The role of calcium signaling in melanoma

H Zhang, Z Chen, A Zhang, AA Gupte… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Calcium signaling plays important roles in physiological and pathological conditions,
including cutaneous melanoma, the most lethal type of skin cancer. Intracellular calcium …

Role of sodium/calcium exchangers in tumors

B Chovancova, V Liskova, P Babula, O Krizanova - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The sodium/calcium exchanger (NCX) is a unique calcium transport system, generally
transporting calcium ions out of the cell in exchange for sodium ions. Nevertheless, under …

LKB1‐SIK2 loss drives uveal melanoma proliferation and hypersensitivity to SLC8A1 and ROS inhibition

S Proteau, I Krossa, C Husser… - EMBO Molecular …, 2023 - embopress.org
Metastatic uveal melanomas are highly resistant to all existing treatments. To address this
critical issue, we performed a kinome‐wide CRISPR‐Cas9 knockout screen, which revealed …

Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel NaV1.5 Controls NHE−1−Dependent Invasive Properties in Colon Cancer Cells

O Lopez-Charcas, L Poisson, O Benouna, R Lemoine… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Colorectal cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality that affects
men and women equally. Here, we present the role of voltage-gated sodium channels (NaV) …

[HTML][HTML] Control of Ca2+ and metabolic homeostasis by the Na+/Ca2+ exchangers (NCXs) in health and disease

T Rodrigues, S Piccirillo, S Magi, A Preziuso… - Biochemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Spatial and temporal control of calcium (Ca 2+) levels is essential for the background
rhythms and responses of living cells to environmental stimuli. Whatever other regulators a …

Type 1 sodium calcium exchanger forms a complex with carbonic anhydrase IX and via reverse mode activity contributes to pH control in hypoxic tumors

V Liskova, S Hudecova, L Lencesova, F Iuliano… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hypoxia and acidosis are among the key microenvironmental factors that contribute to
cancer progression. We have explored a possibility that the type 1Na+/Ca2+ exchanger …

[HTML][HTML] Na+/Ca2+ exchangers: Unexploited opportunities for cancer therapy?

T Rodrigues, GNN Estevez… - Biochemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Calcium is a well-studied ion that acts as a cofactor in several reactions and as intracellular
second messenger. It plays crucial roles in living cells by regulating several processes from …

Suppressing Effect of Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger (NCX) Inhibitors on the Growth of Melanoma Cells

Z Liu, Q Cheng, X Ma, M Song - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The role of calcium ion (Ca2+) signaling in tumorigenicity has received increasing attention
in melanoma research. Previous Ca2+ signaling studies focused on Ca2+ entry routes, but …

Sodium/calcium exchanger is involved in apoptosis induced by H2S in tumor cells through decreased levels of intracellular pH

I Szadvari, S Hudecova, B Chovancova, M Matuskova… - Nitric Oxide, 2019 - Elsevier
We explored possibility that sodium/calcium exchanger 1 (NCX1) is involved in pH
modulation and apoptosis induction in GYY4137 treated cells. We have shown that although …

Advances in intracellular calcium signaling reveal untapped targets for cancer therapy

A Sharma, GT Ramena, RC Elble - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Intracellular Ca2+ distribution is a tightly regulated process. Numerous Ca2+ chelating,
storage, and transport mechanisms are required to maintain normal cellular physiology …