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Yeast As a Chassis for Developing Functional Assays to Study Human P53
Published on: August 4, 2019
Amplificación de un gen que codifica una proteína asociada a p53 en los sarcomas humanos
J D Oliner1, K W Kinzler, P S Meltzer
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Cancer Center, Ann Arbor 48109.
Nature
|July 2, 1992
Resumen
La amplificación del gen del doble minuto 2 (MDM2) del ratón está vinculada a los sarcomas humanos. La proteína MDM2 se une a p53, lo que potencialmente permite a las células tumorales evadir el control de crecimiento mediado por p53.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Oncología Oncología.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Genética La genética.
Sus antecedentes:
- Las mutaciones en el gen p53 están relacionadas con el cáncer humano.
- Los reguladores celulares de la función de p53 no se comprenden bien.
- La proteína MDM2 se une a p53 y puede regular su función.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar el papel de MDM2 en el cáncer humano.
- Clonar el gen humano MDM2 y determinar su función.
- Para evaluar las alteraciones del gen MDM2 en sarcomas.
Principales métodos:
- La clonación del gen humano MDM2.
- Ensayos de unión in vitro de la proteína humana MDM2 y la p53.
- Localización del gen MDM2 humano en el cromosoma 12q13-14 utilizando clones de MDM2.
- Análisis de la amplificación del gen MDM2 en muestras de sarcoma humano.
Principales resultados:
- La proteína humana MDM2 recombinante se une al p53 humano in vitro.
- El gen humano MDM2 fue localizado en el cromosoma 12q13-14.4.
- La amplificación del gen MDM2 se observó en más de un tercio de los 47 sarcomas analizados.
- La amplificación incluyó sarcomas comunes de huesos y tejidos blandos.
Conclusiones:
- MDM2 se une a p53, lo que sugiere un papel en la regulación de la actividad de p53.
- La amplificación del gen MDM2 en los sarcomas puede conducir a la evasión del control de crecimiento dependiente de p53.
- Este mecanismo contribuye a la tumorigénesis, similar a la inactivación del oncogén viral de p53.
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