Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha P.O. Box 24144, Qatar.
Department of Medical Biology and Department of Experimental Carcinogenesis, Division of Oncology, Biomedical Center Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, 036 01 Martin, Slovakia.
Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Jun 20;20(12):3017. doi: 10.3390/ijms20123017.
Calcium (Ca) signaling and the modulation of intracellular calcium ([Ca]) levels play critical roles in several key processes that regulate cellular survival, growth, differentiation, metabolism, and death in normal cells. On the other hand, aberrant Ca-signaling and loss of [Ca] homeostasis contributes to tumor initiation proliferation, angiogenesis, and other key processes that support tumor progression in several different cancers. Currently, chemically and functionally distinct drugs are used as chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment and management of cancer among which certain anti-cancer drugs reportedly suppress pro-survival signals and activate pro-apoptotic signaling through modulation of Ca-signaling-dependent mechanisms. Most importantly, the modulation of [Ca] levels via the endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondrial axis and corresponding action of channels and pumps within the plasma membrane play an important role in the survival and death of cancer cells. The endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondrial axis is of prime importance when considering Ca-signaling-dependent anti-cancer drug targets. This review discusses how calcium signaling is targeted by anti-cancer drugs and highlights the role of calcium signaling in epigenetic modification and the Warburg effect in tumorigenesis.
钙(Ca)信号转导和细胞内钙([Ca])水平的调节在几种关键过程中发挥着至关重要的作用,这些过程调节正常细胞的存活、生长、分化、代谢和死亡。另一方面,异常的 Ca 信号转导和[Ca]稳态的丧失导致肿瘤的起始、增殖、血管生成和其他支持多种不同癌症进展的关键过程。目前,具有化学和功能差异的药物被用作癌症的化疗药物,其中一些抗癌药物据报道通过调节 Ca 信号依赖性机制来抑制抗生存信号并激活促凋亡信号。最重要的是,通过内质网-线粒体轴调节[Ca]水平以及质膜内通道和泵的相应作用,在癌细胞的存活和死亡中发挥着重要作用。在考虑 Ca 信号依赖性抗癌药物靶点时,内质网-线粒体轴至关重要。本文综述了抗癌药物如何靶向钙信号转导,并强调了钙信号转导在肿瘤发生中的表观遗传修饰和沃伯格效应中的作用。