title: Ca2+ pools and cell growth. Evidence for sarcoendoplasmic Ca2+-ATPases 2B involvement in human prostate cancer cell growth control.
abstract: The present study demonstrates for the first time that intracellular calcium-ATPases and calcium pool content are closely associated with prostate cancer LNCaP cell growth. Cell growth was modulated by changing the amount of epidermal growth factor, serum, and androgene in culture media. Using the microspectrofluorimetric method with Fura-2 and Mag Fura-2 as probes, we show that in these cells, the growth rate is correlated with intracellular calcium pool content. Indeed, an increased growth rate is correlated with an increase in the calcium pool filling state, whereas growth-inhibited cells show a reduced calcium pool load. Using Western blotting and immunocytochemistry, we show that endoplasmic reticulum calcium pump expression is closely linked to LNCaP cell growth, and are a common target of physiological stimuli that control cell growth. Moreover, we clearly demonstrate that inhibition of these pumps, using thapsigargin, inhibits LNCaP cell growth and prevents growth factor from stimulating cell proliferation. Our results thus provide evidence for the essential role of functional endoplasmic reticulum calcium pumps and calcium pool in control of prostate cancer LNCaP cell growth, raising the prospect of new targets for the treatment of prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, INSERM EPI-9938, USTL, Bat. SN3, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France. legrandg@pop.univ-lille1.fr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Legrand
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Humez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Slomianny
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dewailly
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vanden Abeele
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mariot
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wuytack
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Prevarskaya
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D002455:Cell Division; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000494:pharmacology; D016257:Fura-2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000201:enzymology*; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D019284:Thapsigargin; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2