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Essay On Fibulin-5

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Chen et al. first reported the association of CEP55 with p110 in vitro (Figure 1.12A) [247]. They showed that the interaction between CEP55 and p110 enables stability of the catalytic subunit causing increased AKT activation by increase in S473 phosphorylation [247]. Chen et al. independently also demonstrated that the CEP55/PIK3CA interaction might be facilitated by VEGF-A which enables CEP55’s localization to the plasma membrane harboring PI3K complex [248]. Hwang et al. reported that Fibulin-5, an extracellular matrix protein, increases AKT activation in a CEP55-dependent manner [249]. However, an interplay between VEGF-A and Fibulin-5 in promoting CEP55-dependent AKT activation is yet to be determined. Though, such interplay will be …show more content…

Further in vivo investigation is required for understanding the mechanisms mediating the Recently, consistent to our zebrafish model, CEP55 has been linked to vertebrate neural function [253]. Tsai et al. using mevinphos injection into the rostral ventrolateral medulla of rats, as a model for organophosphate poisoning, illustrated that CEP55 induced an increase in the activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway. They demonstrated that hyperactivity of PI3K/AKT pathway resulted in upregulation of the nitric oxide synthase II pathway, a reduction of smooth muscle tension in the blood vessels and progressive hypotension [253]. Collectively, this report suggests a definitive role of CEP55 in brain-stem mediated cardiovascular regulation. In cancer settings, Chen et al. demonstrated that CEP55 overexpression is associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and lung adenocarcinoma and results in promoting invasion and cell migration via upregulation of the PI3K/AKT pathway [247, 248]. As discussed previously, VEGF-A persuades CEP55 expression and hence PI3K/AKT pathway in a dose dependent manner in lung cancer cell lines. Notably, VEGF-A stimulate translocation of CEP55 to the plasma membrane from cytoplasm [248]. In addition, VEGF-A is a compelling stimulator of endothelial cell vascular permeability, motility, proliferation and angiogenesis with well-established role in cancer [250]. Consistently,

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