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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Cancer Ther. 2020 Oct;19(10):1959–1969. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-19-0929

Table 2.

Ion Channels and Glioma Proliferation/Glioma-related Epilepsy

Ion Channels and Glioma Proliferation
Ion channel Ions Mechanisms/Effects on Proliferation
TRPM7 Ca2+ Ca2+ influx and activating Ca2+-dependent pathways
TRPC6 Ca2+ Regulation of cell cycle (G2/M) progression
TRPML2 Ca2+ Association with Akt/PKB and Erk1/2 pathways
Cav3.1, Cav3.2 (voltage-gated Ca2+ channels) Ca2+ Ca2+ influx and activation of Ca2+-dependent pathways
Kv10.1 (Eag1, Ether-a-go-go-1) K+ Involved in modulation of signaling pathways
Ether-a-go-go-Related Gene (hERG) K+ Involved in modulation of signaling pathways
Kv1.5 K+ Inversely correlated with increasing glioma grade
Kv2.1 K+ Regulation of ERK pathway
Swelling-induced Cl channels (VRAC) Cl Promoting gene transcription through signaling pathways
CLIC1 (Chloride Intracellular Channel-1) Cl Unclear
ANO1 (Anoctamin-1) Ca2+ activated Cl channel (TMEM16A) Cl Activation of NF-κB signaling pathway
ASIC1 and ENaC (Epithelial sodium channel) Na+ Regulation of ERK pathway through integrin-β1
Ion Channels and Glioma-related Epilepsy
Ion channel Ions/Molecule Mechanisms/Effect on glioma-related Epilepsy
Kir4.1 K+ Decreased expression impairs K+ buffering and increase propensity for seizures
KCC2 (K+-Cl cotransporter 2) K+, Cl Altered Cl homeostasis causes GABAergic disinhibition
AQP-4 H2O Regulating extracellular potassium concentration and efflux of glutamate