Differential Regulation of Protein Kinase C Isoforms in Human Uterine Leiomyoma

In: Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation · 2001 · vol. 51(3) , pp. 191–196 · doi:10.1159/000052923 · PMID:11306908 · W1963874282
article OA: closed CC0
View on OpenAlex View on PubMed View at publisher

Abstract

The protein kinase C (PKC) isoenzyme expression pattern in human uterine leiomyoma was compared with that obtained in homologous myometrium distal from the tumor. The six PKC isoforms (PKCalpha, PKCbeta1, PKCbeta2, PKCdelta, PKCepsilon and PKCzeta) evidenced in the myometrium were found to be similarly expressed in leiomyoma. Quantitative immunoblotting revealed that all PKC isoforms were preferentially localized in the particulate fraction. To gain insight into the possible functional consequences of PKC expression patterns, subcellular redistribution in response to the mitogenic peptide endothelin-1 (ET-1) was studied. After stimulation with ET-1, differential redistribution occurred in leiomyoma and myometrium, suggesting a selective role of PKC isoforms in the myometrial growth process.

My notes (saved in your browser only)

Citation neighborhood (no data yet)

We don't have any in-corpus citations linked to this paper yet. The paper's references may be in our DB but unresolved to ``paper_id`` (resolution happens at ingest when the cited DOI matches a row we already have). Run the cross-source citation reconcile pass to retry.

References (23)

Source provenance

openalex
last seen: 2026-06-10T17:14:06.276822+00:00
unpaywall
last seen: 2026-07-04T06:30:40.387034+00:00
License: CC0 · commercial use OK