PHI-1, an Endogenous Inhibitor Protein for Protein Phosphatase-1 and a Pan-Cancer Marker, Regulates Raf-1 Proteostasis

Jason A. Kirkbride, Garbo Young Nilsson, Jee In Kim, Kosuke Takeya, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hiroshi Tokumitsu, Futoshi Suizu, Masumi Eto · 2023

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Jason Kirkbride and co-authors show that PHI-1, a built-in brake on a cell phosphatase, governs how long the Raf-1 kinase lasts in the cell. Raf-1 steers growth, death, and movement through the ERK path, and its level is set by more than its gene. PHI-1 is also flagged as a marker across cancers.

In their 2023 study, cutting PHI-1 in human cells sped growth and cut death, while ERK signaling soared. The surge traced to a rise in Raf-1 protein itself, not to more of its gene's message or to its usual partners. Added PHI-1 pushed Raf-1 down again. The brake thus guards the cell by holding a growth kinase on a short leash.

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CREATORJason A. Kirkbride, Garbo Young Nilsson, Jee In Kim, Kosuke Takeya, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hiroshi Tokumitsu, Futoshi Suizu, Masumi Eto
YEAR2023
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE23 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10741526

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