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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 110, 期 38, 页码 15497-15501出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1311126110
关键词
systems biology; FCS; mathematical model
资金
- National Institutes of Health [GM083303, GM077238]
- Beckman Laser Institute Foundation
Homo-oligomerization is found in many biological systems and has been extensively studied in vitro. However, our ability to quantify and understand oligomerization processes in cells is still limited. We used fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and mathematical modeling to measure the dynamics of the tetramers formed by the tumor suppressor protein p53 in single living cells. Previous in vitro studies suggested that in basal conditions all p53 molecules are bound in dimers. We found that in resting cells p53 is present in a mix of oligomeric states with a large cell-to-cell variation. After DNA damage, p53 molecules in all cells rapidly assemble into tetramers before p53 protein levels increase. We developed a model to understand the connection between p53 accumulation and tetramerization. We found that the rapid increase in p53 tetramers requires a combination of active tetramerization and protein stabilization, however tetramerization alone is sufficient to activate p53 transcriptional targets. This suggests triggering tetramerization as a mechanism for activating the p53 pathway in cancer cells. Many other transcription factors homo-oligomerize, and our approach provides a unique way for probing the dynamics and functional consequences of oligomerization.
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