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KMID : 0624620100430040291
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BMB Reports
2010 Volume.43 No. 4 p.291 ~ p.296
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Suppression of CDK2 expression by siRNA induces cell cycle arrest and cell proliferation inhibition in human cancer cells
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Long Xiang-E
Gong Zhao-Hui
Pan Lin
Zhong Zhi-Wei
Le Yan-Ping
Liu Qiong
Guo Jun-Ming
Zhong Jiu-Chang
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Abstract
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Cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) is a member of serine/ threonine protein kinases, which initiates the principal transitions of the eukaryotic cell cycle and is a promising target for cancer therapy. The present study was designed to inhibit cdk2 gene expression to induce cell cycle arrest and cell proliferation suppression. Here, we constructed a series of RNA interference (RNAi) plasmids which can successfully express small interference RNA (siRNA) in the transfected human cells. The results showed that the RNAi plasmids containing the coding sequences for siRNAs down-regulated the cdk2 gene expression in human cancer cells at the mRNA and the protein levels. Furthermore, we found that the cell cycle was arrested at G0G1 phases and the cell proliferation was inhibited by different siRNAs. These results demonstrate that suppression of CDK2 activity by RNAi may be an effective strategy for gene therapy in human cancers.
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KEYWORD
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Cell cycle, Cell proliferation, Cyclin-dependent kinase 2, RNA interference, Small interference RNA
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