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Yeast As a Chassis for Developing Functional Assays to Study Human P53
Published on: August 4, 2019
p53プロトオンコゲンは,変換抑制剤として作用する可能性があります
C A Finlay1, P W Hinds, A J Levine
1Princeton University, Department of Biology, New Jersey 08540-1014.
Cell
|June 30, 1989
まとめ
ワイルド型p53タンパク質は,腫瘍抑制剤として作用し,細胞の変容を阻害します. しかし,変異したp53タンパク質は,腫瘍に見られるような変異を促進します.
科学分野:
- 腫瘍学 腫瘍学
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
背景:
- p53プロトオンコゲンは,細胞成長の重要な調節体であり,腫瘍抑制剤として知られています.
- p53の腫瘍性変異は,ヒトのがんでは頻繁に見られ,腫瘍発生における役割を示唆しています.
- 細胞変容における野生型および変異性p53の正確な機能を理解することは,がん研究にとって極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- 腫瘍遺伝子が誘発する細胞変容を阻害する野生型p53の役割を調査する.
- 腫瘍遺伝子の組み合わせによって変異した細胞におけるp53タンパク質の状態を特徴付ける.
- 実験室内での変異で選択されたp53変異体を,体内での変異と比較する.
主な方法:
- 原始ラット胚の線維芽細胞を野生型p53,腫瘍遺伝子 (E1A,ras),または変異型p53をコードするDNAクローンで感染させる.
- 変形した細胞焦点の選択と分析.
- p53 DNAのゲノム統合分析. p53 DNAのゲノム統合分析.
- p53タンパク質発現を評価するためのウエスタン・ブロット分析.
主要な成果:
- 野生型のp53DNAクローンは,E1Aプラスrasまたは変異性p53プラスrasによって媒介される変容を阻害しました.
- トリプルトランスフェクションから変形した焦点にはp53DNAが含まれていたが,大半はp53タンパク質を発現することができなかった.
- これらの焦点からp53を発現する細胞系は,主に変異したp53タンパク質を産生した.
- In vitroで選択されたp53変異体は,in vivoで選択された腫瘍関連p53変異体と同様の性質を示した.
結論:
- 野生型のp53プロトオンコゲンは負の調節剤として機能し,細胞の変容を積極的に阻害する.
- 選択圧力により,野生型のp53機能が失われ,または腫瘍遺伝子の誘発による変異の間にp53変異が活性化される.
- in vitroで選択されたp53変異体は,自然に発生する腫瘍に見られる特性を共有し,その腫瘍発生の可能性を強調しています.
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