We created dominant-negative constructs of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase-3 and -4 (dnPFKFB-3 and dnPFKFB-4) cDNA for suppression of strongly enhanced expression endogenous PFKFB-3 and PFKFB-4. We introduce point mutation in ATP-binding domain of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase part of PFKFB-3 as well as PFKFB-4 cDNA for suppression of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase activity in the products of dnPFKFB-3 and dnPFKFB-4 expression.

Cancer cells were stable transfected with these dominant-negative constructs for suppression of endogenous PFKFB-3 and PFKFB-4 expression and cell proliferation. We have shown that PFKFB-3 expression in pancreatic cancer cell line Panc1, stable transfected by dnPFKFB-3, was significantly reduced in normal as well as in hypoxic conditions. Pancreatic cancer cells proliferation, stable transfected by dnPFKFB-3 or dnPFKFB-4, was also reduced. Results of this investigation demonstrate possibility to apply the dominant-negative constructs of PFKFB-3 and PFKFB-4 for suppression of glycolysis and tumor cells proliferation via reduction of endogenous PFKFB expression.

Key words: PFKFB-4 mRNA, PFKFB-3 mRNA, dominantnegative constructs, cancer cells.