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ArticleJournal of cellular physiology2010

Profilin-1 overexpression inhibits proliferation of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells partly through p27kip1 upregulation.

Li Zou, Zhijie Ding, Partha Roy

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Article in Journal of cellular physiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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36 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Endometrial profilin 1: a key player in embryo-endometrial crosstalk.Clinical and experimental reproductive medicine · 2020
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  14. Profilin choreographs actin and microtubules in cells and cancer.International review of cell and molecular biology · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Li ZouDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, USA.
Zhijie Ding
Partha Roy
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Profilin as a target to suppress Invasive breast cancerR01CA108607 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ROY, PARTHA · 2006 to 2017
$2.6M
NCI NIH HHS CA108607NCI NIH HHS R01 CA108607
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Profilin-1 (Pfn1), a ubiquitously expressed actin-binding protein, has gained interest in epithelial-derived cancer because of its downregulation in expression in various adenocarcinoma. Pfn1 overexpression impairs tumorigenic ability of human breast cancer xenografts thus suggesting that Pfn1 could be a tumor-suppressor protein. The objective of the present study was to determine how Pfn1 overexpression affects cell-cycle progression of breast cancer cells. We show that Pfn1 overexpression in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells causes cell-cycle arrest in G1 phase and dramatically reduced proliferation in culture. Pfn1 overexpression results in increased protein stability of p27(kip1) (p27-a major cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor) and marked elevation in the overall cellular level of p27. Proliferation defect of Pfn1 overexpressers can be partly rescued by silencing p27 expression thus suggesting a critical role of p27 in Pfn1-induced growth inhibition of MDA-MB-231 cells. Finally, Pfn1 overexpression was found to sensitize MDA-MB-231 cells to apoptosis in response to cytotoxic stimulus thus suggesting for the first time that survival of breast cancer cells can also be negatively influenced by Pfn1 upregulation. These findings may provide novel insights underlying Pfn1's tumor-suppressive action.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticApoptosisBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCell SurvivalCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27FemaleG1 PhaseHumansProfilinsProtein StabilityUp-RegulationCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27Profilins

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PMID20143334
PMCPMC2872929
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