Abstract
Nucleostemin (NS) is a recently identified GTP-binding protein, predominantly expressed in embryonic and adult stem cells but not in terminally differentiated cells. NS is expressed in bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells, and its expression ceases upon induction of neural differentiation. The major aim of this study was to determine whether down-regulation of NS expression acts as a promoter, or otherwise as a by-product of differentiation and senescence processes. We used RNA interference protocols to specifically knock down NS in rat bone marrow-derived stromal stem cells. Changes in rate of proliferation and cell cycle profile after knocking-down of NS were measured. In addition, changes in expression of associated genes were studied by semiquantitative RT-PCR, Western blotting and immunocytochemistery. Knocked-down expression of NS caused a significant decrease in the rate of cell proliferation with concomitant shutting off of expression of cyclin D1 and survivin, two other well-known regulators of cell proliferation. Interestingly, we noticed no obvious changes in expression level of p21, the main effector of p53 for its cell cycle repressing function. Our findings revealed a master role for NS in promoting prolifer...Continue Reading
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