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CANCER LETTERS
Volume 240, Issue 1, Pages 60-68Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.08.035
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protein kinase; gene expression; colon cancer; cGMP; nude mouse; tumor
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This study compared Type-1 cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) expression in normal and tumor tissues and examined PKG function in tumor growth. Studies with a cDNA array revealed that PKG expression was reduced in many tumors compared to respective normal tissue. This decrease in PKG expression was confirmed using quantitative RT-PCR and western blotting of matched colon specimens from normal epithelium and tumor tissue, and also in colon derived cell lines where luciferase reporter analysis revealed that the decreased expression occurred at the transcriptional level. Using SW620 colon carcinoma cells engineered for inducible expression of PKG1 beta, it was found that exogenous PKG1 beta lead to decreased tumor growth and invasiveness in nude mouse xenografts. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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