p53的增长抑制和瘤抑制功能取决于其抑制CD44表达的功能
Samuel Godar1, Tan A Ince, George W Bell
1Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Cell
|July 11, 2008
概括
在压力下,p53瘤抑制蛋白抑制CD44的表达. 损失p53功能通过增加CD44水平促进瘤生长,突出CD44作为瘤促进剂.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 在瘤学瘤学.
背景情况:
- 瘤抑制剂p53对于细胞应激反应至关重要.
- CD44是一种细胞表面分子,参与细胞粘附和迁移.
- 对p53和CD44的失调与癌症的发展有关.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究p53和CD44表达之间的调节关系.
- 确定CD44在p53缺乏瘤细胞中的作用.
- 探索这种相互作用对癌症进展的影响.
主要方法:
- 对p53与CD44促进体结合的分析.
- 在具有不同p53功能的细胞中测量CD44表达.
- 细胞生长和瘤启动能力的评估.
主要成果:
- 通过与其促进体结合,p53直接抑制CD44的表达.
- 失去p53功能会导致CD44表达的增加.
- 较高的CD44对于p53缺乏的乳腺瘤细胞的生长至关重要.
- CD44表达受到p63的积极调节,这是p53的对应物.
结论:
- 在缺乏p53.3的细胞中,CD44充当瘤促进剂.
- 无活化p53和随后的CD44脱压可能有助于前恶性细胞的生存.
- 向CD44可能是对p53突变癌症的治疗策略.
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