Paracrine Stimulation of P2X7 Receptor by ATP Activates a Proliferative Pathway in Ovarian Carcinoma Cells


Por: Vázquez-Cuevas F.G., Martínez-Ramírez A.S., Robles-Martínez L., Garay E., García-Carrancá A., Pérez-Montiel D., Castaneda-Garcia, C, Arellano R.O.

Publicada: 1 nov 2014
Resumen:
P2X7 is a purinergic receptor-channel; its activation by ATP elicits a broad set of cellular actions, from apoptosis to signals for survival. Here, P2X7 expression and function was studied in human ovarian carcinoma (OCA) cells, and biopsies from non-cancerous and cancer patients were analyzed by immunohistochemistry. Ovarian surface epithelium in healthy tissue expressed P2X7 at a high level that was maintained throughout the cancer. The cell lines SKOV-3 and CAOV-3 were used to investigate P2X7 functions in OCA. In SKOV-3 cells, selective stimulation of P2X7 by 2(3)-O-(4-benzoylbenzoyl) adenosine-5-triphosphate (BzATP) induced a dose-dependent increase of intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+](i)) but not cell death. Instead, BzATP increased the levels of phosphorylated ERK and AKT (pERK and pAKT), with an EC50 of 44 +/- 2 and 1.27 +/- 0.5M, respectively; 10M BzATP evoked a maximum effect within 15min that lasted for 120min. Interestingly, basal levels of pERK and pAKT were decreased in the presence of apyrase in the medium, strongly suggesting an endogenous, ATP-mediated phenomenon. Accordingly: (i) mechanically stimulated cells generated a [Ca2+](i) increase that was abolished by apyrase; (ii) apyrase induced a decrease in culture viability, as measured by the MTS assay for mitochondrial activity; and (iii) incubation with 10M AZ10606120, a specific P2X7 antagonist and transfection with the dominant negative P2X7 mutant E496A, both reduced cell viability to 70.1 +/- 8.9% and to 76.5 +/- 5%, respectively, of control cultures. These observations suggested that P2X7 activity was auto-induced through ATP efflux; this increased pERK and pAKT levels that generated a positive feedback on cell viability. J. Cell. Biochem. 115: 1955-1966, 2014. (c) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Filiaciones:
Vázquez-Cuevas F.G.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Neurobiol, Dept Neurobiol Celular & Mol, Juriquilla Queretaro 76230, Mexico

 Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autõnoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla Querétaro, CP 76230, Mexico

Martínez-Ramírez A.S.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Neurobiol, Dept Neurobiol Celular & Mol, Juriquilla Queretaro 76230, Mexico

 Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autõnoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla Querétaro, CP 76230, Mexico

Robles-Martínez L.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Neurobiol, Dept Neurobiol Celular & Mol, Juriquilla Queretaro 76230, Mexico

 Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autõnoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla Querétaro, CP 76230, Mexico

Garay E.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Neurobiol, Dept Neurobiol Celular & Mol, Juriquilla Queretaro 76230, Mexico

 Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autõnoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla Querétaro, CP 76230, Mexico

García-Carrancá A.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Biomed, Unidad Invest Biomed Canc, Lab Virus & Canc, Tlalpan 14080, DF, Mexico

 Laboratorio de Virus y Cáncer, Unidad de Investigaciõn Biomédica en Cáncer, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autõnoma de México, Av. San Fernando #22, Colonia Secciõn XVI, Tlalpan, CP 14080, DF, Mexico

 Divisiõn de Investigaciõn Básica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Secretaría de Salud, Av. San Fernando #22, Colonia Secciõn XVI, México Tlalpan, CP 14080, DF, Mexico

Pérez-Montiel D.:
 Departamento de Patología, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Secretaría de Salud, México Av. San Fernando #22, Colonia Secciõn XVI, Tlalpan, CP 14080, DF, Mexico

Castaneda-Garcia, C:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Neurobiol, Dept Neurobiol Celular & Mol, Juriquilla Queretaro 76230, Mexico

Arellano R.O.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Neurobiol, Dept Neurobiol Celular & Mol, Juriquilla Queretaro 76230, Mexico

 Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autõnoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla Querétaro, CP 76230, Mexico
ISSN: 07302312
Editorial
Wiley-Liss Inc., DIV JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 115 Número: 11
Páginas: 1955-1966
WOS Id: 000342070700012
ID de PubMed: 24913779

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