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Hyunjae Chung1, Magda Hamza, Katerina Oikonomopoulou, Valérie Gratio, Mahmoud Saifeddine, G Duke Virca, Eleftherios P Diamandis, Morley D Hollenberg, Dalila Darmoul.
Abstract
We hypothesized that kallikrein-related peptidase 14 (KLK14) is produced by colonic tumors and can promote tumorigenesis by activating proteinase-activated receptors (PARs). We found that KLK14 is expressed in human colon adenocarcinoma cells but not in adjacent cancer-free tissue; KLK14 mRNA, present in colon cancer, leads to KLK14 protein expression and secretion; and KLK14 signals viaPAR-2 in HT-29 cells to cause (1) receptor activation/internalization, (2) increases in intracellular calcium, (3) stimulation of ERK1/2/MAP kinase phosphorylation, and (4) cell proliferation. We suggest that KLK14, acting via PAR-2, represents an autocrine/paracrine regulator of colon tumorigenesis.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22505523 DOI: 10.1515/bc-2011-231
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biol Chem ISSN: 1431-6730 Impact factor: 3.915