The effects of transient receptor potential channel (TRPC) on airway smooth muscle cell isolated from asthma model mice.

This study aimed to validate whether transient receptor potential channel1 (TRPC1) and TRPC3 participate in the regulation the proliferation of airway smooth muscle cells (ASMCs) through modulating calcium ion (Ca2+ ) influx in vitro. Chronic model of murine asthma was induced and ASMCs isolated from asthmatic mice were used in this whole study. TRPC1 and TRPC3 were upregulated in asthmatic mouse ASMCs and selected for further investigation. Ca2+ concentration and the cell viability of asthmatic mouse ASMCs were significantly higher than that from non- asthma mice, however, TRPC channels blocker SKF96365 alleviated these effects. Furthermore, TRPC1 or TRPC3 overexpression markedly increased Ca2+ concentration and significantly induced the viability of ASMCs; whereas TRPC1 or TRPC3 knockdown exerted the completely conversed effects. Moreover, knockdown of TRPC1 and TRPC3 also exerted different effects on the protein expression of growth-related proteins p-p38, p-JNK, cleaved caspase-3 and Bcl-2, as well as on cell cycle. Finally, we found Ca2+ chelator EGTA or BAPTA-AM significantly diminished the effects of si-TRPC1 and si-TRPC3 on the cell viability, cell cycle, and the protein expression of p-p38, p-JNK, cleaved caspase-3, and Bcl-2 in asthmatic mouse ASMCs. Our findings demonstrated that the effects of TRPC1 and TRPC3 on the cell viability and cell cycle of ASMCs were, at least partially, through regulating Ca2+ influx.