Publication Date:
1994-09-30
Description:
The cellular proto-oncogene c-myc is involved in cell proliferation and transformation but is also implicated in the induction of programmed cell death (apoptosis). The same characteristics have been described for the tumor suppressor gene p53, the most commonly mutated gene in human cancer. In quiescent mouse fibroblasts expressing wild-type p53 protein, activation of c-Myc was found to induce apoptosis and cell cycle reentry, preceded by stabilization of p53. In contrast, in quiescent p53-null fibroblasts, activation of c-Myc induced cell cycle reentry but not apoptosis. These results suggest that p53 mediates apoptosis as a safeguard mechanism to prevent cell proliferation induced by oncogene activation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hermeking, H -- Eick, D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Sep 30;265(5181):2091-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut fur Klinische Molekularbiologie und Tumorgenetik Forschungszentrum fur Umwelt und Gesundheit, GSF, Munchen, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8091232" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
3T3 Cells
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Animals
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*Apoptosis
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Cell Line
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Estradiol/pharmacology
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G1 Phase
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Genes, myc
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Genes, p53
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Mice
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/*metabolism
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Tamoxifen/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology
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Transfection
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Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/*metabolism
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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