2012年5月
Down-Regulation of Myosin Light Chain Kinase Expression in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Accelerates Cell Proliferation: Requirement of Its Actin-binding Domain for Reversion to Normal Rates
JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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- 巻
- 119
- 号
- 1
- 開始ページ
- 91
- 終了ページ
- 96
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1254/jphs.11213SC
- 出版者・発行元
- JAPANESE PHARMACOLOGICAL SOC
Myosin light-chain kinase (MLCK) is a multi-domain protein with kinase and actin-binding domains, among others. Deficiency of MLCK expression in GBaSM-4 vascular smooth muscle cells enhanced cell proliferation rate and shortened cell doubling time. Transient transfection of the MLCK-deficient cells with cDNA constructs of either wild-type MLCK or its mutant lacking the kinase activity reverted the cell proliferation rate to that of wild-type cells, whereas that of MLCK lacking the actin-binding domain maintained cell proliferation at an elevated rate similar to the MLCK-deficient cells. Thus, the actin-binding domain of MLCK seems to play a role in regulating cell proliferation.
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- DOI : 10.1254/jphs.11213SC
- ISSN : 1347-8613
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000304490300010