TRPC channels determine human keratinocyte differentiation: new insight into basal cell carcinoma.
Aberrant keratinocyte differentiation is considered to be a key mechanism in the onset of hyperproliferative dermatological diseases, including basal cell carcinoma (BCC). It is, therefore, vital to understand what drives keratinocytes to develop such pathological phenotypes. The role of calcium in keratinocyte differentiation is uncontested but the mechanisms controlling calcium-induced differentiation have yet to be completely elucidated. This study was designed to investigate the role of calcium-permeable TRPC channels in human keratinocyte differentiation and BCC, using a combination of molecular and cell biology approaches, involving electrophysiology and Ca(2+)-imaging, on the HaCaT cell line, primary cultures of normal human keratinocytes, and BCC cells. We demonstrated that TRPC1/TRPC4 channel expression was important for keratinocyte differentiation, as knocking out these channels (by siRNA strategy) prevented the induction of Ca(2+)-induced differentiation. TRPC1/TRPC4-mediated calcium entry and endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) content increased significantly in differentiated keratinocytes. However, the failure of BCC cells to differentiate was related to a lack of TRPC channel expression and calcium entry. In summary, our data demonstrate that TRPC1 and TRPC4 channels are key elements in keratinocyte Ca(2+) homeostasis and differentiation and may therefore be responsible for skin pathologies.
Beck
Benjamin
B
Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, INSERM U800, USTL, Bat. SN3, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France.
Lehen'kyi
V'yacheslav
V
Roudbaraki
Morad
M
Flourakis
Matthieu
M
Charveron
Marie
M
Bordat
Pascal
P
Polakowska
Renata
R
Prevarskaya
Natalia
N
Skryma
Roman
R
D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002460:Cell Line; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D050052:TRPC Cation Channels / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D050052:TRPC Cation Channels; C489571:TRPC4 ion channel; C096351:transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily C, member 1; D002118:Calcium