PLoS Biology November 25, 2025

The cell cycle regulator PLK1 promotes murine melanoma progression by regulating the transcription factor BACH1

by Fengyi Mao, Sai Wu, Derek B. Allison, Daheng He, Yifan Kong, Chaohao Li, Zhiguo Li, Yanquan Zhang, Xinyi Wang, Qiongsi Zhang, Chi Wang, Xiaoqi Liu Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1), a critical cell cycle regulator, is associated with cancer progression and negatively correlates with patient survival in cutaneous melanoma based on clinical database analysis. In a melanoma mouse model induced by BRafCA mutation and Pten-deficiency, we observed that PLK1 overexpression mediated metabolic reprogramming