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Published on: August 4, 2019
p66(Shc) gene has a pro-apoptotic role in human cell lines and it is activated by a p53-independent pathway
Luca Tiberi1, Amir Faisal, Matteo Rossi
1Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, via S. Giacomo 12, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Abstract:
p66(Shc) protein has been proposed to be an indispensable factor for p53-dependent, mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in mice. Here, we show that p66(Shc) plays a pro-apoptotic role also in cell lines of human origin such as SaOs-2 and HeLa, where p53 is either absent or inactivated, thus, suggesting that p66(Shc) pro-apoptotic role is independent from the presence of a functional form of p53. The active form of p66(Shc) is phosphorylated in Serine 36. We confirm the importance of Serine 36 phosphorylation for p66(Shc) pro-apoptotic role, and our results suggest that the kinase involved in this process is activated independently from p53.
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