Elevated expression of Rad18 regulates melanoma cell proliferation.
Pigment Cell Melanoma Res
; 25(2): 213-8, 2012 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-22145991
ABSTRACT
The E3 ligase Rad18 is a key regulator for the lesion bypass pathway, which plays an important role in genomic stability. However, the status of Rad18 expression in melanoma is not known. Using melanoma tissue microarray (TMA), we showed that nuclear Rad18 expression was upregulated in primary and metastatic melanoma compared to dysplastic nevi. Rad18 expression was significantly reduced in sun-exposed sites compared to the sun-protected sites. Strong Rad18 expression correlated with worse 5-year patient survival and was an independent prognostic factor for melanoma found in the sun-protected sites. Furthermore, we showed that melanoma cell proliferation and the expression of pAkt and cyclin D1 were reduced upon Rad18 knockdown. We, for the first time, showed that Rad18 is significantly increased in melanoma and predicts the poor outcome for melanoma in the sun-protected sites. Rad18 is involved in the regulation of melanoma cell proliferation, which can be exploited in designing new strategy for melanoma treatment.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Cutâneas
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Proteínas de Ligação a DNA
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Melanoma
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pigment Cell Melanoma Res
Assunto da revista:
NEOPLASIAS
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá