title: Protein phosphatase 4 regulates apoptosis in leukemic and primary human T-cells.
abstract: The control of T-cell survival is of overwhelming importance for preventing leukemia and lymphoma. The present report demonstrates that the serine/threonine protein phosphatase PP4 regulates the survival of both leukemic T-cells and untransformed human peripheral blood T-cells, particularly after treatment with anti-leukemic drugs and other cytotoxic stimuli. PP4-induced apoptosis is mediated, at least in part, through de-phosphorylation of apoptosis regulator PEA-15, previously implicated in the control of leukemic cell survival. PP4 activity significantly affects the mutation rate in leukemic T-cells, indicating that PP4 dysfunction may be important in the development and progression of leukemia.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine and School of Life Sciences, Huxley Building, Keele University, Keele ST5 5BG, UK. bia19@biol.keele.ac.uk
authors.forename: Mirna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mourtada-Maarabouni
authors.forename: Gwyn T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D055785:Gene Knockdown Techniques; D006801:Humans; D015458:Leukemia, T-Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D034622:RNA Interference; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; C080406:protein phosphatase 4