PMID- 18431718 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080604 LR - 20131121 IS - 1097-4652 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9541 (Linking) VI - 216 IP - 1 DP - 2008 Jul TI - Overexpression of TRPC3 reduces the content of intracellular calcium stores in HEK-293 cells. PG - 245-52 LID - 10.1002/jcp.21396 [doi] AB - The mammalian canonical transient receptor channels (TRPCs) are considered to be candidates for store-operated calcium channels (SOCCs). Many studies have addressed how TRPC3 channels are affected by depletion of intracellular calcium stores. Conflicting results have been shown for TRPC3 regarding its function, and this has been linked to its level of expression in various systems. In the present study, we have investigated how overexpression of TRPC3 interferes with the regulation of intracellular calcium stores. We demonstrate that overexpression of TRPC3 reduces the mobilization of calcium in response to stimulation of the cells with thapsigargin (TG) or the G-protein coupled receptor agonist sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P). Our results indicate that this is the result of the expression of TRPC3 channels in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), thus depleting ER calcium stores. OAG evoked calcium entry in cells overexpressing TRPC3, indicating that functional TRPC3 channels were also expressed in the plasma membrane. Taken together, our results show that overexpression of the putative SOCC, TRPC3, actually reduces the calcium content of intracellular stores, but does not enhance agonist-evoked or store-dependent calcium entry. Our results may, in part, explain the conflicting results obtained in previous studies on the actions of TRPC3 channels. CI - (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc. FAU - Lof, Christoffer AU - Lof C AD - Department of Biology, Abo Akademi University, BioCity, Turku, Finland. FAU - Blom, Tomas AU - Blom T FAU - Tornquist, Kid AU - Tornquist K LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Cell Physiol JT - Journal of cellular physiology JID - 0050222 RN - 0 (1-oleoyl-2-acetoyl-sn-glycerol) RN - 0 (Calcium Channels) RN - 0 (Diglycerides) RN - 0 (Lysophospholipids) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 0 (TRPC Cation Channels) RN - 0 (TRPC3 cation channel) RN - 139873-08-8 (Calnexin) RN - 26993-30-6 (sphingosine 1-phosphate) RN - 67526-95-8 (Thapsigargin) RN - NGZ37HRE42 (Sphingosine) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Calcium/*metabolism MH - Calcium Channels/genetics/*metabolism MH - Calnexin/metabolism MH - Cell Line MH - Diglycerides/metabolism MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Ion Channel Gating MH - Lysophospholipids/metabolism MH - Patch-Clamp Techniques MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Sphingosine/analogs & derivatives/metabolism MH - TRPC Cation Channels/genetics/*metabolism MH - Thapsigargin/metabolism EDAT- 2008/04/24 09:00 MHDA- 2008/06/05 09:00 CRDT- 2008/04/24 09:00 PHST- 2008/04/24 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/06/05 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/04/24 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jcp.21396 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Physiol. 2008 Jul;216(1):245-52. doi: 10.1002/jcp.21396.