| Literature DB >> 17350164 |
Hong Gui Li1, Qiuyu Wang, Hong Mei Li, Shant Kumar, Craig Parker, Mark Slevin, Patricia Kumar.
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PAX3 or PAX3-FKHR expression is implicated in cell transformation and tumourigenesis. Here, C2C12 myoblasts were transfected with a sense Pax3 vector and a pTet-On system to induce Pax3 expression, whereas to downregulate PAX3-FKHR, Rh18 was transfected with an antisense Pax3 with a pTet-On system. The inhibition of PAX3-FKHR in Rh18 induced upregulation of PTEN. Decreased resistance to apoptosis and increased transformation ability were observed in the Rh18 cells with PAX3-FKHR downregulation. Conversely, Pax3 induction in C2C12 cells downregulated the expression of PTEN and p27(Kip1). These results indicate that the involvement of PAX3 and PAX3-FKHR in rhabdomyosarcoma tumourigenesis may be through downregulation of PTEN tumour suppressor gene, affecting the PTEN/AKT survival pathway.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17350164 DOI： 10.1016/j.canlet.2007.01.020
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN： 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679