Abstract
Human mitochondrial ribosomal protein MRPS18-2 (S18-2) is encoded by a cellular gene that is located on the human chromosome 6p21.3. We discovered that overexpression of the S18-2 protein led to immortalization and de-differentiation of primary rat embryonic fibroblasts. Cells showed anchorage-independent growth pattern. Moreover, pathways characteristic for rapidly proliferating cells were upregulated then. It is possible that the S18-2 overexpression induced disturbance in cell cycle regulation. We found that overexpression of S18-2 protein in human cancer cell lines led to an appearance of multinucleated cells in the selected clones.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 85-89 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Acta Naturae |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 16 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords*
- Cancer cell line
- Cell cycle
- Mitochondrial ribosomal protein S18-2 (MRPS18-2)
- Multinucleated cells
- RB binding protein
Field of Science*
- 1.6 Biological sciences
- 3.2 Clinical medicine
Publication Type*
- 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database