| Literature DB >> 21251911 |
Ying Chen1, Hsiu-Ni Kung, Chia-Hui Chen, Shih-Horng Huang, Kuo-Hsin Chen, Seu-Mei Wang.
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An acidic microenvironment induces disruption of adherens junctions (AJs) of hepatoma cells. This study investigated the impact of an acidic extracellular pH (pHe) on p120-catenin (p120-ctn) serine phosphorylation. pH 6.6 treatment increased intracellular calcium levels, activated protein kinase C (PKC)α and PKCδ, and decreased serine phosphorylation of p120-ctn. Further knockdown of PKCα and δ by small interference RNA (siRNA) prevented the pH 6.6-induced downregulation of p120-ctn at AJ and the serine dephosphorylation of p120-ctn. Moreover, PP2 pretreatment and siRNA of c-Src abrogated the pH 6.6-induced PKCδ activation. Together, the c-Src-PKCδ cascade and PKCα regulate the acidic pHe-induced AJ disruption.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21251911 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.01.022
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124