• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.151-161
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• 2001

Background: Inactivation in p53 tumor suppressor gene through a point mutation and deletion is one of the most frequent genetic changes found in human cancer, with 50% of an incidence. This high rate of mutation mostly suggests that the gene plays a central role in the development of cancer and the mutations detected so far were found in exons 5 to 8. Mutation of p53 locus produced accumulation of abnormal p53 protein, and negative regulation of cell proliferation and transcriptional activation as a suppressor of transformation were lost. In addition, inhibition of its normal cellular function of wild-type by mutant is an important step in tumorigenesis. Method: 4 colon cancer cell lines (SNU C1, C2A, C4, C5) were examined for mutation in exons 5 to 8 of the p53 tumor suppressor gene by PCR-SSCP analysis and expression pattern by western blotting and immunoprecipitation. p53-mediated transactivation ability were examined by CAT assay and base substitution of p53 in SNU C2A cell were detected by DNA sequencing. Results: 1) SNU C2A cell and SNU C5 cell were detected mobility shifts each in exon 5 and exon 7 of p53 gene by the PCR-SSCP method, implicating being of p53 mutation. 2) 3 colon cancer cell lines (SNU C1, SNU C2A, SNU C5) expressed wild type and mutant type p53 protein. 3) In northern blot experiment, SNU C2A and SNU C5 cell expressed high level of p53 mRNA. 4) Results of p53-mediated transactivation in colon cancer cell lines by CAT assay represented only SNU C2A cell has transcriptional activity. 5) DNA sequencing in SNU C2A cell showed missense mutation in codon 179 of one allele, histidine to arginine and wild type p53 in the other allele. Conclusion: Colon cancer cell lines showed correlation with mutation in p53 gene and accumulation of abnormal p53 protein. Colon cancer cell SNU C2A retained p53-mediated transactivation as heterozygous p53 with one mutant allele in 179 codon and the other wild-type allele.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2008

The tumor suppressor and transcription factor p53 is a key modulator of cellular stress responses, and can trigger apoptosis in many cell types including neurons. In this study, we have shown that Microtubule-associated protein 1B(MAP1B) light chain interacts with tumor suppressor p53. MAP1B is one of the major cytoskeletal proteins in the developing nervous system and essential in forming axons during elongation. We also demonstrate that both p53 and MAP1B-LC1 interact in the nucleus in HEK 293 cells. Indeed, we show that the MAP1B-LC1 negatively regulates p53-dependent transcriptional activity of a reporter containing the p21 promoter. Consequently, MAP1B light chain binds with p53 and their interaction leads to the inhibition of doxorubicin-induced apoptosis in HEK 293 cells. Furthermore, these examinations might be taken into consideration when knock-down of MAP1B-LC1 is used as a cancer therapeutic strategy to enhance p53's apoptotic activity in chemotherapy.

• BMB Reports
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.355-362
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• 2010

The sterile alpha motif (SAM) is a putative protein interaction domain involved in a wide variety of biological processes. Here we report the identification and characterization of a novel gene, SAMD4B, which encodes a putative protein of 694 amino acids with a SAM domain. Northern blot and RT-PCR analysis showed that SAMD4B is widely expressed in human embryonic and adult tissues. Transcriptional activity assays show SAMD4B suppresses transcriptional activity of L8G5-luciferase. Over-expression of SAMD4B in mammalian cells inhibited the transcriptional activities of activator protein-1 (AP-1), p53 and p21, and the inhibitory effects can be relieved by siRNA. Deletion analysis indicates that the SAM domain is the main region for transcriptional suppression. The results suggest that SAMD4B is a widely expressed gene involved in AP-1-, p53- and p21-mediated transcriptional signaling activity.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.3759-3765
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• 2015

Background: Approaches in disruption of MDM2-p53 interactions have now emerged as an important therapeutic strategy in resurrecting wild type p53 functional status. The present study highlights virtual screening strategies in identification of high affinity small molecule non-peptidic inhibitors. Nutlin3A and RG7112 belonging to compound class of Cis-imidazoline, MI219 of Spiro-oxindole class and Benzodiazepine derived TDP 665759 served as query small molecules for similarity search with a threshold of 95%. The query molecules and the similar molecules corresponding to each query were docked at the transactivation binding cleft of MDM2 protein. Aided by MolDock algorithm, high affinity compound against MDM2 was retrieved. Patch Dock supervised Protein-Protein interactions were established between MDM2 and ligand (query and similar) bound and free states of p53. Compounds with PubCid 68870345, 77819398, 71132874, and 11952782 respectively structurally similar to Nutlin3A, RG7112, Mi219 and TDP 665759 demonstrated higher affinity to MDM2 in comparison to their parent compounds. Evident from the protein-protein interaction studies, all the similar compounds except for 77819398 (similar to RG 7112) showed appreciable inhibitory potential. Of particular relevance, compound 68870345 akin to Nutlin 3A had highest inhibitory potential that respectively showed 1.3, 1.2, 1.16 and 1.26 folds higher inhibitory potential than Nutilin 3A, MI 219, RG 7112 and TDP 1665759. Compound 68870345 was further mapped for structure based pharamacophoric features. In the study, we report Cis-imidazoline derivative compound; Pubcid: 68870345 to have highest inhibitory potential in blocking MDM2-p53 interactions hitherto discovered.

• BMB Reports
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.73-79
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• 2001

Transcriptional activation domains are known to be inherently "unstructured" with no tertiary structure. A recent NMR study, however, has shown that the transactivation domain in human p53 is populated with an amphipathic helix and two nascent turns. This suggests that the presence of such local secondary structures within the overall "unstructured" structural framework is a general feature of acidic transactivation domains. These pre-existing local structures in p53, formed selectively by positional conserved hydrophobic residues that are known to be critical for transcriptional activity, thus appear to constitute the specific structural motifs that regulate recognition of the p53 transactivation domain by target proteins. Here, we report the results of a NMR structural comparison between the native human p53 transactivation domain and an inactive mutant (22L,23W$\rightarrow$22R,23S). Results show that the mutant has an identical overall structural topology as the native protein, to the extent that the amphipathic helix formed by the residues 18T 26L within the native p53 transactivating domain is preserved in the double mutant. Therefore, the lack of transcriptional activity in the double mutant should be ascribed to the disruption of the essential hydrophobic contacts between the p53 transactivation domain and target proteins due to the (22L,23W$\rightarrow$22R,23S) mutation.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.339-353
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• 1994

연구배경 : p53 유전자는 염색체 17p에 존재하는 종양억제유전자인데, 돌연변이가 있는 경우의 mutant protein은 그 반감기가 4~8시간으로 wild type protein의 반감기 6~20분에 비하여 현저한 증가를 보이게 된다. 결과적으로 돌연변이가 있는 경우 p53 단백질이 과축적되어 과발현이 유발되는데, 이러한 기전을 이용하여 p53 면역조직화학염색은 p53유전자의 돌연변이의 검색 방법으로 많이 이용되고 있다. 유방암에서는 p53 핵단백질의 과발현이 있는 경우에 없을 때보다 무병생존기간 및 전체 생존기간 모두에서 유의하게 나쁜 임상 경과를 취함이 보고되고 있지만 폐암에서는 p53 유전자의 돌연변이 유무, 또는 p53단백의 과발현 유무가 예후에 미치는 영향은 아직까지 확실하지 않다. 저자 등은 한국인의 폐암에서 p53 종양억제 유전자의 돌연변이 빈도를 확인하고 이들이 폐암 환자의 임상 경과에 미치는 영향을 분석하며, 면역조직화학염색 및 PCR-SSCP 분석의 감수성과 특이성을 염기서열분석과 비교하여 확인하고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방법 : 근치적 폐절제술 후 임상경과를 추적중인 원발성폐암환자 75예를 대상으로 하였으며, 면역조직화학검사 및 분자생물학적 연구를 위하여는 이들의 종양조직(paraffin block)을 이용하였다. p53 단백질의 면역조직화학검사를 위한 일차항체로는 DO7(Novocastra, U.K.)을 사용하였고, PCR-SSCP 및 염기서열분석 등을 위하여는 파라핀 포매조직에서 암조직을 선택적으로 박절하여 DNA를 추출하여 이용하였다. 결과: 1) 전체 75예 폐암환자의 면역조직화학염색 결과 27예(36%)에서 p53단백질의 과발현을 보였다(Table 2.3, Fig 1). 2) 전체 환자의 p53 핵단백질 과발현 여부에 따른 중앙전체생존기간은 p53 음성군과 양성군 모두 25개월, 무병생존기간은 두군 모두 13개월로 동일하였다(Fig. 2). 3) PCR-SSCP 분석에 의한 p53 유전자의 mobility shift는 시험한 58예중 16예(27.6%)에서 확인되었다(Fig 3). Mobility shift 유무에 따른 중앙전체생존기간은 shift가 있는 군과 없는 군에서 각각 27개월과 20개월, 무병생존기간은 각각 8개월, 10개월로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 4) 염기서열분석을 통한 p53 유전자의 돌연변이는 시험한 29예중 10예(34.5%)에서 확인되었다(Fig 4). 염기서열분석 결과 돌연변이 유무에 따른 중앙전체생존기간은 돌연변이가 있었던 군과 없었던 군에서 각각 27개월, 22개월이었으며, 무병생존기간은 각각 20개월과 10개월로 유의한 차이는 없었으나 돌연변이가 있는 경우 조기재발을 하는 경향을 보였다(Fig 5, 6). 5) 면역조직화학염색은 PCR-SSCP 결과를 기준으로 할 때 민감도 67.0%, 특이도 74.0%, 그리고 일치도는 62.5% 이었다. PCR-SSCP의 결과는 염기서열분석 결과를 기준으로 할 때 민감도 91.8%, 특이도 96.2%, 일치도는 95.3% 이었다. 결론 : p53 핵단백질의 과발현 정도, PCR-SSCP 및 염기서열분석상 돌연변이 유무는 비소세포폐암환자의 근치적수술후 예후의 예측지표로서는 그 효용성이 적었으나, 돌연변이가 있는 경우 조기재발을 하는 경향을 보였다. 또한 p53유전자의 돌연변이 검색법으로는 면역조직화학염색보다는 PCR-SSCP법이 우수하였다.

• 대한예방의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한예방의학회 2000년도 제52차 추계학술대회 연제집
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• pp.52-53
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• 2000

• 한국생명과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생명과학회 2008년도 제49회 학술심포지움 및 국제학술대회
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• pp.38.1-38.1
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• 2008

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제71권6호
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• pp.417-424
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• 2011

Background: Recent evidences have revealed metabolic functions of p53 in cancer cells; adaptation or survival to metabolic stress and metabolic shift toward oxidative phosphorylation. However, further studies in clinical setting are needed. We investigated whether p53 protein expression, as a surrogate marker for loss of p53 function, is associated with metabolic features of stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), focusing on tumor necrosis and maximal standardized uptake value (SUVmax) on $^{18}F$-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography. Methods: Clinical information was obtained from retrospective review of medical records. p53 expression was assessed by immunohistochemical staining. Results: p53 protein expression was detected in 112 (46%) of 241 NSCLC cases included in this study. p53 expression was independently associated with the presence of necrosis (odds ratio [OR], 2.316; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.215~4.416; p=0.011). Non-adenocarcinoma histology (OR, 8.049; 95% CI, 4.072~15.911; p<0.001) and poorly differentiation (OR, 6.474; 95% CI, 2.998~13.979; p<0.001) were also independently associated with the presence of necrosis. However, p53 expression was not a significant factor for SUVmax. Conclusion: p53 protein expression is independently associated with the presence of necrosis, but not SUVmax.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2007

Sodium salicylate (NaSal), a chemopreventive drug, has been shown to induce apoptosis and cell circle arrest depending on its concentrations in a variety of cancer cells. In A549 cells, low concentration of NaSal (5$\sim$10 mM) induces cell cycle arrest, whereas it induces apoptosis at higher concentration of 20 mM. In the present study, we examined the molecular mechanism for NaSal-induced cell cycle arrest. NaSal induced expression of p53, p21 (Wafl/Cipl), and p27 (Kipl) that play important roles in cell cycle arrest. p53 induction was mediated by its phosphorylation at Ser-15 that could be prevented by the PI3K-related kinase (ATM, ATR and DNA-PK) inhibitors including wortmannin, caffeine and LY294002. In addition, NaSal-induction of p2l (Wafl/Cipl) was detected in P53 (+/+) wild type A549 cells but not in p53 (-/-) mutant H1299 cells, indicating p53-dependent p21 (Wafl/Cipl) induction. In contrast, p27 (Kipl) that is a negative regulate. of cell cycle with p21 (Wafl/Cipl) was observed both in A549 cells and H1299 cells. Thus, 5 mM NaSal appeared to cause cell cycle arrest through inducing the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 (Wafl/Cipl) via PI3K-related protein kinase-dependent p53 activation as well as by up-regulating p27 (Kipl) independently of p53 in A549 cells.