Muscarinic receptor M3 mediates cell proliferation induced by acetylcholine and contributes to apoptosis in gastric cancer

Tumour Biology : the Journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine
Linjun WangZekuan Xu

Abstract

The muscarinic receptor M3 is an acetylcholine receptor that regulates the activity of numerous fundamental central and peripheral nervous system functions. Recent studies have identified the activation of the M3 receptor in several cancers; however, the role of M3 in human gastric cancer (GC) remains largely unknown. In this study, we demonstrated that the M3 receptor was overexpressed in human GC tissues and was correlated with the cancer stage and with lymph node metastasis. In vitro, the M3 receptor enhanced the proliferation induced by acetylcholine in human GC cells, whereas the knockdown of M3 by a small hairpin RNA (shRNA) inhibited cell proliferation. Furthermore, M3 knockdown caused G2/M phase cell cycle arrest and induced apoptosis in human GC cells. In vivo, M3 knockdown suppressed tumorigenesis and promoted apoptosis in GC xenografts. In addition, we also detected the secretion of acetylcholine (ACh) by human GC cells and observed the co-expression of the M3 receptor and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), the enzyme necessary for acetylcholine synthesis, in human GC tissues and cells. Taken together, our findings support an oncogenic role for the M3 receptor in gastric cancer, suggesting that M3 antagonists may serv...Continue Reading

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