Proliferation of human melanoma cells is under tight control of protein kinase C alpha

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Title:	Proliferation of human melanoma cells is under tight control of protein kinase C alpha
Creators Name:	Krasagakis, K., Lindschau, C., Fimmel, S., Eberle, J., Quass, P., Haller, H. and Orfanos, C.E.
Abstract:	Exponential proliferation of human melanoma cells has been associated with low levels of protein kinase C (PKC)-{alpha}. The aim of the present study was to investigate the functional relationship between PKC-{alpha} and melanoma cell proliferation. Treatment of human melanoma cells with the selective PKC inhibitor Ro-31-8220 resulted in a significant increase of cell proliferation as measured by (3)H-thymidine incorporation and a fluorometric microassay. In addition, phosphorothioate antisense-oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) to PKC-{alpha} enhanced DNA-synthesis of human melanoma cells. Furthermore, microinjection and transient transfection of melanoma cells with PKC-{alpha} decreased their proliferation, as shown by the reduction of nuclear staining with the proliferation marker Ki-67. The presented data demonstrate a cause-effect relationship between PKC-{alpha} and melanoma cell growth, whereby PKC-{alpha} reversely influences the rate of cell proliferation.
Keywords:	Antisense Oligodeoxyribonucleotides , Cell Division, Confocal Microscopy, Enzyme Inhibitors, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indoles, Melanoma, Microinjections, Protein Kinase C, Protein Kinase C-alpha, Transfection, Tumor Cell Line
Source:	Journal of Cellular Physiology
ISSN:	0021-9541
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
Volume:	199
Number:	3
Page Range:	381-387
Date:	June 2004
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.10434
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