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BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY
卷 59, 期 1, 页码 25-33出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(99)00297-X
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p53; free radicals; zinc; cadmium; cancer; cell cycle; apoptosis
The p53 tumour suppressor protein exerts multiple, antiproliferative effects in response to genotoxic exposures. Reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI) play several distinct roles in the p53 pathway. First, they are important activators of p53 through their capacity to induce DNA strand breaks. Second, they regulate the DNA-binding activity of p53 by modulating the redox status of a critical set of cysteines in the DNA-binding domain, which are also involved in the coordination of zinc. Third, they play a role in the signalling pathways regulated by p53, as several genes encoding redox effecters are transcriptionally controlled by p53. In this review, we summarize the evidence for the involvement of ROI at these three levels. Emphasis is placed on the role of metals and ROI as potential regulators of p53 protein conformation and functions, and on the putative toxicological consequences of such a regulation. BIOCHEM PHARMACOL 59;1:25-33, 2000. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Inc.
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