Dysregulating IRES-dependent translation contributes to overexpression of oncogenic Aurora A Kinase.

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Overexpression of the oncoprotein Aurora A kinase occurs in multiple types of cancer, often early during cell transformation. To identify the mechanism(s) contributing to enhanced Aurora A protein expression, a comparison between normal human lung fibroblast and breast epithelial cells to nontumorigenic breast (MCF10A and MCF12A) and tumorigenic breast (MCF-7) and cervical cell lines (HeLa S3) was performed. A subset of these immortalized lines (MCF10A, MCF12A, and HeLa S3) exhibited increased levels of Aurora A protein, independent of tumorigenicity. The increase in Aurora A protein in these immortalized cells was not due to increased transcription/RNA stability, protein half-life, or cap-dependent translation. Assays utilizing monocistronic and dicistronic RNA construc

SUBMITTER: Dobson T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4109694 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature