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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-4-1
pubmed:abstractText
Computer analysis of protein phosphorylation-sites sequence revealed that most transcriptional factors and viral oncoproteins are prime targets for regulation of proline-directed protein phosphorylation, suggesting an association of proline-directed protein kinase (PDPK) family with neoplastic transformation and tumorigenesis. In this report, an immunoprecipitate activity assay of protein kinase FA/glycogen synthase kinase-3alpha (kinase FA/GSK-3alpha) (a particular member of PDPK family) has been optimized for human cervical tissue and used to demonstrate for the first time significantly increased (P < 0.001) activity in poorly differentiated cervical carcinoma (82.8 +/- 6.6 U/mg of protein), moderately differentiated carcinoma (36.2 +/- 3.4 U/mg of protein), and well-differentiated carcinoma (18.3 +/- 2.4 U/mg of protein) from 36 human cervical carcinoma samples when compared to 12 normal controls (4.9 +/- 0.6 U/mg of protein). Immunoblotting analysis further revealed that increased activity of kinase FA/GSK-3alpha in cervical carcinoma is due to overexpression of protein synthesis of the kinase. Taken together, the results provide initial evidence that overexpression of protein synthesis and cellular activity of kinase FA/GSK-3alpha may be involved in human cervical carcinoma dedifferentiation/progression, supporting an association of proline-directed protein kinase with neoplastic transformation and tumorigenesis. Since protein kinase FA/GSK-3alpha may function as a possible regulator of transcription factors/proto-oncogenes, the results further suggest that kinase FA/GSK-3alpha may play a potential role in human cervical carcinogenesis, especially in its dedifferentiation and progression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0730-2312
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
143-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8904308-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8904308-Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:8904308-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:8904308-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:8904308-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:8904308-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8904308-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:8904308-Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3, pubmed-meshheading:8904308-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8904308-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:8904308-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8904308-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:8904308-Precipitin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:8904308-Proline, pubmed-meshheading:8904308-Proto-Oncogenes, pubmed-meshheading:8904308-Reference Values, pubmed-meshheading:8904308-Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Association of protein kinase FA/GSK-3alpha (a proline-directed kinase and a regulator of protooncogenes) with human cervical carcinoma dedifferentiation/progression.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medicine, Chang Gung Medical College, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't