Citation

  • Authors: Zeng, Z. M., Chuang, S. M., Chang, T. C., Hong, C. W., Chou, J. C., Yang, J. J., Chueh, P. J.
  • Year: 2012
  • Journal: Exp Cell Res 318 1759-66
  • Applications: in vitro / DNA / jetPEI
  • Cell type: HEK-293
    Description: Human embryonic kidney Fibroblast
    Known as: HEK293, 293

Abstract

Tumor-associated NADH oxidase (tNOX; ENOX2) is a growth-related protein expressed in transformed cells. Consistent with this function, tNOX knockdown by RNA interference leads to a significant reduction in cell proliferation and migration in HeLa cells, whereas tNOX overexpression confers an aggressive phenotype. Here, for the first time, we report that tNOX is phosphorylated by protein kinase Cdelta (PKCdelta) both in vitro and in vivo. Replacement of serine-504 with alanine significantly reduces phosphorylation by PKCdelta. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments reveal an interaction between tNOX and PKCdelta. Moreover, whereas overexpression of wild-type tNOX in NIH3T3 cells increases cell proliferation and migration, overexpression of the S504A tNOX mutant leads to diminished cell proliferation and migration, reflecting reduced stability of the unphosphorylatable tNOX mutant protein. Collectively, these results suggest that phosphorylation of serine-504 by PKCdelta modulates the biological function of tNOX.

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