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CURRENT BIOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 10, Pages 781-785Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.049
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- British Heart Foundation Funding Source: Medline
- Medical Research Council [G0700698] Funding Source: Medline
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Extracellular acidification accompanies neoplastic transformation of tissues and increases with tumor aggressiveness [1, 2]. The intracellular signaling cascade triggered by this process remains poorly understood and may be linked to recently discovered proton-activated G protein-coupled receptors such as OGR1 and G2A [3,4]. Here, we report that OGR1 and G2A are expressed in human medulloblastoma tissue and its corresponding neuronal cell line. We show that extracellular acidification activates phospholipase C, IP3 formation, and subsequent Ca2+ release from thapsigargin-sensitive stores in neurons. The number of responsive cells and the amount of Ca2+ released from stores correlated positively with the extent of extracellular acidification. Ca2+ release recruited the MEK/ERK pathway, providing a mechanistic explanation for how acidification stimulates cell growth. In addition, acidification activated Ca2+-permeable ion channels through a mechanism dependent on phospholipase C but independent of store depletion or a cytoplasmic Ca2+ rise. Hence, extracellular acidification, to levels seen in tumor tissue, activates temporally and spatially distinct pathways that elevate Ca2+ and may be directly relevant for tumor cell biology.
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