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CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
Volume 17, Issue 3, Pages 540-550Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2009.136
Keywords
p53; proline domain; apoptosis; B-cell tumors
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- Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund
- Cancer Institute NSW Program
- Health Research Council of New Zealand
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We propose that the apoptotic function of p53 has an important role in B-cell homeostasis, which is important for the prevention of B-cell lymphomas. We created a mouse model (m Delta pro) that lacked residues 58-88 of the proline-rich domain of p53. m Delta pro is defective for apoptosis, but is able to arrest cell-cycle progression in hematopoietic tissues. m Delta pro develops late-onset B-cell lymphoma, but not the thymic T-cell tumors found in p53-null mice. Interestingly, m Delta pro lymphomas comprised incorrectly differentiated B cells. B-cell irregularities were also detected in m Delta pro before tumor onset, in which aged mice showed an increased population of inappropriately differentiated B cells in the bone marrow and spleen. We predict that by keeping B-cell populations in check, p53-dependent apoptosis prevents irregular B cells from eventuating in lymphomas. Cell Death and Differentiation (2010) 17, 540-550; doi: 10.1038/cdd.2009.136; published online 25 September 2009
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