Estrogen-Induced Extracellular Calcium Influx Promotes Endometrial Cancer Progress by Regulating Lysosomal Activity and Mitochondrial ROS

Author:

Shen Boqiang,Hao Juan,Lin Yanying,Li Xingchen,Yang Xiao,Huang Ting,Wang Jiaqi,Jia Yuanyuan,Zhou Jingyi,Wang Jianliu

Abstract

ObjectiveCalcium is present in serum mainly in filterable and bound forms, and Ca2+ is a major key to modulate signaling pathways that control oncogenesis and oncochannels associated with several types of cancer. However, the biological significance of serum calcium and its related mechanism with estrogen in endometrial cancer (EC) still remains elusive. This study aims to ascertain the relationship between serum calcium and clinicopathology in EC.MethodsRetrospective assessment of a total of 502 patients diagnosed with EC after surgery in Peking University People's Hospital from 2010 to 2018. Preoperative serum ionized calcium and the albumin corrected calcium was calculated in quartiles for various postoperative clinicopathological characteristics, logistic regression adjusted for potential confounders. Intracellular calcium homeostasis change induced by estrogen was detected by confocal analysis. Downstream pathways were analyzed by transcriptome and proteomics. Mitochondrial Ca2+ and ROS (reactive oxygen species) level was detected by confocal and flow cytometry. Lysosomal morphological and membrane changes were verified by confocal or Western blot assays.ResultsHigh level of albumin-corrected serum calcium was significantly correlated with EC clinicopathological characteristics progression include lymph vascular space invasion, lymph nodes metastasis, myometrial invasion, and cervical invasion. Calcium homeostasis regulated by estrogen in EC cells derived from extracellular calcium influx but not the release of the endoplasmic reticulum. Proteomic and bioinformatic analysis revealed the calcium influx might be involved in the regulation of autophagy and mitochondrial-related pathways. Mechanistic investigation demonstrated that calcium influx acted on the function of mitochondrial ROS and lysosomal activity.ConclusionOur findings revealed that serum calcium level was significantly related to poor outcomes. The extracellular calcium influx induced by estrogen was targeted to mitochondrial ROS and lysosome activity, which should be oriented to improve EC therapeutic strategies.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province

Publisher

Frontiers Media SA

Subject

General Medicine

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