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| Author(s): |
Pena, Darlene Aparecida
[1]
;
de Andrade, Victor Piana
[2]
;
Fernandes Silva, Gabriela Avila
[1]
;
Neves, Jose Ivanildo
[2]
;
Lopes de Oliveira, Paulo Sergio
[3]
;
Manso Alves, Maria Julia
[1]
;
Devi, Lakshmi A.
[4]
;
Schechtman, Deborah
[1]
Total Authors: 8
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Quim, Dept Bioquim, BR-05508 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[2] AC Camargo Canc Ctr, Dept Patol, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[3] Ctr Nacl Pesquisa Energia & Mat, Lab Nacl Biociencias, Campinas, SP - Brazil
[4] Icahn Sch Med Mt Sinai, Dept Pharmacol & Syst Therapeut, New York, NY 10029 - USA
Total Affiliations: 4
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS; v. 6, FEB 25 2016. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 1 |
| Abstract | |
Protein kinase C (PKC) plays a regulatory role in key pathways in cancer. However, since phosphorylation is a step for classical PKC (cPKC) maturation and does not correlate with activation, there is a lack of tools to detect active PKC in tissue samples. Here, a structure-based rational approach was used to select a peptide to generate an antibody that distinguishes active from inactive cPKC. A peptide conserved in all cPKCs, C2Cat, was chosen since modeling studies based on a crystal structure of PKC beta showed that it is localized at the interface between the C2 and catalytic domains of cPKCs in an inactive kinase. Anti-C2Cat recognizes active cPKCs at least two-fold better than inactive kinase in ELISA and immunoprecipitation assays, and detects the temporal dynamics of cPKC activation upon receptor or phorbol stimulation. Furthermore, the antibody is able to detect active PKC in human tissue. Higher levels of active cPKC were observed in the more aggressive triple negative breast cancer tumors as compared to the less aggressive estrogen receptor positive tumors. Thus, this antibody represents a reliable, hitherto unavailable and a valuable tool to study PKC activation in cells and tissues. Similar structure-based rational design strategies can be broadly applied to obtain active-state specific antibodies for other signal transduction molecules. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/10321-3 - Functional characterization of protein kinase c beta 1 in self-renewal |
| Grantee: | Darlene Aparecida Pena |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/24154-4 - Specific conformational antibodies for PKC beta I and their applications |
| Grantee: | Deborah Schechtman |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/17279-5 - Identification of new protein-protein interactions of PKC beta I |
| Grantee: | Gabriela Ávila de Grazia |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation |