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JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 216, Issue 1, Pages 172-179Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21385
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- NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA095739, R01-CA95379] Funding Source: Medline
- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01-HL69000] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [R01-AG28614] Funding Source: Medline
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Store-operated Ca2+ channels control homeostasis between extracellular Ca2+ reservoir and intracellular Ca2+ storage and play important roles in apoptosis in a wide variety of cells, including prostate epithelia. Recent studies have shown that the acquired apoptosis-resistant nature of androgen-independent prostate cancer is associated with reduced function of store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE). This study investigates the functional interaction between Bax and SOCE in the apoptosis signaling cascade in prostate cancer. Our previous findings show that NRP-154, an androgen-independent prostate cancer cell line, could sustain overexpression of exogenous Bax without undergoing apoptosis. Here we show that sustained overexpression of Bax in NRP-154 cells leads to down-regulation of SOCE and reduced Ca2+ storage inside the endoplasmic reticulum. While reduced SOCE may represent an adaptive mechanism for cell survival, increased levels of Bax in the latent state enhances the sensitivity of NRP-154 cells to TGF-beta and thapsigargin-induced apoptosis. This enhanced apoptosis can be reduced by 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB), an inhibitor of SOCE, or reversed under conditions where SOCE is only partially activated. Our results demonstrate a functional interaction between Bax and SOCE in apoptosis of prostate cancer, and support the concept that improving this interaction has therapeutic implications for prostate cancer.
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