Key result
In androgen-sensitive prostate cancer LNCaP cells, depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores by thapsigargin triggers apoptosis without requiring the activation of store-operated Ca2+ current.
Population
Androgen-sensitive human prostate cancer LNCaP cells
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for Ca2+ store depletion as an apoptosis trigger in prostate cancer independent of SOCE; requires in vivo validation before therapeutic exploration.
Depletion of intracellular calcium stores triggers apoptosis in prostate cancer cells independently of store-operated calcium entry.
Skryma et al. (2000) studied Prostate cancer. Thapsigargin (TG) was evaluated on Apoptosis and store-operated Ca2+ current (Istore). In androgen-sensitive prostate cancer LNCaP cells, depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores by thapsigargin triggers apoptosis without requiring the activation of store-operated Ca2+ current.
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