Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1937087 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2007 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

Cyclophilin A (CypA), a peptidyl–prolyl cis–trans isomerase (PPIase), was originally identified as the intracellular receptor for cyclosporin A (CsA). Recently, correlations of CypA with tumor pathogenesis have been studied. Here, we studied the expression of CypA and its receptor CD147 in several kinds of lung cancer cells as well as a normal lung cell and found that in H446 cell, a kind of small cell lung cancer cell, the expression are the highest. The exogeneous CypA protein can substantially stimulate H446 cell growth in dependence on its PPIase activity. We also showed that CypA protein can stimulate ERK1/2 signal in dose and time dependent manners and almost has no effect to p38 and JNK signals. Elucidation of the precise role of CypA in these pathways may lead to new targeted therapies for small cell lung cancer.

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