Nature Communications (Dec 2018)

aPKC controls endothelial growth by modulating c-Myc via FoxO1 DNA-binding ability

  • Meghan Riddell,
  • Akiko Nakayama,
  • Takao Hikita,
  • Fatemeh Mirzapourshafiyi,
  • Takuji Kawamura,
  • Ayesha Pasha,
  • Mengnan Li,
  • Mikio Masuzawa,
  • Mario Looso,
  • Tim Steinbacher,
  • Klaus Ebnet,
  • Michael Potente,
  • Tomonori Hirose,
  • Shigeo Ohno,
  • Ingrid Fleming,
  • Stefan Gattenlöhner,
  • Phyu P. Aung,
  • Thuy Phung,
  • Osamu Yamasaki,
  • Teruki Yanagi,
  • Hiroshi Umemura,
  • Masanori Nakayama

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07739-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The cell polarity regulator aPKC is associated with cell proliferation but the precise mechanism are unknown. Here, the authors find that aPKC lambda phosphorylates the FoxO1 transcription factor, a gatekeeper of endothelial growth, during both angiogenesis and angiosarcomas.