DNA-DAMAGE CAN INDUCE APOPTOSIS IN PROLIFERATING LYMPHOID-CELLS VIA P53-INDEPENDENT MECHANISMS INHIBITABLE BY BCL-2

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作者
STRASSER, A [1 ]
HARRIS, AW [1 ]
JACKS, T [1 ]
CORY, S [1 ]
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[1] MIT,HOWARD HUGHES MED INST,CTR CANC RES,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
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10.1016/0092-8674(94)90201-1
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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The roles of p53 as an inducer and Bcl-2 as an inhibitor of apoptotic death were explored in lymphoid cells. Lymphocytes from p53(-/-) mice were radioresistant, but unexpectedly, cycling T lymphoma cells and mitogenically activated T lymphocytes from these animals underwent apoptosis after irradiation or genotoxic drug treatment. Hence, p53 is not the only mediator of apoptosis provoked by DNA damage. Irradiated p53(-/-) lymphoblasts expressing Bcl-2 were subject to growth arrest but resisted apoptosis. Their accumulation in G1 as well as G2 is suggestive of a p53-independent DNA-damage G1 checkpoint. Since Bcl-2 increased the clonogenic survival of the irradiated cells, expression of survival genes may pose a greater impediment to genotoxic cancer therapy than loss of p53.
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