Transient receptor potential vanilloid 6 (TRPV6) channels are key players in calcium metabolism of healthy and cancerous cells. Nevertheless, the mechanisms controlling abundance of these channels in plasma membrane of the cells to regulate Ca transport is still poorly understood. In this study, we provide the first evidence that TRPV6 calcium channels and Ca influx in Jurkat T cell line are modulated by cholesterol, a main lipid component of the plasma membrane. Using patch-clamp technique, we found that activity of TRPV6 channels decreased by cholesterol sequestration with methyl-β-cyclodextrin (MβCD). Continuous measurement of intracellular Ca revealed a reduction of Ca influx into Jurkat cells following cholesterol depletion. Immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy analyses of MβCD-treated cells detected the lower surface expression of the TRPV6 proteins in comparison with control cells. In general, our data showed that cholesterol regulates TRPV6 channel activity and TRPV6-mediated Ca influx in cells, apparently affecting the localization and density of the calcium channels in the plasma membrane of Jurkat T cells.

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