Ion channels in cancer: are cancer hallmarks oncochannelopathies?

N Prevarskaya, R Skryma, Y Shuba - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Genomic instability is a primary cause and fundamental feature of human cancer. However,
all cancer cell genotypes generally translate into several common pathophysiological …

Neurological perspectives on voltage-gated sodium channels

N Eijkelkamp, JE Linley, MD Baker, MS Minett, R Cregg… - Brain, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The activity of voltage-gated sodium channels has long been linked to disorders of neuronal
excitability such as epilepsy and chronic pain. Recent genetic studies have now expanded …

Sodium channel β subunits: emerging targets in channelopathies

HA O'Malley, LL Isom - Annual review of physiology, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) are responsible for the initiation and propagation
of action potentials in excitable cells. VGSCs in mammalian brain are heterotrimeric …

Voltage-gated sodium channels and metastatic disease

WJ Brackenbury - Channels, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Voltage-gated Na+ channels (VGSCs) are macromolecular protein complexes containing a
pore-forming α subunit and smaller non-pore-forming β subunits. VGSCs are expressed in …

Behavioral changes in male mice fed a high-fat diet are associated with IL-1β expression in specific brain regions

CP Almeida-Suhett, A Graham, Y Chen, P Deuster - Physiology & behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract High-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity is associated with not only increased risk of
metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, but cognitive deficit, depression and anxiety …

Therapeutic potential for phenytoin: targeting Nav1.5 sodium channels to reduce migration and invasion in metastatic breast cancer

M Yang, DJ Kozminski, LA Wold, R Modak… - Breast cancer research …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Voltage-gated Na+ channels (VGSCs) are heteromeric membrane protein
complexes containing pore-forming α subunits and smaller, non-pore-forming β subunits …

In vivo evidence for voltage-gated sodium channel expression in carcinomas and potentiation of metastasis

MBA Djamgoz, SP Fraser, WJ Brackenbury - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
A wide body of evidence suggests that voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) are
expressed de novo in several human carcinomas where channel activity promotes a variety …

SCN5A channelopathy: arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, epilepsy and beyond

CA Remme - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Influx of sodium ions through voltage-gated sodium channels in cardiomyocytes is essential
for proper electrical conduction within the heart. Both acquired conditions associated with …

NaV1.5 Na+ channels allosterically regulate the NHE-1 exchanger and promote the activity of breast cancer cell invadopodia

L Brisson, V Driffort, L Benoist, M Poet… - Journal of cell …, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
The degradation of the extracellular matrix by cancer cells represents an essential step in
metastatic progression and this is performed by cancer cell structures called invadopodia …

Voltage imaging reveals the dynamic electrical signatures of human breast cancer cells

P Quicke, Y Sun, M Arias-Garcia, M Beykou… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer cells feature a resting membrane potential (V m) that is depolarized compared to
normal cells, and express active ionic conductances, which factor directly in their …