Lost in transcription: p21 repression, mechanisms, and consequences

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Gartel, AL
Radhakrishnan, SK
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[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
[2] Univ Illinois, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
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10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-3995
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21(WAF1/CIP1) is a major player in cell cycle control and it is mainly regulated at the transcriptional level. Whereas induction of p21 predominantly leads to cell cycle arrest, repression of p21 may have a variety of outcomes depending on the context. In this review, we concentrate on transcriptional repression of p21 by cellular and viral factors, and delve in detail into its possible biological implications and its role in cancer. It seems that the major mode of p21 transcriptional repression by negative regulators is the interference with positive transcription factors without direct binding to the p21 promoter. Specifically, the negative factors may either inhibit binding of positive regulators to the promoter or hinder their transcriptional activity. The ability of p21 to inhibit proliferation may contribute to its tumor suppressor function. Because of this, it is not surprising that a number of oneogenes repress p21 to promote cell growth and tumorigenesis. However, p21 is also an inhibitor of apoptosis and p21 repression may also have an anticancer effect. For example, c-Myc and chemical p21 inhibitors, which repress p21, sensitize tumor cells to apoptosis by anticancer drugs. Further identification of factors that repress p21. is likely to contribute to the better understanding of its role in cancer.
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