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Table 1 Reproted roles of Orai1-mediated signaling pathway in cancer

From: Physiological functions of calcium signaling via Orai1 in cancer

Cancer type

Reported functions

Orai1 expression (compared to normal cells or tissues)

Proposed effector pathway(s)

Pathophysiologic process

Inhibitors/knockdown effect

References [No.]

Oral cancer

Tumorigenicity, tumor sphere formation, proliferation, migration, stemness

Protein↑

NFAT; Lamin B

SOCE

Dominant negative Orai1 mutant (E106Q); Ectopic Orai1 expression

Lee et al. [9]

Migration, proliferation, colony formation

mRNA↑; protein↑

Akt; mTOR; NF-κB; CXCR4; MMP-9

SOCE

2-APB; LaCl2; SKF96365; siRNA

Singh et al. [13]

Migration/metastasis

N.D

PI3K; ERK; calpain; α-spectrin; MMP-2; MMP-9

Ca2+ influx

YM58483; shRNA

Osawa et al. [12]

Proliferation, migration, invasion, clinical histopathological features

mRNA↑; protein↑

N.D

N.D

siRNA

Wang et al. [14]

Melanoma

Migration/metastasis, proliferation (in part)

Protein↑

ERK; CaMKII; Raf-I; MEK; α-spectrin; calpain

SOCE

YM58483; shRNA

Umemura et al. [7]

Invadopodium formation, invasion, metastasis

Protein↑

Src

Ca2+ oscillations

SKF96365; 2-APB; A23187; shRNA

Sun et al. [36]

Proliferation, Migration, invasion

Protein↑

MITF; JARID1B; Brn2

SOCE

2-APB; siRNA

Stanisz et al. [8]

Invasion, metastasis, metabolism

N.D

Glycolysis; cholesterol

UV-induced SOCE

YM58483; UV2; UV5

Gross e al. [22]

Breast cancer

Development, proliferation

mRNA↑

N.D

SOCE

2-APB; siRNA

McAndrew et al. [19]

Migration, invasion, attachment, angiogenesis

N.D

Notch1/ NFAT4

Hypoxia

SKF96365; DAPT; shRNA

Liu et al. [38]

EMT

N.D

Vimentin

SOCE

YM58483; EGTA; Cyto D; siRNA

Stewart et al.[25]

Glioblastoma

Invasion, proliferation

mRNA↑(in part)

N.D

SOCE; CRAC currents

siRNA

Motiani et al. [15]

Cervical cancer

Proliferation, colony formation, tumor growth

mRNA↑; protein↑

IL-6

SOCE

SKF96365; AnCoA4

Pan et al. [16]

Multipe myeloma

Proliferation, cell cycle, apoptosis, clinical outcome

mRNA↑; protein↑

N.D

SOCE

SKF96365; DES; 2-APB; siRNA

Wang et al. [17]

Colorectal cancer

EMT, migration, clinical outcome

Protein↑

E-cadherin; N-cadherin; Vimentin; calpain; TGF-β1

SOCE

shRNA; 2-APB

Kang et al. [18]

Pancreatic stellate cell

Proliferation, cell cycle

N.D

Akt; TGF-β1

SOCE

LY294002; siRNA

Radoslavova et al. [20]

  1. Akt Protein kinase B, CaM calmodulin, Cyto D cytochalasin D, ERK extracellular signal-regulated kinase, EMT epithelial–mesenchymal transition, IL-6 interleukin-6, MMP matrix metalloproteinases, MTIF microphthalmia-associated transcription factor, mTOR the mammalian target of rapamycin, NFAT nuclear factor of activated T-cells, NF-κB nuclear factor-kappa B, PI3K phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase, UV ultraviolet, N.D. not determined