Abstract:
:A universal intracellular factor, the "M phase-promoting factor" (MPF), triggers the G2/M transition of the cell cycle in all organisms. In late G2, it is present as an inactive complex of tyrosine-phosphorylated p34cdc2 and unphosphorylated cyclin Bcdc13. In M phase, its activation as an active MPF displaying histone H1 kinase activity originates from the specific tyrosine dephosphorylation of the p34cdc2 subunit by the tyrosine phosphatase p80cdc25. We describe here a colorimetric assay of recombinant human cdc25A tyrosine phosphatase used as a cell cycle-specific target to screen for antimitotic compounds. The glutathione-S-transferase/cdc25A tyrosine phosphatase fusion protein is produced in large amounts of Escherichia coli and easily purified by affinity chromatography on glutathione-agarose. Optimal purification, storage and assay conditions (concentrations of enzyme, p-nitrophenylphosphate and dithiothreitol; duration of assay) have been determined. Using this system we tested 15 compounds currently used in cancer treatment; none of them displayed any inhibitory activity. However, the assay detected the inhibitory activity of vanadate, a reported tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor. The simplicity, speed and possible extensive automation of this assay using an essential cell cycle-regulating component provide a highly specific mechanism-based screen for antimitotic drugs discovery.
journal_name
Anticancer Resjournal_title
Anticancer researchauthors
Baratte B,Meijer L,Galaktionov K,Beach Dsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1992-05-01 00:00:00pages
873-80issue
3eissn
0250-7005issn
1791-7530journal_volume
12pub_type
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
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更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1997-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2016-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2012-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.13297
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.14752
更新日期:2021-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.14327
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.14360
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2007-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00