loading the cells with intracellular Ca2+ chelator (BAPTA-AM).
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These results indicate that in androgen-sensitive prostate cancer cells the depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores may trigger apoptosis but that there is no requirement for the activation of store-activated Ca2+ current and sustained Ca2+ entry in induction and development of programmed cell death.
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