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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
卷 31, 期 6, 页码 1225-1239出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00607-10
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- Association for International Cancer Research (AICR) [08-0188]
- Foundation Ramon Areces
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN) [SAF2009-07973]
- NHGRI [HG004164-01]
- Comunidad de Madrid [S-BIO-0283-2006]
- MICINN, Madrid, Spain [CSD2007-00017]
- European Community [FP7/2007-2013, 241548]
Polo-like kinases (Plks) are characterized by the presence of a specific domain, known as the polo box (PBD), involved in protein-protein interactions. Plk1 to Plk4 are involved in centrosome biology as well as the regulation of mitosis, cytokinesis, and cell cycle checkpoints in response to genotoxic stress. We have analyzed here the new member of the vertebrate family, Plk5, a protein that lacks the kinase domain in humans. Plk5 does not seem to have a role in cell cycle progression; in fact, it is downregulated in proliferating cells and accumulates in quiescent cells. This protein is mostly expressed in the brain of both mice and humans, and it modulates the formation of neuritic processes upon stimulation of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)/nerve growth factor (NGF)-Ras pathway in neurons. The human PLK5 gene is significantly silenced in astrocytoma and glioblastoma multiforme by promoter hypermethylation, suggesting a tumor suppressor function for this gene. Indeed, overexpression of Plk5 has potent apoptotic effects in these tumor cells. Thus, Plk5 seems to have evolved as a kinase-deficient PBD-containing protein with nervous system-specific functions and tumor suppressor activity in brain cancer.
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