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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-5-11
pubmed:abstractText
Pro-protein convertase-2 (PC2) and carboxypeptidase-E (CPE) proteins are two major members of the pro-protein convertases that involve in the maturation of protein precursor. By using PC2 activity, immunocytochemistry (ICC) and Western blot method, PC2, CPE and preproNPY protein expression levels were compared among mature retina tissue, RGC-5 cells and its differentiated cells, or brain cortex tissue, NS20Y tumor cells and its differentiated cells, or mature breast tissue, breast tumor cell RM1 and breast adenocarcinoma tissue. The experimental results indicated that the differentiated cells or tissues had higher or highest PC2 activity. In the comparative experiments, more PC2 protein expression in the mature tissues and more CPE and preproNPY protein expression in the tumor cells or tumor tissue were observed, but no expression of preproNPY protein was observed in the mature tissues. Compared with NS20Y or RGC-5 undifferentiated cells, its differentiated cells showed less proPC2, more proCPE and more preproNPY protein expressions. The results demonstrated that the mature tissues showed stronger PC2/CPE-mediated pro-protein processing ability than the tumor cells or tissue. The results also showed that the artificial differentiation of RGC-5 or NS20Y cells was different from maturation of its corresponding normal tissue.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1872-8057
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
303
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
43-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
PC2/CPE-mediated pro-protein processing in tumor cells and its differentiated cells or tissues.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, School of Basic Courses, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China. songstang@gmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't