Nociceptive TRP channels in regulating cancer progression

ChannelTumor typesTumor cells vs. Normal controlsPathological function in cancerPrognosisReference
TRPA1Breast cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinomaOver-expressionPromote cancer cell survival against chemotherapeutic agentsUnfavorable in breast cancer, lung cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma[82, 89, 90]
TRPC1Breast cancer (PTEN-deficient type), lung cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, glioblastomaOver-expressionPromote cancer cell growth and metastasisUnfavorable in breast cancer (PTEN-deficient type), gastric cancer[91, 92]
TRPC3Breast cancer (triple negative type), ovarian cancerOver-expressionPromote cancer cell growth and cancer cell survival against chemotherapeutic agentsUnfavorable in breast cancer, ovarian cancer[40, 93]
TRPC5Breast cancer, colorectal cancerOver-expressionPromote cancer cell survival against chemotherapeutic agents, tumor metastasisUnfavorable in colorectal cancer[94, 95]
TRPC6Breast cancer, hepatoma, gastric cancer, ESCC, prostate cancer, glioblastomaOver-expressionPromote cancer cell growth and metastasisUnfavorable in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma[96101]
TRPC7Lung cancer, skin sarcomaOver-expressionPromote cancer cell growthNot investigated[13]
TRPM2Breast cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, HCC, oral cancer, glioblastomaOver-expression, mutant type in PDAC, long non-coding RNA TRPM2-AS in HCCPromote cancer cell growth and metastasisUnfavorable in luminal B and TP53 wild type breast cancer, lung cancer, PDAC, HCC (Long non-coding RNA TRPM2-AS)[45, 102107]
TRPM3ccRCC, glioblastoma, choroid plexus papillomaOver-expressionPromote cancer cell growthNot investigated[107109]
TRPM8Breast cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, ESCC, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, HCC, esophageal cancer, glioblastoma, neuroblastoma, urinary bladder carcinomaOver-expressionPromote cancer cell survival against chemotherapeutic agents, cancer cell growth and metastasisUnfavorable in urinary bladder carcinoma[110113]
TRPV1Breast cancer, oral cancer, glioblastomaOver-expressionPromote cancer cell growthUnfavorable in breast cancer[107, 114, 115]
TRPV2Breast cancer, gastric cancer, ESCC, prostate cancer, HCC, ovarian cancer, oral cancer, glioblastoma, hematological cancer, urinary bladder carcinomaOver-expression, full-length TRPV2 (f-TRPV2) in urinary bladder carcinomaPromote cancer cell growth and metastasisUnfavorable in multiple myeloma, ESCC[46, 107, 111, 116, 117]
TRPV3Breast cancer, lung cancer, oral cancerOver-expressionPromote cancer cell growth and metastasisNot investigated[111, 116, 118]
TRPV4Breast cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, HCC, colorectal cancer, oral cancer, glioblastomaOver-expressionPromote cancer cell growth and metastasisUnfavorable in gastric cancer[93, 111, 116, 119122]

ESCC: esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; PTEN: phosphatase and Tensin Homolog deleted on Chromosome 10; PDAC: pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma; ccRCC: clear cell renal cell carcinoma