Endocrine Abstracts

PTTG has a dual role in tumorigenesis. Firstly, it regulates expression of basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2), and secondly, as a human securin homologue, it inhibits sister chromatid separation in mitosis. Securins must be degraded at Destruction Box (DB) motifs by an anaphase promoting complex (APC), before cell division can proceed. We have used a variety of approaches to examine the precise roles of the PTTG Destruction Box and FGF-2 stimulation in cell transformation....