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ArticleMolecular oncology2025

TRPM8 levels determine tumor vulnerability to channel agonists.

Alessandro Alaimo, Francesco Giuseppe Carbone, Kristi Buzo, Nicole Annesi, Sacha Genovesi, Annalisa Lorenzato, Karen Widmann, Michela Libergoli, Elisa Marmocchi, Giovanni Bertalot and 9 more

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Article in Molecular oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Alessandro AlaimoDepartment of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5888-6268
Francesco Giuseppe CarboneSurgical Pathology, Santa Chiara Hospital-APSS, Trento, Italy.
Kristi BuzoDepartment of Oncology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Nicole AnnesiDepartment of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Italy.
Sacha GenovesiDepartment of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Italy.
Annalisa LorenzatoDepartment of Oncology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Karen WidmannSurgical Pathology, Santa Chiara Hospital-APSS, Trento, Italy.
Michela LibergoliDepartment of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Italy.
Elisa MarmocchiDepartment of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Italy.
Giovanni BertalotSurgical Pathology, Santa Chiara Hospital-APSS, Trento, Italy.
Alberto BroleseDepartment of General Surgery & HPB Unit, Santa Chiara Hospital-APSS, Trento, Italy.
Mauro Giulio PapottiDepartment of Pathology, University of Torino and AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Italy.
Luca MolinaroDepartment of Pathology, University of Torino and AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Italy.
Orazio CaffoMedical Oncology, Santa Chiara Hospital-APSS, Trento, Italy.
Mattia BarbareschiSurgical Pathology, Santa Chiara Hospital-APSS, Trento, Italy.
Alberto BardelliDepartment of Oncology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1647-5070
Alessandro RomanelDepartment of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Italy.
Sabrina ArenaDepartment of Oncology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1318-2494
Andrea LunardiDepartment of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6218-2565

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro 21091Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro 27893Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro 28922Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro 29286European UnionIMI 101007937Ministero della SaluteMinistero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeted therapies have pervasively enhanced clinical protocols and significantly improved survival and quality of life of cancer patients. Mostly grounded on small molecules and antibodies targeting deregulated mechanisms in cancer cells, precision oncology approaches are limited to a few tumor types because of the paucity of clinically actionable targets. Here, we report a comparative analysis of the cation channel transient receptor potential melastatin 8 (TRPM8; also known as transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 8) in lung, breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers. Our findings reveal high levels of channel expression in cores of all four carcinomas, irrespective of reduced expression of its RNA. Importantly, cancer cell lines that represent the various tumor types consistently show that sub-lethal chemotherapy dosages combined with the TRPM8 agonist D-3263 have a synergistic lethal effect. In addition, administration of D-3263 increases the cytotoxicity of 5-FU/Oxaliplatin in patient-derived colorectal cancer organoids, depending on the levels of TRPM8. Overall, our study strengthens the candidacy of TRPM8 as a molecular target for precision oncology approaches and paves the way for the design of basket trials for its clinical testing in TRPM8-high tumors.

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NeoplasmsTRPM Cation ChannelsCell Line, TumorFemaleFluorouracilGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleOrganoidsOxaliplatinFluorouracilOxaliplatinTRPM8 protein, humanTRPM Cation Channelsbreast cancercolorectal cancerD‐3263ion channellung cancerprostate cancerTRPM8

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PMID40405392
PMCPMC12515718

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