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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2014

Osmotic stress-induced phosphorylation of H2AX by polo-like kinase 3 affects cell cycle progression in human corneal epithelial cells.

Ling Wang, Wei Dai, Luo Lu

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trigger Factors in Recurrent Corneal Erosion Syndrome.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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  4. Hyperosmotic stress:Nucleus (Austin, Tex.) · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ling WangFrom the Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Torrance, California 90502 and.
Wei Daithe Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, New York 10987.
Luo LuFrom the Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Torrance, California 90502 and lluou@ucla.edu.
University of California, Los Angeles · USNew York University · US

Funding

PROTEIN SER/THR KINASE PRK AND CELL CYCLE PROGRESSIONR01CA074229 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI DAI, WEI · 1998 to 2007
$2.1M
Plk3, A New Player In The Hypoxia Regulatory Networ.R01CA150512 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI DAI, WEI · 2011 to 2015
$1.6M
Differential Effects of Corneal Hypoxia on Limbal Stem and Epithelial Cell FatesR01EY022364 · NEI · LUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER · PI LU, LUO · 2012 to 2016
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS CA074229NCI NIH HHS R01 CA074229NCI NIH HHS R01 CA150512NEI NIH HHS EY 022364NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022364
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increased concentrations of extracellular solutes affect cell function and fate by stimulating cellular responses, such as evoking MAPK cascades, altering cell cycle progression, and causing apoptosis. Our study results here demonstrate that hyperosmotic stress induced H2AX phosphorylation (γH2AX) by an unrevealed kinase cascade involving polo-like kinase 3 (Plk3) in human corneal epithelial (HCE) cells. We found that hyperosmotic stress induced DNA-double strand breaks and increased γH2AX in HCE cells. Phosphorylation of H2AX at serine 139 was catalyzed by hyperosmotic stress-induced activation of Plk3. Plk3 directly interacted with H2AX and was colocalized with γH2AX in the nuclei of hyperosmotic stress-induced cells. Suppression of Plk3 activity by overexpression of a kinase-silencing mutant or by knocking down Plk3 mRNA effectively reduced γH2AX in hyperosmotic stress-induced cells. This was consistent with results that show γH2AX was markedly suppressed in the Plk3(-/-) knock-out mouse corneal epithelial layer in response to hyperosmotic stimulation. The effect of hyperosmotic stress-activated Plk3 and increased γH2AX in cell cycle progression showed an accumulation of G2/M phase, altered population in G1 and S phases, and increased apoptosis. Our results for the first time reveal that hyperosmotic stress-activated Plk3 elicited γH2AX. This Plk3-mediated activation of γH2AX subsequently regulates the cell cycle progression and cell fate.

Indexed as

Cell CycleOsmotic PressureAnimalsDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedEmbryo, MammalianEpithelial CellsEpithelium, CornealFibroblastsHistonesHumansMice, KnockoutPhosphorylationPolo-like KinasesProtein BindingProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesTumor Suppressor ProteinsH2AX protein, humanHistonesPLK3 protein, humanPolo-like KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesTumor Suppressor ProteinsCell CycleCorneaEpithelial CellH2A Histone Family, Member X (H2AFX)PhosphorylationSignaling

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PMID25202016
PMCPMC4207995
OpenAlexW2049778031

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