The proteasome controls the expression of a proliferation-associated nuclear antigen Ki-67
1Department of Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Medical College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Abstract:
The proteasome is a protease complex responsible for rapid, selective, and irreversible removal of regulatory proteins, as well as many other cellular proteins. In this study, we have demonstrated that a proliferation-associated nuclear protein Ki-67 depended on the proteasome for its rapid degradation. A proteasome-specific inhibitor lactacystin augmented Ki-67 protein levels in pancreatic cancer BxPC-3 cells while repressed the level of steady-state Ki-67 mRNA. Inhibition of the proteasome also led to accumulation of two CDK inhibitors p27(kip1) and p21(cip1) in the BxPC-3 cells. Failed reduction of Ki-67 protein and enhanced levels of the two CDK inhibitors are likely contributing factors for the suppressed BxPC-3 proliferation after proteasome inhibition.
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