Journal of Genetic Syndromes & Gene Therapy
Open Access

Abstract

Cooperative Interaction between the Alpha1-Adrenoceptors (α ± 1-AR) and Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Triggers a Proliferative Cell Signal in Prostate Cancer Cell Lines

Giorgio Santoni, Maria Beatrice Morelli, Consuelo Amantini, Matteo Santoni, Massimo Nabissi, Claudio Cardinali, Fabio Del Bello, Alessandro Piergentili and Wilma Quaglia

Calcium (Ca2+) increases the proliferation of human advanced prostate cancer (PCa) cells but the ion channels involved are unknown. Santoni and Quaglia groups investigated the correlation between alpha1D-adrenergic receptor (?1D-AR) and the transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) ion channel expression in PCa cells. The ?1D-AR and TRPV1 mRNAs are increased in PCa compared to BPH. ?1D-AR and TRPV1 are co-expressed in PCa cells. Norepinephrine (NE) induced ?1D-AR- and TRPV1-dependent protons release, Ca2+ flux in PC3 cells and activation of PLC, PKC and ERK path-ways that stimulated PC3 cell proliferation. Similarly, a role for TRPC6 or GPR55 in ?1-AR-dependent proliferation of mesangial cells and PCa cells was reported. Overall, a crosstalk between ?1-AR and TRPs in PCa cells, involved in the control of cell proliferation has been demonstrated. These data strongly promote a putative novel pharmacological approach in the treatment of PCa by targeting both ?1-AR and TRP channels.