Abstract
Purpose
CKS2 was identified as an upregulated gene in gastric cancer via our DNA microarray. This study was to verify the upregulation of CKS2 in many gastric cancer patients and to examine the CKS2-mediated cellular response.
Methods
CKS2 upregulation was analyzed using reverse transcriptase PCR, real-time PCR, and immunohistochemical and clinicopathological analyses. GFP-CKS2 or CKS2-siRNA was used to analyze the cellular localization and proliferation.
Results
The strong upregulation of mRNA and protein levels of CKS2 was identified. In CKS2-overexpressing cells, tumor suppressor p53 and p21cip1 were downregulated and cell growth was increased. In contrast, CKS2-siRNA-transfected cells showed an increased tumor suppressor expression and decreased cell growth.
Conclusions
We showed that CKS2 was significantly upregulated in gastric cancers and a high level of CKS2 was highly correlated with histologic tumor differentiation and pathological grade of the tumor size, lymph node, and metastasis stage. We suggest that the cell cycle regulator CKS2 might be deeply involved in gastric cancer progression.
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This work was supported by FG08-12-01 of the 21C Frontier Functional Human Genome Project from the Ministry of Science & Technology in Korea, and by the KRIBB Research Initiative Program.
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Min Ah Kang and Jong-Tae Kim contributed equally to the study.
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Kang, M.A., Kim, JT., Kim, J.H. et al. Upregulation of the cycline kinase subunit CKS2 increases cell proliferation rate in gastric cancer. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 135, 761–769 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-008-0510-3
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