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Table 1 TMEM16A expression and function in cancers

From: Cell-specific mechanisms of TMEM16A Ca2+-activated chloride channel in cancer

Author/year

Cancer type

Cancer cells

Human samples

Cell lines

Overexpression mechanism

Signaling pathways

Proliferation

Migration

Expression

Clinical outcome of overexpression

Britschgi et al./2013 [42]

Breast cancer

ZR75–1, HCC1954, MDA-MB-415

11q13 amplification

EGFR

CAMKII

+

NR

High expression due to gene amplification

Poor survival

Wu et al./2015 [43]

Breast cancer

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

High expression

Good prognosis in PR+ or HER2− breast cancer patients following tamoxifen treatment

Wu et al./2017 [95]

Breast cancer

MCF-7,

MDA-MB-435S

NR

NR

+ (MCF-7)

- (MDA-MB-435S)

NR

High expression

Good prognosis in PR+ or HER2− breast cancer patients the low expression of Ki67

Ubby et al./2013 [94]

Breast cancer

HEK293 cells transfected with TMEM16A

NR

NR

No effect

No effect

mRNA isoforms similar to normal tissue

NR

Duvvuri et al./2012 [44]

HNSCC

UM-SCC1

11q13 amplification

Ras-Raf-Mek-ERK1/2

+

NR

High expression

Poor survival

Ruiz et al./2012 [45]

HNSCC

BHY

11q13 amplification

NR

No effect

+

High expression due to gene amplification

Poor survival

Ayoub et al./2010 [46]

HNSCC

HEp-2

SCC-25

NR

NR

No effect

+

High expression due to gene amplification

Distal metastasis

Shiwarski et al./2014 [74]

HNSCC

UM-SCC1

Low expression of TMEM16A via promoter hypermethylation

NR

NR

–

High expression in primary tumor and low expression in nodal metastatic tissue

NR

Rodrigo et al./2015 [47]

HNSCC

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

High expression due to gene amplification

No correlation with clinical parameter; affects patient’s survival depending on tumor’s site.

Dixit et al./2015 [73]

HNSCC

HPV-negative FaDu

PE/CE-PJ34

NR

NR

+

NR

High expression in HPV-negative HNSCC via promoter hypomethylation

Decreased survival in HPV-negative HNSCC

Bill et al./2015 [79]

HNSCC

Te11

11q13 amplification

EGFR signaling

+

NR

NR

NR

Wanitchakool et al./2017 [59]

HNSCC

Colon cancer

BHY, CAL33

HT29, T84

11q13 amplification

Epigenetic regulation by HDAC

NR

+ (BHY, CAL33)

- (HT29)

+

NR

NR

Shi et al./2013 [50]

ESCC

KYSE30

KYSE510

11q13 amplification

NR

+

NR

High expression due to gene amplification

Lymph node metastasis and advance clinical stage

Cha et al./ 2015 [71]

Prostate cancer

PC3

LnCap

Transcriptional regulation by testosterone

AKT activation

+

NR

High expression

NR

Matsuba et al./2014 [77]

Prostate cancer

Breast cancer

PC-3

LNCaP

YMB1

Epigenetic regulation by HDAC

NR

+

NR

NR

NR

Mokutani et al./2016 [49]

Colorectal cancer

DLD-1

HCT116

miR-132 downregulation

NR

NR

NR

High expression due to low expression of miR-132

Poor survival

Sui et al./ 2014 [48]

Colorectal cancer

SW620, HCT116 LS174T

Gene amplification

MAPK (MEK and ERK1/2) signaling

+

+

NR

NR

Cao et al./2017 [55]

Gastric cancer

AGS

BGC823

MiR-381 downregulation

TGFβ signaling

NR

+

High expression due to miR-381 downregulation

Metastasis and poor prognosis

Deng et al./2016 [52]

Hepatocellular carcinoma

SMMC-7721

NR

MAPK (p38 and ERK1/2) signaling

+

+

High expression

NR

Liu et al./2014 [56]

Glioma

U87MG

U251

SHG44

U118

NR

NFκB

+

+

High expression

NR

Jia et al./2015 [51]

Lung cancer

GLC82

NCI-H520

NR

NR

+

+

High expression

NR

Sauter et al./ 2015 [92]

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

BxPC-3,

AsPC-1,

Capan-1

NR

NR

No effect

+

NR

NR

Simon et al./2013 [93]

GIST

GIST-T1

GIST-882

NR

NR

No effect

NR

NR

NR

Liu et al./2015 [54]

Gastric cancer

AGS

BGC-823

NR

TGF-β signaling

No effect

+

High expression

Poor prognosis

  1. NR not reported, + increased, −, inhibited