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Rat protein tyrosine phosphatase eta suppresses the neoplastic phenotype of retrovirally transformed thyroid cells through the stabilization of p27(Kip1)
Authors:Trapasso F  Iuliano R  Boccia A  Stella A  Visconti R  Bruni P  Baldassarre G  Santoro M  Viglietto G  Fusco A
Institution:Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia di Catanzaro, Università degli Studi di Catanzaro "Magna Graecia," 88100 Catanzaro," 80131 Naples, Italy.
Abstract:The r-PTPeta gene encodes a rat receptor-type protein tyrosine phosphatase whose expression is negatively regulated by neoplastic cell transformation. Here we first demonstrate a dramatic reduction in DEP-1/HPTPeta (the human homolog of r-PTPeta) expression in a panel of human thyroid carcinomas. Subsequently, we show that the reexpression of the r-PTPeta gene in highly malignant rat thyroid cells transformed by retroviruses carrying the v-mos and v-ras-Ki oncogenes suppresses their malignant phenotype. Cell cycle analysis demonstrated that r-PTPeta caused G(1) growth arrest and increased the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27(Kip1) protein level by reducing the proteasome-dependent degradation rate. We propose that the r-PTPeta tumor suppressor activity is mediated by p27(Kip1) protein stabilization, because suppression of p27(Kip1) protein synthesis using p27-specific antisense oligonucleotides blocked the growth-inhibitory effect induced by r-PTPeta. Furthermore, we provide evidence that in v-mos- or v-ras-Ki-transformed thyroid cells, the p27(Kip1) protein level was regulated by the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathway and that r-PTPeta regulated p27(Kip1) stability by preventing v-mos- or v-ras-Ki-induced MAP kinase activation.
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