Publication Date:
2005-09-10
Description:
The Trp53 tumor suppressor gene product (p53) functions in the nucleus to regulate proapoptotic genes, whereas cytoplasmic p53 directly activates proapoptotic Bcl-2 proteins to permeabilize mitochondria and initiate apoptosis. Here, we demonstrate that a tripartite nexus between Bcl-xL, cytoplasmic p53, and PUMA coordinates these distinct p53 functions. After genotoxic stress, Bcl-xL sequestered cytoplasmic p53. Nuclear p53 caused expression of PUMA, which then displaced p53 from Bcl-xL, allowing p53 to induce mitochondrial permeabilization. Mutant Bcl-xL that bound p53, but not PUMA, rendered cells resistant to p53-induced apoptosis irrespective of PUMA expression. Thus, PUMA couples the nuclear and cytoplasmic proapoptotic functions of p53.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chipuk, Jerry E -- Bouchier-Hayes, Lisa -- Kuwana, Tomomi -- Newmeyer, Donald D -- Green, Douglas R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2005 Sep 9;309(5741):1732-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Cellular Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16151013" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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*Apoptosis
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Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins
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Cell Line, Tumor
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Cell Nucleus/*metabolism
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Cells, Cultured
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Cytoplasm/*metabolism
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DNA Damage
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Humans
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Immunoprecipitation
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred C57BL
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Mitochondria/metabolism
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Models, Biological
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Permeability
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Protein Binding
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Protein Structure, Tertiary
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*metabolism
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism
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Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
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Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/*metabolism
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Tumor Suppressor Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism
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Ultraviolet Rays
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bcl-2-Associated X Protein
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bcl-X Protein
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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