TY - JOUR
T1 - Vacuolar ATPase driven potassium transport in highly metastatic breast cancer cells
AU - Salyer, Sarah A.
AU - Olberding, Jordan R.
AU - Distler, Anthony A.
AU - Lederer, Eleanor D.
AU - Clark, Barbara J.
AU - Delamere, Nicholas A.
AU - Khundmiri, Syed J.
N1 - Funding Information:
The work was supported by the Veteran Affairs Merit Review Grant (EDL), NIH (NAD), and Scientist Development Grant (National, 0435153N ) and Grant-in-Aid, Great River Affiliate from the American Heart Association , to SJK.
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death in women and thus has received a great deal of attention by researchers. Recent studies suggested decreased occurrence of cancer in patients treated with cardiac glycosides (CGs) for heart conditions. Because CGs induce their cellular effects via the Na+, K+ ATPase (Na-K), we treated four breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7, T47D, MDA-MB453, and MDA-MB231) and a non-cancerous breast ductal epithelial cell line (MCF-10A) with ouabain, a well-characterized CG, and measured cell proliferation by measuring bromodeoxyuridine incorporation. Ouabain (1μM) decreased cell proliferation in all cell lines studied except MDA-MB453 cells. Western blot of Na-K α and β subunits showed α1, α3, and β1 expression in all cell lines except MDA-MB453 cells where Na-K protein and mRNA were absent. Potassium uptake, measured as rubidium (86Rb) flux, and intracellular potassium were both significantly higher in MDA-MB453 cells compared to MCF-10A cells. RT-qPCR suggested a 7 fold increase in voltage-gated potassium channel (KCNQ2) expression in MDA-MB453 cells compared to MCF-10A cells. Inhibition of KCNQ2 prevented cell growth and 86Rb uptake in MDA-MB453 cells but not in MCF-10A cells. All cancer cells had significantly higher vacuolar H-ATPase (V-ATPase) activity than MCF-10A cells. Inhibition of V-ATPase decreased 86Rb uptake and intracellular potassium in MDA-MB453 cells but not in MCF-10A cells. The findings point to the absence of Na-K, high hERG and KCNQ2 expression, elevated V-ATPase activity and sensitivity to V-ATPase inhibitors in MDA-MB453. We conclude that cancer cells exhibit fundamentally different metabolic pathways for maintenance of intracellular ion homeostasis.
AB - Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death in women and thus has received a great deal of attention by researchers. Recent studies suggested decreased occurrence of cancer in patients treated with cardiac glycosides (CGs) for heart conditions. Because CGs induce their cellular effects via the Na+, K+ ATPase (Na-K), we treated four breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7, T47D, MDA-MB453, and MDA-MB231) and a non-cancerous breast ductal epithelial cell line (MCF-10A) with ouabain, a well-characterized CG, and measured cell proliferation by measuring bromodeoxyuridine incorporation. Ouabain (1μM) decreased cell proliferation in all cell lines studied except MDA-MB453 cells. Western blot of Na-K α and β subunits showed α1, α3, and β1 expression in all cell lines except MDA-MB453 cells where Na-K protein and mRNA were absent. Potassium uptake, measured as rubidium (86Rb) flux, and intracellular potassium were both significantly higher in MDA-MB453 cells compared to MCF-10A cells. RT-qPCR suggested a 7 fold increase in voltage-gated potassium channel (KCNQ2) expression in MDA-MB453 cells compared to MCF-10A cells. Inhibition of KCNQ2 prevented cell growth and 86Rb uptake in MDA-MB453 cells but not in MCF-10A cells. All cancer cells had significantly higher vacuolar H-ATPase (V-ATPase) activity than MCF-10A cells. Inhibition of V-ATPase decreased 86Rb uptake and intracellular potassium in MDA-MB453 cells but not in MCF-10A cells. The findings point to the absence of Na-K, high hERG and KCNQ2 expression, elevated V-ATPase activity and sensitivity to V-ATPase inhibitors in MDA-MB453. We conclude that cancer cells exhibit fundamentally different metabolic pathways for maintenance of intracellular ion homeostasis.
KW - Breast cancer cell
KW - MDA-MB453 cell
KW - Na-K ATPase
KW - Ouabain
KW - Potassium transport
KW - Vacuolar H-ATPase
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bbadis.2013.04.023
DO - 10.1016/j.bbadis.2013.04.023
M3 - Article
C2 - 23639630
AN - SCOPUS:84879598080
SN - 0925-4439
VL - 1832
SP - 1734
EP - 1743
JO - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease
JF - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease
IS - 10
ER -