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ONCOGENE
卷 19, 期 18, 页码 2194-2204出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1203541
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myc; p53; leukemia; K562; apoptosis; transactivation
c-myc protooncogene positively regulates cell proliferation and overexpression of c-myc is found in many solid tumors and leukemias, In the present study we used the K562 human myeloid leukemia cell line as a model to study the functional interaction between c-Myc and p53. Using two different methods, we generated K562 transfectant cell lines with conditional expression of either c-Myc or p53. The cells expressed the p53(Vall35) mutant, which adopts a mild-type conformation at 32 degrees C, while c-Myc induction was achieved with a zinc-inducible expression vector. We found that p53 in mild-type conformation induces growth arrest and apoptosis of K562. Expression of c-Myc significantly attenuated apoptosis and impaired the transcriptional activity of D53 on p21(WAF1), fax and cytomegalovirus promoters. The impairment of p21(WAF1) transactivation by c-Myc was confirmed by transfection of a c-Myc-estrogen receptor fusion protein and by induction of c-myc by zinc in transfected cells. Also, p53-mediated up-regulation of p21(WAF1) mRNA protein mere significantly reduced by Myc, while Bas levels were unaffected. Consistently, c- Myc increased cyclin-dependent kinase 2 activity in K562 cells expressing p53 in wild-type conformation These results suggest that c-Myc overexpression may antagonize the pro-apoptotic function of p53, thus providing a molecular mechanism for frequently observed deregulation of c-myc in human cancer.
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